Abstract: This item consists of copies of political letters from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai], and one letter from the Court of Directors of the East India Company. The enclosures to these letters are contained in the subsequent items. It is the first in a series of ten items on the Persian Gulf (the others are IOR/F/4/1767/72462, IOR/F/4/1767/72463, IOR/F/4/1767/72464, IOR/F/4/1767/72465, IOR/F/4/1767/72466, IOR/F/4/1767/72467, IOR/F/4/1767/72468, IOR/F/4/72469, and IOR/F/4/1767/72470).The item concerns:An act of ‘piracy’ carried out on the bugla [baghlah]
Duria Dowlat[
Darya Dowlat] by the Beni Yas, and arrangements for Shaik Shakboot of Aboothabee [Shaikh Khalifah bin Shakhbut Al Nahyan of Abu Dhabi] to repay the lossThe loss of a vessel from Karrack [Jazīreh-ye Khārk] in suspicious circumstances, and the subsequent arrest of a man from Shargha [Sharjah]An act of ‘piracy’ carried out on the cotteya [kuttiya]
Luxoomee Pursad[
Lakshman Parsad] by the Benee boo Aly [Bani Bu Ali] tribe and inhabitants of Zoor [Sur]An act of ‘piracy’ carried out on the
Fatelkear[
Fateh ul Khyr] by the inhabitants of ZoorAggression towards the shroff [banker] of the Bushire [Bushehr] ResidencyThe movement of Esa ben Tareef [Shaikh ‘Isa bin Hamad bin Tarif Al Bin ‘Ali al-‘Utbi] and his followers from Bahrein [Bahrain] to AboothabeeThe flight of Sheik Nassir [Shaikh Nasir II Al Mazkur], the Governor of Bushire, from Bushire due to his impending arrest by the Government of Fars.The item contains a contents page, and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft 550, 1839, P.C. [Previous Communication] 2491’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 588 and terminates at f 626, as it was originally 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 political letters to and from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai]. The enclosures to these letters are contained in the subsequent items. The correspondents are the Government of Bombay and the Court of Directors of the East India Company. It is the first in a series of fifteen items on the Persian Gulf (the others are IOR/F/4/2131/101200, IOR/F/4/2131/101201, IOR/F/4/2131/101202, IOR/F/4/2131/101203, IOR/F/4/2131/101204, IOR/F/4/2131/101205, IOR/F/4/2131/101206, IOR/F/4/2131/101207, IOR/F/4/2131/101208, IOR/F/4/2131/101209, IOR/F/4/2131/101210, IOR/F/4/2131/101211, IOR/F/4/2131/101212, and IOR/F/4/2131/101213).The item concerns:The seizure by Humud bin Mujedel [Ḥamad bin Majdal], Chief of the Ameer al-[‘Amāyir] Tribe of a boat from Karrak [Jazireh-ye Khark] laden with wheat, and British attempts to recover compensation from himHumud bin Majdal’s alliance with Sheik Mahomed bin Kaleefa [Shaikh Muḥammed bin Khalīfah Āl Khalīfah], Shaikh of BahrainSheik Mahomed bin Kaleefa’s blockade of Wahabee [Wahhābi] portsA tour of the Arabian coast by Lieutenant Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Assistant Resident in the Persian GulfThe movements of Saed bin Mootluk [Sa‘d bin Muṭlaq] and Wahabee relations with the Government of MuscatThe movements of the Honourable Company’s ships
Pilotand
FoxA prohibition by the Government of Fars on British subjects exporting animals from Bushire [Bushehr] without a permitThe appointment of Hajee Yacoob [Ḥājī Ya‘qūb] as a pilotThe wreck of the Honourable Company’s ship
EmilyThe alleged fraud cases of the
Narrayen Persaad[
Nārayaṇa Parsād] and
Mary MullabyThe murder of Sheik Kuleefa bin Sackboot [Shaikh Khalīfah bin Shakhbūṭ Āl Nahyān], Chief of Aboothabee [Abu Dhabi], and his brother Sooltan bin Sackboot [Shaikh Sultān bin Shakhbūṭ Āl Nahyān], by Essai bin Khalid [‘Īsá bin Khālid Āl Bū Falāḥ], and Essai bin Khalid’s subsequent death on the orders of Saeed been Thanoon [Shaikh Sa‘īd bin Ṭaḥnūn Āl Nahyān].The item contains a contents page, and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft 252/46, P.C. [Previous Communication] 5171’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 440, and terminates at f 477, 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, consultations, and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai]. The main correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Captain Samuel Hennell, British Resident in the Persian Gulf; and Commodore Sir Henry Martin Blackwood. It is the ninth in a series of fifteen items on the Persian Gulf (the others are IOR/F/4/2131/101199, IOR/F/4/2131/101200, IOR/F/4/2131/101201, IOR/F/4/2131/101202, IOR/F/4/2131/101203, IOR/F/4/2131/101204, IOR/F/4/2131/101205, IOR/F/4/2131/101206, IOR/F/4/2131/101208, IOR/F/4/2131/101209, IOR/F/4/2131/101210, IOR/F/4/2131/101211, IOR/F/4/2131/101212 and IOR/F/4/2131/101213).The item concerns:The arrival of Shaik Nasir [Shaikh Nāṣir II Āl Mazkūr], newly appointed Governor of Bushire [Bushehr], at that townThe movements of the Boo Muhair tribe [Āl Bū Muhayr]Relations between Saeed bin Mootluk [Sa‘d bin Muṭlaq] and his neighbours at Brymee [Al Buraymi]The assassination of Esa ben Khaled [‘Īsá bin Khālid Āl Bū Falāḥ], his son, and a third person at the instigation of Shaik Saeed bin Tahnoon [Sa‘īd bin Ṭaḥnūn Āl Nahyān], who has become Chief of the Beniyas [Banī Yās]Reinforcements of the Gulf Squadron with the HMS
