Letter from Major-General Lionel Smith, Camp at Soor [Ṣūr] to Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government, Bombay [‎94v] (4/8)

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Letter from Major-General Lionel Smith, Camp at Soor [Ṣūr] to Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government, Bombay

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/23, ff 93-96

The record is made up of 4 folios. It was created in 15 Mar 1821. 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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The letter contains a further report on the second military expedition against the Beni Boo Alli [Banī Bū ‘Alī] tribe. It details the return of the expedition to Soor [Ṣūr], and arrangements being made to transport the troops and captured chieftains back to Bombay. It further details the failed efforts to identify the killers of Captain Thomas Perronet Thompson's original messenger, who was sent to communicate with the tribe prior to hostilities.

Also described in the letter is the Imam of Muscat's, Sa‘īd bin Sultān Āl Sa‘īd, order instructing the destruction of fortifications and means of subsistence in the territory of the Beni Boo Alli tribe. It also contains reassurances that the remit and motivation behind stationing British forces in the Gulf has been clarified with the Imam.

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Letter from Major-General Lionel Smith, Camp at Soor [Ṣūr] to Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government, Bombay [‎94v] (4/8), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/23, ff 93-96, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100022939932.0x0000c8> [accessed 1 November 2024]

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Reference: IOR/R/15/1/23, ff 93-96
Title: Letter from Major-General Lionel Smith, Camp at Soor [Ṣūr] to Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government, Bombay
Pages: 93r:96v
Author: East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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