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 thirty-ninth in a series of fifty-nine items on events in the Persian Gulf.The item contains a letter from Major Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to the Government of Bombay, dated 31 July 1847, which itself contains translation of a letter from the agent at Muscat to Hennell, dated 28 June 1847. The agent reports on an interview he conducted with Ibrahim [Ibrāhīm] and Moola Mahomed [Mullā Muḥammad], two men detained at Muscat on suspicion of being accomplices of Ahmed bin Dad Kurreem [Aḥmad bin Dād Karīm], the suspected leader of a group that murdered the crew of a British bugla. Details of the crime, including names of victims and suspected accomplices, and what Ibrahim and Moola Mahomed did afterwards, are included in the agent's letter. Hennell’s letter contains a request for instructions in how to proceed.The item also contains a response to Hennell from the Government of Bombay, pointing to a previous dispatch which contained instructions.The item contains multiple spellings for individuals’ names.The title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Bombay Political Department’, ‘Draft No. 345/48’, ‘Collection No. 2 of No. 139, Vol: 39.’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’. The title page also contains a note that relevant correspondence can be found in Collection No. 1 accompanying despatch from the Government of Bombay, 3 July No. 87 of 1847.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 457, and terminates at f 462, 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 fifth in a series of seven items about the Persian Gulf (the others are IOR/F/4/1912/81793, 81794, 81795, 81796, 81798, 81799). The correspondents are: the governments of Bombay and Madras; Samuel Hennell, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; Thomas W Goodwyn, Acting Joint Magistrate in charge, Malabar; and Major Bruse [Bruce] Seton, Town Major at Bombay.The item concerns a five-year-old girl who was sold at Mangalore to a man from Ras-el Khymah [Ra's al-Khaymah] who took her to Muscat. It includes arrangements for repatriating her via Bombay [Mumbai].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 369 and terminates at f 387, 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, minutes, and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai]. The main correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; the Government of India; Heskeal bin Yusoof [Hizqial bin Yusuf], Acting Native Agent at Muscat; Henry Glass, Collector of Customs at Bombay. It is the fourth in a series of four items concerning the Persian Gulf (the others are IOR/F/4/2100/98232, 98233, and 98234).The item concerns:The complaints of Shaik Khuleefa bin Shakboot [Shaikh Khalifah bin Shakhbut Al Nahyan, Shaikh of Abu Dhabi] that one of his boats and its cargo was seized by the Governor of the Chaab [Banu Ka'b]The conduct of vessels carrying British colours and passes leaving Bushire [Bushehr], including new rules for these vesselsThe payment of a pension to the son of the late Native Agent at Shiraz, Mirza Juwad [Jawad]Reports of the movements, visitors, and correspondence of Syed Thooweene [Sayyid Thuwaini bin Sa’id Al Bu Sa’id] at MuscatThe movements of the people of the Nejd, and disputes between the Bunijaburs [Beni Jabir] and Munwuliks [al-Mawalik].The item includes a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft 683, P.C. [Previous Communication] 4878, [Season 18]45’, ‘Vol: 4’, ‘Collection No 9 of No 32’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 385 and terminates at f 404, 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/4/2174/105546. It is the twenty-fifth in a series of forty-five items on the Persian Gulf.The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; the Government of India; Major Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf; John Croft Hawkins, Commodore Commanding Indian Naval Squadron, Persian Gulf; and Syed Soweynee, Prince Regent of Muscat [Sayyid Thuwaynī bin Sa‘īd Āl Bū Sa‘īd, Governor of Muscat].The item concerns:The punishment inflicted on Salmin bin Towfeak [Sālmīn bin Tawfīq], a servant of Syed Soweynee, for his ill treatment of Khojah Hiskiall [Khawājah Ḥizqīl bin Yūsuf, also rendered as Khojah Hiskael], Native Agent at MuscatThe interference of Commodore Hawkins in ‘the settlement of the Banian Heerjee [Hīrjī]’s pecuniary transactions with the Muscat authorities’A report that Shaik Sultan ben Suggur [Shaikh Sulṭān I bin Ṣaqr al-Qāsimī of Ra’s al-Khaymah and Sharjah] has broken a promise previously given not to continue constructing a fort between Shargah [Sharjah] and Debaye [Dubai].The item contains a table of contents (ff 492-493), and the title page (f 491) contains the following references: ‘P C [Previous Communication] 5507, Coll. 