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73. ‘Persian Gulf. Interview of the Resident with the Acting Governor of Bushire.’
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- Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, minutes, and consultations cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. These political letters appear in IOR/F/4/2416/130506. It is the twenty-second in a series of twenty-eight items on the Persian Gulf. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf; and Lieutenant-Colonel Justin Sheil.The item contains Sheil’s response to an earlier letter from Hennell (which can be found in IOR/F/4/2416/130514), regarding Hennell’s meetings with the Acting Governor of Bushire [Bushehr] and a deputation of merchants, on the subject of the removal of Sheik Nasir [Shaikh Nāṣir II Āl Madhkūr] as Governor of the town.The item contains a table of contents (f 655), and the title page (f 654) contains the following references: ‘Dft. No. 424 of 1851’, Collection No. 1, Vol. 22’, and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 654 and terminates at f 657, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the bottom right corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: the item also contains an original pagination sequence.
74. ‘Persian Gulf. Precis of intelligence from Shiraz Vol: 7’
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- Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, consultations, and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. These political letters appear in IOR/F/4/2349/123808. The main correspondents are: Major Samuel Hennell, British Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; Lieutenant Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Assistant Resident in the Persian Gulf; Joseph Malcolm, a Persian [Iranian] merchant; and Prince Bahram Meerza [Bahrām Mīrzā Moʿezz-al-Dawlah], the Governor of Fars Province. It is the seventh in a series of twenty-four items on events in the Persian Gulf.This item concerns:A dispute at Bushire [Bushehr] over Joseph Malcolm’s importation of sugar, on which the Persian authorities demanded that he pay the British rate of import duty, despite his status as a Persian merchant under British protection and not a British subject (see also IOR/F/4/2349/123823)A dispute between Hajee Abdool Mahomed [Ḥājī ‘Abd al-Muḥammad] and Shaik Houssein Nasir [Shaikh Ḥusayn Nāṣir Khān Āl Mazkūr], the uncle of Sheik Nasir [Shaikh Nāṣir II Āl Madhkūr] the Governor of Bushire, which led to Hajee Abdool Mahomed being forced to leave the city.The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft no 334 of 1850’, ‘Coll[ection] 4’, and ‘Collection No 6 of No 95’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 187, and terminates at f 235 as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the bottom right corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: the item also contains an original pagination sequence.
75. ‘Persian Gulf. Present to the Mohussil engaged in carrying the orders of the Prince of Fars, forbidding the exaction of transit duties on British goods.’
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- Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence and consultations cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. These political letters appear in IOR/F/4/2416/130506. It is the eighteenth in a series of twenty-eight items on the Persian Gulf. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay and Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf.The item concerns complaints about transit duties being wrongly levied between Bushire [Bushehr] and Shiraz on goods belonging to British merchants. The Prince-Governor of Fars has issued a rukum [raqam] addressing this and, at the request of Hennell, a mohussil [muhaṣṣil, a tax collector or commissioner] was employed to convey the rukum to the different Custom Houses. Hennell now requests sanction from the Government of Bombay for a sum of money to be disbursed as a present to the mohussil.The item contains a table of contents (f 614), and the title page (f 613) contains the following references: ‘Dft. No. 424 of 1851’, Collection No. 1, Vol. 18’, and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 613 and terminates at f 616, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the bottom right corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: the item also contains an original pagination sequence.
76. ‘Persian Gulf. Cholera’
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- Abstract: The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence cited in, or enclosed with, a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, 30 September 1847. A copy of this Political Letter can be found at IOR/F/4/2238/112322, alongside details of further enclosures. The item is the thirty-first in a series of fifty-nine items on events in the Persian Gulf.The item contains a letter from Major Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to the Government of Bombay, dated 11 September 1847, which reports on the outbreak of cholera in Arabia, Turkish Arabia [Ottoman Iraq] and Persia [Iran]. In particular, Hennell mentions the impact of the disease in Bushire [Bushehr], its surrounding districts, and in Bahrein [Bahrain].The title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Bombay Political Department’, ‘Draft No. 345/48’, ‘Collection No. 2 of No. 118, Vol: 31.’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 421, and terminates at f 423, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the bottom right corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: the item also contains an original pagination sequence.
