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73. Muscat Affairs
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- Abstract: This part of the volume consists of copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 73 of 1850, dated 3 December 1850. The enclosures are numbered 3-7 and are dated 17 September to 20 November 1850.The papers relate to affairs in the vicinity of Muscat, including the seizure by Syed Ges bin Azan [Qays bin ‘Azzān al-Būsa‘īdī ], Chief of Sohar, of towns belonging to the Imam of Muscat [Sayyid Sa‘īd bin Sulṭān Āl Bū Sa‘īd].The principal correspondents are the following: the Resident in the Persian Gulf; the Chief Secretary to the Government, Bombay; the Governor of Bombay.Physical description: 1 item (9 folios)
74. Muscat Affairs
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- Abstract: This part of the volume consists of copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 48 of 1854, dated 29 August 1854. The enclosures are numbered 3-4 and are dated 7-22 July 1854.The enclosures comprise the following: a letter from George Frederick Edmonstone, Secretary to the Government of India, concerning the Political Agent, Muscat, and the trade of enslaved persons in the dominions of the Imam of Muscat; a resolution by the Board of Control, dated 22 July 1854.Physical description: 1 item (4 folios)
75. Muscat Affairs
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- Abstract: This item comprises a copy of an enclosure to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 93 of 1846, dated 28 August 1846. The enclosure is dated 24 April 1846.The primary document is a despatch from Captain Atkins Hamerton, HM Consul and Honourable Company’s Agent in the Dominions of HH the Imaum [Imam] of Muscat [also spelled Muskat in this item], based in Zanzibar, to the Chief Secretary to the Government, Bombay.In his despatch Hamerton reports on the friendly relations for some time existing between himself and the Imam, ever since the receipt by the Imam of a letter dated 27 November 1844 from Lord Aberdeen [Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs]. Hamerton also refers to the frequent complaints formerly made against him by the Custom Master and the Imam’s Secretary, which were the result of his ‘breaking down a system from which they and many others derived considerable pecuniary advantages’.Physical description: 1 item (4 folios)
76. Muscat Affairs
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- Abstract: This item comprises copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 145 of 1846, dated 2 December 1846. The enclosures are dated 9 September-2 December 1846.The papers relate to affairs in Muscat [also spelled Maskat in this item], reported to the Government of Bombay by Captain Atkins Hamerton, HM Consul and HC [Honourable Company’s] Agent in the Dominions of the Imaum [Imām, also spelled Imam in this item] of Muscat (based in Zanzibar), including:The result of Hamerton’s investigation of the rumour that the Imaum had agreed to transfer Muscat and its dependencies to his son Prince Said Hillal [Sayyid Hilāl bin Saʿīd, also spelled Hellaul and Hillaul in this item], and Hamerton’s report of the bad relationship existing between the Imaum and the PrinceThe anxious desire, as conveyed by Hamerton to the Government of Bombay, of the Imaum to receive a response to his request to blockade the port of Bushire [Bushehr] in retaliation for the ‘oppressive conduct’ by Persian [Iranian] Government officials, notably the Governor of Bunder Abbas [Bandar Abbas], towards his subjects in his possessions on the Persian coastThe proceedings of the Chief of Sohar, Syed Hamood bin Azan [Sayyid Ḥammūd bin ‘Azzān Āl Bū Sa‘īd, also spelled Saied in this item] in the Persian Gulf, including his transferring to the Matawas [al-Muṭawwi‘ūn, priests] of the Beni Saad [Banū Sa‘d, an Omani family group] the Fort of Sohar and its dependencies inland, and the election by 500 Matawas of an ‘Imam’ [‘a chief priest or Bishop’] for Oman (an office filled for many years by the Imām of Muscat’s family).The principal correspondents are Hamerton and the Government of Bombay.The last three enclosures, the Bombay Times Summary of Intelligence, the Overland Bombay Courierand the Bombay Telegraphare noted as ‘Missing 29.10.1906’.Physical description: 1 item (19 folios)
