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1. ‘Depredations committed by the Joasmee pirates in violation of the Treaty of Peace concluded with them in 1806. An expedition authorised by the Supreme Government for their suppression.’
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- 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 reports of piracy carried out by the Joasmee [Qawasim], and the deliberations of the governments of Bombay and Bengal over the appropriate response to this issue.The primary subjects are:Reports of attacks on British shipping in the Gulf by the Joasmee, including the capture of the SylphThe expansion of Wahabee [Wahhabi] influence in the Gulf, and the increase in piracy this has allegedly causedDivisions among the Joasmee, including reports that Sheikh Sultan Ben Suggur [Sultan bin Saqr al-Qasimi], the ruler of Ra’s al-Khaymah and Sharjah, has abandoned their causeRelations between Britain and the Joasmee, including a copy of a treaty made on 6 February 1806 (folios 74 recto to 75 recto)Reports of Joasmee attacks on shipping off the coast of India (including: a petition from merchants in Bombay requesting greater British protection (folios 92 recto to 93 recto); a report into four dows [dhows] which had arrived at Surat (folio 105 verso); extracts from two letters from Sunderjee Sewjee, a merchant from Bombay, reporting Joasmee activity in the Gulf of Kutch (folios 109 recto to 109 verso; and folios 113 verso to 114 recto); and two letters from Mutur bin Ruhmu bin Rashid Casimee [Matar bin Rahma bin Rashid al-Qasimi], the cousin of Sheikh Sultan bin Saqr Al Qasimi, to his brother Rashid Bin Ruhmu Rashid Casimee [Rashid bin Rahma bin Rashid al-Qasimi] at Bhownuggur [Bhavnagar] (folios 147 recto to 151 verso))The relations of Muscat with the Joasmee and the Wahabees, and a request from the Imam of Muscat for British help in resisting themA request from the Uttoobee [Bani Utbah] for British supportReports on the expansion of Wahabee influence in south Arabia and of attacks on shipping off the southern Arabian coast (including: an extract from a memoir by Mohumud Ibrahim Purkar [Ibrahim Purkar, also referred to as Mohummud Hajee Ibrahim and Moohummud Ibrahim Purkar Makhooda] (folios 131 verso to 136 verso), and a letter from the Dola [Governor] of Mocha (folios 137 recto to 138 verso))Plans for an expedition against the Joasmee, in cooperation with Muscat.The primary correspondents are: William Money, Superintendent of the Bombay Marine; David Seton, Resident at Muscat; Brigadier General John Malcolm; and Neil Benjamin Edmonstone, Chief Secretary to Government, Fort William.The title page (f 65) of the item contains the following references: ‘Political No. 12, Season 1809/10, Draft 186’; and ‘Examiner’s Office, October and December 1809’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 65, and terminates at f 164, as it is part of a larger physical volume; 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 pagination sequence.
2. ‘Africa. The Agents of the Church Missionary Society on the Eastern Cost of- recommended to the protection of the Imaum of Muscat.’
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- Abstract: The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence cited in, or enclosed with, a letter from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] to the East India Company Court of Directors, 10 June 1845, which provides an update on previous instructions received from the Court.The previous instructions were that Captain Atkins Hamerton, HM Consul and the Company’s Agent in the Dominions of His Highness the Imaum [Imam] of Muscat, should request protection from the Imaum for the agents of the Church Missionary Society. The agents, represented by Reverend Dr Krapf (also written Kraff), wished to obtain free passage into the interior of Africa through the Imaum’s territories on the East Coast of Africa. Hamerton was warned by the Court to proceed delicately with his request. An update from Hamerton is enclosed.The correspondents are: the Court of Directors; the Government of Bombay; and Hamerton.The title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Bombay Political Department’, ‘P.C. [Previous Communication] 5061, Draft 29/46, Coll[ection]: 24’, ‘Collection No. 1 of No. 63’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 607, and terminates at f 613, 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.
3. ‘Reporting the intention of the Imaum of Muscat to send by Cap Cogan two Horses as a present to the Chairman of the Hon’ble the Court of Directors’
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- 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 correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Captain Atkins Hamerton, British Consul in the Dominion of the Imaum [Imam] of Muscat; Captain Stafford Bettesworth Haines, Political Agent at Aden; Robert Cogan, previously of the Indian Navy; the Court of Directors of the East India Company; and the Imaum of Muscat [Imam of Muscat, Sayyid Sa'īd bin Sulṭān Āl Bū Sa'īd].The item concerns a gift of two horses which the Imaum of Muscat sent to the Chairman of the Court of Directors via Cogan. The item discusses the respective influences of Cogan and Hamerton on the Imaum.The title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft 874/44, P.C. [Previous Communication] 4569’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 601 and terminates at f 618, 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.
