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13. 'Affairs in the Persian Gulf'
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- Abstract: Enclosures nos. 2-33 to a dispatch from the Secret Department, Bombay [Mumbai] Castle, dated 31 January 1840. The enclosures are dated 11 May 1839-23 January 1840. The enclosures consist of copies of correspondence relating to affairs in the Persian Gulf, including:The arrival at Koweit [Kuwait] of the East India Company ship Uraniacarrying three iron steamers for use by the Euphrates Expedition, and a fire on board the UraniaThe Egyptian occupation of Kateef [Qatif], Sohat [Saihat] and Oojier [Uqair], and their perceived intentions against Bahrein [Bahrain] and other Gulf statesThe suppression of a rebellion against the Prince-Governor of FarsThe flight from Bushire [Bushehr] of the ‘usurping’ Governor Shaik Hussain, and his ally Bakir Khan [Baqir Khan Tangistani], Chief of Tungistan [Tangestan], in anticipation of a Persian [Iranian] army sent to remove him after the murder of the previous Governor, Apa Joomal Khan [Agha Jamal Khan]The intention of Shaik Esa bin Tareef [Shaikh Isa bin Tarif] of the Alli Aly [Al Bin Ali] tribe to leave Aboothabee [Abu Dhabi] with his followers and settle at Bidda or Wakra [Al Wakrah] on the coast of Guttur [Qatar]A peace treaty between Said bin Sultan, Imam of Muscat, and Said Humood bin Azan [Sayyid Syf bin Hamud Al Bu Sa’id], Chief of SoharA false report of the murder in Tehran of Hajee Mirza Ajasee [Haji Mirza Aqasi], Prime Minister of Persia [Iran]An examination of events during the British occupation of Karrack [Kharg]Treaty negotiations between Muscat and France.The primary correspondents are the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf and the Government of India. Other correspondents include: the Assistant Resident in the Persian Gulf; the Native Agent, Bharein [Bahrein, i.e. Bahrain]; the Native Agent, Muscat; and the Imam of Muscat.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 161, and terminates at f 269, 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.
14. ‘Vol 249 Persian correspondence’
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- Abstract: The file is chiefly comprised of translated extracts of letters written by the British Agent at Shiraz, E N Castelli (an original letter in French, signed Castilly, is also in the file at folio 3), sent to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Captain Felix Jones. These extracts were sent onwards to the Secretary to the Government Bombay, with covering letters written by Jones.The extracts touch on the following subjects:General political and military affairs in Shiraz;General reports on the appearance and extent of disease (cholera and fever) in Persia and the Persian ports;Reports of maladministration at Fars, and the efforts of the Prince Governor of Fars to collect revenue in order to pay debts due, to be collected by a mohussil (coercive collector of revenue) from Tehran;Movements in Persia of the Prussian ambassador Julius Rudolph Ottomar Freiherr von Minutoli, his subsequent death from fever, interment in an Armenian cemetery in Shiraz, and the disturbance of his grave.Physical description: Foliation: The foliation sequence commences on the front cover and runs until the last page of writing. The sequence consists of a circled pencil number in the top right hand corner of each folio. It ends on the last folio of writing, on number 31. Foliation anomalies: f 28 is followed by f 28A. ff 28 and 9 are A3 foldouts with text on recto and verso.
15. ‘Relative to the Occupation of the Island of Kishm vol 1’
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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. 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.
16. ‘Relative to the Occupation of the Island of Kishm vol 2’
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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. 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.
17. ‘Translation of a letter addressed by H.E. Meerza Abool Hassan Khan H. P. Mty’s Minister for Foreign affairs to Colonel Macdonald. Envoy.’
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- Abstract: Translation of a letter from the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Persia [Iran], Meerza Abool Hassan Khan [Mirza Abū al-Ḥasan Khan Shīrāzī], to the East India Company Envoy to Persia, Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir. The letter concerns ‘unbecoming proceedings’ on the part of the Government of Fars, which had been reported to Meerza Abool Hassan Khan by Macdonald Kinneir (see IOR/L/PS/9/70/176). Meerza Abool Hassan Khan indicates that he has represented the matter to the Shah of Persia, who has sent a representative and Firmans to the Prince of Fars (Ḥusayn ‘Alī Mirzā Farmānfarmā) and his Vizier, Zekee Khan [Muḥammad Zakī Khan], so as to settle the matter.This document was originally enclosed, numbered 1 in No. 41, in Macdonald Kinneir’s letter to the Secret Committee of the East India Company of 23 March 1827 (IOR/L/PS/9/70/192).Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
18. 'Translation of the answer of Their Excellencies The Persian Ministers to the Official Note of His Britannick Majesty's Charge d'Affaires of the 23rd December'
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- Abstract: Translation of the answer of the ministers of the Court of the Shah of Persia [Iran], dated 27 December 1819, to the official note of HM Chargé d'Affaires to Persia, Henry Willock, of 23 December 1819 (see IOR/L/PS/9/68/214). The note concerns the British intention of including ports on the Persian coast as targets in their planned expedition to the Persian Gulf to attack the Juwasemees [al-Qawasim] and their allies, who are accused by the British of piracy (see IOR/L/PS/9/68/213). The note denies the right of the British expedition to take offensive action against ports on the Persian coast on the grounds that they are under the jurisdiction of the Prince of Sheraz [Shiraz], Hussein Ali Mirza [Ḥusayn ‘Alī Mirzā Farmānfarmā], and expresses opposition to Willock’s suggestion that protection might be afforded by the Prince of Fars [Prince of Shiraz] to those accused of piracy. The note is sealed by Hadjee Mohammed Hussein Khan [Ḥājī Muḥammad Ḥusayn Khān Iṣfahānī, Niẓām al-Dawlah], Sudr Aazim [Ṣadr-i Aʿẓam, Prime Minister], and Mirza Abdul Wahab [Mīrzā 'Abd al-Wahhāb Nishāṭ Iṣfahānī], Moatemed ed Dowleh [Mu'tamid al-Dawlah, Foreign Minister].The translation was enclosed in Willock’s letter to Major-General Sir William Grant Keir, of 29 December 1819 (see IOR/L/PS/9/68/219).Physical description: 1 item (4 folios)
