Letter no. 50 from Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident at Bushire, to William Newnham, Chief Secretary to Government, Bombay [19r] (2/3)
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Stannus announces his intention to proceed early in September on a tour of the Arab littoral of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. . He remarks that a pressing reason for the tour is the conflict between the shaikhs Tanoon [Ṭaḥnūn bin Shakhbūṭ Āl Nahyān?] and Abdoola ben Ahmed [‘Abdullāh bin Aḥmad], and the situation of the later with regarding Rahma ben Jaber [Raḥmah bin Jābir] and the reestablishment of the Souedan [Sūwaydān] tribe at Derah, which has been rebuilt and occupied by Salmene ben Nasser [Salmān bin Nāṣir?], who is engaged in fresh hostilities with the people of Debaye [Dubai]. Stannus plans to embark as soon as possible after 1 September, visit all the allied ports and proceed to Bassidore [Bāsa’īdū] where he shall remain until 15 October. Lieutenant Samuell Hennell is to accompany him on this tour in order to introduce him to the Arab chieftains, while Assistant Surgeon Henry Johnston will be left at Bushire.
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Letter no. 50 from Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident at Bushire, to William Newnham, Chief Secretary to Government, Bombay [19r] (2/3), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/40, ff 18-19, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023598689.0x000027> [accessed 24 April 2024]
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