Letter from Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident at Bushire to Lieutenant Colonel John Macdonald, Envoy to the Court of Persia

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Letter regarding news from the Native Agent Non-British agents affiliated with the British Government. at Shiraz (Mirza ‘Alī Akbar) that packets being forwarded to Lieutenant Colonel Macdonald had been detained at the Customs House in Shiraz, and Colonel Stannus's belief that their detention was intended as an insult and demonstration that friendly relations between Shiraz and the Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. had ceased.

The letter also encloses an extract from Mirza Ali Ackbar [Mirza ‘Alī Akbar]'s letter on the subject and a copy of a note to Zakee Khan [Zakī Khān] by a Mr Ralph who was passing through Shiraz.

The letter concludes by stating that he had written to Zakee Khan requesting that the packages be given to Mirza Ally Acbar, and that he had instructed Mirza Ally to inform Colonel Macdonald of the progress of the packages and to pass on any intelligence he may gather on the subject.

• Extract of a letter from Mirza Ally Acbaur to Colonel Stannus, 23 December 1826, regarding his communications with the Customs House in relation to the packages for Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald (the first two paragraphs of this extract have been crossed through), the extract also summarises the note from Mr Ralph regarding charges he had been made to pay in order to travel through parts of Persia and an interview with His Highness the Prince of Shiraz (Ḥosayn-‘Alī Mīrzā A title of honour originally applied to princes, later to military leaders, and later still to secretaries, chieftains, and other ‘gentlemen’. ) regarding his decision to charge dues for stores belonging to English Gentlemen, including envoys. (ff 84-87). The extracts are recorded as true translations by Samuel Hennell, Assistant to the Resident in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .

Extent and format

5 folios

It is part of

'Book No. 46. 31 July 1826 to 19 February 1827'

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/40

Written in

English in Latin script

Type

Letter

Access & Reference

Original held at

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.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/R/15/1/40, ff 83v-87

History of this record

Date(s)

1 Jan 1827 (CE, Gregorian)

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Letter from Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident at Bushire to Lieutenant Colonel John Macdonald, Envoy to the Court of Persia, British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/40, ff 83v-87, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100024197023.0x000070> [accessed 14 May 2024]

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