Letter No. 14: Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire, to William Newnham, Chief Secretary to Government, Bombay [‎25r] (2/3)

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This letter concerns a letter from December 1823, which was written by Captain Henry Hardy, then in charge of the Bushire Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. , to Zeckee Khan [Zakee Khan], Prime Minister of Fars. In the letter, Hardy remonstrated in strong terms against reported plans of an attack on Bahrein [Bahrain]. Stannus attaches a translation of a letter addressed by him to His Royal Highness Hoossein Ali Mirza [Ḥusayn ‘Alī Mīrzā A title of honour originally applied to princes, later to military leaders, and later still to secretaries, chieftains, and other ‘gentlemen’. ], Prince at Shiraz, dated 15 March 1824, in which Stannus acknowledges the impropriety of Hardy's letter and states that it was a result of Hardy not having been properly acquainted with the views of the Government of Bombay From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions. . Stannus explains to Newnham that he delayed sending this letter of explanation to His Royal Highness on the grounds that the matter was being referred to the Government of Bombay From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions. . The aforementioned attachment follows on from the letter.

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