77. Muscat Affairs
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- Abstract: This item comprises copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 60 of 1847, dated 18 June 1847. The enclosures are dated 2 April-17 June 1847 and relate to affairs in Zanzibar and the Persian Gulf.The correspondence is primarily between: Captain Atkins Hamerton, HM Consul and Honourable Company’s Agent in the Dominions of His Highness the Imaum [Imam] of Muscat [also spelled Muskat in this item]; Arthur Malet, Secretary to the Government, Bombay; and Henry Miers Elliot, Secretary to the Government of India with the Governor-General.The subjects covered notably include:British peaceable action in obtaining redress from the Persian [Iranian] Government for the Imaum of Muscat [Said bin Sultan Al-Said, Sultan of Oman and Zanzibar], regarding his possessions at and near Bunderabbas [Bandar Abbas, also spelled Bunder Abbas in this volume]The Governor-General’s intention to blockade Bushire [Būshehr], on behalf of the Imaum of MuscatProgress of the agreement between the British Government and the Imaum of Muscat regarding the suppression of the trade in enslaved persons from the Imaum’s African possessions, and a significant reduction of the trade from the west coast of Africa to Zanzibar this season.Physical description: There is an abstract of contents of the despatch, numbered 1-10, on folios 204-205. These numbers are repeated for reference on the verso of the last folio of each enclosure.
78. Muscat Affairs
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- Abstract: This part of the volume consists of copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 74 of 1850, dated 3 December 1850. The enclosures are numbered 3-6 and are dated 5 September to 30 November 1850.The papers relate to affairs in the dominions of the Imam of Muscat, including. Among the subjects of discussion is the destruction by the marines of HMS Castorof barracoons at ‘Kerringe in the Mozambie River’ [Zambezi River] and the capture of the ‘Banians’ engaged in the trafficking of enslaved people in the dominions of the Imam of Muscat. This activity took place on the mainland of East Africa and involved the British forces exchanging the Sultan of Tonge [Tsonga] for the ‘Banian’ prisoners.The main correspondents are Her Majesty’s Consul and Honourable Company’s Agent in the Dominions of the Imam of Muscat (also referred to as HM Consul, Zanzibar), and the Chief Secretary to the Government, Bombay. The item also features a minute from the Governor of Bombay.Physical description: 1 item (20 folios)
79. Muscat Affairs
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- Abstract: This part of the volume consists of copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 68 of 1850, dated 2 December 1850. The enclosures are numbered 3-4 and are dated 10 September to 30 November 1850.The papers relate to affairs in the vicinity of Muscat, principally the estrangement between the Imam of Muscat and his eldest son, the causes of which are not known to British officials.The correspondents are the Chief Secretary to the Government in Bombay and HM Consul and Honourable Company’s Agent in the Dominions of the Imam of Muscat, Captain Atkins Hamerton.Physical description: 1 item (5 folios)
80. Muscat and Zanzibar Affairs
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- Abstract: This part of the volume consists of copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 64 of 1853, dated 28 October 1853. The enclosures are numbered 3-4 and are dated 3 June to 27 October 1853.The enclosures relate to the right of the Imam of Muskat [Muscat, also written as Mascat] to certain possessions on the east coast of Africa including correspondence with the French Consul at Zanzibar, Dr J Ludwig Krapf.Correspondents include Major Atkins Hamerton, HM Consul in the Dominions of the Imam of Mascat.Physical description: 1 item (6 folios)
