Abstract: This part of the volume consists of Enclosures to a Despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 67 of 1841, dated 30 August 1841. The enclosures are dated 12 April to 30 August 1841, and are mostly copies of correspondence relating to the Persian Gulf, Persia [Iran], and Zanzibar.The correspondence mainly consists of the following: letters from the Resident in the Persian Gulf (Captain Samuel Hennell); reports from the British Agent at Muscat on a mission to Zanzibar (Captain Atkins Hamerton); and correspondence between the Acting Secretary to Government, Bombay, and the Secretary to the Government of India. Other correspondents include the Imam of Muscat.The enclosures relate to subjects including: the state of affairs in Persia; the conduct of a Frenchman, calling himself the Comte de Pron, at Muscat; the suggestion that the European troops at Karrack [Kharg], should be accommodated on board vessels stationed off that Island during the hot Summer months, for health reasons; and other matters relating to Nedgd [Nejd], Bahrein [Bahrain], Aboothabee [Abu Dhabi], Debay [Dubai], and Oman.Physical description: There is an abstract of contents of the despatch, numbered 1-35, on folios 1-6. These numbers are repeated for reference on the last verso of each enclosure.
Abstract: This part of the volume consists of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay's Secret Department to the East India Company's Secret Committee, Number 7 of 1841, dated 31 January 1841. The enclosures are dated 26 May 1840 to 30 January 1841, and relate to the Persian Gulf.The enclosures consist of copies of correspondence sent and received by the Government of Bombay, as well as copies of memoranda, minutes and resolutions of the Government of Bombay.The main correspondents are as follows: the Political Secretary to the Government of Bombay; the Resident in the Persian Gulf; the Secretary to the Government of India; the British Agent at Muscat; and the Superintendent of the Indian Navy.The enclosures discuss matters including:The concerns expressed by the Imaum [Imam] of Muscat that the French nation intended to take over the Imam’s possessions in the neighbourhood of ZanzibarThe response of the Governor General of India in Council to the request made by Colonel Taylor, Political Agent in Turkish Arabia, Baghdad, for a vessel of war to transport the Lieutenant of the Pasha of Baghdad to Bombay for the purpose of arranging his plans for the recovery of the Porte’s [Ottoman Empire’s] influence in ArabiaThe question of the relative positions of authority of the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf and the Commodore or officer commanding the Indian Naval Squadron stationed in the Persian Gulf, in relation to the SquadronThe disputes between the Chiefs of Debaye [Dubai, also spelled Debay and Debye in the item] and Aboothabee [Abu Dhabi, also spelled Aboothabie in the item]The policy which should be pursued in the event of Ameer Khaled (also spelled Ameer Khalid) attempting to extend his authority over the province of OmanThe Resident in the Persian Gulf giving a pledge to the Imaum of Muscat to aid him in resisting the invasion of Oman or any of his other territoriesThe visit of the Chief of Sohar [Ṣuḥār] to Bombay.This part of the volume also includes other enclosures relating to places including Shargah [Sharjah], Persia [Iran], and Bahrein [Bahrain].Physical description: There is an abstract of contents of the despatch, numbered 1-68, on folios 163-176. These numbers are repeated for reference on the verso of the last folio of each enclosure.
Abstract: Letter and Enclosures to HM Secretary of State for India, dated 31 October 1871.The Enclosures consist of correspondence between the Government of Bombay and the Government of India, containing points of administrative clarification in relation to correspondence concerning the slave trade, and the succession of Syud Burgash [Saiyid Barghash] to the sovereignty of Zanzibar.The Enclosures are dated 25 September - 25 October 1871.Physical description: There is an Abstract of Contents on folio 293, numbered 1-5.
Abstract: Letter and Enclosures to HM Secretary of State for India, dated 10 October 1871, concerning Zanzibar.The papers cover: the accession of Syud Burgash [Saiyid Barghash] as Sultan of Zanzibar; the despatch of HMS
Wolverineto Zanzibar, and the question of whether the
Wolverineshould salute the new ruler; requests from the Government of India for information on Zanzibar affairs; the response to Syud Burgash's letter announcing his accession; the new ruler's attitude to the suppression of the slave trade; and correspondence concerning the formal recognition of Syud Burgash as Sultan of Zanzibar.The Despatch includes correspondence from Dr John Kirk, Acting Political Agent and HM Consul at Zanzibar.The enclosures are dated 9 January to 3 October 1871.Physical description: There is an Abstract of Contents on folios 70-71, numbered 1-15.
