Abstract: Issued with a Report No. 6 of 1864.Distinctive Features:Relief shown by hachures. Depth shown by soundings.Map of the area west of Bunder Abbas showing ship’s route with anchorage marked and coordinates reported.Another copy of the map can be found at Mss Eur F126/37, f 23.Physical description: Dimensions:303 x 643 mm, on sheet 374 x 710 mm
Abstract: Issued with a Report No. 6 of 1864.Distinctive Features:Relief shown by hachures. Depth shown by soundings.Map of the area west of Bunder Abbas showing ship’s route with anchorage marked and coordinates reported.Another copy of the map can be found at Mss Eur F126/37, f 13.Physical description: Dimensions:303 x 643 mm, on sheet 377 x 707 mm
Abstract: Imprint:Published by James Horsburgh, Hydrographer to the East India Company.Distinctive Features:Relief shown by hachures. Depth shown by soundings.Nautical chart of the Clarence Strait in the Persian Gulf compiled from the surveys carried out by the Bombay Marine’s officers between 1820 and 1829. Depicts the coastline of the mainland and the northern shores of the Island Kishm [Qishm] with the location of ‘Inderabia Fort’, a mosque and a house marked.Continuation of the map entitled ‘Sheet 2’ is held at IOR/X/3630/28/2.Physical description: Dimensions:497 x 902 mm, on sheet 679 x 1025 mm
Abstract: Covers a thirty-five-mile length of the central portion of Clarence's Strait [Toreh-ye Khuran and Toreh-ye Khvoran] and the adjacent coastlines of southern Persia [Iran] and Kishm Island [Qeshm Island, Iran], together with a hinterland of approximately half a mile. Portrays hydrology, including depths by soundings, sands and rocks, relief by hachures, vegetation, settlements and place names, and includes topographical and hydrographic notes.Surveyed by Commander George Barnes Brucks and Lieutenant Stafford Bettesworth Haines, 1828. Engraved by Richard Bateman. Published by James Horsburgh, Hydrographer to the Honourable East India Company.An accompanying sheet (Sheet 2nd) is filed at IOR/X/3630/28/2.Physical description: Materials: Printed on paperDimensions: 496 x 898mm, on sheet 610 x 1020mm
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 in 1845 by Lieutenant-Colonel Justin Sheil, Her Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Persia [Iran], to Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf (also called Resident at Bushire [Bushehr]), that certain papers be sent to him from the Residency. The papers Sheil is looking for are any Persian documents related to the Governor of Bombay's disavowal of the unauthorised treaty which Captain Bruce, then Resident at Bushire, entered into with the Prince of Shiraz in 1822. Hennell requests that the Persian and Arabic copies of the relevant documents held in the archives at Bombay should be forwarded to Sheil. Hennell also makes very brief reference to the different powers in control of Bahrein (also spelled Bahren [Bahrain]) between 1776 and 1845.The Persian Secretary in Bombay subsequently forwards copies of letters (in English) from 1822 written by Mountstuart Elphinstone, Governor of Bombay, explaining that Bruce was unauthorised in his actions and that the treaty should be considered null and void. These letters, similar in content, are addressed to the Imam of Muscat, the Shaikh of Bahrein, and Hoossein Allee Meerza, Prince of Shiraz [Ḥusayn ‘Alī Mirzā, Prince-Governor of Fars]. They also make brief reference to the removal of Company troops from the island of Kishun (also spelled Kishm [Qeshm]).Shiraz is also written as Sheeraz and Sheiraz. The Prince of Shiraz is also referred to as the Prince Regent of Fars.Correspondents include: Hennell; Sheil; the Persian Secretary; Elphinstone; 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: 6’, 'Collection No. 5 of No. 62' and ‘Examiner's Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 478, and terminates at f 489, 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: Memorandum providing an overview of the British connection with Basidu [Bāsa ‘īdū](on the island of Kishm [Qeshm]) in terms of status and rights from c 1820-1928. Covering:introduction to the location of Basidu and its strategic importance;extent of the British Concession;status of Basidu – control by the Imam of Muscat, British settlement, Persian protest against British occupation, recognition of Kishm as Persian territory, and the legal position of Basidu;1868-1926 – consideration of British options, and the decisions made;1926-28 reassertion of Persian claims – status of concessions including coaling stations, and the Persian threat to occupy British Basidu August-September 1928, and resulting British naval precautions.It includes a summary detailing the legal position in regard to Basidu and the value of retaining the coaling station. In addition, a list of points referred to in connection with the Persian Gulf Sub-Committee, and the view expressed by the Government of India are also given.Written by John Gilbert Laithwaite of the India Office.