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1. ‘Bahrainese abroad’
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- Abstract: The file comprises correspondence from two distinct periods. Correspondence at the beginning and end of the file is dated 1909 to 1913 (ff 2-16, ff 52-87), and discusses the British protection of Bahrainis in Ottoman Turkey, in response to Ottoman Government representatives in Constantinople [Istanbul] questioning Britain’s claim of Bahrain being under its protection, and the registration and status of the increasing numbers of Bahrainis residing in the port of Mohammerah [Khorramshahr], thanks to that port’s relative stability and affluence. Some of this correspondence deals with a specific incident occurring in March 1911 in which three Bahrainis were detained by the Basra authorities, with the latter refusing to recognise that the men were under British protection (ff 56-63). The principal correspondents in these parts of the file are: the British Ambassador at Constantinople [Istanbul] (Sir Gerard Augustus Lowther); the British Consul at Bussorah [Basra] (Francis Edward Crow); the Acting British Consul for Arabistan (Arnold Talbot Wilson).The middle portion of the file (ff 17-50) comprises copies of correspondence from the Basrah [Basra] archives, dated 1873-1878, sent to the Political Agent at Bahrain (Major Stuart George Knox) by Wilson in December 1910 (covering letter, f 16):letters dated 1878 from the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Charles Ross), reporting of the destruction of Zobara [Zubarah] by the Shaikh of el Bidaa [Al Bidda] with ‘two or three thousand followers’, under a Turkish flag (ff 20-21);letters dated 1873-1874, chiefly between the British Consul at Baghdad (Colonel Charles Herbert) and the British Ambassador at Constantinople (Sir Henry George Elliot), discussing a disagreement between British and Turkish Government officials over the Turkish Government’s intention to conscript Bahrainis residing in Turkish-administered Iraq into the Ottoman army, including a copy and translation of a memorial from the ‘Bahrainees of Kerbulla [Karbalā']’ (ff 22-50).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 88; 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 mixed foliation/pagination sequence is also present in parallel between ff 2-87; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.Condition: There is considerable insect damage on some pages in the file, in the form of small holes in the paper. However the damage is not sufficient to impair the legibility of any text.
2. ‘Persian Gulf. – Complaint of a Native Woman of Lucknow named Allee Rukhee, – Vol: 14’
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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/4/2376/126162. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; Augustus Le Messurier, Advocate General of Bombay; Lieutenant-Colonel William Henry Sleeman, British Resident at Lucknow; and Allee Rukhee, a woman from Lucknow. It is the fourteenth in a series of fifteen items on the Persian Gulf.The item concerns a claim by Allee Rukhee, that she entrusted her ornaments to a man named Ahmed Ally [Aḥmad ‘Alī] after the death of her mother on the way to Kerballa [Karbala]. Ahmed claims that he bought the ornaments in Kerballa. The item includes an examination of the claimants and witnesses by Hennell.The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft no 745 of 1850’, and ‘Coll[ection] No 5’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 162, and terminates at f 184 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.