81. Turkish Arabia Affairs
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- Abstract: This item is comprised of copies of secret letters, despatches, memoranda, translations of letters, and intelligence reports relating to events in Persia [Iran].Topics discussed include the relations of the Imam of Muscat with the Government of Persia in connection with Bandar Abbas.Correspondents include: Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Creswicke Rawlinson, Political Agent in Turkish Arabia; H L Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay [Mumbai]; Earl of Clarendon, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, London; the Political Agent, Muscat; the Political Agent, Lingah [Bandar-e-Lengeh].Physical description: 1 item (21 folios)
82. Proceedings of the Government of Bombay connected with the Affairs of the Persian Gulf
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- Abstract: This part of the volume consists of a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, No. 104 of 1842, dated 28 September 1842. It contains material related to the following:The Officiating Resident in the Persian Gulf, Lieutenant H D Robertson’s consultations with local merchants on the status of trade in the port of Bushire [Bushehr]The arrival of a Dervish, claiming to be Jehan Soz Mirza [Jahānsūz Mīrzā], son of the late Futteh Allee Shah [Fatḥ ‘Alī Shāh Qājār], and uncle of the current King of Persia [Muḥammad Shāh Qājār, Shāh of Iran], on the Island of Karrack [Kharg]The intention of Mahomed Shah [Muḥammad Shāh Qājār] and the Prince of Fars [Ṭahmāsb Mīrzā Qājār Mu’ayyid al-Dawlah] to go to war against TurkeyThe war between Shaik [Shaikh, also written here as Sheik] Mahomed bin Khuleefa [Muḥammad bin Khalīfah Āl Khalīfah] and Shaik Abdullah bin Ahmed [‘Abdullāh bin Aḥmad Āl Khalīfah] on Bahrein [Bahrain], and the fighting at Monamah [Manama] and Sitrall [Sitra]The death of Dhej [Shaikh Duʿayj bin Khalīfah Āl Khalīfah], brother of Shaik Mahomed bin Khuleefa, in a skirmish against the forces of Shaik Abdullah bin AhmedThe meeting of Shaik Ali bin Khuleefa [Shaikh ‘Alī bin Khalīfah Āl Khalīfah] and Sheik Humood bin Sulmon [Shaikh Ḥamūd bin Salmān Āl Khalīfah] with Shaik Abdullah bin AhmedThe victory of Shaik Abdullah bin Ahmed’s forces over those of Shaik Mahomed bin Khuleefa, led by Abdool Rahman bin Abdool Luteef [‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin ‘Abd al-Laṭīf]; the death of Shaik Abdullah’s grandson, Mahomed bin Moobarak [Shaikh Muḥammad bin Mubārak Āl Khalīfah] during the battle and the flight of Shaik MahomedThe arrival of Shaik Mahomed at Lahsa [Al-Ahsa], and the possibility of assistance from Ameer Abdoolla bin Sooneyan [Amīr ‘Abdullāh bin Thunayān Āl Sa‘ūd] at Riaz [Riyadh]The permission given by Shaik Abdullah bin Ahmed to pearl fishers to go to the banks; his departure for Guttur [Qatar] on 12 Jumadee ool sanee [Jumadī al-Thānī]; and intention to repair the town of Zubara [Al Zubarah] and settle the people of Guttur thereThe rumours about the King of Persia’s intention to invade Bahrein, with part of the army passing through Koweit [Kuwait]The voyages of the ‘piratical Arabs’ of Shargah [Sharjah, also written here as Sharga] to Africa and the Red Sea, and the considerable profit derived from their trade in the ‘article of slaves’ [enslaved persons]The status of a Soomalee [Somali] ‘slave’ belonging to the brother of Abdoolla bin Rashid [Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Rāshid al-Mu’allā] of Oomulgevein [Umm al-Qaywayn]The dispute between Abdoolla bin Rashid and Sultan bin Suggur [Shaikh Sulṭān bin Ṣaqr al-Qāsimī] of Shargah and Ras al Khyma [Ra’s al-Khaymah]The visit of an envoy from Abdoolla bin Sooneyan and Said bin Mootlook [Sa‘īd bin Muṭlaq?] to [Shaikh] Sultan bin Suggur of Shargah, [Shaikh] Abdoolla bin Rashid of Oomulgevein, [Shaikh] Khuleefa