Letter No 9 from Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire Residency to William Newnham, Chief Secretary to the Government, Political Department, Bombay
IOR/R/15/1/33, ff 85v-86
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The record is made up of 2 folios. It was created in 8 Mar 1825. 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 reporting that Sa‘īd bin Sultān Āl Sa‘īd, the Imam of Muscat, intends to blockade the port of Bussora [Basra]. It is explained that this is the result of failed applications for redress with respect to tribute owed by the Government of Bagdad [Baghdad]. It is further explained that the Resident has reassured the Imam that the British would almost certainly not interfere if he choose to take such a course of action.
It notes that the Resident is attempting to mediate between the Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. of Bagdad, and the Imam of Muscat via Robert Taylor, the Resident at Bussora.
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Letter No 9 from Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire Residency to William Newnham, Chief Secretary to the Government, Political Department, Bombay, British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/33, ff 85v-86, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100024054665.0x000066> [accessed 23 April 2024]
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- IOR/R/15/1/33, ff 85v-86
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- Letter No 9 from Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire Residency to William Newnham, Chief Secretary to the Government, Political Department, Bombay
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- 85v:86v
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