Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, consultations, and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. It is the first in a series of three items about a negotiation by William Bruce (the others are IOR/F/4/894/23289 and IOR/F/4/895/23290). The correspondents are the Government of Bombay; William Bruce, Political Agent in the Persian Gulf; Hoossain Ali Mirza [Ḥusayn ‘Alī Mirzā Farmānfarmā, Prince-Governor of Fārs]; Lieutenant John Macleod; Captain French of the sloop
Sophie.The item concerns:William Bruce’s unauthorised visit to Shiraz at the behest of Hoossain Ali MirzaThe treaty that Bruce agreed with Mirza, which included acknowledging Persian sovereignty over Kishm [Qeshm] and Bahrein [Bahrain], providing cruisers to the Persians, and obliging the Uttobees [‘Utūb] to stop carrying the flag of the friendly ArabsThe Government of Bombay’s disapproval of Bruce’s actions and the proposed agreementThe Government of Bombay’s actions to mitigate the damage done by Bruce, including replacing Bruce as Political Agent in the Persian Gulf with John MacleodThe orders given to the cruisers to counteract piracyThe furniture in the Bushire [Būshehr] Residency.The item includes a contents page, and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Political No. 2, Draft 293, P.C. 362, Season 26/7, Examiner’s Office 1824’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 128, and terminates at f 226, 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 file also contains an original pagination sequence.
Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, consultations, memoranda, resolutions, and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai]. The main correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Major John Morison, Resident in the Persian Gulf; Thomas MacKenzie, civil surgeon in charge of the Residency at Bushire [Bushehr]; Captain John Pepper, Senior Officer of the Indian Navy in the Persian Gulf; and Captain Samuel Hennell, Acting and Assistant Resident in the Persian Gulf. It is the second in a series of ten items on the Persian Gulf (the others are IOR/F/4/1767/72461, 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 arrangements for Shaik Khuleefa bin Shakboot of Aboothabee [Shaikh Khalifah bin Shakhbut Al Nahyan of Abu Dhabi] to compensate the British for the loss of the cargo of the
Duria Dowlat[
Darya Dowlat], which was robbed by the Beniyas [Bani Yas]. The item includes details of the cargo lost and the purchase of a bagla [baghlah] by the Shaikh of Kishm [Qeshm], Abdul Rahman [Shaikh ‘Abd al-Rahman bin Saghar Al Mu’ini] from Shaik Khuleefa bin Shakboot.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 627 and terminates at f 758, 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: The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, 29 August 1854. A copy of this letter can be found at IOR/F/4/2586/154786, alongside details of further enclosures. The item is the third in a series of nine items on events in the Persian Gulf 1853-54.The item concerns complaints by Persian [Iranian] merchants residing in Bombay [Mumbai], including Aga Mahomed Ali ben Hajee Bakur [Āqā Muḥammad ‘Alī bin Ḥājjī Bāqir], and by Prince Moaymdud dowla Tahmasup Mirza [Mu‘tamid al-Dawlah Ṭahmāsb Mīrzā], Governor of Fars. Their complaints are communicated to the Government of Bombay through Mirza Mahomed Houssein Khan [Mīrzā Muḥammad Ḥusayn Khān], Persian Consul at Bombay, and Meerza Saduck [Mīrzā Ṣādiq], Acting Persian Consul at Bombay, between March and April 1854. The complaints allege that:Persian cargo on ships bearing the British flag has been forcibly seized at Kishm [Qeshm] by Sheikh Abdul Rahman ben Suggur [Shaikh ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Ṣaqr], Sheikh of the islandSheikh Abdul has also imprisoned Persian merchants on Kishm and Hoormuz [Hormoz]Persian merchants have been prevented from trading at Bunder Abbas [Bandar-e ʻAbbas] by the Imaum [Imām] of Muscat's Agent there, Syed Mahomed ben Salim [Sayyid Muḥammad bin Sālim].The Government of Bombay forward copies of the above to Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf. His replies are also included in the item, reporting:His belief that the complaints are inaccurate and that the merchants have ulterior motives in appealing for British interventionHis communications (copies included) with Sheikh Abdul Rahman ben Suggur and with Meerza Hassan Ally Khan, Dureya Beggee of Bushire [Mīrzā Ḥasan ‘Alī Khān, Daryā Begī, or Governor, of Bushehr] on the subjectHis communications (copies included) with Commodore George Robinson, Commanding the Indian Naval Squadron in the Persian Gulf, and by extension, Lieutenant Robert Austice Stradling, Commanding Company schooner
