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1. IOR/R/15/1/34, f 18

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/34, f 18
Title:
Letter No 951 from William Newnham, Chief Secretary to the Government, Political Department, Bombay to Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
The letter is sanctioning the payment of Syud Hunga of Johanna's [Nzwane] (brother to the Queen of that island) expenses by the Resident.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Sep 1824
Extent:

1 folio

2. IOR/R/15/1/34, f 19

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/34, f 19
Title:
Letter No 950 from William Newnham, Chief Secretary to the Government, Political Department, Bombay to Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
The letter is acknowledging the receipt of the Resident's dispatch (No 42) concerning the Persian Government's meditated attack on Bahrain.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Sep 1824
Extent:

1 folio

3. IOR/R/15/1/34, f 17

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/34, f 17
Title:
Letter No 949 from William Newnham, Chief Secretary to the Government, Political Department, Bombay to Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
The letter is acknowledging the receipt of a letter dated 1 July 1824 (No 41), which reported an earthquake at Shirauz [Shiraz]. It is stated therefore that the Governor of Bombay has authorised the Resident to provide all necessary aid to Meerza Ali Ackbar, the company's agent at Shirauz.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Sep 1824
Extent:

1 folio

4. IOR/R/15/1/34, f 22

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/34, f 22
Title:
Letter No 1018 from William Newnham, Chief Secretary to the Government, Political Department, Bombay to Robert Taylor, Political Agent at Bussorah [Basra]
Scope & Content:
The letter informs the Political Agent that he is to be considered subordinate to the Resident in the Persian Gulf in matters respecting the maritime Arabs, the inhabitants of the Persian coast, and the wider Gulf. It is possible that this letter was once an enclosure to another letter addressed the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Sep 1824
Extent:

1 folio

5. IOR/R/15/1/34, ff 9-12

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/34, ff 9-12
Title:
Letter No 840 of 1824 from William Newnham, Chief Secretary to the Government, Political Department, Bombay to Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
The letter concerns two boats from Sharga [Sharjah] that the British suspect of being involved in a piratical act. It encloses a copy of a letter from George Swinton, Secretary to the Government of Fort William, Calcutta to William Newnham dated 25 June 1824. The enclosed communication provides inst...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Jul 1824
Extent:
4 folios

6. IOR/R/15/1/34, ff 23-27

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/34, ff 23-27
Title:
Letter from William Simson, Acting Persian Secretary to the Government, Bombay to Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter is enclosing two letters from Mountstuart Elphinstone, Governor of Bombay, addressed to Abbass Merza [‘Abbās Mīrzā], Prince Royal of Persia, and Mirza Abul Capim Carjim Mukam; the letters are both dated 30 August 1824. The enclosed letters express pleasantries and compliments. They also n...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Oct 1824
Extent:

5 folios

7. IOR/R/15/1/34, ff 20-21

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/34, ff 20-21
Title:
Letter No 953 from William Newnham, Chief Secretary to the Government, Political Department, Bombay to Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
The letter is acknowledging the receipt of the Resident's dispatch (No 44), which further reported on the state of the Persian Gulf. It further states that the Governor of Bombay approves of the tenor of his letter to Sultan bin Sugger [Sulṭān bin Saqr] respecting his possible connection to the Waha...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Sep 1824
Extent:

2 folios

8. IOR/R/15/1/34, ff 28-29

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/34, ff 28-29
Title:
Letter from Captain Charles Sealy, Captain of the HC Cruizer Ternate and Senior Marine Officer in the Persian Gulf at Bassidore [Bāsaʻīdū] to Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
The letter is forwarding Captain Charles Maillard's report (not present) on the unsettled state of the Persian Gulf. It notes that Captain Sealy believes that ten boats from Sharga [Sharjah] were taken by Shaikh Soliman bin Nassau Sowdan of Debay [Dubai]; the Captain cites two boats taken from Linga...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Oct 1824
Extent:

2 folios

9. IOR/R/15/1/34, ff 30-31

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/34, ff 30-31
Title:
Letter No 1108 from William Newnham, Chief Secretary to the Government, Bombay to Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
The letter is transmitting a copy of a letter dated 27 August 1824 from Mahomed bin Ullee [Muḥammad bin ‘Alī], Chief of the Beni boo Ali [Banī Bū ‘Alī] tribe, which requests that the British send a representative to inspect their dwellings, and that they provide assistance with rebuilding them. The ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Oct 1824
Extent:

2 folios

10. IOR/R/15/1/34, ff 32-34A

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/34, ff 32-34A
Title:
Letter from Captain George Brown Walker, Commander of the HC Cruizer Benares at Bushire to Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
The letter is reporting on the Captain's visits to Debuy [Dubai] and Sharga [Shargah], as ordered by the Resident. The letter details the proceedings of the Captain's investigation into a complaint made against Shaikh Soliman bin Nassau of Debuy by Sultan bin Sugger [Sulṭān bin Saqr]; Shailk Soliman...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Nov 1824
Extent:

4 folios