Draft of a letter from Captain David Wilson, Resident at Bushire, to Sooltan bin Sugger
Scope & Content:
The letter discusses legitimate reasons to go to war, and complaints sent from Sooltan bin Sugger [Sulṭān bin Saqr] to Bombay with the results of Wilson's investigation into them. The complaints cover the subjects of Tanoon's [Ṭaḥnūn bin Shakhbūṭ Āl Nahyān] destruction of Dherah, and Wilson offer...
Memorandum of a Letter from Colonel Stannus, Resident at Bushire, to the Imam of Muscat
Scope & Content:
The memorandum records communication of a reply of the Imam to a letter, the Imam's communication with the Derah people, and a wish to reconcile Rahma bin Jabir and his neighbour and Stannus' faliure to achieve this.
Letter from Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident at Bushire, to His Highness the Imam of Muscat
Scope & Content:
The letter discusses the Imam's relationship with the people of Derah, and their desire for his protection. Stannus suggests the Imam extend this protection upon the act of the Derah destroying their fortifications and moving to a place of his suggestion.
Letter from Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident at Bushire, to Shaikh Sooltan bin Sugger [Sulṭān bin Saqr]
Scope & Content:
The letter discusses Stannus' visit to the Imam of Muscat and the resolutions they reached regarding Shaikh Tanoon [Ṭaḥnūn bin Shakhbūṭ Āl Nahyān] and the Soocedan Tribe's habitation of Derah. It also discuses the role of Shaikh Sooltan bin Sugger [Sulṭān bin Saqr] in this issue.
Letter from Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident at Bushire, to His Royal Highness the Prince of Shiraz
Scope & Content:
The letter is a note accompanying forwarded correspondence from Colonel Macdonald concerning the restitution of property plundered by the inhabitants of Dashtee [Khormoj, Iran].
Letter from Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident at Bushire, to His Highness the Imam of Muscat
Scope & Content:
This letter regards the passing on of communications relating to Mahomed Ally Pasha, and alludes to a matter involving Toorkey bin Saood [Turki bin Abdullah bin Muhammad Āl Sa‘ūd, founder of the Second Saudi State].