3. ‘WAR DIARY. ARMY HEADQUARTERS, INDIA. […] I.E.F. “D”. Volume 23 PART II (From 16thto 30thJune 1916)’
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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 (also known as the Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force) between 16 and 30 June 1916. This is accompanied by appendices containing copies and extracts of these papers, which include: telegrams, letters, tables, and memoranda containing instructions and reports.The volume mostly relates to:Reinforcements and supplies for Force D, including: weapons; airplanes; ammunition; clothing; river and sea craft; equipment; animals; and hospital servicesStaff: appointments; recruitment; changes in command; salaries; illnesses; and leaveRe-organisation of some staff structuresProcesses for sending packages and gifts to troopsPrisoners of warUpdates from the Tigris line, especially at Kut [Al-Kut, also rendered as Kut-al-Amarah in text] and Sannaiyat [As Sina‘yat]Updates from the Euphrates line, especially at Badar and NasiriyahActivities and movements of Ibn Rashid, Shaikh of Shammar Arabs [Saʿūd bin ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz Āl Rashīd, Emir of Ha‘il]Intelligence about the Turkish [Ottoman] Army: commanders; plans towards Kermanshah [also rendered in text as Kirmanshah]; possible attacks on Nasiriyah and Serdesht; distributions on the Caucasus and Persian [Iranian] fronts; status in Syria and on the Tigris lineCommunications with the French Army‘Friendly Kurds’ between Amadia [Amadiya] and NeriArrests of high-level German army officials in PersiaFunctions of the Arab BureauConstruction of railwaysProposals for a modified inspection centre at Fao [Al-Faw] to prevent enemy ships entering the Shatt-al-ArabViolence at Karbala [also rendered in text as Kerbella], including copy of a letter describing the events written by inhabitants of Karbala and addressed to the Persian Government and leaders of the Kashgai [Qashqāy] and Bakhtiari [Bakhtiyārī] (ff 85-86).The volume also includes:Appreciations [reports] from the Directorate of Military Operations summarising the situation in Mesopotamia on 19 June (ff 39-41) and 26 June (ff 100-101)Distribution of Force D for week commencing 25 June 1916 (ff 90-94).A summary of the contents of this volume can be found at the start of IOR/L/MIL/17/5/3254.Physical description: The foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 135; 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 also present in parallel between ff 3-133; these numbers are printed and are located in the bottom centre of the recto side of each folio.Dimensions: 21 x 33cm
4. Affairs in Bussorah
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- Abstract: Enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 21 of 1846, dated 14 February 1846. The enclosures are dated and contain correspondence relating to: the murder of an Arab villager of Bussorah [Basra] by a British seaman; assessment of the risk of exiled Qajar [Qājār] princes inciting rebellions through partisan factions at the Court of Persia [Iran] and beyond; and the imposition by the Ottoman Governor of Bussorah of ad valorem taxes on Persian Shia [Shīʿah] pilgrims visiting the town of Kerbella [Karbala] and those journeying onto Mecca. This item commences with an abstract of contents (folios 16-18). Correspondence from Her Majesty’s Consul General in Bagdad [Baghdad] addressed to the Political Agent in Turkish Arabia [Ottoman Iraq].Physical description: 1 item (39 folios)
5. Letter from Harford Jones to Lord Wellesley
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- Abstract: A copy of a secret dispatch from Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], to Marquess Wellesley, Governor-General of Bengal, sent from Bagdad and dated 21 June 1802.Jones forwards correspondence (attached) concerning the Persian [Iranian] reaction to the sack of Meshed Hossein [Shrine of Imām Huṣayn bin ‘Alī, Karbala] and asks Marquess Wellesley not to pass the information on to any Persians resident in Calcutta [Kolkata] in order to protect his informant.Attached are:A translation of a letter from Mohammed Reza Khan [Muḥammad Rezā Khān], Persian representative in Kerbela [Karbala], to Harford Jone, reporting the reaction of the Shah to the sack of Meshed Hossein by the Wa-ha-bys [Wahhābī movement], a proposed expedition against the Wa-ha-bys, and protests from the Shah to