Constance, regarding enquiries made at KishmHis reasoning that the blockade of Bunder Abbas by Syed Mahomed ben Salim is justified and moderate, given the ongoing hostilities between the Imaum of Muscat and the Persian Government.The Government of Bombay's subsequent replies to Meerza Saduck and Aga Mahomed Ali ben Hajee Bakur are also included.The item contains multiple spellings for multiple personal and place names.The title page of the item contains the following references: 'Bombay Political Department', Draft Number '20 1855', 'Collection No. 5 of No. 58 of 1854', 'Vol: 2' and 'Examiner's Office'. Originally, the Collection number was given as '2' but this has been crossed out and replaced with '5'.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 819, and terminates at f 847, 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, minutes and resolutions, cited in, or enclosed with, a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, 29 August 1854. A copy of this letter can be found at IOR/F/4/2586/154786, alongside details of further enclosures. The item is the seventh in a series of nine items on events in the Persian Gulf 1853-54.The item relates to a complaint by certain Hindoo [Hindu] British subjects residing in Kerman and Yezd [Yazd, also rendered in text as Zezd and Zeyd]. They complain that their merchandise has been seized on the island of Kishm [Qeshm] by the Sheikh Abdul Rahman ben Suggur [Shaikh ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Ṣaqr, also rendered in text as Abd Urrhaman], in retaliation to the Persian [Iranian] authorities seizing control of Bunder Abbas [Bandar-e ʻAbbas]. Their complaint is made to William Taylor Thomson, HM Minister at Tehran, who forwards it to Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf. Kemball in turn forwards it to the Government of Bombay, alongside a copy of his subsequent instructions to Commodore Robinson, Commanding the Indian Naval Squadron in the Persian Gulf, to investigate the issue at Kishm.Taylor Thomson is also referred to as HM Chargé d'Affaires at Tehran.The title page of the item contains the following references: 'Bombay Political Department', Draft Number '20 1855', 'Collection No. 5 of No. 58 of 1854', 'Vol: 6' and 'Examiner's Office'. Originally, the Collection number was given as '6' but this has been crossed out and replaced with '5'.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 879, and terminates at f 884, 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 majority of this volume includes letters from the Secretary to the Government of Bombay to Lieutenant John MacLeod, Resident in the Persian Gulf at Bushire. They concern details of his appointment following the dismissal of Captain William Bruce and various instructions, including regarding the withdrawal from the island of Qishm; the salaries of the Native Agents; claims of Raḥmah bin Jābir and ‘Abdullāh bin Aḥmad Āl Khalīfah, the ruler of Bahrain; and providing a pension to the family of Mahdī ‘Alī Khān. There is one letter from the Secretary to the Government of India to Lieutenant-Colonel Ephraim Gerrish Stannus following the death of MacLeod.Physical description: Foliation: The foliation sequence commences at the front cover and terminates at the back cover; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled and can be found in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An original pagination sequence written in ink runs between ff. 1C-141, it can be found in the top right and the top left corners of the recto and verso sides respectively. Foliation errors: 1A, 1B and 1C.
