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The record is made up of 2 folios. It was created in 13 May 1857. 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 a covering letter, containing an extract of paragraph 32 of despatch no.16 of 1857 (folio 110), dated 11 February 1857. The extract states that Commander Jones’s attempt at mediation between Shaikh Soultan bin Suggur [Sultan bin Saqr] of Ra’s al-Khaymah and the tribes of Humreya [Ḩamrīyah] was judicious and hopefully successful.

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English in Latin script
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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/15/1/157, ff 109-110

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13 May 1857 (CE, Gregorian)

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Letter no.2099 of 1857 from Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to the Resident in the Persian Gulf, British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/157, ff 109-110, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100024066926.0x000028> [accessed 29 March 2024]

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