IOR/R/15/1/32, ff 51-52

In this letter Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire, reports that he has received from the Agent at Sharga [Sharjah], Ruzza Ali [Riza Ali Khan], news of an act of violence, committed on the orders of Mahomed Bin Shakhboot [Muhammad bin Shakhbut Al Nahayan, former Shaikh of Abu Dhabi], brother of Shaikh Tahnoon [Tahnun bin Shakhbut Al Nahyan, Shaikh of Abu Dhabi]. Stannus attaches a translation of an extract from a letter from the Agent at Sharga, dated 31 March 1824, which reports that a boat belonging to inhabitants of Debay [Dubai] was seized and that seven of her crew were killed. Stannus reports that the part of the coast where the act was committed is dependent on the Government of Bahrein [Bahrain]. He states that he has deemed it his duty to convey to Shaikh Abdoolla Bin Ahmad [Shaikh Abdullah ibn Aḥmad Āl Khalīfah, co-ruler of Bahrain] the necessity of bringing the guilty to immediate punishment. Stannus forwards a translated copy of his letter to Shaikh Abdoolla, in which he offers the assistance of the Company's marine force in inflicting the punishment due to the violators of the treaty [General Treaty with the Arab Tribes of the Persian Gulf]. There is a discrepancy regarding the dates of these letters: Stannus's letter to William Newnham is dated 24 April 1824, while his enclosed letter to the Shaikh of Bahrein is dated 29 April 1824.