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at f 57, and terminates at f 59, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. Pagination: the file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
Abstract: This is a printed confidential memorandum by Sir John Gilbert Laithwaite of the India Office, dated 18 Oct 1933 and revised 30 October 1933. It concerns details and relevant facts since 1720 with regards to the status of the British concession at Basidu [Bāsa‘īdū] on the island of Kishm in the Persian Gulf. The focus of the memorandum is whether the Imam of Muscat [Sa‘īd bin Sulṭān Āl Bū Sa‘īd] in granting the British the island of Kishm in 1820 did so as sovereign of Kishm or in his capacity of a tenant of Persia.The memorandum is divided into two parts: the first is entitled 'Status of Basidu' (folios 1-11) and the second is entitled 'Basidu. Historical Note 1720-1928' (folios 12-46). The first part includes the following sections: '1720-1794', '1794-1820', 'Correspondence of 1819 to 1822', 'Period 1823 to 1928', and 'Conclusion'. The second part includes the following sections: 'Period 1720 and 1820', 'Report, dated 14 August 1821, of Dr [Andrew] Jukes, Kishm, as to the origin of the connection of the Imams of Maskat [Muscat] with Kishm, Ormuz [Hormuz], Bunder Abbas [Bandar-e ‘Abbās], and other parts of the Persian Coast near that place', and 'Period 1823 to 1928'.Physical description: Foliation: The foliation sequence commences at the first page, and terminates at the last page; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: The volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
Abstract: Distinctive Features:Small sketch map attached to a letter dated 15th January 1864 from W.H. Colvill, Civil Surgeon, with location of sulphur and salt mines indicated. Another copy of the map can be found at Mss Eur F126/37, f 26.Physical description: Dimensions:75 x 143 mm, on sheet 205 x 325 mm
Abstract: Distinctive Features:Small sketch map attached to a letter dated 15th January 1864 from W.H. Colvill, Civil Surgeon, with location of sulphur and salt mines indicated. Another copy of the map can be found at Mss Eur F126/37, f 16.Physical description: Dimensions:75 x 143 mm, on sheet 205 x 325 mm
Abstract: This part of the volume consists of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the East India Company's Secret Committee, Number 1 of 1841, dated 28 January 1841. The enclosures are dated 15 November 1840 to 27 January 1841.The enclosures mainly consist of copies of letters sent and received by the Government of Bombay, relating to the embargo placed on the vessels of the Shaikh of Kishm [Qishm], Shaikh Abdool Ruhman bin Suggur [Shaikh ‘Abd al-Rahman bin Saqr], visiting India being removed, and the Shaikh’s buggalow [sailing vessel] the
Yacoob(also written as Acoob) being released, upon his entering into an engagement to pay a demand from the British Government for the plunder of the buggalow
Futeh Ool Ruhman.This correspondence is between Government of Bombay and the following: the Resident in the Persian Gulf (Captain Samuel Hennell); Shaikh Abdool Ruhman bin Suggur of Kishm, and his Agent Mahomed Moolla Hussan (also spelled Mahomed Moola Hoossein); the Collector of Customs, Bombay; the Superintendent of the Indian Navy; the Secretary to the Government of Fort St George; and the Secretary to the Government of India.Letters from the Resident in the Persian Gulf include copies of enclosed letters to the Political Agent at Muscat, to Shaikh Abdool Ruhman, and from the Imam of Muscat.Physical description: There is an abstract of contents of the despatch, numbered 1-15, on folios 3-5. These numbers are repeated for reference on the verso of the last folio of each enclosure.