Foxand HM sloop
PilotBritish attempts to persuade Sheik Mahomed ben Khuleefa [Shaikh Muḥammed bin Khalīfah Āl Khalīfah, Shaikh of Bahrain] to arrest a man named Mayoof [Ma‘yūf], who, together some of the Moozarah [Āl Mazārī‘], allegedly plundered a boat from Bahrain and then landed at Fowaret [Fuwayrit].The item contains a contents page, and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft 252/46, P.C. [Previous Communication] 5171, Collection No 1 of No 119’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 684, and terminates at f 716, 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, minutes and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, letters from the Government of Bombay regarding numerous issues attended to by the Resident at Bushire, Captain David Wilson. The following topics are covered:An incident in which Aga Hyder Ally [Shirazi, Mirza Haydar ‘Ali, Agha] sought refuge inside the Residency at Bushire, claiming that he was not a servant of the local Governor, Sheikh Nassir [Shaikh Nāsir Āl Mazkūr II], but the carrier of a message from the Prince of Fars [Ḥosayn-ʿAlī Mīrzā]The Prince of Fars’ request for the Resident at Bushire to help secure the return of the ex-Governor of Bushire, Sheikh Abdool Rassool [Shaikh ‘Abd al-Rasūl Khān], from Muscat; the release of Sheikh Abdool Rassool by Sayyid Seid, [Sayyid Saʿīd bin Sulṭān] the Imaum [Imam] of Muscat and the desire of the former to establish firm friendship with the British GovernmentThe recent disturbances at Bushire relating to the conduct of Sheikh Haussein, uncle of Sheikh Nassir and brother of Sheikh Abdool RassoolComments from the Resident at Bushire and the Envoy in Persia, Lieutenant-Colonel McDonald, regarding the feasibility of removing the Residency or strengthening its defences due to the unsettled state of the countryA request by the East India Company's President, William Fullerton Elphinstone, to the Superintendent of Marine, Captain Thomas Buchanan, to enquire about a rock which struck the ship of Captain Grice and has been omitted in a survey of the coast between Sharga [Sharjah] and Aboothabee [Abu Dhabi]Discussions between the Resident at Bushire and the Political Agent at Bussorah [Basra], Captain Robert Taylor, regarding the consequences of either endorsing or advising against the Imaum of Muscat's proposals to aid the Chaub Arabs against the people of BussorahAn incident between Captain Betham of the Honourable Company's Cruizer Clive and Sheikh Nassir, following Captain Betham's attempts to capture a deserter from the Honourable Company's ship Amherst who he believed to be on board a bugalow in Bushire harbour belonging to the Sheikh.Several extracts of correspondence relate to establishing the best procedures to follow in future with relation to people seeking asylum in Residencies and the discovery of deserters. Many of the extracts make reference to the Company's strong desire not to interfere, or to be seen to be interfering, in disputes between local leaders or to cause foreign powers to feel threatened or alarmed by actions of the Company.Correspondents: the Government of Bombay; William Newnham, Chief Secretary of the Government of Bombay; Captain David Wilson, Resident at Bushire; the Secretary to the Supreme Government; the Honourable Company’s Broker at Muscat; William Henry Wathen, Persian Secretary to Government; the General Paymaster; Thomas Buchanan, Superintendent of Marine; Captain Betham of the Honourable Company’s cruiser Clive; Captain Walker of the Honourable Company’s ship Benares; Sayyid Seid, the Imaum of Muscat; the Senior Officer of the Marine in the Persian Gulph [Gulf]; Essai Johannes and Malcolm Arrathoon, persons put in charge of the Residency at Bushire in the Resident’s absence; Captain Robert Taylor, Political Agent at Bussorah; the Prince of Fars; Sheikh Nassir; Sheikh Abdool Rassool Khan; Muiza Mahommed Ally, Wuzeer [Mushir al-Mulk, Mirza Muhammad ‘Ali Khafraki, Vizier of Fars].The item also contains notes of a conversation between Aga Mahomed Kazim, Messenger from the Prince of Fars, and the Resident at Bushire (ff 300 verso – 304 verso).The Resident at Bushire is alternatively referred to as the Resident in the Persian Gulph [Gulf].The title page of the item contains the following references: ‘P.C. 783, Draft 477, 1829/30’, ‘Collection No. 10’ and 'Examiner's Office 1830'.