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37. ‘Proceedings regarding the proposed arrangement of substituting for the Resident in the Persian Gulf an Assistant under the Envoy at Tehraun – Channel of his correspondence – Reduction in the Residency Establishment and appointment of Major Morison to the Office of Resident.’
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- Abstract: The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence, minutes and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, letters from the governments of Bombay [Mumbai], Fort St George [Madras, i.e. Chennai], and the East India Company Court of Directors.The item relates to proposals by the Court of Directors to change the position of ‘Resident at Bushire’ ([Būshehr], also called the Resident in the Persian Gulf) to ‘Assistant to the Envoy at Tehran’. The Government of Bombay and the Resident, David Anderson Blane, provide their detailed opinions on this proposal and the Court of Directors respond. The main points of discussion are: the experience and diplomatic skills required by the Resident to effectively manage relations with nearby rulers and suppress acts of ‘piracy’; potential reductions in the Residency’s expenses; and an earlier plan to move the Residency from Bushire to the nearby island of Kharrack [Jazīreh-ye Khārk]. Copies of earlier (1828) minutes by the Governor of Bombay regarding the purpose of the Resident at Bushire and the Residency's expenses are included.The item also refers to proposals by the Government of India to separate the governments of Bengal ([Calcutta], also called Fort William) and Agrah [Agra] and to transfer political authority from the subordinate governments of Bombay and Fort St George to the Government of India. A lengthy minute (ff 120-135) by the Governor of Bombay detailing his opposition to the latter proposal is included, along with multiple tables (ff 140-174) setting out the different relationships that the Government of Bombay holds with ‘local chieftains’ in the areas surrounding Bombay, notably Guzerat [Gujarat] and Kattywar [Kathiawar]. Some of these tables date back to 1820. The direct reporting of the Political Agent in Turkish Arabia and the Resident in the Persian Gulf to the Government of India, as opposed to the Government of Bombay, is also discussed.To a lesser extent, the item also relates to the appointment of Major James Morison to the position of Resident in the Persian Gulf, an event complicated by the disclosure that Morison has been granted permission to return to Europe due to poor health.Multiple spellings of numerous place names are present in the item. The majority of the item’s contents date from 1834-35.Principal correspondents include: the governments of India, Fort St George, and Bombay; the Court of Directors; and Blane.The title page of the item contains the following references: 'Coll[ection] No. 15’, ‘P.C. [Previous Communication] 1721, Draft 266, 1836’, ‘Collection N. 1 [crossed out] of N. 33’, ‘Bombay Political Department’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 50, and terminates at f 208, 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.
38. ‘WAR DIARY. ARMY HEADQUARTERS, INDIA. […] I.E.F. “D”. Volume 1. September 26th, 1914 to October 17th, 1914.’
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- Abstract: The volume contains a chronological list of brief summaries of papers relating to the activities of the Indian Expeditionary Force D between 26 September 1914 and 17 October 1914. This is accompanied by appendices containing copies and extracts of these papers, which include: correspondence; telegrams; reports; orders; despatches; and instructions.A summary of the contents of this volume is pasted on the leading flyleaf, under the subtitle ‘Preparations’:Warnings about the likelihood of Turkey [Ottoman Empire] entering the warThe decision to send a force to the GulfPreparation to send the 6th division to the Gulf, and a discussion over where it should landThe collection of the 16th brigade at Bombay [Mumbai] and Karachi, and their sailing to the Gulf.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 58; these numbers are printed, and are located in the bottom centre of the recto side of each folio.The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves.Dimensions: 21x33cm
39. ‘Muscat – Slave Trade’
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- Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, consultations, minutes, and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai]. The main correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; the Government of India; Reuben Aslan, the Native Agent at Muscat. It is the third in a series of five items concerning the trade in enslaved people (the others are IOR/F/4/2033/92119, 92120, IOR/F/4/2034/92122, and 92123).The item concerns:The liabilities of British subjects at Muscat concerning enslaved peoplePossible penalties for boats carrying enslaved people in the Red Sea or Persian GulfThe rescue of an Indian girl kidnapped from near Hyderabad, who was sold at Muscat by the sister of the Imam of Muscat [Sayyid Sa’id bin Sultan Al Bu Sa’id]The restoration to her husband of an Indian woman from Muscat who lacked the means of returning after a pilgrimageThe legality of purchasing enslaved people for the purpose of emancipation.The item includes a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft 253, P.C. [Previous Communication] 4278, [Season 18]44’, ‘Vol: 3’, and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 4 and terminates at f 45, 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.
