Letter No 1420 of 1826 from William Newnham, Secretary to the Governor of Bombay, Bombay Castle, to the Resident in the Persian Gulf at Bushire [Ephraim Gerrish Stannus] [12r] (1/24)
The record is made up of 12 folios. It was created in 26 Dec 1826. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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William Newnham tansmits a copy of a letter from a person representing himself as belonging to His Majesty's Ship Martin , left in a distressed situation at Siuee [Siyu?], a place on the East Coast of Africa, together with translations of letters received from the chiefs of that and neighbouring places, and one from His Highness the Imaum [Imam] of Muscat.
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- Letter dated 23 September 1826 from Robert Hele, late mate of the HMS Martin at Seeuee, East Coast of Africa;
- Substance of a letter from Sooltan Foomloot ben Sooltan Bareeh Shaik-ool-rubhanee [Chief of Seuee] to the Honorable the Governor of Bombay, dated 19 Seefeer [Ṣafar] 1242 Hijree [Hijri] or 22 September 1826;
- Substance of a letter from the Shaiks of Seeuee [Siyu?];
- Letter no. 1387 of 1826 to the Secretary to Government at the Mauritius from William Newnham, Secretary to the Governor of Bombay, dated 18 December 1826;
- Letter no. 1421 of 1826 to the Persian Secretary from William Newnham, Secretary to the Governor of Bombay, dated 26 December 1826;
- Letter no 1419 of 1826 to His Excellency Hood Hanway Christian, Commodore of His Majesty's Squadron on the Cape Station, from Mountstuart Elphinstone, T Bradford, Francis Warden and Richard Thomas Goodwin, dated 26 December 1826.
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Letter No 1420 of 1826 from William Newnham, Secretary to the Governor of Bombay, Bombay Castle, to the Resident in the Persian Gulf at Bushire [Ephraim Gerrish Stannus] [12r] (1/24), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/41, ff 12-23, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023475430.0x000018> [accessed 8 June 2024]
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- Letter No 1420 of 1826 from William Newnham, Secretary to the Governor of Bombay, Bombay Castle, to the Resident in the Persian Gulf at Bushire [Ephraim Gerrish Stannus]
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