Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, minutes, and consultations, cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. It is the fourth in a series of seven items about the Persian Gulf (the others are IOR/F/4/1912/81793, 81794, 81795, 81797, 81798, and 81799). The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Samuel Hennell, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; Commodore George Barnes Brucks, Commander of the Indian Naval Squadron in the Persian Gulf; and Commander John Croft Hawkins of the Honourable Company’s Sloop of War
Clive.This item concerns Shaik Jubara [Shaikh Jubara II bin Muḥammed Āl Nasuri], Chief of Congoon [Kāngān] and his generosity in giving a spar to the
Clive. Since he refused payment, the Government of Bombay sent him presents equal to its value. A list of presents appears on folio 364.The item includes a contents page, and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Col [Collection] 12, Draft 713, P.C. [Previous Communication] 3227, [Season 18]41’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 356 and terminates at f 368, 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: 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; Commander John Croft Hawkins, Senior Naval Officer in the Persian Gulf; and Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf. It is the third in a series of fifty-one items on the Persian Gulf.The item concerns Croft’s report of a cruise he undertook of the Persian [Iranian] Coast, including the following incidents:A demand by a Hindu merchant on the Shaik of Bahrein [Shaikh Muḥammad bin Khalīfah Āl Khalīfah, Shaikh of Bahrain]The sinking of the
Hashmeeand the conduct of the Shaik of Assaloo [Bandar-e Asaluyeh] and his family on this occasionDisputes between Assaloo and Lingah [Bandar-e Lengeh]The case of a man who owned an eighth part of a vessel but sold the vessel without the consent of the other seven partnersThe complaints of the Shaik of Congoon [Shaikh Ḥusayn bin Jubārah of Kangan] against his neighboursThe visit of an officer of the Crown Prince of Persia to CongoonA conversation between the Reverend Henry Stern of the Jewish London Missionary Society, and the shaikhs of Bahrein.The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Collection No 2 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 344, and terminates at f 358, 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 file is comprised of correspondence and reports sent to and from the Resident in the Persian Gulf, Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, relating to reports of slaves being imported from Africa to the Persian and Arabian coasts of the Gulf. Intelligence reports are sent to Hennell by his agents at Sharjah, Muscat, and Bandar-e Lengeh. In turn, Hennell reports on slave trading activities to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary of the Government Bombay (Arab coast incidents) and to Colonel Justin Sheil, Her Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Persia (Persian coast incidents).Physical description: Foliation: The file's foliation begins on the front cover and runs through to the last page in the file. It uses small pencil numbers marked in the top-right corner of each recto page. The inside back cover of the file is unfoliated.Condition: There is evidence of considerable insect damage visible throughout the file, making some items difficult to read.
Abstract: This volume consists of one item which contains copies of correspondence, minutes, and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, letters to and from the governments of Bombay [Mumbai] and Bengal. The item is:IOR/F/4/651/17855 ‘Proceedings adopted in consequence of the depredations committed by the Joasmee [al-Qasimi] pirates in the Persian Gulph [Gulf]’, Vol. 6.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 265; 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.