40. ‘Muscat. Claim of His Highness the Imaum against this Agent at Bombay.’
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- Abstract: The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, extracts from a Bombay [Mumbai] Secret Consultation, 28 May 1845. The papers contained in this item are partial enclosures to a Political Letter sent from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, 10 June 1845. A copy of this Political Letter can be found at IOR/F/4/2122/100076, alongside details of further enclosures.The item relates to a letter written by Captain Atkins Hamerton, HM Consul and the Company’s Agent in the Dominions of the Imam of Muscat, reporting that he has informed the Imam that the Government of Bombay cannot assist the Imam in his pursuit of his agent at Bombay, whom he accuses of fraud. A copy of Hamerton’s letter is sent to the Government of India.The title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Bombay Political Department’, ‘P.C. [Previous Communication] 5061, Draft 29/46, Coll[ection]: 23, Vol: 10’, ‘Collection No. 9 of No. 62’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 504, and terminates at f 506, 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.
41. ‘Muscat. Slave Trade. Vol: 3’
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- Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, consultations, memoranda, resolutions, and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai]. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Augustus Le Messurier, Advocate General in Bombay; and Philip LeGeyt, Senior Magistrate of Police in Bombay. It is the third in a series of seventeen items on the trade in enslaved people (the others are IOR/F/4/2112/99462, IOR/F/4/2112/99463, IOR/F/4/2112/99465, IOR/F/4/2112/99466, IOR/F/4/2112/99467, IOR/F/4/2112/99468, IOR/F/4/2112/99469, IOR/F/4/2112/99470, IOR/F/4/2112/99471, IOR/F/4/2112/99472, IOR/F/4/2112/99473, IOR/F/4/2112/99474, IOR/F/4/2112/99475, IOR/F/4/2112/99476, IOR/F/4/2112/99477, and IOR/F/4/2112/99478).The item concerns two boys liberated from slavery in Bombay, and a legal discussion over whether their ex-masters could be, or should be prosecuted for bringing them to Bombay, even though they were not intending to sell them.The item contains a contents page, and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft 872/45, P.C. [Previous Communication] 5013, Collection No 1 of No 12’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 132, and terminates at f 142, 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.
42. ‘Egypt. Proceedings connected with the Mission of His Excellency Suleyman Bey of His Highness the Pacha’s household to Bombay, for the purpose of collecting certain rare birds. Vol: 1’
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- Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, minutes, resolutions, and consultations cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Suleyman Beg [Sulaymān Beg], an agent of the Pacha [Pāshā] of Egypt; Alfred Walne, Consul and Political Agent, Cairo; and Beghet Agha [Bahjat Āghā], an agent of the Pacha of Egypt. It is the first in a series of two items about missions from Egypt.The item concerns a mission of Suleyman Beg to collect birds in India for the aviary of the Pasha’s son, El Hamee Pasha [Ibrāhīm Ilhāmī Pāshā], and financial aid lent to him by the Government of Bombay. The item also mentions Beghet Agha, who was sent to India and the Gulf to purchase horses for the Pacha.The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft No 653_1853’ and ‘Collection No. 20 of No. 50 of 1853’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 464, and terminates at f 475, 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.
43. ‘Arab Adventurers – Maintenance and passage to their Native country of certain – Vol: 4’
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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. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Philip LeGeyt, Senior Magistrate of Police, Bombay; Edward Danvers, Acting Senior Magistrate of Police, Bombay; William Charles Andrews, Agent for the Governor of Surat; and P Stewart, Acting Agent for the Governor of Surat. It is the fourth in a series of four items.The item concerns the costs involved in repatriating Arab explorers in the interior of India, via Bombay [Mumbai].The item contains a contents page, and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft 700/47, Collection No 14 of No 29’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 430, and terminates at f 447 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.
