1. IOR/R/15/1/23, f 11-22
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/1/23, f 11-22
- Title:
- Letter from Captain Thomas Perronet Thompson, 17th Light Dragoons, Commanding at Ras al Khyma [Raʼs al-Khaymah] to Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government, Bombay
- Scope & Content:
- The letter is a response to orders to withdraw the garrison at Ras al Khyma. Since Sultan ben Soggur [Sulṭān bin Saqr] the ruling Arab power in the region has refused the offer of the settlement, he explains the difficulties they will face in trying to pass the territory on to another local chief...
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 15 May 1820
- Extent:
- 12 folios
