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 correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Lieutenant Colonel Henry Robertson, Officiating Resident in the Persian Gulf; Captain Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf; Commander Anthony Nott, Senior Naval Officer in the Persian Gulf; and Lieutenant Winn of the East India Company Schooner
Clive. It is the fourth 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/4/2005/89514, and IOR/F/4/2006/89515).The item concerns two missions carried out by Lieutenant Winn. These are:To demand that the Sheik [Shaikh] of Bidda, Sulman bin Nasser Soowedie [Salmin bin Nasir al-Suwaidi] surrender a ‘pirate’ named GhuleetaTo ask Sheik Mukhtoom of Debaye [Shaikh Maktum I bin Butti Al Bu Falaseh of Dubai] to punish some of his subjects who had allegedly stolen some property from Bassadore [Basaʻidu].The same missions are referred to in IOR/F/4/1912/81799.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 873 and terminates at f 881, 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. It is the seventh in a series of seven items about the Persian Gulf (the others are IOR/F/4/1912/81793, 81794, 81795, 81796, 81797, and 81798). The correspondents are the Government of Bombay and Captain Samuel Hennell, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf.The item concerns two missions given to Commander Anthony H Nott, of the East India Company’s Sloop of War
Clive. These are:To demand that the Governor of Bidda, Sulman bin Nasser Soowedie [Salmeen bin Nāṣir Āl-Suwaidī] surrender a "pirate" named Ghuleta, who had plundered a boat from Bussorah [Basra]To ask Sheik Mukhtoom of Debaye [Shaikh Maktūm I bin Buṭṭī Āl Bū Falāseh of Dubai] to punish some of his subjects who had stolen some property from Bassadore [Bāsaʻīdū].The item includes a contents page, and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Col [Collection] 12, [Previous Communication] 3227’, and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 407 and terminates at f 416, 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 and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, dated 28 November 1853, and found at IOR/F/4/2536/147461. It is the seventh in a series of seven items about the 'slave trade' [trade in enslaved people].The item relates to two recent seizures of vessels carrying enslaved people, one near Ras-el-Hadd [Ra’s al Hadd] and one near Bassadore [Basaʻidu], as reported to the Government of Bombay by Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf.The first seizure involves ships, the
Saad[also rendered as Saiad and Said] and the
Futh ul Mubaruck[
Fatḥ al-Mubārak], bearing the Imaum [Imām] of Muscat's flag. The item contains:Letters from Lieutenant Stradling, Commander of the Company ship,
Constance, to Commodore George Robinson, Commanding the Persian Gulf Squadron, providing details of: the capture of the vessels; the enslaved people onboard; and the subsequent transfer of the vessels and people involved to MuscatStatements and depositions by the nakhodas [nakhudas] of the vessels and crewmembers of the
ConstanceAccompanying letters from Khwaja Hiskael [Khawājah Ḥizqīl bin Yūsuf], British Agent at Muscat, reporting actions taken at Muscat following the vessels' arrivalLetter from Captain Sir Henry John Leeke, Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Navy, to the Governor of Bombay, enclosing reports from Robinson and receipts from Khwaja HiskaelMinutes by the Governor of Bombay with instructions, based on the relevant Act of Parliament 5 September 1848, on what to do with the vessels and the nakhodas.The second seizure involves a Persian [Iranian] vessel, the
Furras[
Faras[?], also rendered in text as Turras], owned by merchants from Hyderabad and seized by Lieutenant James Tronson, Commanding the Company ship
Tigris. The item contains:Letters from Tronson to Robinson, providing details of: the capture of the vessels; the owners of the vessel; and enslaved people onboardTronson's request for 'head money' [money paid per enslaved person as a reward for capturing them from enslavers]Letter from Kemball to William Taylor Thomson, HM Chargé d'Affaires at the Court of Persia, reporting on this incidentMinute by the Governor of Bombay discussing the 'head money' conventions in the numerous treaties Britain has with the Imaum of Muscat, with Persia, and with the 'Arab chiefs' of the Persian Gulf.The item also contains the Government of Bombay's instructions for forwarding on the above papers to Leeke, the Government of India, and the Secret Committee [mostly likely the Court of Directors Secret Committee].The item contains multiple spellings of multiple personal names and place names.The title page of the item contains the following references: 'Bombay Political Department', Draft Number '161 1854', 'Collection', 'Vol: 7', and 'Examiner's Office'. Originally, the Collection was described as 'No. 2 of No. 108 of 1853' but this has been crossed out.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 850, and terminates at f 877, 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. The correspondents are the Government of Bombay and Captain Robert Oliver, Superintendent of the Indian Navy.This item concerns a change in the deployment of vessels in the Persian Gulf, with advice from Oliver about the number and ratings of the ships to remain in the Gulf and in the Red Sea.The title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Coll No [Collection Number] 41, Draft 552, P.C. [Previous Communication] 4415, [Season 18]44’ and ‘Secretary’s Office Marine Branch 1844’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 22 and terminates at f 39, 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 comprises enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] Secret Department to the Secret Committee [Bombay Secret Letter], No. 22 dated 2 February 1857. The enclosures are dated 12-29 January 1857.The papers comprise:A letter from the Adjutant-General of the Army, to the Secretary to the Government, Bombay, regarding the capitulation of Bushire [Bushehr], and conveying approbation for: the conduct of the campaign and particular senior officers; the co-operation between the military and naval forces; and the gallantry and endurance of officers and soldiers, including the ‘Hindoo’ [Hindu] soldiersThe Second Supplement to the
Bombay Government Gazette, published 29 January 1857, adding the names of officers which were omitted from the first list of commendations for distinguished serviceTwo Resolutions of the Board: commending Major-General Foster Stalker, Commanding the Persian Expeditionary Force, in operations leading to the surrender of Bushire, and all the officers and men serving in the Persian Field force; and regarding the issue of instructions to Richard Ethersey, Commander of the Indian Naval Squadron in the Persian Gulf, for the protection of Bassadore [Basaidu, Qeshm Island] as both a coaling and communications stationTwo letters from the Secretary to the Government of India to the Secretary to Government, Bombay, regarding: the disposal of guns captured from the Persians [Iranians]; the importance of protecting Bassadore; and the appointment of Commander James Felix Jones, Political Agent with the Forces, as Civil Commissioner in the town of Bushire.Physical description: 1 item (11 folios)
Abstract: The volume contains letters received at Bushire from William Sowden Collinson, the Commodore of the Indian Naval Squadron in the Persian Gulf, stationed at Bassadore [Bāsaʻīdū], and the Government of Bombay. The correspondence pertains to political affairs along the Arab Gulf coast, particularly in relation to the rise in Wahhābī influence in the region. There are also updates on ship movements in the Gulf and the maintenance of the naval station at Bassadore. Some of the letters contain reports of proceedings by ship captains, containing details of voyages taken through the Gulf. More miscellaneous subjects covered include requests for plants and the eggs of silkworms, and the lending of ship libraries to the Bushire Residency.Physical description: Foliation: the sequence commences at the title page and terminates at the last folio; these numbers are written in pencil, and can be found in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. There are the following irregularities: folio 1 is followed by 1A. This is the sequence used by this catalogue to reference items within the volume.Pagination: An original pagination sequence written in ink is also present in the volume between ff 1A-37.