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Letter from Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident at Bushire to Lieutenant Colonel John Macdonald, Envoy to the Court of Persia [‎86r] (5/8)

The record is made up of 5 folios. It was created in 1 Jan 1827. 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 regarding news from the Native Agent Non-British agents affiliated with the British Government. at Shiraz (Mirza ‘Alī Akbar) that packets being forwarded to Lieutenant Colonel Macdonald had been detained at the Customs House in Shiraz, and Colonel Stannus's belief that their detention was intended as an insult and demonstration that friendly relations between Shiraz and the 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. had ceased.

The letter also encloses an extract from Mirza Ali Ackbar [Mirza ‘Alī Akbar]'s letter on the subject and a copy of a note to Zakee Khan [Zakī Khān] by a Mr Ralph who was passing through Shiraz.

The letter concludes by stating that he had written to Zakee Khan requesting that the packages be given to Mirza Ally Acbar, and that he had instructed Mirza Ally to inform Colonel Macdonald of the progress of the packages and to pass on any intelligence he may gather on the subject.

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Letter from Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident at Bushire to Lieutenant Colonel John Macdonald, Envoy to the Court of Persia [‎86r] (5/8), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/40, ff 83v-87, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023598689.0x0000ad> [accessed 29 March 2024]

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