bin Shackboot [Khalīfah bin Shakhbūṭ Āl Nahyān] of Aboothabee [Abu Dhabi], [Shaikh] Hamid bin Seeroor [Ḥamīd bin Surūr] and [Shaikh] Mahomed bin Abdoolla [Muḥammad bin ‘Abdullāh] of Booraymee [Al Buraymi], as well as [shaikhs] Hamed bin Allee bin Hamood [Ḥamīd bin ‘Alī bin Ḥammūd], Fazil bin Mahomed [Faḍil bin Muḥammad] and Hamed bin Saeef [Ḥamid bin Sayf?]The rumours of a possible fallout between the British Consul, Captain Atkins Hamerton, and the Imam of Oman [Sa‘īd bin Sulṭān Āl Bū Sa‘īd]The perceived lack of respect shown by Sheik Nasir [Shaikh Naṣr III Āl Madhkūr, Governor of Bushehr] to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, and the Shah of Persia’s determination to remove him from the governorshipThe arrival of a fleet of Russian warships at Asterabad [Astarabad], allegedly to ‘put a stop to the depredations of the Toorkomans [Turkmen]’The arrival of Mahomed Kereem Khan [Muḥammad Karīm Khān], envoy of the Ruler of Herat, Yar Mahomed Khan [Yār Muḥammad Khān ‘Alī Kūzāy], at the court of the King of Persia in TehranThe apparent violations, by the Ottoman Empire, of the peace treaty between Turkey and Persia, by attacking Mohommura [Mohammerah, i.e. Khorramshahr], Sunundij [Sanandaj], Aroomia [Urumiyah], and nomadic tribes on the Persian side of the border, and the complaints of the Persian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Meerza Abul Hasan Khan [Mīrzā Abū al-Ḥasan Khān Shīrāzī] to the British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of AberdeenThe complaints of the Persian Prime Minister, Hajee Mirza Aghasee [Ḥājī Mīrzā Āghāsī], to HM Chargé d’Affaires in Tehran, Colonel Justin Sheil, about Turkey’s violation of Persia’s sovereignty, with reference to the peace treaty [Treaty of Zuhab] concluded between Shah Suffee [Shāh Ṣafī I] and Sultan Moorad Khan the Fourth [Sulṭān Murād IV] in 1639The clashes between the Prince Governor of Mazanderan [Ardashīr Mīrzā Qājār, Rukn al-Dawlah’s] troops and the Yoomoot [Yumut] TurkmenThe refusal of the Khan of Khiva [Muḥammad Raḥīm Qulī Khān Qunqurāt] to release the Persian citizens taken captive by Khivan raiders, and Hajee Mirza Aghasi’s contemplation of a punitive campaign against the Khanate.Physical description: 1 item (103 folios)
83. Official Note from Soliman Pashaw to Harford Jones
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- Abstract: A translation of an official note from Soliman Pashaw [Büyük Sulaymān Pāshā, Governor of Baghdad] to Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], undated.The letter concerns Soliman Pashaw’s dispute with the Imaum [Imam] of Muscat [Sulṭān bin Aḥmad Āl Bū Sa’īd], describing the detention of ships from Bussora [Basra] in Muscat and disputes concerning customs duties, and asks Jones to refer the matter to the Governor of Bombay.Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
84. Enclosure in Letter from Major George Willock to the Secret Committee of 25 Jan 1823
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- Abstract: A copy of a letter from Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government of Bombay [Mumbai], to James Parish, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, sent from Poonah [Pune] and dated 27 October 1822.The letter concerns the agreement concluded between William Bruce, Resident in Bushire [Būshehr], and the Government of Fars at Sheraz [Shīrāz] (IOR/L/PS/9/69/124 and 131), disavowing the agreement as contrary to the policies of the Government of Bombay on issues including Kishm [Qeshm] and Bahrein [Bahrain]. It contains instructions for Bruce’s dismissal and the removal of the occupying forces on Kishm to be replaced by naval patrols. It also forwards draft letters to regional rulers on the issue of the disavowed agreement (IOR/L/PS/9/69/132-134).The letter was enclosed in the letter of Major George Willock, Acting Chargé d’Affaires in Persia [Iran], to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company dated 25 January 1823 (IOR/L/PS/9/69/126).Physical description: 1 item (4 folios)