7, Vol. 25’, ‘D/t 197/47’, ‘Collection No. 1 of No. 75’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 491 and terminates at f 504, 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; Major Samuel Hennell, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; and Syed Sooweeynee [Sayyid Thuwaynī bin Sa‘īd Āl Bū Sa‘īd], Governor of Muscat. It is the fourteenth in a series of thirty items.The item concerns payment for a cargo of indigo seized by a Bushire [Bushehr] merchant, and the consequent lifting of embargoes on Persian [Iranian] merchants at Muscat.The item contains a contents page, and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft 700/47, Coll[ectio]n: 18, Collection No 18 of No 49’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 713, and terminates at f 720 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/4/2203/108134. The correspondents are the Government of Bombay and Major Samuel Hennell, British Political Resident in the Persian Gulf. It is the twenty-fifth in a series of thirty items.The item concerns the expenses incurred by the British Agent at Muscat, Ḥizqīl bin Yūsuf, on account of an Indian man named Yoosoof [Yūsuf] who had been rescued from slavery.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 767, and terminates at f 770 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, resolutions, and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai]. The main correspondents are: the Government of Bombay and Captain Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf. It is the sixth in a series of seven items on affairs of the Persian Gulf (the others are IOR/F/4/2077/95829, IOR/F/4/2077/95830, IOR/F/4/2077/95831, IOR/F/4/2077/95832, IOR/F/4/2077/95833, and IOR/F/4/2077/95835).The item concerns:Vessels from Cutch [Kachchh] and Bombay trading under British colours at Zanzibar without the appropriate passesThe resolution of a complaint by Josiah Row Chowdry [Josiah Rao Chaudhari] against the master of the British merchant brig
Mary AliceThe return of boats seized at and from Bahrein [Bahrain]The refund of excess duty paid at Muscat by the
ColumbiaWriting off money owed by the Persian garrison at Karrack [Jazireh-ye Khark] to the BritishA list of presents given to shaikhs of the Gulf.The item includes a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft 78, P.C. [Previous Communication] 4624, [Season 18]45’, ‘Collection No 8’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 455 and terminates at f 475, 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 and Captain Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf. It is the seventh in a series of seven items on affairs of the Persian Gulf (the others are IOR/F/4/2077/95829, IOR/F/4/2077/95830, IOR/F/4/2077/95831, IOR/F/4/2077/95832, IOR/F/4/2077/95833, and IOR/F/4/2077/95834).The item concerns:The prevalence of an anti-British faction at MuscatA complaint by the Imaum of Muscat [Imam of Muscat, Sayyid Sa’id bin Sultan Al Bu Sa’id], that heavier customs duties have been levied on his vessels at Kurrachee [Karachi] than was previously the caseHostilities between Syed Sooweenee [Sayyid Thuwaini bin Sa’id Al Bu Sa’id] and tribes in the interior of OmanHostilities between Joasmee [al-Qasimi] and Debaye [Dubai] boats on the pearl banks, and the settlement of these disputesThe attack on a boat from Ejman [Ajman] by a boat from Shargah [Sharjah]The capture and destruction of the Persian [Iranian] seaport town of Congoon [Kangan] by a force from Dashtee [Dashti]The arrival of Abdoollah bin Ahmed [Shaikh ‘Abdullah bin Ahmad Al Khalifah] in Bahrein [Bahrain]An increase in duty on mules and horses exported from Bushire [Bushehr] by British subjectsThe replacement of Ameer Meerza Nubbee Khan [Amir Divan Mirza Nabi Khan Qazvini] as Governor of Fars by Hoossain Khan [Mirza Mohammad Hossein Khan Moqaddam Maraqei]The murder of Beebee Asseelo [Bibi 'Asilu], the widow of Mirza Jawad, the late Native Agent at ShirazThe rescue of the Dutch brigantine
Seennoofrom Batavia [Jakarta] off the coast of Bushire.The item includes a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft 78, P.C. [Previous Communication] 4624, [Season 18]45’, ‘Collection No 8 of No 92’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 476 and terminates at f 588, 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; Lieutenant Arnold Burrows Kemball, Assistant Resident in the Persian Gulf. It is the fourth in a series of seven items on affairs of the Persian Gulf (the others are IOR/F/4/2077/95829, IOR/F/4/2077/95830, IOR/F/4/2077/95831, IOR/F/4/2077/95833, IOR/F/4/2077/95834, and IOR/F/4/2077/95835).The item concerns:The surrender of Demaum [Dammam] to Ameer Fysul [Amir Fayṣal bin Turkī bin 'Abdullāh Āl Sa'ūd]The affairs of the ex-Shaikh of Bahrain, Abdoollah bin Ahmed [Shaikh 'Abdullāh bin Aḥmad Āl