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 eleven items about the Persian Gulf (the others are IOR/F/4/2050/93533, 93534, 93535, 93537, 93538, 93539, 93540, 93541, 93542, and 93543). The principal correspondents are the Government of Bombay and Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Officiating Resident in the Persian Gulf.The item concerns:The strength and intentions of Ameer Fysul [Amīr Fayṣal bin Turki bin ‘Abdullāh Āl Sa‘ūd]The intentions of Sheikh Jabir [Shaikh Jābir I bin ‘Abdullāh Āl Ṣabāḥ] to mediate between Abdulla bin Ahmed [Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Aḥmad Āl Khalīfah], former Shaikh of Bahrein [Bahrain] and Mahomed bin Khuleefa [Shaikh Muḥammed bin Khalīfah Āl Khalīfah], Shaikh of BahreinThe wreck of the
Mary Mullaby[
Mary Mallaby] off Bunder Abbass [Bandar-e ʻAbbās] by Captain Charles FisherThe conduct of Meerza Mahomed Ali [Mīrza Muḥammed ‘Alī], British Agent at Bahrein, in surrendering the dependents of Humood Oomere [Ḥamūd ‘Umayr], who were under his protection, to Abdullah bin AhmedMovements of ships in the GulfThe Government’s reimbursement of the costs incurred in raising the Honourable Company’s Schooner
Emilyin April 1842, after sinking it to destroy the vermin on board.The item includes a contents page, and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Coll No [Collection Number] 1, Draft 558, P.C. [Previous Communication] 4291, [Season 18]44’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 500 and terminates at f 581, 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 sixth in a series of eleven items about the Persian Gulf (the others are IOR/F/4/2050/93533, 93534, 93535, 93536, 93537, 93539, 93540, 93541, 93542, and 93543). The principal correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Officiating Resident in the Persian Gulf; Captain Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf.The item concerns:Attempts at mediation between Abdullah bin Ahmed [Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Aḥmad Āl Khalīfah], former Shaik of Bahrein [Shaikh of Bahrain], and Mahomed bin Kalipha [Shaikh Muḥammed bin Khalīfah Āl Khalīfah], Shaik of Bahrein, by Jabbir [Shaikh Jābir I bin ‘Abdullāh Āl Ṣabāḥ], Shaik of Koweit [Kuwait]The strength and ambitions of Ameer bin Physal [Amīr Fayṣal bin Turki bin ‘Abdullāh Āl Sa‘ūd], including his demand for tribute from Mahomed bin KaliphaA discussion of the history of Mohumrah [Khorramshahr] and whether it has ever been subject to Persia [Iran]An investigation into the wreck of the
Mary Mullaby[
Mary Mallaby] off Bunder Abbass [Bandar-e ʻAbbās] by Captain Charles Fisher, and alleged plunder from the ship.The item includes a contents page, and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Coll No [Collection Number] 1, Draft 558, P.C. [Previous Communication] 4291, [Season 18]44’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 658 and terminates at f 735, 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 [Mumbai]. It is the second in a series of three items about the Persian Gulf (the others are IOR/F/4/1929/82843 and IOR/F/4/1929/82845). The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Captain Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf; Captain George Barnes Brucks, Commander of the Indian Navy in the Persian Gulf; Lieutenant John Stephens, Commander of the East India Company Schooner
Emily; Thomas MacKenzie, Acting Assistant Resident in the Persian Gulf.The item concerns the salvage of the Bugla [Baghla]
Futchool Khya[
Fateh ul Khyr], which ran aground on Kishm [Qeshm], and its cargo, by the East India Company Schooner
Emily. The Bugla and cargo were taken to Karrack [Jazīreh-ye Khārk] and a list of the cargo auctioned is present on folio 391.The item includes a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Collection No. 13 of No. 50, Draft 31, P.C. [Previous Communication] 3302, [Season] 1842’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 370 and terminates at f 392, 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. It is the first in a series of two items about the island of Kishm [Qeshm] (the other is IOR/F/4/762/20694). The principal correspondents are the Government of Bombay and Henry Willock, HM Chargé d'Affaires to Persia.The item discusses:The occupation of the island of Kishm by British troops, with a list of the troops present on the island (f 74)The claims of Persia and Muscat to sovereignty over the islandThe fears of Persia over the occupation of Kishm and Andrew Jukes’s mission to Governor of Fars [Prince-Governor of Fārs, Ḥusayn ‘Alī Mirzā Farmānfarmā]A proposed expedition against the Joasmees [al-Qawāsim]The conduct of William Bruce, Resident at Bushire [Būshehr]Relations between Persia and Bahrein [Bahrain], and between Muscat and Bahrein.The item includes a contents