Letter No 21 from Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident in the Persian Gulf, at Bassidore [Bāsaʻīdū] to William Newnham, Chief Secretary to the Government, Political Department, Bombay
IOR/R/15/1/33, ff 119-123
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The record is made up of 5 folios. It was created in 14 May 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 explains how the Resident has been able to diplomatically raise the subject of the Beni Boo Ali [Banī Bū ‘Alī] tribe with Sa‘īd bin Sultān Āl Sa‘īd, the Imam of Muscat. It reports that the tribe is comfortable, prosperous, and that the Imam has agreed to ensure that the money granted to the tribe by the Bombay Government is spent repairing their habitations.
It further reports that the Imam has been reassured that the British are solely motivated by a desire to raise the tribe out of 'extremity of want and misery', which it is noted that the British were instrumental in reducing them to. It also mentions that a private discussion with Mohomed been Ally [Muḥammad bin ‘Alī], Chief of the Beni Boo Ali, revealed no recent cause for complaint against the Imam, and that in future the tribe will look to him for protection.
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Letter No 21 from Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident in the Persian Gulf, at Bassidore [Bāsaʻīdū] 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 119-123, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100024054665.0x00007e> [accessed 7 May 2024]
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- IOR/R/15/1/33, ff 119-123
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- Letter No 21 from Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident in the Persian Gulf, at Bassidore [Bāsaʻīdū] to William Newnham, Chief Secretary to the Government, Political Department, Bombay
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- 119v:123r
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