4. ‘Proceedings of the Persian Government in the neighbourhood of Bunder Abbass’
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- Abstract: Enclosures no. 2-7 to a despatch from the Secret Department, Bombay [Mumbai] Castle, dated 15 March 1848. The enclosures are dated 24 October 1847-11 March 1848. The enclosures consist of copies of correspondence relating to Persian [Iranian] threats to re-take control of Bunder Abbass [Bandar Abbas] from the Imam of Muscat, including shows of force by Fayl Alee Khan [Fazl Ali Khan], Governor of Kerman. The correspondents are: the Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Persia; the Prime Minister of Persia; the Government of India; the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; and the Governor of Bunder Abbass.Physical description: 1 item (13 folios)
5. ‘Proceedings of Captn Owen of HMS Leven at Bombassa [Mombasa] – Memorial to His Majesty from the Imaum of Muskat complaining of Captn Owens conduct in accepting the cession of the Island of Bombassa to the British Government’
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- Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, statements, and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. The principal correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; the Imaum of Muscat [Imam of Muscat, Sayyid Sa‘īd bin Sulṭān Āl Bū Sa‘īd], Captain William Fitzwilliam Owen; the Governor of Mauritius, Sir Lowry Cole; the Chieftain of Bombassa, Sooleman Ibn Ali Muzroee [Sultan of Mombasa, Sulayman ibn ‘Ali al-Mazru‘i].The item concerns the actions of Captain Owen of HMS Leven. While surveying the east coast of Africa, he accepted the cession of Bombassa [Mombasa]. The Chieftain of Bombassa wanted British protection against the Imaum of Muscat, offering half his revenues in return. The item consists of:The Imaum’s complaints that Bombassa is part of his territory and Owen prevented him from attacking itThe Imaum’s complaints that ships belonging to his subjects carrying slaves were intercepted by the BritishThe evidence that the British collected about the Imaum’s claim to sovereignty over BombassaThe decision whether to accept Bombassa as a British Protectorate or not. The Board of Control ruled that it should be left alone.The item includes a contents page, and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Political No. 870, Draft 392, P.C. 276, Examiner’s Office March 1823’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 28, and terminates at f 79, 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.
6. ‘Guns sent out for the Imaum of Muscat’
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- Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, consultations, and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. The principal correspondents are: Government of Bombay; Government of Bombay Military Department; Aga Mahomed Shoostree [Muḥammad Shushtari, Āghā], an agent of the Imam of Muscat.The item concerns the discussion over some guns sent from London to the Imaum [Imam] of Muscat [Sayyid Sa‘īd bin Sulṭān Āl Bū Sa‘īd] for his ship Shah Alum; the guns are now surplus to requirements as the Imaum has purchased his own in the interim. The guns that the Imaum purchased will be sent back to the Bombay Arsenal, and the new guns from London received by the Imaum.The item includes a contents page, and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Political No. 3, 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 61, and terminates at f 71, 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.
7. ‘Proceedings connected with the concessions made by the Imaum of Muscat for the suppression of the Slave Trade with Europeans vol 1’
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- Abstract: This item consists of copies of political letters to and from the Government of Bombay. It is the first in a series of three items on Muscat and the slave trade (the others are IOR/F/4/913/25778 and IOR/F/4/914/25779). The correspondents are the Government of Bombay and the East India Company Court of Directors.The item concerns:The actions taken by the Imaum [Imam] of Muscat [Sayyid Sa‘īd bin Sulṭān Āl Bū Sa‘īd] to limit the slave tradeThe Moresby Treaty, which aimed to limit the slave tradeCaptain William Fitzwilliam Owen’s acceptance of the cession of Bombassa [Mombasa] from the King and Chiefs of the island (see also IOR/F/4/785/21163).The item includes a contents page, and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Bombay Political No. 943, Draft 8, P.C. 423, [Season] 1827/28’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 123, and terminates at f 147, 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.
8. ‘Proceedings connected with an unauthorized negociation entered into with the Prince Royal of Shiraz by Mr Bruce vol 1’
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- 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.