Soliman Pasha [Büyük Sulaymān Pāshā, Governor of Baghdad].A translation of a firman [edict] from the Shah to the chief Imaums [Imāms] of Meshed Ally [Sanctuary of Imām ‘Alī, Najaf] and Kerbela. The firman concerns the sack of Meshed Hossein by the Wa-ha-bys and a proposed retaliatory expeditionA translation of a paper from an informant of Harford Jones describing recent events in Merve [Mary/Merv] and reports of a Persian expedition against the Ouzbegs [Uzbeks] in the region.A translation of a firman from the Shah to Soliman Pashaw of Bagdad. The Shah reproaches Soliman Pasha for failing to protect Meshed Hossein, demands that Soliman Pasha either immediately launch an expedition against the Wa-ha-by or provide supplies for Persian troops to do so, and demands that Soliman Pasha appoint a person to organise repairs and fortifications in KerbelaA translation of an arzadasht [‘arẓehdāsht, petition] from Mohammed Reza Khan to the Shah. Mohammed Reza Khan states that he has returned to Bagdad, describes the disturbed state of affairs caused by the ill health of Soliman Pasha, and asks permission to Persia.A translated extract of a letter from Meerza Bozurg [Mīrzā ‘Īsá Khān Farāhānī, Vizier to the Crown Prince of Persia] to Harford Jones, dated 6 Suffer [Safar]/6 June 1802. Meerza Bozurg thanks Jones for providing information from Kerbela, reports that the Shah has set off on a campaign to capture Herat and Candahar [Kandahar], and states that the Shah is planning a retaliatory expedition against the Wa-ha-by and has sent word of this to the Ottoman Emperor [Sulṭān].A copy of a letter from Harford Jones to Lord Elgin, HM Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, sent from Bagdad and dated 23 June 1802. The letter forwards the above dispatch and enclosures. Jones asks Elgin not to disclose any names mentioned in the correspondence to Ottoman authorities and to try to find out the proposed actions of the Porte [Government of the Ottoman Empire] regarding the affair of Meshed Hossein and communicate them to Jones.Duplicates of this correspondence are catalogued as IOR/L/PS/9/76/246.Physical description: 1 item (7 folios)
6. Letter from Harford Jones to Marquess Wellesley
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- Abstract: A copy of a secret dispatch from Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], to Marquess Wellesley, Governor-General of Bengal, sent from Bagdad and dated 21 June 1802.Jones forwards correspondence (attached) concerning the Persian [Iranian] reaction to the sack of Meshed Hossein [Shrine of Imām Huṣayn bin ‘Alī, Karbala] and asks Marquess Wellesley not to pass the information on to any Persians resident in Calcutta [Kolkata] in order to protect his informant.Attached are:A translation of a letter from Mohammed Reza Khan [Muḥammad Rezā Khān], Persian representative in Kerbela [Karbala], to Harford Jone, reporting the reaction of the Shah to the sack of Meshed Hossein by the Wa-ha-bys [Wahhābī movement], a proposed expedition against the Wa-ha-bys, and protests from the Shah to Soliman Pasha [Büyük Sulaymān Pāshā, Governor of Baghdad].A translation of a firman [edict] from the Shah to the chief Imaums [Imāms] of Meshed Ally [Sanctuary of Imām ‘Alī, Najaf] and Kerbela. The firman concerns the sack of Meshed Hossein by the Wa-ha-bys and a proposed retaliatory expeditionA translation of a paper from an informant of Harford Jones describing recent events in Merve [Mary/Merv] and reports of a Persian expedition against the Ouzbegs [Uzbeks] in the region.A translation of a firman from the Shah to Soliman Pashaw of Bagdad. The Shah reproaches Soliman Pasha for failing to protect Meshed Hossein, demands that Soliman Pasha either immediately launch an expedition against the Wa-ha-by or provide supplies for Persian troops to do so, and demands that Soliman Pasha appoint a person to organise repairs and fortifications in KerbelaA translation of an arzadasht [‘arẓehdāsht, petition] from Mohammed Reza Khan to the Shah. Mohammed Reza Khan states that he has returned to Bagdad, describes the disturbed state of affairs caused by the ill health of Soliman Pasha, and asks permission to Persia.A translated extract of a letter from Meerza Bozurg [Mīrzā ‘Īsá Khān Farāhānī, Vizier to the Crown Prince of Persia] to Harford Jones, dated 6 Suffer [Safar]/6 June 1802. Meerza Bozurg thanks Jones for providing information from Kerbela, reports that the Shah has set off on