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Letter No 22 from Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident in the Persian Gulf, at Bassidore [Bāsaʻīdū] to William Newnham, Chief Secretary to the Government, Political Department, Bombay [‎124v] (3/7)

The record is made up of 4 folios. It was created in 14 May 1825. 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 is reporting that Sooltan been Suggur [Sulṭān bin Saqr] has provided the Resident with a letter (which has been passed on to Sa‘īd bin Sultān Āl Sa‘īd, the Imam of Muscat) ordering the Governor of Brymee, Mahomed been Sallem, to give up the fort to the bearer of the aforementioned letter. It therefore notes that the Resident has recommended that the Imam should dispatch a body of men to Brymee to demolish the fort there, now that Sooltan has given him the authority to do so; should Sooltan throw any obstacles in the way of this objective, the British will support the Imam in taking any measures he sees fit. It is noted that the company's broker Often a local commercial agent in the Gulf who regularly performed duties of intelligence gathering and political representation. at Muscat, Goolaub Anendass, will accompany the force to Brymee.

Enclosed is a translation of a letter received by the Resident from Sooltan been Suggur at Sharga dated 30 April 1825. The enclosure is authorising the destruction of the towers of Brymee, along with the ditch and towers of Sebarah. It further requests the Resident's assistance with seizing Mohomed been Sallem, the Governor of Brymee.

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Letter No 22 from Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident in the Persian Gulf, at Bassidore [Bāsaʻīdū] to William Newnham, Chief Secretary to the Government, Political Department, Bombay [‎124v] (3/7), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/33, ff 123v-126, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023472631.0x00003c> [accessed 28 March 2024]

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