Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, consultations, reports, and minutes 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 nineteenth in a series of thirty items.The item concerns the distribution of money obtained from the Shaikh of Kenn Island [Qais] in compensation for goods plundered from the wreck of the East India Company’s schooner
Emily.The item contains a contents page, and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft 700/47, Collection No 18 of No 49’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 742, and terminates at f 745 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.
Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, minutes, and consultations cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. 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/4/2174/105546. It is the thirteenth in a series of forty-five items on the Persian Gulf.The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Major Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf; Hossein Khan, Sahib i Ikhtyar, Governor of Fars, [Muḥammad Ḥusayn Khān Muqaddam Marāgha’i, Ṣāḥib Ikhtiyār, Governor of Fars]; and Meerza Reza [Mīrzā Reżā], British Agent at Shiraz.The item concerns the efforts to obtain redress for two ‘piracies’: the plunder of the wreck of the East India Company’s schooner
Emilyby certain inhabitants of the island of Kenn [Kish, also rendered as Ges in the item], and an attack on two vessels from Karrack [Jazireh-ye Khark] by the people of Khirrah [Kherreh], a dependency of the Shaik of Assaloo [Shaikh of Bandar-e ‘Asaluyeh]. It includes a summary of a communication from Mustoofa Khan of Bastuk [Ḥājjī Mustafā Khān Bastakī, Ruler of Bastak].The item also contains the response of the Government of Bengal (f 380) to a despatch that is not included in this item.The item contains a table of contents (ff 376-377), and the title page (f 375) contains the following references: ‘P C [Previous Communication] 5507, Coll. 7, Vol. 13’, ‘D/t 197/47’, ‘Collection No. 1 of No. 53’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 375 and terminates at f 385, 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.
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/4/2302/118727. The correspondents are the Government of Bombay and Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf. It is the second in a series of fifty-one items on the Persian Gulf.The item concerns Hennell’s report of a cruise he undertook of the Arabian Coast, including details of his interviews with the chiefs of Bahrein [Bahrain, Shaikh Muḥammad bin Khalīfah Āl Khalīfah], Shargah [Sharjah, Shaikh Sulṭān I bin Ṣaqr al-Qāsimī], and Debaye [Dubai, Shaikh Maktūm I bin Buṭṭī Āl Bū Falāseh]. The topics covered include:Bahreini [Bahraini] subjects on Kenn [Kish Island]The decline of Wahabee [Wahhābi] power [the Second Saudi State]An agreement between Shargah, Ejman [Ajman], Amulgavine [Umm al-Qaywayn], and latterly, Debaye, not to accept each other’s fugitivesA planned expedition against Brymee [Al Buraymi] by BahreinTwo enslaved people rescued from EjmanA complaint that a Bahreini boat had been boarded near Bidda [al-Bid’].The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Collection No 1 of No 129’, ‘Coll[ection]: 17’ and ‘Draft no 465 of 49’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 325, and terminates at f 343, 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.
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; Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Political Agent in the Persian Gulf; and Lieutenant-Colonel Justin Sheil, HM Ambassador to Tehran. It is the first in a series of twenty-one items on events in the Persian Gulf.The item concerns interviews between Hennell and the sheiks [shaikhs] of Amulgavine [Umm al-Qaywayn], Shargah [Sharjah], Debaye [Dubai], and Bahrein [Bahrain], during which the following subjects were discussed:Accusations of aggressive behaviour by Saeed ben Tahnoon [Shaikh Sa‘īd bin Ṭaḥnūn Āl Nahyān, Shaikh of Abu Dhabi]The actions of Soheil ben Ateish [Suhayl bin ‘Uṭaysh], a ‘pirate’ believed to be supported by some ‘chiefs’ along the Guttur [Qatar] CoastRelations between Sultan ben Suggur [Shaikh Sulṭān I bin Ṣaqr al-Qāsimī, Shaikh of Ra’s al-Khaymah and Sharjah] and MuscatBen Suggur’s request to send boats to evacuate women and children from Kenn [Kish Island], which was threatened by Persian [Iranian] troops, and his subsequent unsanctioned sending of 500 armed men to the islandAn agreement in principle that the people on Kenn would receive an annual income from Bahrein and in return relinquish their claim to Bahrein.The item also contains a political letter from the Government of Bombay to the Court of Directors of the East India Company, summarising the contents of the following 20 items.The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft N 34 – 1852’, and ‘Collection No 32 in 21 Volumes’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 82, and terminates at f 107, 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.
Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, consultations, and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, a political letter from the Government of Bombay, which appears in IOR/F/4/2445/134344. The main correspondents are Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Political Agent in the Persian Gulf and Commander John Porter, Senior Naval Officer in the Persian Gulf. It is the eighth in a series of twenty-one items on events in the Persian Gulf.The item concerns:An investigation into sightings of ‘suspicious’ boats off the island of Inderabia [Hendurabi]The wreck of the
Fyzul Kurreemoff Inderabia and the conduct of the inhabitants of the island on this occasionNaval preparations on the island of Kenn [Kish] either for the pearling season or to join Ameer Fysul [Amīr Fayṣal bin Turkī bin ‘Abdullāh Āl Sa‘ūd] on the Arabian coast.The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft N 34 – 1852’, and ‘Collection No 32’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 198, 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.
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: the Government of Bombay; Major Samuel Hennell, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; and Hajee Jassem [Ḥājī Jāsim], British Agent at Bahrein [Bahrain]. It is the nineteenth in a series of twenty-four items on events in the Persian Gulf.The item concerns:The arrival of Sheik Mubarek bin Abdoollah [Shaikh Mubārak bin ‘Abdullāh Āl Khalīfah] at Kenn [Kish Island, also referred to as Ges] and his ambition to attack BahreinRelations between Mahomed ben Khuleefa [Shaikh Muḥammad bin Khalīfah Āl Khalīfah, Shaikh of Bahrain] and the Howajeer Tribe [al-Hawājir], including Hennell’s attempts to make Mahomed ben Khuleefa take responsibility for the tribe’s actions.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 4 of No 127’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 355, and terminates at f 376 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.
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/4/2324/120974. The main correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Major Samuel Hennell, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; and Hajee Jassim [Ḥājjī Jāsim], British Agent at Bahrein [Bahrain]. It is the sixth in a series of six items on the Persian Gulf.The item concerns:Hennell’s tour of the Trucial Coast and conversations with the shaikhs of Bahrein, Rasel Khymah [Ra’s al-Khaymah], Amulgavine [Umm al-Qaywayn], Debaye [Dubai], Ejmaun [Ajman], and Aboothabee [Abu Dhabi], including their relations with each other and accusations of minor incidents both of trading enslaved people and detaining vessels in their ports unlawfullyThe secession and subsequent reconciliation of four influential merchants from Bahrein who went to Kenn [Kish Island] and Hennell’s role in mediating the dispute between them and the Sheik of Bahrein, Mahomed bin Khuleefa [Shaikh Muḥammed bin Khalīfah Āl Khalīfah]False reports of the death of Captain Atkins Hamerton, British Consul and Agent in the Dominions of the Imam of Muscat.The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft no 776/49’, ‘Coll[ection] 13’, and ‘Collection No 1 of No 78’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 8, and terminates at f 36 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.
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/4/2174/105546. It is the thirty-first in a series of forty-five items on the Persian Gulf.The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Godfrey Lee Farrant, Senior Magistrate of Police; and Justin Sheil, Her Majesty’s Minister at the Court of Persia [Iran].The item mostly concerns the investigation into items allegedly taken from the East India Company’s schooner
Emilyafter it was wrecked on the island of Kenn [Kish, also rendered in the item as Ges]. It includes:The depositions of William Henry Litchfield, former commander of the
Emily, and Mary Johannes Carapit, who travelled on the ship as a passengerRecords of the examinations of Khojah [also rendered as Cajah] Dawood [Khvājah Dāʾūd], Ameen Yacoob [Amīn Yaʿqūb], and Shaik Adum vd Hossein [Shaikh Ādam valad Ḥusayn], former crew members of the
Emily.The item also contains:A letter from Sheil reporting that the Persian Government has issued a firman directing the Governor of Fars to recover any property taken from the
Emilythat is being held by the Sheik [Shaikh] of Charak [Bandar-e Charak]Letters referring to earlier correspondence from Major Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, relating to a tour of the Arabian coast of the Gulf carried out by Lieutenant Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Assistant Resident in the Persian Gulf, and to the conclusion of a truce between Soultan bin Suggur [Shaikh Sulṭān I bin Ṣaqr al-Qāsimī] and the rulers of Debaye [Dubai], Ejman [Ajman] and Amulgavine [Umm al-Qaywayn].The item contains a table of contents (f 552), and the title page (f 551) contains the following references: ‘P C [Previous Communication] 5507, Coll. 7, Vol. 31’, ‘D/t 197/47’, ‘Collection No. 1 of No. 78’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 551 and terminates at f 567, 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.
Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, minutes, memoranda, resolutions, and consultations cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. The main correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; Commodore George Robinson; Colonel Justin Sheil, Her Majesty’s Ambassador at Tehran; and Khojeh Hiskael [Khawājah Ḥizqīl bin Yūsuf], British Agent at Muscat. It is the first in a series of five items.The item concerns:Kemball’s attempts to exact reparations from the Governor of Charrack [Bandar-e Charak] whose people had plundered a boat from Kelat [Kalat; also written as Khelat and Kulat], and Robinson’s consequent expedition to CharrackA description of an attack by the people of Charrack on KelatExaction of a fine and pearls from the people of Kenn [Kish Island] on account of the plunder of a boatA minor dispute between Debaie [Dubai] and Shargah [Sharjah]Expedition by the Beni Yas [Banī Yās] tribe into the districts of Rusul Khymah [Ra’s al-Khaymah]A complaint by Sheik Ahmed ben Khulfan, Governor of Asseeloo [Shaikh Aḥmad Al Khalfān, Governor of Bandar-e-‘Asaluyeh] that the Governor of Bushire [Bushehr] imprisoned and fined the nakhuda of a boat from AsseelooThe plunder of a vessel from Zanzibar by a dependent of Sheik Sultan bin Suggur [Shaikh Sulṭān I bin Ṣaqr al-Qāsimī].The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft No 653_1853’ and ‘Collection No. 21 of No. 53 of 1853’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 503, and terminates at f 561, 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.
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/4/2174/105546. It is the eleventh in a series of forty-five items on the Persian Gulf.The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Major Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf; Hajee Yacoob [Ḥājjī Ya‘qūb], Government Pilot; and Justin Sheil, HM Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Persia [Iran].The item concerns the efforts to obtain redress for the plunder of the wreck of the East India Company’s schooner
Emilyby certain inhabitants of the island of Kenn [Kish, also referred to in the item as Ges]. It includes:A letter from Hajee Yacoob reporting on his inquiries into this incident, and his belief that the majority of the goods plundered are in the possession of Sheikh Hussein bin Abdullah [Shaikh Ḥusayn bin ‘Abdullāh], the Chief of Charrack [Bandar-e Charak]A translation of a Royal Firman issued to Houssein Khan [Muḥammad Ḥusayn Khān Muqaddam Marāgha’i], the Governor of Fars, instructing him to recover the plundered property and punish the perpetratorsHennell’s concern that this incident will undermine British efforts to suppress ‘piracy’ in the Gulf.The item contains a table of contents (f 358), and the title page (f 357) contains the following references: ‘P C [Previous Communication] 5507, Coll. 7, Vol. 11’, ‘D/t 197/47’, ‘Collection No. 10 of No. 20’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 357 and terminates at f 367, 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.
Abstract: The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai], 18 June 1845. The recipient, unnamed in the item, is most likely the East India Company Court of Directors.The item relates to actions taken by Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, following a report that treasure and property, both public and private, have been stolen from the wreck of the Company schooner, the
Emily. Following the gathering of depositions, accusations of ‘inhospitable’ behaviour and theft are made against the inhabitants of Kenn (also rendered Kinn [Kish]), with the recommendation by the Governor of Bombay that the matter should be referred to the Persian [Iranian] government. Accusations of theft and misconduct also being made against several members of the
Emily’s crew, the Governor of Bombay recommends that the depositions be forwarded to the Advocate General, the Senior Magistrate of Police, and the Commander in Chief [of the Indian Army].A list of the missing treasure can be found at folios 659-660. The list details the name of the related owner or merchant as well as the quantities and types of coins missing.The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Hennell; Augustus S Le Messurier, Advocate General; and Philip William Le Geyt, Senior Magistrate of Police.The title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Bombay Political Department’, ‘P.C. [Previous Communication] 5061, Draft 29/46’, ‘Collection 26’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 653, and terminates at f 665, 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.
Abstract: The volume contains mainly letters addressed to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire at the time. Bruce was Acting Resident until 1812, but in this volume he is still often referred to as Acting Resident. A few letters are written to James Orton, Assistant Surgeon at Bushire, who took temporary charge of the Residency while Bruce was away from Bushire. The letters are mainly from the Secretaries of the Government of Bombay. Subjects relating directly to the Residency include: accounts; military and marine expenses. Broader themes within the letters include the diplomatic relations with Persia and the Wahabee [Wahhabis], the procurement of sulphur for its use in gunpowder, the silk and horse trades, and the threat of Āl Qāsimī pirates to British trade in the Persian Gulf.Physical description: Foliation: there is an original pagination, written in ink in the top right of each recto and the top left of each verso. It starts on the first letter with 1 and continues until page 213.The volume has been foliated in pencil, circled, in the top right corner of each folio. The numbering begins with the first letter with 1; then 2-94; 95-95a; and then runs through to 138, which is the last number given on the first blank page at the end of the volume. There are seven blank pages at the beginning and three at the end of the volume.Condition: the item has suffered from insect damage and the paper is very fragile in some parts. Some folios are glued and cannot be read.