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Letter from Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident at Bushire to Lieutenant Colonel John Macdonald, Envoy to the Court of Persia [‎83r] (2/2)

The record is made up of 1 folio. It was created in 27 Dec 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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Letter informing Colonel Macdonald that a packet from him to the Government at Bombay had been lost in a Batille (boat) off Cape Rasulhad [Ra’s al Ḩadd], and that as the packet had arrived at Bushire on 5 October he estimated they had been written about the 27 or 28 August.

The letter concludes by informing the Colonel that he had already written 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. regarding the loss.

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Letter from Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident at Bushire to Lieutenant Colonel John Macdonald, Envoy to the Court of Persia [‎83r] (2/2), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/40, f 82 2, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023598689.0x0000a7> [accessed 28 March 2024]

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