Letter from Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government, Bombay to Thomas Perronet Thompson, 17th Light Dragoons, Commanding at Rasul Khyma [Raʼs al-Khaymah]
IOR/R/15/1/23, ff 26-28
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The record is made up of 3 folios. It was created in 1 May 1820. 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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The letter is transmitting various communications. In addition, it outlines the cruizers which are to be placed at Captain Thompson's disposal, the instructions the Commander of the Ernaad has been ordered to follow in the event the Captain is not at Kishma [Qeshm] by the time he arrives, and measures the Government are taking to supply troops in the Gulf.
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Translation of a letter from Mountstuart Elphinstone, Governor of Bombay, to Sa‘īd bin Sultān Āl Sa‘īd, Imam of Muscat, dated 26 April 1820. The letter concerns the withdrawal of the British garrison at Rasul Khyma [Raʼs al-Khaymah] to Kishma for the stated purpose of suppressing piracy, and the proposed transfer of the territory to a suitable local chieftain.
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Letter from Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government, Bombay to Thomas Perronet Thompson, 17th Light Dragoons, Commanding at Rasul Khyma [Raʼs al-Khaymah], British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/23, ff 26-28, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023711596.0x000007> [accessed 12 June 2024]
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- IOR/R/15/1/23, ff 26-28
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- Letter from Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government, Bombay to Thomas Perronet Thompson, 17th Light Dragoons, Commanding at Rasul Khyma [Raʼs al-Khaymah]
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- 26r:28v
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