Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, consultations, resolutions, and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai]. The main correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Lieutenant Colonel Henry Robertson, Officiating Resident in the Persian Gulf; Commodore William Lowe, commanding the Indian Navy Persian Gulf Squadron; Commander John Porter of the EIC brig
Euphrates; and Moollah Hoossein [Mullah Husayn], British Agent at Sharjah. It is the sixth in a series of six items on the Persian Gulf (the others are IOR/F/4/2005/89510, IOR/F/4/2005/89511, IOR/F/4/2005/89512, IOR/F/4/2005/89513, and IOR/F/4/2005/89514).The item concerns:Six passengers who seized control of a trading baghlah from Kishm [Qeshm]; their murder of the nakhoda; their capture at Cheroo [Bandar-e Chiru]; and a discussion of what should be done with the prisonersAn act of ‘piracy’ carried out at Nabend [Damagheh-ye Nay Band] on a Persian boat from Karrack [Khark/Kharg]The inefficiency of the Gulf Squadron caused by a lack of experienced officersRobertson’s request to be relieved of his position due to ill-health and a loss of confidence of the Government of Bombay in him, including a justification for all his actions since becoming Officiating Resident.The item includes a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft 612/43, P.C. [Previous Communication] 3902, Collection No 11’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 4 and terminates at f 79, 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.
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, 16 June 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 third in a series of fifty-nine items on events in the Persian Gulf.The item relates to reports from Major Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, on his visits to the ports of Aseeloo [Bandar-e ‘Asaluyeh] and Cheroo [Bandar-e Chiru’iyeh] in April 1847. Topics covered include:Discussions with Shaik Ahmed bin Khulfan [Shaikh Aḥmad bin Khalfān] of AseelooRecent events at AseelooRelations between Aseeloo and the Government of Fars, including money owed by the people of Aseeloo to that governmentAn engagement entered into by Shaik Ahmed promising not to ‘disturb the peace of the seas’, a copy of which can be found at folio 231Discussions with Sheik Yoosoof [Shaikh Yūsuf] of Cheroo regarding a similar engagement as above, as well as recent events at Cheroo involving British vessels.Aseeloo is also rendered as Asseeloo.The title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Bombay Political Department’, ‘Draft No. 345/48’, ‘Collection No. 2 of No. 78, Vol: 3.’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 224, and terminates at f 232, 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.