a campaign to capture Herat and Candahar [Kandahar], and states that the Shah is planning a retaliatory expedition against the Wa-ha-by and has sent word of this to the Ottoman Emperor [Sulṭān].A copy of a letter from Harford Jones to Lord Elgin, HM Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, sent from Bagdad and dated 23 June 1802. The letter forwards the above dispatch and enclosures. Jones asks Elgin not to disclose any names mentioned in the correspondence to Ottoman authorities and to try to find out the proposed actions of the Porte [Government of the Ottoman Empire] regarding the affair of Meshed Hossein and communicate them to Jones.Physical description: 1 item (8 folios)
7. PZ 7674/35 Iraq: disposal of the balance of a donation given by Raja Mohamed Khushalbai for provision of an electric light system at Kerbala
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- Abstract: The file concerns the disposal of a sum held on deposit at Bagdad Consulate in respect of the unexpended balance of money given by Raja Mohamed Khushalbai of Ahmedabad (Bombay Presidency) for the provision of an electric light system at shrines in Kerbala [Karbalā']. It consists of correspondence and a memorandum.The main correspondents are: the three sons of Raja Mohammed Khushalbai - Gulamali Rajemahomed Panjetani, Gulammohomed Rajemahomed Panjetani, and Gulamabbas Rajemahomed Panjetani; the British Consul, Bagdad [Baghdad]; the Collector of Ahmedabad; the Secretary to the Government of Bombay, General Department; the Chief Secretary to the Government of Bombay, Political and Reforms Department; the Foreign Secretary to the Government of India; the Under Secretary of State for India; and the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.The file contains multiple spellings for the persons mentioned as follows:Raja Mohamed Khushalbai (Raja Mohammed Khushalbai, Rajemuhammad Khushalbhai, Rajemohamed Khushalbhai, Rajemahomed Khushalbhai, Raja Mahamad Khushalbhai, Raja Mohamed Khushalbhai);Gulamali Rajemahomed Panjetani (Gulamali Rajemahomed, Gulamali Rajemuhammad);Gulammohomed Rajemahomed Panjetani (Gulammahomed Rajemahomed, Gulam Muhammad Rajemuhammad);Gulamabbas Rajemahomed Panjetani (Gulamabbas Rajemahomed, Gulam Abbas R. Panjetani, Ghulam Ali Rajamohammed Panjetani, Gulamabbas Rajemohomed Panjetani, Gulamabbas Rajemohamed Panjetani, Gulam Abbas Rajemuhammad).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at f 1, and terminates at f 35, it is the fifth file in a larger physical volume, each file has its own foliation sequence; 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 1-35; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
8. Turkish Arabia Affairs
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- Abstract: This item comprises a copy of an enclosure to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 91 of 1846, dated 4 August 1846. The enclosure is dated 28 May 1846.The primary document is a despatch from Major Henry Creswicke Rawlinson, Political Agent in Turkish Arabia [Ottoman Iraq], forwarding, for the information of the Government of Bombay and the Governor-General of India, copies of his communications to Sir Stratford Canning, HM Ambassador at Constantinople [Istanbul], reporting on affairs in the Baghdad Pachalic [Baghdad Pashalik, also spelled Pashalic in this item].The papers notably cover the following matters:The agreement negotiated by Canning relating to the rights of Britain to navigate the ‘Rivers of Mesopotamia [Iraq]’ (the Tigris and Euphrates) under its own flag and subject only to anchorage fees, and Rawlinson’s expectation that this will encourage the use of steam vessels and stimulate British trade with the Turkish [Ottoman] EmpireTensions between Persian [Iranian] and Turkish tribes on the Turco-Persian frontier at Kermanshah, plans for mediation by Rawlinson of the differences between the tribes, and Rawlinson’s description (f 14) of two ‘serious outrages’ committed by Persian tribes against the property of Turkish tribes and his fears of possible retaliationA meeting between Najib Pasha [Muḥammad Najīb Pāshā, Governor of Baghdad] and the Persian Consul Moolah Abdool Azeez [Mullā ‘Abd al-‘Azīz, also referred to as the Persian Agent] regarding the various complaints of the Consul against the Turkish authorities relating to: import and export duties; alleged fees for interment at Nejjef [Najaf, also spelled Nejif in this item]; ferry