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 202, and terminates at f 327, 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 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, 13 November 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 forty-second in a series of fifty-nine items on events in the Persian Gulf.The item relates to a request by Apothecary Carapit, attached to the Bushire [Bushehr] Residency, to visit the Presidency [of Bombay] for three months. The item also contains a request by Dr William Campbell, Civil Surgeon of the Residency, to hire a dispensary assistant to help him during Carapit’s absence.Correspondents include: Major Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf; the Medical Board; Edward Eden Elliot, Civil Auditor; George Moore, Military Auditor General; Campbell; and the Government of Bombay.The title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Bombay Political Department’, ‘Draft No. 345/48’, ‘Collection No. 2 of No. 139, Vol: 42.’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 480, and terminates at f 486, 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, consultations, reports, and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. These political letters appear in IOR/F/4/2203/108134. The correspondents are the Government of Bombay and Major Samuel Hennell, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf. It is the twentieth in a series of thirty items.The item concerns the despatch of the East India Company’s brig of war
Euphratesto Bombay on the arrival of the East India Company’s schooner
Mahiat Bushire [Bushehr].The item contains a contents page, and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft 700/47, Collection No 18 of No 49’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 746, and terminates at f 749 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 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 sixth in a series of fifty-nine items on events in the Persian Gulf.The item relates to updates provided by Lieutenant Arnold Burrows Kemball, Assistant Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Lieutenant-Colonel Justin Sheil, HM Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Persia [Iran]. The topics mentioned include:The arrival of Samud Agha Sirchung [Ṣamad Āghā Sarhang] at Kazeroon [Kazerun] and his demands against the chiefs of Bashtistan [Dashtestan]The arrival of Bankir Khan [Bāqir Khān Tangistānī], the Tungistoon [Tangestan] Chief, at Bushire [Bushehr] to assist Sheikh Nassir [Shaikh Nāṣir] in his dispute with the merchants of that portThe desertion of the town of Gonava [Bandar-e Genaveh] due to the combined threat of attack from Meerza Ahmed Khan [Mīrzā Aḥmad Khān Bihbahānī], son of the Governor of Bebahan [Behbahan], and Kaid Mahomed Hyder Shoolee [Kayīd Muḥammad Ḥaydar Shulī].The title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Bombay Political Department’, ‘Draft No. 345/48’, ‘Collection No. 2 of No. 78, Vol: 6.’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 260, and terminates at f 266, 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 item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, extracts from a Bombay [Mumbai] Political Consultation, 28 May 1845. The papers contained in this item are partial enclosures to a Political Letter sent from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, 10 June 1845. A copy of this Political Letter can be found at IOR/F/4/2122/100076, alongside details of further enclosures.The item relates to a request by the firm of B Kopersmit & Company of Batavia [Jakarta] to the firm Remington and Company of Bombay, to send replacement crew members to their schooner, the
Leenee. The
Leeneeis stuck at Bushire [Bushehr] as its master and mates have all passed away. This request is passed on to the Government of Bombay by Remington and Company, who state that they are making arrangements to send help to the
Leeneeand request that the Resident at Bushire be instructed to assist in any way possible.The correspondents are the Government of Bombay and the two companies mentioned.The title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Bombay Political Department’, ‘P.C. [Previous Communication] 5061, Draft 29/46, Coll[ection]: 23, Vol: 5’, 'Collection No. 4 of No. 62' and ‘Examiner's Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 472, and terminates at f 477, 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 item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, extracts from a Bombay [Mumbai] Political Consultation, 25 June 1845. The papers contained in this item are partial enclosures to a Political Letter sent from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, 14 July 1845. A copy of this Political Letter can be found at IOR/F/4/2122/100076, alongside details of further enclosures.The item relates to two policies connected to the export of animals from Bushire [Bushehr] by British subjects. Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, reports his correspondence with Mahomed Houssin Khan [Muḥammad Ḥusayn Khān Muqaddam Marāgha'i, Ājudān-Bāshi], the new Governor of Fars, about the most recent policy. Hennell also voices his concerns about how the two policies interact and how they might be exploited. He makes reference to a British ship, the