Khalīfah], and Ameer Fysul’s offer to mediate between him and his great-nephewsKemball’s tour of the Gulf, and reports of his conversations about peace in the Gulf and the General Treaty with the Arab Tribes of the Persian Gulf with: Sheikh Mahomed bin Khuleefa [Shaikh Muḥammad bin Khalīfah Āl Khalīfah, Shaikh of Bahrain]; Shaikh Sultan bin Suggur of Ras el Khymah [Shaikh Sulṭān I bin Ṣaqr al-Qāsimī of Ra’s al-Khaymah]; Sheikh Abdoollah bin Rashid of Amulgavine [Shaikh 'Abdullāh bin Rāshid al-Mu'allā of Umm al-Qaywayn]; Sheikh Muktoon bin Butye of Dubaie [Shaikh Maktūm I bin Buṭṭī Āl Bū Falāseh of Dubai]; Sheikh Abdul Azeez bin Rashid of Ejman [Shaikh 'Abd al-'Azīz bin Rāshid al-Nu'aymī of Ajman]The British political response to the growing power of Ameer FysulThe attack by a Persian force from Kerman on Bunder Abass, and its subsequent retreat due to unrest in KermanThe incivility of the Governor of Fars, Meerza Nubbee Khan [Amir Divan Mirza Nabī Khan Qazwīnī] towards the Resident in the Persian Gulf, Captain Samuel HennellActs of ‘piracy’ committed by the subjects of Sultan bin SuggurThe acquisition in perpetuity of the English burial ground at Kharrack [Jazireh-ye Khark]Repairs to the
Futhool Moobarukat Muscat, the subsequent loss of her cargo through shipwreck, and its recovery through the agency of Reuben Aslan, Native Agent at MuscatComplaints about extortion carried out by the farmer of customs at MuscatRegulating movements of the vessels of the Indian Navy in the Persian Gulf.The item includes a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft 78, P.C. [Previous Communication] 4624, [Season 18]45’, ‘Collection No 8 of No 68’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 228 and terminates at f 341, 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. The sequence contains one foliation anomaly: f 282a.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/4/2416/130506. It is the thirteenth in a series of twenty-eight items on the Persian Gulf.The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf; Major David Davidson, Commissary General of the Army, Bombay; Captain Elgate Whichelo, Deputy Commissary General, Bombay; Captain George James Duncan Milne, Sub-Assistant Commissary General at Aden; Captain Stafford Bettesworth Haines, Political Agent at Aden; and Khojah Heskael [Khawājah Ḥizqīl bin Yūsuf], Native Agent at Muscat.The item concerns a claim made by Mahomed bin Salim [Muḥammad bin Sālim], the owner of the vessel
Futeh-ool Kheir[
Fatḥ al-Khayr. Multiple spellings for this name are present in the item]. Mahomed bin Salim’s claim is for the balance of freight due to him for the conveyance of Government stores to Aden, and the amount of expenses incurred by him in landing the stores at Muscat, where he was detained for several months due to the weather conditions. The Government of Bombay makes enquiries into the details of the voyage made by the
Futeh-ool Kheirand of the cargo it transported. The item contains letters and reports submitted by the Government of Bombay Military Board, the Army Commissariat Department at Bombay, the Native Agent at Muscat, and British officials at Aden.The item contains a table of contents (ff 554-556), and the title page (f 553) contains the following references: ‘Dft. No. 424 of 1851’, Collection No. 1, Vol. 13’, and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 553 and terminates at f 584, 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, memoranda, resolutions, and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai]. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Philip LeGeyt, Senior Magistrate of Police in Bombay; Rubeel bin Uslan [Rūbin bin Aṣlān], British Agent at Muscat; Captain Samuel Hennell, British Resident in the Persian Gulf; Henry Glass, Collector of Customs at Bombay; and Alexander Sutherland, Acting Secretary to the Chamber of Commerce at Bombay. It is the sixth 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/4/2131/101205, 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:An allegation that fraud was committed by merchants in Bombay by entering goods on the cargo manifest of the
Narrayen Pursaad[
Nārayaṇa Parsād], but not transporting them on board the ship, and paying the nakhuda to pretend that he had thrown them overboard on his way to MuscatA quarrel between Seif bin Nubhan, Shaik of Bunder Abbas [Shaikh Sayf bin Nabhān al-Mu‘awali, Shaikh of Bandar-e ʻAbbās] and the Governor of Shiraz, and Seif bin Nubhan’s request for help from Mahomed bin Khuleefa [Shaikh Muḥammed bin Khalīfah Āl Khalīfah, Shaikh of Bahrain].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 25 of No 109’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 616, and terminates at f 638, 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 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.