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The record is made up of 2 folios. It was created in 23 May 1823. 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 enclosing a translation of a letter from Zekee Khan addressed to the Senior Officer of the Marine in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. . The enclosure conveys the objections of the Government of Fars to the Resident's orders to Sooltan bin Suggur [Sulṭān bin Saqr] instructing him to destroy the fortifications he was in the process of rebuilding at Rassel Khyma [Ra's al-Khaymah]; it insists that all the inhabitants of the coast of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. are subject to the Government of Fars.

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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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IOR/R/15/1/30, ff 54v-55

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23 May 1823 (CE, Gregorian)

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Letter No 28 of 1823 from John Macleod, Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushere [Bushire] to William Newnham, Chief Secretary to the Government, Political Department, Bombay, British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/30, ff 54v-55, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100024054362.0x000032> [accessed 29 March 2024]

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