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Letter from Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government, Bombay to Captain Thomas Perronet Thompson, Political Agent at Kishme [Qeshm]
The letter outlines measures the Government of Bombay is taking to reinforce British forces in the Persian Gulf, with a particular view to operations with ...
6 images in record Ref: IOR/R/15/1/23, ff 64-66 Date(s): 10 Dec 1820
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Translation of a letter from Sa‘īd bin Sultān Āl Sa‘īd, the Imam of Muskat [Muscat] to Mountstuart Elphinstone, Governor of Bombay
The letter is a translation of an account provided by the Imam of Muskat [Muscat] of the recent ill-fated expedition in Oman with the British, along with ...
4 images in record Ref: IOR/R/15/1/23, ff 67-68 Date(s): 19 Nov 1820
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Letter from Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government, Bombay to Captain Thomas Perronet Thompson, Late Political Agent at Kishme [Qeshm]
The letter blames the Captain for the failed expedition against the Beni Bow Alli [Banī Bū ‘Alī] tribe, and accuses him of having over stepped his ...
6 images in record Ref: IOR/R/15/1/23, ff 69-71 Date(s): 10 Jan 1821
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Letter to Sa‘īd bin Sultān Āl Sa‘īd, the Iman of Muscat
The letter explains that while the author is not yet satisfied with the explanation for the motives behind the previous expedition, in order to restore ...
4 images in record Ref: IOR/R/15/1/23, ff 72-73 Date(s): c Dec 1820
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Letter from Captain Thomas Perronet Thompson, 17th Light Dragoons, Political Agent, Deristan to Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government, Bombay
The letter explains that due to a letter being misdirected to Kishme [Qeshm] instead of Mascat [Muscat], the Captain has not been able to act as the government ...
4 images in record Ref: IOR/R/15/1/23, ff 74-75 Date(s): 3 Dec 1820
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Letter from Captain Thomas Perronet Thompson, 17th Light Dragoons, Political Agent, Deristan to Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government, Bombay
The letter outlines the evidence for the Beni Bou Ali [Banī Bū ‘Alī] tribe's piratical activities. The Captain explains that their main settlement ...
6 images in record Ref: IOR/R/15/1/23, ff 76-78 Date(s): 3 Dec 1820
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Letter from Captain Thomas Perronet Thompson, 17th Light Dragoons, Agent, Deristan to Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government, Bombay
The letter announces the arrival of the 2nd Battalion of the 12th Regiment, and explains the Captain's decision to split his forces between the towns of ...
4 images in record Ref: IOR/R/15/1/23, ff 79-80 Date(s): 3 Dec 1820
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Letter from Captain Thomas Perronet Thompson, 17th Light Dragoons, Political Agent, Kishme [Qeshm] to Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government, Bombay
The letter reports that the transfer of the detachment from Deristan to Kishme [Qeshm] is now complete, and that Persia has abandoned its claims over Bahrain. ...
2 images in record Ref: IOR/R/15/1/23, ff 81 Date(s): 26 Dec 1820
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Letter from Captain Thomas Perronet Thompson, 17th Light Dragoons, Muscat to Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government, Bombay
The letter is an acknowledgement of orders dated 23 December 1820 removing the Captain from the post of Political Agent at Kishme [Qeshm] and ordering ...
2 images in record Ref: IOR/R/15/1/23, f 82 Date(s): 17 Jan 1821
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Letter from Captain Thomas Perronet Thompson, 17th Light Dragoons, Soor [Ṣūr] to Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government, Bombay
The letter contains a detailed response from Captain Thompson to criticisms made of his handling of the joint expedition against the Bani Bou Ali [Banī ...
16 images in record Ref: IOR/R/15/1/23, ff 83-90 Date(s): 12 Feb 1821