Letter from Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident at Bushire, to Lieutenant Colonel Macdonald, Envoy to the Court of Persia [10r] (7/13)
The record is made up of 7 folios. It was created in 14 Aug 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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Forwards translations of letters received from His Royal Highness the Prince of Shiraz, Mahomed Zakee Khan [Muḥammad Zakī Khān] and Mirza Ali Akbar [ Mīrzā A title of honour originally applied to princes, later to military leaders, and later still to secretaries, chieftains, and other ‘gentlemen’. ‘Alī Akbār] on the subjects of the seizure of the ship Nassreh Shah [Nāṣirah Shāh?] and hostile demonstrations of the Imam of Muscat against the Government of Bushire.
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- 'Translation of a Rukum Royal grants confirming specific trading privileges from the Shah of Persia. [ ruqum Royal grants confirming specific trading privileges from the Shah of Persia. ] from the Prince of Shiraz to Colonel Stannus C.B. - dated Zelhaj received 9 August 1826' (ff. 7-8)
- 'Translation of a Letter from Zaqee Khan Prime Minister of Fars to Colonel Stannus, no date - received 9 August 1826' (ff 8v-11)
- 'Translation of a Letter from Ally Akbar agents at Shiraz to Colonel Stannus dated 28 Zelhaj or 3 August 1826' (ff. 11-12v)
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Letter from Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident at Bushire, to Lieutenant Colonel Macdonald, Envoy to the Court of Persia [10r] (7/13), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/40, ff 6v-12, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023598689.0x000015> [accessed 29 March 2024]
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- Letter from Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident at Bushire, to Lieutenant Colonel Macdonald, Envoy to the Court of Persia
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- 7v:13r
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