9. ‘Proceedings connected with an unauthorized negociation entered into with the Prince Royal of Shiraz by Mr Bruce vol 2’
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- 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 second in a series of three items about a negotiation by William Bruce (the others are IOR/F/4/894/23288 and IOR/F/4/895/23290). The principal correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; the Government of Bengal; William Bruce, former Political Agent in the Persian Gulf; Lieutenant [John] Macleod, Political Agent in the Persian Gulf; Major [George] Willock, in charge of the British Mission in Persia.The item concerns:An explanation by William Bruce about his conduct in negotiating an unauthorised treaty with Hoossain Ali Mirza [Ḥusayn ‘Alī Mirzā Farmānfarmā, Prince-Governor of Fārs]The results of the treaty, including the evacuation of Kishm [Qeshm] and the effect on stability in the GulfThe appointment of Captain Faithfull as Commanding Officer in the Persian GulfHow to enforce the General Treaty of Maritime Peace of 1819, negotiated by William Keir GrantJohn Macleod’s tour of the Gulf and discussions with the Imaum of Muscat [Imam of Muscat, Sayyid Sa‘īd bin Sulṭān Āl Bū Sa‘īd] and other chiefs in the Gulf who were signatories to the General Treaty of Maritime Peace in 1819Analysis of the balance of power in the Gulf and particularly Shaikh Sooltan Bin Sugger [Shaikh Sulṭān bin Ṣaqr al-Qāsimī]How to eliminate the slave tradeThe reaction of the King of Persia [Fath-Ali Shah Qājār] to the treaty.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’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 227, and terminates at f 328, 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.
10. ‘Persian Gulf – Affairs – Vol: 2’
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- 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; Captain Samuel Hennell, British Resident in the Persian Gulf; Lieutenant Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Assistant Resident in the Persian Gulf; and Commodore John Croft Hawkins, Commander of the Persian Gulf Squadron. It is the second in a series of fifteen items on the Persian Gulf (the others are IOR/F/4/2131/101199, 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 actions of Hummud bin Mujedel [Ḥamad bin Majdal], chief of Amaeer [al-‘Amāyir] Tribe, who attacked a boat from Karrack [Jazireh-ye Khark] laden with wheat near Kateef [Qatif]The subsequent British naval expedition to the island of Genna [Jazirat Jana] to exact reparations from Hummud bin Mujedel, and Hummud’s justification for his actions and alliance with Shaik Mahomed bin Khuleefa [Shaikh Muḥammed bin Khalīfah Āl Khalīfah, Shaikh of Bahrain]The Wahabee [Wahhābi] invasion, led by Saaed bin Mootluck [Sa‘d bin Muṭlaq], of Mugees, also spelt Mukees [Majīs], and Wahabee threats against Sohar [Suhar]Tribute paid by Syed Hamood bin Azan [Sayyid Ḥammūd bin ‘Azzān al-Bū Sa‘īdī,], Chief of Sohar, and the Imaum [Imam] of Muscat, [Sayyid Sa‘īd bin Sulṭān Āl Bū Sa‘īd], to Saad bin MootlukThe plunder of fugitives from MugeesRelations between the Wahabees and the other shaikhs of the GulfInstructions to the ships Pilot, Coote, Tigris, and ConstanceAlleged seizure and restoration of a vessel of the Beniyas [Banī Yās] by the Chaab [Banū Ka‘ab]The claims of Aga Mahomed Tuckee bin Hajee Ali Ukbar Ali [Āghā Muḥammad Taqī bin Ḥājjī ‘Alī Akbar ‘Alī], a Persian merchant residing in Bombay, to be considered a British subject, and his ship the ActressThe question of British subjects being obliged to pay duty to export live animals from PersiaThe change of governors of Bushire [Bushehr].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 90’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 478, and terminates at f 582, 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.
11. ‘Persian Gulf – Treaty of Peace between the authorities of Muscat and the Wahabee Lieutenant in Oman – aggressions of the Wahabees on the territories of the Imaum of Muscat – Vol: 4’
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- 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; Captain Samuel Hennell, British Resident in the Persian Gulf; Hajee Jassim [Ḥājī Jāsim], British Agent at Bahrein [Bahrain]; and Hiskeal bin Yusoof [Ḥizqīl bin Yūsuf], British Agent at Muscat. It is the fourth 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/4/2131/101203, 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 peace agreement between the Saaed bin Mootluck [Sa‘d bin Muṭlaq], on behalf of Ameer Fysul [Amir Fayṣal bin Turkī bin Abdullāh Āl Sa‘ūd], and the Imaum [Imam] of Muscat, [Sayyid Sa‘īd bin Sulṭān Āl Bū Sa‘īd]Incidents of plunder of Wahabee [Wahhābi] messengers carrying tribute from the Imaum of Muscat to Ameer Fysul.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 2 of No 106’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 595, and terminates at f 609, 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.
12. ‘Persian Gulf. Regarding the giving of presents to His Highness the Imam, in return for those received by the members of the Residency in the Persian Gulf – Vol: 3’
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- Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, minutes, and consultations cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. The correspondents are the Government of Bombay and Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf. It is the third in a series of five items.The item concerns a return of presents to the Imam of Muscat [Sayyid Sa‘īd bin Sulṭān Āl Bū Sa‘īd], as he and his son have previously given presents to the members of the Residency in the Persian Gulf.The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft No 969-1852’ and ‘Collection No 5 of No 62’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 1057, and terminates at f 1060, 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.