tolls required to cross a canal between Nejjef and Kufa; passport regulations affecting Persian citizens resident in Baghdad; and the inability of Persian citizens to obtain restitution following the ‘plunder’ of their property in the vicinity of BaghdadRawlinson’s mediatory role following two recent incidents at Kerbela [Karbala], namely: the affair of Hajee Medhi [Ḥājī Mahdī] who was sent to Kerbela by the Persian Consul on private business but presented himself as a Government Agent independent of the local government, and the question of Turkish and Persian jurisdictional rights regarding his punishment; and the affair of the Persian Army soldiers on official business who refused to deposit their arms, forced the gates and assaulted the guards, and the postponement of their punishment pending the decision of the Turkish and Persian governmentsRawlinson’s report of the discontent over taxation among ‘the Arabs of this Pashalic’, and his concern that increased tensions and acts of defiance will lead to constant conflict and disorderInformation received by Rawlinson alleging the erection of fortifications at Zahab [Sarpol-e Zahab] and Mohamrah [Khorramshahr, also spelled Mahomrah in this item] and the denial of the Persian Prime Minister, as conveyed by HM Minister in Tehran, of plans to erect any fortifications on the Persian frontier.Physical description: 1 item (20 folios)
9. Turkish Arabia Affairs
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- Abstract: This item comprises a copy of an enclosure to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 3 of 1847, dated 9 January 1847. The enclosure is dated 27 November 1846.The primary document is a despatch from Major Henry Creswicke Rawlinson, Political Agent in Turkish Arabia [Ottoman Iraq], forwarding, for the information of the Government of Bombay and the Governor-General of India, copies of his communications to Henry Wellesley, HM Minister Plenipotentiary at Constantinople [Istanbul], reporting on affairs in the Bagdad Pachalic [Baghdad Pashalik].The papers cover the following matters:The punishment of the Persian [Iranian] troops who forced the gate at Kerbela [Karbala] the previous spring (1846) and the reparation and apology offered to Nejib Pashah, Pasha of Bagdad [Muḥammad Najīb Pāshā, Governor of Baghdad], by the Persian Government, which was delayed on its passage to Bagdad due to the quarantine measures imposed by Mohib Ali Khan [Muḥibb ʿAlī Khān], Governor of KermanshahThe serious disturbances in the southern part of the province of Kermanshah requiring Mohib Ali Khan to lead a force there, and so delaying the ‘tranquilisation’ of the Turco-Persian frontiers during the forthcoming winterThe problems at Bagdad subsequent to passport regulations being applied to Persian pilgrims (to Karbala) by the Turkish [Ottoman] Government, including: delays in issuing passports due to the large number of pilgrims; disagreement between Nejib Pasha and the Persian Consul over the proportion of Persian pilgrims entitled to free passports following the (unverified) order of the [Ottoman] Porte to grant them to poorer pilgrims; Nejib Pasha’s objection to the Persian Consul issuing passports to Persian pilgrims on the basis that Russian ‘Mahomedans’ [Muslims] from Georgia with Russian passports are not restricted, and his threats to repudiate the right of all Persian pilgrims to passports if the practice continuesRawlinson’s report on a conference he attended between Nejib Pasha and the Persian Consul, largely consisting of the Consul’s complaints about the infringement of Persian rights and Nejib Pasha’s responses, in relation to: a Persian nobleman of high rank who was deprived of his arms on his visit to Kerbella [Karbala] during the summer; the enlistment of Persian refugee soldiers in the Turkish army; frontier matters including the ‘depredations’ by frontier tribes; the Turkish guard ship off Mohamerah [Khorramshahr, formerly Mohammerah] which the Consul claims is impeding the trade of that place; and Persian intentions to facilitate the passage of their pilgrims journeying to Kerbela across the rivers Diala [Diyala] and Euphrates at cost-price in order to counter the expensive charges of the company contracted by the Turkish Government.Physical description: 1 item (9 folios)
10. Persian Gulf Affairs