44. 'File 2/7A Infections: Plague, Cholera, Smallpox, etc. Outbreak of and Quarantine Restrictions on passengers'
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- Abstract: The file contains reports and correspondence regarding measures against outbreaks of infectious diseases in the Trucial Coast, in Bahrain and in nearby countries: plague at Karachi in 1936, and smallpox in Bombay in 1937. The correspondence concerns quarantine arrangements and vaccinations at Bahrain and reports about cases of smallpox in Bahrain, Dubai and Sharjah.The principal correspondents are the Assistant Surgeon at the Victoria Memorial Hospital in Bahrain (Dr Ralph Holmes), the Government of Bahrain, the Government of India, the Residency Agent at Sharjah, the Political Agency at Kuwait, the British Ambassador at Baghdad, the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, and the Political Agent at Bahrain.The file contains documents in Arabic with English translation: quarantine notices from the Government of Bahrain.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 384; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional incomplete foliation sequence is also present in parallel intermittently between ff 2-361; these numbers are written in a combination of pencil and crayon, but are not circled.
45. ‘File 12/10 Shipping notice’
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- Abstract: The file comprises correspondence relating to the distribution of notices concerning shipping regulations at Bahrain and along the Trucial Coast. Correspondence dated 1935 (ff 2-8) relates to a notice, issued by the Deputy Conservator of the Bombay Port Trust, dated 12 June 1935, announcing the exemption of compulsory pilotage for sailing vessels under 350 net registered tonnage, including the translation of the notice into Arabic, and its distribution on the Trucial Coast by the Residency Agent at Sharjah. Also included in the file is a Government of Bahrain notice, dated 26 June 1938, announcing changes in rates paid (referred to as Kanchiaand Hamali) on the landing of cargo at Bahrain (f 9).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 12; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-9; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.
46. 'Removal of Nujif Ali Khan (a Prince of Persia) to Bussorah, in preference to his being tried for murder of which he was accused – His pen[sion] of Rs 400 discontinued from 30th November the allowance of Rs 120 per mo[nth] to the Mother of […] Prince made payable at Bussorah'
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- Abstract: The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence, minutes and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, letters to and from the Government of Bombay, the Government of Bengal and the Court of Directors of the East India Company. The item is chiefly concerned with the case of Nujeef Ally Khan [Najaf ʿAlī Khān Zand, Prince of Persia] who was charged with the murder of two sepoys in Paunvell [Panvel, India]. In particular, the item relates to:Debates between Sir John Malcolm, Governor of Bombay, and John Romer, Member of the Council in the Government of Bombay, as to whether the Prince should be tried in the Criminal Court in the Northern Concan [Konkan] or whether, in consideration of his rank, alternative measures should be adopted to avoid insulting PersiaThe decision to detain the Prince as a state prisoner in the Fort at Tannah [Thane], before removing him to Bussorah [Basra] where he may continue as a liberated individual, with the condition that if he returns to Bombay he will be tried for the charges against himDiscussions over whether the pension paid to the Prince by the East India Company should be continued in light of the charges against himConsideration of the primary investigations by the Criminal Judge at Tannah into the charges against the PrinceConsideration of the merits and limitations of applying absolute English law in India without amending it to fit in with local practicesPetitions by the mother of Nujeef Ally Khan regarding: his access to visitors whilst detained at Tannah; her request that members of his family and entourage are allowed to travel with him to Bussorah; her request that she will continue to receive an allowance once she arrives at Bussorah.The principal correspondents in the item are William Newnham, Chief Secretary to the Government of Bombay, and his successor, Charles Norris. Other correspondents include: Sir Thomas Bradford, Commander in Chief, Bombay; William Clerk, Acting Persian Secretary; the General Paymaster and Accountant, Bombay; Edmund Montgomerie, Acting Assistant Criminal Judge, Tannah; the Secretary to the Supreme Government [Government of Bengal]; Major Stratford Powell, Acting Adjutant General of the Army, Bombay; Lieutenant-Colonel David Leighton, Commanding Residency Division of the Army, Bombay; Captain Thomas Stokoe, Commandant at Fort Tannah; James Farish, Civil Auditor, Bombay; the Political Agent at Bussora; and Sir Charles Malcolm, Superintendent of Marine, Bombay.The title page of the item contains the following references: 'P.C. 980, Draft 38, 1832' and 'Examiner's Office 1830'.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at 277, and terminates at 406, 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.