77. ‘Persian Gulf Proceedings on the subject of an insult offered to an Officer of the Indian Naval Squadron at Bushire by a Persian Soldier.~’
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- Abstract: The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, extracts of a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, 26 April 1856. A copy of this letter can be found at IOR/F/4/2661/176320, alongside details of further enclosures. The item is the second in a series of fifteen items on events in the Persian Gulf 1855-56. The eighth item in the sequence is not present.The item relates to a recent incident at Bushire [Bushehr] during which a Persian [Iranian] soldier allegedly threw stones and mud at Acting Lieutenant Robert George Hurlock, Third Lieutenant on the Company vessel Ajdaha[ Ajdahā]. In particular, the item concerns:Discussions over whether the soldier was deliberately aiming at HurlockAction taken by Commander Felix Jones, Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf, to obtain redress in the matterDetails about the soldier's punishment ordered by Meerza Hassan Ally Khan, Dureya Beggee of Bushire [Mīrzā Ḥasan ‘Alī Khān, Daryā Begī, or Governor, of Bushehr].The correspondents are: Commodore Richard Ethersey, Commanding the Persian Gulf Squadron; Senior Lieutenant M B Worsley, Commanding the Ajdaha; Hurlock; Jones; and Meerza Hassan Ally Khan.Jones forwards copies of correspondence between the above correspondents to the Government of Bombay, who in turn forward them to the Government of India.The title page of the item contains the following references: 'Bombay Political Department', Draft Number '52 [18]57', 'Collection No. 6', 'Vol: 2', and 'Examiner's Office'. Originally, the Collection number was written as 'Collection No. 1 of No. 40 of 1856.' but the '1' was replaced with '6' and 'of No.40 of 1856.' has been crossed out.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 990, and terminates at f 1003, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the bottom right corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: the item also contains an original pagination sequence.
78. ‘Persian Gulf Relative to the aid afforded to the Merchant Barque “Eleanor Dadson” by the Vessels of the Squadron in the-’
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- Abstract: The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, 12 September 1856. A copy of this letter can be found at IOR/F/4/2661/176320, alongside details of further enclosures. The item is the twelfth in a series of fifteen items on events in the Persian Gulf during 1855-56. The eighth item in the sequence is not present.The item contains a letter from Commander Felix Jones, Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf, to the Government of Bombay, dated 4 April 1856, enclosing copy of a letter of the same date from him to Commodore Richard Ethersey, Commanding the Indian Navy Squadron in the Persian Gulf. Jones praises the recent assistance given by the Squadron to the merchant barque Eleanor Dodsonat Bushire [Bushehr] and highlights in particular the efforts of Lieutenant Worsley, Commanding the Company steam frigate Ajdaha[ Ajdahā].The Government forward a copy of Jones's letter to Rear-Admiral Sir Henry John Leeke, Commander in Chief of the Indian Navy.The title page of the item contains the following references: 'Bombay Political Department', Draft Number '52 [18]57', 'Collection No. 6', 'Vol: 12', and 'Examiner's Office'. Originally, the Collection number was written as 'Collection No. 6 of No. 71 of 1856.' but 'of No. 71 of 1856.' has been crossed out. There are also various numbers written in pencil in the top left corner of the title page but their connection to the item is unknown.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 4, and terminates at f 8, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the bottom right corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: the item also contains an original pagination sequence.
79. 'The Coast from Bushire to Basadore, in the Persian Gulf'
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- Abstract: Covers a 400-mile length of the Persian Gulf coast from Bushire [Bushehr] south-eastwards to Basadore [Basaidu] in Persia [Iran], including a fifteen-mile hinterland. Portrays hydrology, including depths by soundings, sands and rocks, relief by hachures and rock drawings, vegetation, settlements and place names, and includes topographical and hydrographic notes.Surveyed by Lieutenants George Barnes Brucks and Stafford Bettesworth Haines, 1828. Engraved by Richard Bateman. Published by James Horsburgh, Hydrographer to the Honourable East India Company.Physical description: Materials: Printed on paperDimensions: 637 x 948mm, on sheet 670 x 1005mm
80. ‘Persian Gulf Ravages in the – Vol: 4’
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- Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence and consultations cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. These political letters appear in IOR/F/4/2203/108134. The correspondents are the Government of Bombay and Major Samuel Hennell, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf. It is the fourth in a series of thirty items.The item concerns cholera in Persia [Iran], with reports of where it has spread to, and the death toll.The item contains a contents page, and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft 700/47, Coll[ection]: 18, Collection No 3 of No 37’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 647, and terminates at f 650 as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the bottom right corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: the item also contains an original pagination sequence.
81. ‘Balance due by Captain Hardy on Account of Deficiency in the Bushire Treasury’
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- Abstract: The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence enclosed within a letter from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] to the East India Company Court of Directors.The item relates to an investigation by the Government of Bombay in 1834-35 into the amount of 2778 rupees owed to the Company by Captain Henry Hardy, based on a deficiency in the treasury from Hardy's time as Resident of Bushire [Būshehr] in 1823. Most of the item’s contents date from 1834-35 with the exception of a letter from Colonel Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Hardy's successor, which provides information on the deficiency and is dated 12 June 1826.The title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Bombay Political Department’, ‘Coll[ection] No 12’, ‘P.C. [Previous Communication] 1721, Draft 266, 1836’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 392, and terminates at f 398, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the bottom right corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: the item also contains an original pagination sequence.