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- Abstract: This part of the volume consists of copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 30 of 1843, dated 30 April 1843. The enclosures are numbered 3-11 and are dated 14 February to 30 April 1843, and concern affairs in the Persian Gulf and Persia [Iran].Enclosure Nos. 3-10 consist of correspondence regarding:The coal depot of Karrack [Kharg Island, also spelled Kharrack in this item]The conduct of Hajee Ahmed [Hājī Aḥmad], the Arabic ‘Moonshee’ [Munshi] of the Persian Gulf Residency in relation to Jehan Loz Mirza [Jahānsūz Mīrzā], who arrived at Kharrack in July 1842 ‘in the habit and character of a dervish’, claiming to be the son of the late Shah of Persia, Futteh Allee [Fatḥ-‘Alī Shāh Qājār], and the uncle of the present ShahA copy of a letter (not included in this item) from the Officiating Resident in the Persian Gulf, Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Dundas Robertson, providing an explanation for the letter of remonstrance addressed by him to Abdoola bin Soonyan [‘Abdullāh bin Thunyān bin Ibrāhīm Āl Sa‘ūd, also spelled bin Sooneyan and bin Senyan in this item] the de facto ruler of Nedjd [Najd], described as a ‘piractical chief’ in the Persian GulfA report on the state of affairs at Muscat (also spelled Muskat in this item) from the Native Agent at Muscat, Rubil bin Uslan [Khwāji Rūbin bin Aṣlān], up to 20 March 1843The reported murder of Colonel Charles Stoddart and Captain Arthur Conolly, who had been confined in the Fort at Bokhara [Bukhara] on the 18 or 19 June 1842.This correspondence is mainly between the following: the Secretary to the Government of Bombay, John Pollard Willoughby; the Officiating Resident in the Persian Gulf; and the Officiating Secretary to the Government of India with the Governor General, James Thomason.Enclosure No. 11 is a letter from HM Chargé d’Affaires at Tehran, Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Justin Sheil, to the Secretary to the Government of India with the Governor General, forwarding copies of his despatches to HM Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, the Earl of Aberdeen, regarding Persian affairs, including:An apology from the Persian Consul in Bagdad [Baghdad] for ‘interfering’ with a foot messenger from the British MissionA letter received from Meshed [Mashhad] reporting: an ‘interview’ held at Jam between Meerza Moossa Khan [Mīrzā Mūsā Khān Farāhānī], the guardian of the shrine of Meshed, and Yar Mahomed Khan [Yār Muḥammad Khān, Minister-regent of Herat], with the latter complaining that he had derived little advantage from his relations with Persia; the death of the ‘Chief’ [Khan] of Khiva, Allah Koolee Khan [Allāh Qulī Bahādur Khān], and the succession of his son Reheem Koolee Khan [Muḥammad Raḥim Qulī Khān]; and the frontier of Persia in the direction of Khiva seeming to be ‘in tranquillity’The Resident in the Persian Gulf requesting instructions in relation to ‘a case of piracy, if it can be so termed’ in the Persian Gulf, in which a Persian vessel was about to sail with its cargo from the Port of Nabend, when it was attacked and plundered by the Governor of Nabend [Damagheh-ye Nay Band]Information from the Officiating Resident in the Persian Gulf regarding the location and recent history of the town of Mohemmera [Khorramshahr, also spelled Mohumra in this item], including a copy of a sketch map by Mr Litchfield, the officer in command of the schooner Emily, of what he recollects to be the position of Mohumra (f 167), dated 3 January 1843Relations between Persia and Turkey [the Ottoman Empire], including: the Persian Government receiving intelligence from the Governor of Kermanshah that the Governor of Suleimanieh [Sulaymaniyah], Ahmed Pasha [Aḥmad Pāshā], had announced his intention of approaching the Persian frontier in the vicinity of Zohab [Sarpol-e Zahab] with a military force; the Governor of Bagdad attacking the city of Kerbela [Karbala], apparently because of the ‘refractory’ state of the tribes in possession of the city, which has caused the Shah ‘increased irritation and excitement’ as Kerbela contains the sepulchres of ‘the Sheah branch of the Mahommedan faith’ [the Shia branch of Islam], and a large proportion of the population of the city is apparently Persian.The despatches include enclosed letters from: Sheil; the British Resident at Bagdad, Colonel Robert Taylor; the Persian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Meerza Abul Hossan Khan [Mīrzā Abū al-Ḥasan Khān Shirāzī, Īlchī-yi Kabīr]; Hajee Meerza Aghashee [Ḥājī Mīrzā (ʿAbbās Īravānī) Āqāsī, Persian Prime Minister or Grand Vizier]; the Governor of Kermanshah, Mohib Ali Khan [Muḥibb ʿAlī Khān]; the Walee [Wali or Governor] of Ardelan [Ardalan]; and the Persian Consul at Bagdad.Physical description: 1 item (71 folios)
