Political Department letter no. 35 from Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident in the Persian Gulf to William Newnham, Chief Secretary to Government, Bombay

Content

Stannus sends correspondence relating to waht he sees as an unjust decision given in the court of the cauzy [kazi] against Arratoon [also spelled Arrathoon] Malcolm, linguist of 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. . He informs Government that he had agreed to a compromise between the parties involved, by which Arratoon had paid 5000 rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. on condition of receiving a full release from any future demands, although the other party involved had not yet been able to comply.

The letter is accompanied by the following enclosures:

• note that enclosure 1 was a letter from Stannus to Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald, dated 30 April 1826, which appeared on page 147 of the volume [IOR/R/15/1/36, ff 73-76];
• enclosure 2: letter from Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald, Envoy to the Court of Persia to Stannus, dated at the Camp at Bushire, 13 May 1826, describing the approaches he had made to Sheikh Mohumed on behalf of Arratoon Malcolm and the Sheikh's reply; and giving his observations on the protection of public officers and servants of the British in the Ottoman and Persian courts.

Extent and format

3 folios

It is part of

'Outward Let[ters], Book No 42, 1st January 1826 to 31 July 1826'

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/36

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/15/1/36, ff 102-104

History of this record

Date(s)

20 Jun 1826 (CE, Gregorian)

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Political Department letter no. 35 from Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident in the Persian Gulf to William Newnham, Chief Secretary to Government, Bombay, British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/36, ff 102-104, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100024055009.0x00009e> [accessed 25 July 2026]

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