Abstract: Letter and Enclosures to HM Secretary of State for India, dated 20 December 1871.The Enclosures contain correspondence from John Kirk, Acting Political Agent and Consul, Zanzibar (dated August-September 1871), concerning events in Zanzibar, including: a description of a raid that resulted in disaster for the Arab colony of the interior at Unyayembe [Unyanyembe]; references to Henry Morton Stanly [Stanley] and Dr David Livingstone; and a report on the financial position of the Sultan of Zanzibar (Syud Burgash [Saiyid Barghash]) and his likely successors.The Enclosures are dated 31 October-10 November 1871.Physical description: 1 item (5 folios)
Abstract: Letter and Enclosures to HM Secretary of State for India, dated 17 October 1871, concerning Zanzibar affairs.The papers include: the suppression of the slave trade, and the British Government's wish to end the subsidy paid by the Sultan of Zanzibar to the Ruler of Muscat.The papers include correspondence from Henry Adrian Churchill, Political Agent and HBM's Consul, Zanzibar.The Enclosures are dated 23 May - 14 October 1871.Physical description: 1 item (5 folios)
Abstract: Enclosures Nos. 3-4 to Despatch No. 24 from the Secret Department, Bombay Castle, dated 7 June 1860. The Enclosures are dated 13 April-30 May 1860. Received 12 July 1860.The Enclosures include a report from Lieutenant-Colonel Christopher Palmer Rigby, Consul and British Agent, Zanzibar, concerning the French Consul's decision to break off relations with the Sultan of Zanzibar, and a French threat to use force. Rigby suggests that the French action arose from the Sultan's friendly attitude toward the British Government. The Enclosure contains correspondence (some in French) between the British Consul and the French naval commander at Zanzibar.Physical description: 1 item (22 folios)
Abstract: Enclosures Nos. 3-4 of Despatch No. 5 from the Secret Department, Bombay Castle, dated 22 February 1860. The Enclosures are dated 30 November 1859-20 February 1860. Received 21 March 1860.The Enclosures include a report from Lieutenant-Colonel Christopher Palmer Rigby, Consul and British Agent, Zanzibar, dated 30 November 1859, covering the arrival and departure of British and other foreign ships at Zanzibar, and the suppression of the slave trade. Also present is a letter from Commodore George Greville Wellesley, Commander in Chief, Indian Navy, dated 20 February 1860, recommending the use of a screw sloop rather than a screw gunboat for the suppression of the slave trade in the area.Physical description: 1 item (6 folios)
Abstract: Enclosures Nos. 3-8 to Despatch No. 21 from the Secret Department, Bombay Castle, dated 30 April 1860. The Enclosures are dated 11 February-30 April 1860. Received 20 June 1860.The Enclosures include reports from Lieutenant-Colonel Christopher Palmer Rigby, Consul and British Agent, Zanzibar, concerning the liberation of a large number of male and female slaves illegally held by British Indian subjects at Zanzibar; copy of notice prohibiting the possession of slaves by British subjects in Zanzibar; resolution of the Honourable Board approving Rigby's actions; report by Rigby concerning acts of piracy committed by boats from the coast of Oman and the Persian Gulf, with the object of procuring slaves at Zanzibar; and resolution by the Honourable Board to ask the Secretary of State for India to assign a steam vessel to check piracy and slave dealing at Zanzibar.Physical description: 1 item (21 folios)
Abstract: Enclosures Nos. 3-4 to Despatch No. 10 from the Secret Department, Bombay Castle, dated 12 March 1860. The Enclosures are dated 29 November 1859-3 January 1860. Received 5 April 1860.The Enclosures include a report from Lieutenant-Colonel Christopher Palmer Rigby, Consul and British Agent, Zanzibar, dated 29 November 1859, covering: the arrival there of a vessel flying Spanish colours, which was clearly involved in the slave trade; the actions of the Sultan of Zanzibar to prevent the vessel from engaging in slaving operations; copies of letters from a Spanish citizen who was involved in the slave trade; and copies of letters (in French only) from the French Consul. There is also a further report from Rigby on these and other matters, dated 3 January 1860.Physical description: 1 item (16 folios)
Abstract: This part of the volume consists of copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay’s Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 74 of 1843, dated 31 October 1843. The enclosures are numbered 3-7 and are dated 1 September-18 October 1843.The papers relate to affairs in the dominions of the Imam of Muscat including the following:The activities of the French in ZanzibarTranslation of a letter from the Native Agent at Muscat reporting the proceedings of Captain Ward of the American ship
BrendaNews of an individual alleged to have been appointed American Consul at Muscat.The main correspondents are the following: HM Consul and HC Agent in the Dominions of the Imam of Muscat (Captain Atkins Hamerton), and the Native Agent at Muscat.Physical description: 1 item (24 folios)
Abstract: This part of the volume consists of a copy of an enclosure to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 59 of 1840, dated 24 August 1840.A note in black ink states that enclosures in Bombay Secret Letter, Number 58, dated 24 August 1840, are missing from this collection.The enclosures to No. 59 are dated 26-27 July 1840 and consist of correspondence relating to the appointment of a Consul to the Imam of Muscat.Correspondents include the Imam of Muscat and the Resident in the Persian Gulf (Captain Samuel Hennell).Physical description: 1 item (6 folios)