Abstract: This item comprises copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 41 of 1856, dated 10 June 1856. The enclosures are dated 10-19 April 1856.The enclosures relate to the differences between the Imaum [Imām] of Muscat and the Persian [Iranian] Government over the Imaum’s claims to the port of Bunder Abbas [Bandar Abbas] on the Persian coast, his threats to descend on Lingah [Bandar Lengeh] and Bushire [Bushehr], and Persian aims to place a garrison on Kishm [Qeshm] and the Island of Ormuz [Hormuz].The papers notably include:A report from the Native Agent at Lingah, to Commander Felix Jones, Acting Resident, Persian Gulf, on a meeting at Kishm between the Imaum’s representatives and a Persian envoy, and Persian attempts to solicit the support of the sheikhs [shaikhs] of Lingah and Rasulkymah [Ra’s al-Khaymah, also spelled Rusul Kheymah in this item] in the event of the Imaum refusing to allow the garrisoning of Kishm and OrmuzA letter from Jones to Sheikh Sultan ben Suggur [Shaikh Sulṭān I bin Ṣaqr al-Qāsimī] of Rasulkymah, urging him not to give assistance to Persian vessels and to ignore the expensive gifts from the Shah [Shāh] of Persia.Physical description: 1 item (6 folios)
Abstract: This item comprises enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] Secret Department to the Secret Committee: Bombay Secret Letter 1 June 1821. The enclosures are dated 2 April-21 May 1821.The item comprises an extract of the proceedings of the Bombay Government and correspondence, with relevant enclosures, between: Captain William Bruce, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire [Bushehr]; Lieutenant-Colonel Brackley Kennett, Officer Commanding and Acting Political Agent, Bassadore, Kishm [Basaidu, Qeshm]; the Government of Bombay; and Henry Willock, HM Chargé d’Affaires in Tahran [Tehran].The subjects covered are:The Government of Bombay’s policy regarding the ‘difficult’ diplomatic situation at Kishm, including: a proposal to send 400 European soldiers to reinforce Lieutenant-Colonel Kennett’s detachment on the island; authority for Kennett to fortify his position at Bassadore or wherever he considers best; arrangements for the naval force in the Gulf to be enhanced with additional cruisers and put on standby in the event of an attack by Persia [Iran]; permission for the detachment’s evacuation to Muscat as a last resort; extensive efforts to obtain intelligence from the mainland regarding Persia’s plans; notification of all relevant parties of the Bombay Government’s position; and instructions to Willock to ensure these measures do not cause any alarm in TehranPreparations by Captain Bruce in case of a Persian attack, including his communications with KennettPreparations by Kennett in case of an attack on his ‘small and exposed force’ by Persia, particularly in light of rumours of a force assembled at Bunder Abbas [Bandar Abbas] and the likelihood that the Imaum [Imam] of Muscat will, if severely pressured by Persia, back down from opposing the Shah of PersiaWillock’s intention to leave Tahran due to threats on his life (decapitation) following his refusal to make further advances of an annual subsidy to the Shah, including copies of his correspondence with the Persian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mirza (also spelled Meerza in this item) Abdul Wahab [Mīrzā 'Abd al-Wahhāb Nishāṭ Iṣfahānī], 26-31 March 1822 (ff 87-95), and ‘Notes of messages and information collected regarding the occurrences at Tehran form 28th March’ providing intricate details of the affair (ff 96-101).Physical description: The despatch comprises enclosures numbered 1-2. The enclosure number is written for reference on the verso of the last folio of each enclosure.