11. Affairs in Persia
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- Abstract: Enclosures no. 2-5 to a despatch from the Secret Department, Governmentof Bombay, dated 24 August 1844. The enclosures are dated 6 March-26 June 1844.The enclosures consist of copies of correspondence relating to affairs in Persia [Iran], including:Inhabitants of Karrack [Kharg] seeking asylum in Koweit [Kuwait], and a demand by the Governor of Fars for the removal of the British Coal Agent from KarrackThe departure from Tehran of Persian Agents to Bokhara [Emirate of Bukhara] and Khiva, in return for diplomatic missions previously sent to Tehran from those countriesThe expulsion from Persia of two French clergymen accused of proselytisingBorder negotiations at Erzeroom [Erzurum] between Persia and the Ottoman Empire, and a joint Anglo-Russian request for both governments to send agents to the frontier to ‘restrain the border Chiefs from committing the usual predatory incursions’Preparations in Kurachee [Karachi] by Agha Khan Mahlatee [Āghā Khān I], exiled former Governor of Kerman, to lead an assault on Kerman, and a demand from the Government of Persia that the British authorities in Sinde [Sindh] either arrest or exile himReports of an alliance between Dost Mahomed Khan [Dūst Muḥammad Khān Bārakzāy], Emir of Afghanistan, and Yar Mahomed Khan [Yār Muḥammad Khān ‘Alī Kūzāy], Vizier of HeratAn account (ff 64-67) by Hajee Mahomed Ali [Ḥājjī Muḥammad ‘Alī], a grandson of the late Shah of Persia Kerreem Khan Zend [Karīm Khān Zand], of an Ottoman attack on Kerbala [Karbala] in which his wife and two eldest children were killed and his two younger children 'carried away [as] captives’ to Damascus, and British attempts to secure their releaseA journey to Bokhara by German missionary Dr Joseph Wolff, and his reports confirming the executions there in July 1842 of Colonel Charles Stoddart and Captain Arthur Conolly.The primary correspondent is HM Chargé d’Affaires, Tehran. Other correspondents include: the Prime Minister of Persia; the Foreign Minister of Persia; the Russian Minister in Tehran; Agha Khan Mahlatee; Dr Wolff; and the Emir of Bokhara.Physical description: 1 item (114 folios)
12. Affairs in Persia
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- Abstract: This part of the volume consists of a copy of an enclosure to a despatch from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 6 of 1853, dated 19 January 1853. The enclosure is numbered 3 and is dated 6 November 1852. It consists of a letter from HM Envoy and Minister Plenipotentiary at the Court of Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel Justin Sheil, to the Chief Secretary of the Government of Bombay (for the information of the Governor in Council), enclosing under flying seals copies of twenty-two despatches addressed by Sheil to HM Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.Sheil’s despatches concern various matters relating to Persian affairs, including: the annexation of Herat by Persia; and the refusal of the Pasha of Baghdad, Namik Pasha [Mehmed Emin Namık Pasha, Governor or Viceroy of Baghdad] to allow Prince Abbas Meerza ['Abbās Mīrzā Mulk Ārā Qājār], the Shah’s younger brother, to enter into Ottoman territory and visit Kerbella [Karbala] unless he is provided with a passport from the Turkish [Ottoman] Ambassador to Persia.The despatches from Sheil include copies of enclosed correspondence, including letters and translated letters from: the Persian Prime Minister, the Sedr Azim [Ṣadr-i Aʿẓam]; the Agent in Meshed [Mashhad]; the Agent in Sheeraz [Shiraz]; and the Political Agent in Turkish Arabia [Ottoman Iraq], Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Creswicke Rawlinson.One of Sheil’s despatches discusses negotiations between the Austrian Government and Persia for a treaty of commerce and navigation, and includes a copy of a draft of the treaty (folios 84-91), which is in French.Physical description: There is an abstract of contents of the despatch, numbered 1-3, on folio 62. The number 3 is repeated for reference on the verso of the last folio of the enclosure.
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