Actress, which belongs to Aga Mahomed Tuckee bin Hajee Ally Ukbar Shirazee [Āghā Muḥammad Taqī bin Hāji ʿAlī Akbar Shīrāzī], a Persian [Iranian] merchant who resides in Bombay. The ship is currently preparing to export mules from Bushire. Hennell reports that agents for the
Actresshave entered into ‘underhand negotiations’ with Persian government officials, whilst requesting help from him. He seeks advice from Lieutenant Colonel Justin Sheil, HM Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Persia, on how to proceed.A copy of a ruckum [raqam] from Mahomed Houssin Khan, obtained by agents of the
Actress, is included at folio 526.The correspondents are: Hennell; Sheil; Mohamed Houssin Khan; and the Government of Bombay.The title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Bombay Political Department’, ‘P.C. [Previous Communication] 5061, Draft 29/46, Coll[ection]: 23, Vol: 14’, ‘Collection No. 2 of No. 76’ and ‘Examiner's Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 519, and terminates at f 529, 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 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, 3 July 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 ninth in a series of fifty-nine items on events in the Persian Gulf.The item contains a letter from Lieutenant Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Assistant Resident in the Persian Gulf, to the Government of Bombay, dated 16 April 1847. Kemball reports that Irmsheed Khan, a Russian Armenian who had previously been detained at Bushire [Bushehr] by order of the Governor of Fars, has been released and has travelled to Bahrein [Bahrain]. The item also contains a minute by the Governor of Bombay, instructing a copy of the above letter to be forwarded to the Government of India and the Court of Directors.The title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Bombay Political Department’, ‘Draft No. 345/48’, ‘Collection No. 2 of No. 87, Vol: 9.’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 305, and terminates at f 307, 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 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, 13 November 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 thirty-fifth in a series of fifty-nine items on events in the Persian Gulf.The item relates to letters sent by Major Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Lieutenant-Colonel Justin Sheil, HM Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Persia [Iran], in September 1847. The letters relate to:The assistance (as requested by Sheil) that Hennell is providing to Syed Hasheim Jemaranee [Sayyid Hāshim Jamārānī], who has arrived at Bushire [Bushehr] with twenty-five followers and intends to go on a pilgrimage to MeccaVessels which have arrived at Bushire with enslaved people on board, thought to have been taken from Berberah [Berbera], Soor [Sur] and MuscatEfforts by Captain Lowe, Senior Officer in the Indian Navy, to capture vessels from Muscat departing from Bushire with enslaved people on boardThe status of the cholera outbreak at Bushire, Cazeroon [Kazerun], Shiraz and Bahrein [Bahrain].The title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Bombay Political Department’, ‘Draft No. 345/48’, ‘Collection No. 2 of No. 139, Vol: 35.’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 440, and terminates at f 444, 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, consultations, and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. These political letters appear in IOR/F/4/2324/120974. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Major Samuel Hennell, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; Moollah Houssein [Mullā Ḥusayn], British Agent at Shargah [Sharjah]; and Mirza Mahmood [Mīrzā Muḥammad], Acting British Agent at Shiraz. It is the second in a series of six items on the Persian Gulf.The item concerns:The defeat of the force commanded by Saad ben Mootluk [Sa‘d bin Muṭlaq] by Sheik Saaed ben Tahnoon [Shaikh Sa‘īd bin Ṭaḥnūn Āl Nahyān of Abu Dhabi]Saad ben Mootluk’s attempt to incite the Omani chiefs against Sheik Saaed ben TahnoonDisputes between the Bedowin [Bedouin] tribes which resulted in the temporary cessation of hostility by Sheik Sultan ben Sugger [Shaikh Sulṭān I bin Ṣaqr al-Qāsimī of Ra’s al-Khaymah] and Sheik Muktoom ben Buttye [Shaikh Maktūm I bin Buṭṭī Āl Bū Falāsah of Dubai] against Sheik Saaed ben TahnoonMajor disturbances at Shiraz after the death of the Shah of Persia [Muḥammad Shāh Qājār, Shāh of Iran] and the appointment of a new Governor of Fars, Bahram Meerza [Bahrām Mīrzā Mo‘ezz-al-Dawlah]A complaint by Sheik Nasir [Shaikh Nāṣir II Āl Madhkūr], Governor of Bushire [Bushehr] that the amount of tribute he is forced to pay is extortionate.The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft no 776/49’, ‘Coll[ection] 13’, and ‘Collection No 2 of No 29’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 974, and terminates at f 1003 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.