Letter from James Dow, Assistant Surgeon, Temporarily in Charge of the Residency, Bushire, to Captain Charles J Maillard, Acting Political Agent at Keshme [Qeshm]
IOR/R/15/1/22, ff 54v-55
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The record is made up of 2 folios. It was created in 9 Aug 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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In this letter, James Dow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. , Assistant Surgeon, temporarily in charge of 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. , acknowledges the receipt of Charles J Maillard's letter, dated 29 July, which mentioned the removal of British troops from Rasselkhyma [Ra's al-Khaymah] to the Island of Keshme [Qeshm] and the fact that Maillard has succeeded Captain Thomas Perronet Thompson as a Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. at the new settlement in the Gulf. Dow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. promises to report any intelligence that he may receive regarding the Wahabee [ Wahhābī A follower of the Islamic reform movement known as Wahhabism; also used to refer to the people and territories ruled by the Al-Saud family. ] tribes.
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Letter from James Dow, Assistant Surgeon, Temporarily in Charge of the Residency, Bushire, to Captain Charles J Maillard, Acting Political Agent at Keshme [Qeshm], British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/22, ff 54v-55, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100024054291.0x00005c> [accessed 23 April 2024]
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- IOR/R/15/1/22, ff 54v-55
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- Letter from James Dow, Assistant Surgeon, Temporarily in Charge of the Residency, Bushire, to Captain Charles J Maillard, Acting Political Agent at Keshme [Qeshm]
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- 55r
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