Letter No. 91 from Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident at Bushire to William Newnham, Chief Secretary to Government, Political Department, Bombay
IOR/R/15/1/40, f 88
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The record is made up of 1 folio. It was created in 26 Dec 1826. 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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Letter reporting the departure for the Bombay Presidency The name given to each of the three divisions of the territory of the East India Company, and later the British Raj, on the Indian subcontinent. of part of Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald's escort consisting of a Duffadar A Non-Commissioned Officer in the Indian Cavalry. (commandant) and Sixteen Sewars (horsemen) belonging to the Poonah [Pune] auxilliary horse, on board the Bugla Large trading vessel. Mahmudy.
The letter goes on to discuss a Jemidar and six troopers who had been left behind at Tabriz and had been instructed to travel direct to Bushire but had not arrived, and which Colonel Stannus had discovered had disobeyed their orders and chosen to travel via Bagdad [Baghdad] and Kerbala [Karbalā], but that there exact whereabouts was unknown.
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Letter No. 91 from Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident at Bushire to William Newnham, Chief Secretary to Government, Political Department, Bombay, British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/40, f 88, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100024197023.0x00006f> [accessed 25 April 2024]
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- Letter No. 91 from Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident at Bushire to William Newnham, Chief Secretary to Government, Political Department, Bombay
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- 88v:89r
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