Letter from Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident in the Persian Gulf to to Captain G Walker, Senior Marine Officer in the Persian Gulf

IOR/R/15/1/36, f 101v

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The record is made up of 1 folio. It was created in 16 Jun 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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Stannus informs Walker that the salute previously fired for the Imam of Muscat [Sa‘īd bin Sultān Āl Sa‘īd], who was shortly expected to enter the Gulf, was altogether inadequate for his rank. He recommends a nineteen gun salute instead.

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Letter from Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident in the Persian Gulf to to Captain G Walker, Senior Marine Officer in the Persian Gulf, British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/36, f 101v, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100024055009.0x00009b> [accessed 29 July 2026]

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