47. 'Journal of Ship Princess Louisa Bound to Mocha Anno Domini 1733'
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- Abstract: This volume consists of a journal recording the voyage of the East India Company ship Princess Louisa, from England to Mocha and Bombay, and back to England. The entries are dated 29 August 1733 to 26 April 1735. The Captain of the ship was Richard Pinnell.The entries start from 29 August 1733 when the ship was at Deptford, after which it anchored at Gravesend on 24 September 1733, and in the Downs on 31 October 1733. The journal also records the ship anchoring at the following places: Table Bay (16 February to 7 March 1733/34); Mocha (9 May to 23 July 1734); Bombay (9 August to 12 September 1734); Cochin (22 to 25 September 1734); Table Bay and Cape Bona Esprance [Cape of Good Hope] (11 to 26 December 1734); St Helena (12 to 29 January 1734/35); and the Downs (14 April 1735). (Both Old Style and New Style dates are given.)Entries for when the ship was at sail (from 5 November 1733, when the ship was in the Downs Channel, onwards) consist of tables recording the following: hours (H), knots (K), fathoms (F), the course of the ship, wind direction, weather, and observations and transactions. The observations and transactions mostly consist of the following: wind and other weather conditions; sightings of, and encounters with, other ships; sightings of land; the course of the ship; and birds and fish observed and caught.Entries for when the ship was in port mainly record: wind and other weather conditions; actions performed by the crew; the arrival of other ships; and cargo being unloaded from, and loaded onto, the ship (including chests of treasure, and iron and steel being unloaded from the ship, and bales of coffee being received on the ship, when the ship was at Mocha).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 133; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.The volume includes a sequence of blank pages, ff 113-132, which have not been digitised.
48. ‘A Journal For the Ship Royal Captain p Nath. Tanner’
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- Abstract: A journal (log book) of the first voyage of the East India Company ship Royal Captain, recorded by the Captain Nathaniel Tanner. The journal entries are dated 17 February 1761 to 19 August 1763.The journal is inscribed: ‘A Journal For the Ship Royal Captain p[per] Nath.[anie]l Tanner’, ‘This is my orrig.[ina]l Jornial and my Hand Writing – Nath[anie].l Tanner’, ‘Witness Tho[mas] Reading’.The entries record the ship anchoring at places including: Cochin [Kochi] (12 to 14 December 1761); Bombay (2 January to 24 February 1762); Muscatt [Muscat] (19 to 23 March 1762); Gombaroon [Bandar Abbas] (29 March to 14 April 1762); Muscatt (20 to 23 April 1762); Bombay (5 May to 5 June 1762); Trincomalay [Trincomalee] (19 June to 1 July 1762); Madrass [Madras] (3 July to 5 August 1762); Macao [Macau] and Wampo [Pazhou] (29 October 1762 to 10 January 1763); Pulo Auro [Pulau Aur or Aur Island] (21 to 25 January 1763); St Helena (12 to 22 April 1763); Spithead (29 June to 4 July 1763); and Dover (4 to 13 July 1763). The ship arrived at Deptford on 23 July 1763.Daily entries for when the ship was in port and at anchor record: wind and other weather conditions; goods and provisions received on board the ship; goods unloaded from the ship and taken ashore; actions performed by the crew; the arrival and departure of other ships; members of the crew receiving corporal punishment; and deaths of members of the crew.Daily entries for when the ship was at sail consist of tables recording the following: hours (H), courses, knots (K), fathoms (F), other navigational measurements, and comments. The comments mostly relate to the following: wind and other weather conditions; sightings of land; sightings of, and interactions with, other ships; actions performed by the crew; and the course of the ship.The journal is part of a volume containing three separate log books: ‘A Journal For the Ship Royal Captain p Nath.l Tanner’ (IOR/L/MAR/B/556A); Royal Captain: Journal (IOR/L/MAR/B/556B); and Royal Captain: Journal (IOR/L/MAR/B/556C).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at 1, and terminates at 174; it is part of a larger physical volume of different shelfmarks in which this shelfmark has been given its own separate foliation sequence, i.e. non-consecutive; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.