82. ‘Vol 10 Persian Gulf - Affairs of -’
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- Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, minutes, and consultations, cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. It is the tenth in a series of eleven items about the Persian Gulf (the others are IOR/F/4/2050/93533, 93534, 93535, 93536, 93537, 93538, 93539, 93540, 93541, and 93543). The principal correspondents are the Government of Bombay and Captain Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf.The item concerns:A dispute between Muktoom bin Butye [Shaikh Maktūm I bin Buṭṭī Āl Bū Falāseh of Dubai] and Suggur bin Sultan [Shaikh Ṣaqr bin Sulṭān al-Qāsimī of Sharjah]The movements and intentions of Ameer Fysul [Amīr Fayṣal bin Turki bin ‘Abdullāh Āl Sa‘ūd]Re-appointing a Native Agent at Lingah [Bandar-e-Lengeh]The arrival at Bushire [Būshehr] of Abdullah bin Ahmed [Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Aḥmad Āl Khalīfah] and the fortification of BushireA report from Commander James FitzJames of Her Majesty’s Sloop Cliostating: his opinion of the wreck of the Mary Mullaby[ Mary Mallaby]; the story of a woman supposedly detained at Kishm [Qeshm]; and the case of five Indian subjects at MuscatThe arrival of the Governor-General of Mozambique [Rodrigo Luciano de Abreu e Lima] at Zanzibar.The item includes a contents page, and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Coll No [Collection Number] 1, Draft 558, P.C. [Previous Communication] 4291, [Season 18]44’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 848 and terminates at f 908, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the bottom right corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: the volume also contains an original pagination sequence.
83. ‘Vol 11 Persian Gulf & Muscat affairs’
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- Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, minutes, and consultations, cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. It is the eleventh in a series of eleven items about the Persian Gulf (the others are IOR/F/4/2050/93533, 93534, 93535, 93536, 93537, 93538, 93539, 93540, 93541, and 93542). The principal correspondents are the Government of Bombay and Captain Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf.The item concerns:The wreck of the Schooner GuznieThe seizure of a boat belonging to Shaik Mahomed bin Khuleefa of Bahrein [Shaikh Muḥammed bin Khalīfah Āl Khalīfah of Bahrain] by Shaik Abdoollah bin Ahmed [Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Aḥmad Āl Khalīfah, former Shaikh of Bahrain]Duties to be levied on goods at Bushire [Būshehr], particularly when transhipped at the Bushire roadsThe migration of some of the people of Karrack [Jazīreh-ye Khārk, also known as Khark, Kharg] to Phelecha [Failaka]The movements of Ameer Fysul [Amīr Fayṣal bin Turki bin ‘Abdullāh Āl Sa‘ūd]The blockade of Mubarak bin Abdullah [Shaikh Mubārak bin ‘Abdullāh Āl Khalīfah] in Dumam [Dammam] by Shaik Mahomed bin Khuleefa and Esai been Tareef [Shaikh ‘Īsá bin Ḥamad bin Ṭarīf Āl Bin 'Alī al-'Utbī].The item includes a contents page, and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Collection No. 1, Draft 558, P.C. [Previous Communication] 4291, [Season 18]44’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 909 and terminates at f 974, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the bottom right corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: the volume also contains an original pagination sequence.
84. 'Vol 174 1851/52 General or Miscellaneous and Packets'
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- Abstract: The volume contains correspondence to and from the Resident of the Persian Gulf (Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell) during 1851. The first part of the file (ff 2-29) relates to miscellaneous issues of a largely domestic nature arising at the Residency. The second part of the file (ff 31-76) contains copies of correspondence exchanged between the Commanding Officers of the Honourable Company's [East India Company] ships in the Gulf and the Residency, concerning the disputes occuring at the time between the Wahhabi and Qatari tribes and the Sheikh of Bahrain, and correspondence relating to coastal towns of Guttur [Qatar].Physical description: Foliation: There is an incomplete pagination sequence and a complete foliation sequence. The foliation sequence is written in pencil, in the top-right corner of each folio. It begins on the front cover, on number 1, and runs through to 84, ending on the inside of the back cover of the file. Foliation errors: f 27 missing.Condition: Some of the papers in the file have deteriorated significantly at the edges and show signs of significant insect damage, both of which affect the legibility of some parts of their text.