Letter from James Pringle Riach, Acting Resident, Bushire to Captain G Walker, Senior Officer in the Persian Gulf
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Riach's letter concerns the movements of the cruizer Antelope, which had gone to Bahrine [Bahrain] and Abothabee [Abu Dhabi] to obtain information about the seizure of boats in the area, and the cruizer Nautilus, which for want of anchors had been forced to proceed to Bassidore [Bāsa‘īdū].
Letter from James Pringle Riach, Acting Resident, Bushire to Lieutenant George Herne, commanding the Honourable Company's Cruiser Benares, off Katiffe [Al-Qaṭīf]
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Riach hopes that the Nautilus will be able to make it to Herne's station before he has to leave for Bahrene [Bahrain] for provisions, because it would be a shame if the neighbourhood of Rahma been Jauber [Raḥmah bin Jābir] were left without a vessel to watch his intentions.
Letter from James Pringle Riach, Acting Resident, Bushire to Mountstuart Elphinstone, President and Governor etc in Council, Bombay
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Notification that he had granted a set of bills on the Honourable Board for 8000 Bombay rupees in favour of Mohamed Shoostry to meet the demands of the Residency.
Letter from James Pringle Riach, Acting Resident, Bushire to Mountstuart Elphinstone, President and Governor etc in Council, Bombay
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Notification that he had granted two sets of bills on the Honourable Board for 10,000 Bombay rupees in favour of Mohamed Shoostry to meet the demands of the Residency.
Letter from James Pringle Riach, Acting Resident, Bushire to Mountstuart Elphinstone, President and Governor etc in Council, Bombay
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Notification that he had granted a set of bills on the Honourable Board in favour of Hajie Mohomed Ibrahim for 10,000 Bombay rupees to meet the demands of the Residency.
Letter from Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident in the Persian Gulf to John Wedderburn, Accountant General, Bombay
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This is the first letter in the volume written by Stannus from Bushere [Bushire]. Informing him that the military pay of Assistant Surgeon James Pringle Riach up to 1 January 1825 had been transferred from the civil head to that of military charges in the cash account for the quarter ending 31 ...