page, and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Bombay Political No. 855, Draft 106, P.C. 200, [Season] 24/5’ and ‘Examiner’s Office 1823’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 5, and terminates at 97, 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 second in a series of two items about the island of Kishm [Qeshm] (the other is IOR/F/4/762/20693). The principal correspondents are the Government of Bombay; James Baillie Fraser, artist and writer; and Henry Willock, HM Chargé d'Affaires to Persia.The item concerns:The death of Andrew Jukes, Political Agent at Kishm and Envoy to the Court of Tehran on 10 November 1821James Baillie Fraser’s assumption of Jukes’ role in negotiations with the Government of PersiaThe rival claims to Kishm by Muscat and PersiaPersia’s wish to dismiss William Bruce as the Resident at Bushire [Būshehr]Persia’s objections to the stationing of British troops on KishmThe decision to withdraw from Kishm and a discussion of timings of the withdrawalThe plan to reinforce Kishm because of the concentration of Persian troops on the coastWillock’s difficulties at Tehran due to Persian demands for moneyThe decision to bring forward the evacuation of Kishm, and countermand the reinforcements as a result of Bruce’s unauthorised negotiations with Persia (see also IOR/F/4/894/23288 and 23289).The item includes a contents page, and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Bombay Political No. 85[5], Draft 106, P.C. 200, [Season] 24/5’ and ‘Examiner’s Office 1823’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 98, and terminates at f 218, 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, resolutions, 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, Resident in the Persian Gulf; and the Government of India. It is the second in a series of nine items on the trade in enslaved people (the others are IOR/F/4/2087/96920, IOR/F/4/2087/96922, IOR/F/4/2087/96923, IOR/F/4/2087/96924, IOR/F/4/2087/96925, IOR/F/4/2087/96926, IOR/F/4/2087/96927, and IOR/F/4/2087/96928).The item concerns:The acquittal of Ali bin Abdulla [‘Alī bin ‘Abdullāh], the supercargo of the
Aden Merchanton a charge of trading enslaved peopleAn investigation into whether three Indian women were being kept against their will at Kishm [Qeshm]The arrival at Bombay of four previously enslaved children from Muscat, and their accounts of their livesA proclamation made at Muscat prohibiting the buying or selling of enslaved people from India, and the disappointment of the British that this proclamation was not as wide-ranging as they believed the Imaum of Muscat [Imam of Muscat, Sayyid Sa‘īd bin Sulṭān Āl Bū Sa‘īd] had intended.The item contains a contents page, and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft 290/45, P.C. [Previous Communication] 4760’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 810 and terminates at f 863, 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 mostly of copies of correspondence, minutes and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, letters to and from the governments of Bengal and Bombay. It concerns news of French activities in Persia and the Gulf, and the measures to be taken to protect British interests.In particular, the item addresses reports of a French mission to Persia, of an agreement made between Persia and France, and concerns about the threat this might pose to British interests in the Gulf. It is alleged that Persia has agreed to cede the port of Gombroon [Bandar-e ʻAbbās] and the islands of Ormus [Jazīreh-ye Hormoz], Kishm [Qeshm], and Kharick [Kharg] to France, and that a French fleet is heading to the Gulf to take possession of these territories. As a result, plans are made for the formation of a naval force to intercept the French fleet.The primary correspondents are: Owaness Paitkym [Hovhannes Paitkhim]; Moohummud Hossein Khan [Mirzā Muḥammad Ḥusayn Khān Bahādur Jang, also referred to as Mirzer Moohummaud Hooseyn Khan]; Jafer Ali Khan [Ja’far ‘Ali Khan], Native Agent, Shiraz; Nicholas Hankey Smith, Resident at Bushire [Bushehr]; Jonathan Duncan, Governor of Bombay; Rear Admiral Sir Edward Pellew, Commander in Chief, East Indies; Captain John Ferrier; Nusuroola Khan [Naṣr Allāḥ Khān Qarāguzlū, also referred to as Nusur Oolla Khan and Nassuralla Khan], Vazir of Fars [incorrectly identified as Beglerbeg of Fars in the item]; and His Royal Highness the Prince Regent at Sheraze [Ḥusayn ‘Alī Mirzā Farmānfarmā, Prince-Governor of Fārs].The title page (f 264) of the item contains the following references: ‘Political No. 14, Season 1808/09, Draft 178, Para. 61’; and ‘Examiner’s Office, July 1808 and September and December’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at 315, and terminates at 407, 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 file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.