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Enclosures nos. 4-6 to Political Department letter no. 32 from Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident in the Persian Gulf to William Newnham, Chief Secretary to Government, Bombay [IOR/R/15/1/36, ff 91v-97] [‎132r] (3/5)
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Enclosures nos. 4-6 to Political Department letter no. 32 from Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident in the Persian Gulf to William Newnham, Chief Secretary to Government, Bombay [IOR/R/15/1/36, ff 91v-97] [‎132r] (3/5)

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Enclosures nos. 4-6 to Political Department letter no. 32 from Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident in the Persian Gulf to William Newnham, Chief Secretary to Government, Bombay [IOR/R/15/1/36, ff 91v-97]
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The record is made up of 3 folios. It was created in 12 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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  • Enclosure no. 4: translation of a letter from Sultan Bin Suggur [Sulṭān bin Saqr], Sheikh of Shurga [Sharjah] to Stannus, dated 23 April 1826, asking Stannus for justice and the exaction of a blood fine following the killing of a member of one of his boats, and the wounding of another by people belonging to Sheikh Abdolla ben Ahmed [‘Abdullāh bin Aḥmad Āl Khalīfah], Ruler of Bahrain;
  • Enclosure no. 5: letter from Stannus to Sultan bin Suggar [Sulṭān bin Saqr], in reply to the above, dated 20 May 1826, stating that he had not yet received replies to his enquiries about Soedan bin Zal [Sūwaydān bin Za‘al], so was unable to offer an opinion on that subject, would carefully investigate the act of piracy referred to in the Sheikh's letter, and was glad to hear that he intended to perform the agreement entrered into with the Sheikh of Bahrain;
  • translation of a letter from Sheikh Tahnoon bin Shukboot [Ṭaḥnūn bin Shakhbūṭ Āl Nahyān, Ruler of Abu Dhabi] to Stannus, dated 17 May 1826: the Sheikh complains about the seizure of one of his boats on 12 May by Soedan bin Zal; he states that Soedan bin Zal and others were under the government of Abdoolla bin Ahmed [‘Abdullāh bin Aḥmad Āl Khalīfah].
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Enclosures nos. 4-6 to Political Department letter no. 32 from Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident in the Persian Gulf to William Newnham, Chief Secretary to Government, Bombay [IOR/R/15/1/36, ff 91v-97]
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