19. 'Translation of a Letter from His Royal Highness the Prince at Shirauz to the Right Honourable the Governor in Bombay'
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- Abstract: Translation of a letter from the Prince of Shirauz [Shiraz], Ḥusayn ‘Alī Mirzā Farmānfarmā, to the Governor of Bombay, Sir Evan Nepean, received at Rasal Khyma [Ra’s al-Khaymah] on 25 December 1819. The letter is in reply to Nepean’s letter to the Prince of 9 October 1819 concerning the British expedition against the Joasimees [al-Qawasim] and their allies in the Persian Gulf, including those at ports on the Persian coast (see IOR/L/PS/9/68/213). The letter affirms the Prince’s willingness to cooperate with the expedition, and reports the appointment of a Persian army to take possession of Bahrein [Bahrain].The letter was enclosed in Major-General Sir William Grant Keir’s letter to HM Chargé d'Affaires to Persia [Iran], Henry Willock, of January 1820 (see IOR/L/PS/9/68/232).Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
20. 'No 117 From August 1839 To May 1840. Translation Book Commencing 24th August'
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- Abstract: The volume contains translations of letters received by the Residency in the Persian Gulf from August 1839 to May 1840.The correspondence relates to affairs on the Arabian side of the Persian Gulf, in particular the situation at Braimee [Al Buraymī] (also given as Brenie, Braymee) where the Naiem [Al Na'īm] tribe and the people of Braimee were at war with Sheik Kuleefa bin Shakbut [Shaikh Khalīfah bin Shakbut], Sheik of Abothabee [Abu Dhabi] and the Zuweier tribe; and discussing Captain Atkins Hamerton who was sent to Braimee to provided representation and assistance from the British Government.Also discussed are the relations between the various Arab chiefs including Sheik Sultan bin Sugger [Shaikh Sultan bin Saqr] of Shargah [Sharjah] and Raasulkhyma [Ra's al Khaymah], Sheik Muktoom [Shaikh Maktūm bin Buṭṭī] of Debay [Dubai], Sheik Abdoolla bin Rashid [Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Rāshid] of Umulgaweim [Umm al Qaywayn], Sheik Abdool Azeez bin Rashid bin Humoud [Shaikh ‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin Rāshid bin Ḥumayd] (of Ajman), Sheik Kuleefa bin Shakbut and Sheik Abdoola bin Ahmed [Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Aḥmad Āl Khalīfah] of Bahrein [Bahrain], including their allegiances and disputes with each other and the British Government and concluding with a truce signed between them in April 1840.Correspondence also relates to the movements and affairs of Koochid Pacha [Khurshid Pasha], Commander-in-Chief of the Egyptian Forces in Nejd [Najd] and Khaled ben Saud [K̲h̲ālid bin Sa‘ūd] ruler of Nejd; and affairs Oman including fighting between the different tribes there, particularly the Beni boo Allee [Banī Bū ‘Alī], Beni boo Hussun [Banī Bū Ḥasan] and Jiniba [Āl Djanaba] tribes, and correspondence with the Imam of Muscat (Saʻīd bin Sulṭān).Also included are letters from Meerza [Mirza] Riza , news writer at Sheeraz [Shiraz] reporting on matters in Fars and Persia in general, focusing particularly on the relationship between the Sherazees (people of Shiraz) and the Prince of Shiraz and the Toorks (Persian soldiers from the north of the country), but also including reports on the involvement of Bakir Khan, Chief of Tangistan [Tangestān]; the situation in Bushire, Kharassan [Khorāsān], Meshed [Mashhad], Herat and other towns where affairs were equally unstable; the movements and actions of the Shah of Persia in response to the outbreaks of instability; and the murder of Jumal Khan, the Governor of Bushire in December 1839.Other matters of note include an outbreak of Cholera in Bahrein and Kuteef [Al-Qaṭīf] in September 1839; acts of piracy in the Gulf; correspondence on trade throughout the Gulf; reports on the pearl fishing season; reports of a battle between the Ottoman and Egyptian Armies near Aleppo; and the affairs of Sheik Abdool Rahman [‘Abd al Rahman] of Kishm [Qeshm]The correspondence comprises mainly of reports and letters submitted by the Native Agents in the Persian Gulf to the Political Resident, including Meerza Muhammed Ally [Mirza Muḥammad ‘Alī], Native Agent at Bahrein [Bahrain]; Moollah Hossein [Mullā Ḥusayn], Native Agent at Sharjah; Hajee Jassim [Haji Jasim], Native Agent at Lingard [Lengeh]; and the Native Agent at Muscat (Reubed Aslan (also given as Artan), Khoaja Rubil (also given as Khojah Roubin)).Physical description: Foliation: There is a foliation sequence, which is circled in pencil, in the top right corner of the recto of each folio. This sequence, which should be used for referencing, begins on the front cover, on number 1, and ends on the inside back cover, on number 132.Pagination: There is also a pagination sequence, which is written in ink, in the top right corners of the rectos and in the top left corners of the versos.
21. ‘Affairs of the Persian Gulf vol 1’
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- Abstract: This item consists of copies of political letters from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai]. The enclosures to these letters are contained in the subsequent items. It is the first in a series of seven items on affairs of the Persian Gulf (the others are IOR/F/4/2077/95830, 95831, 95832, 95833, 95834, and 95835).The item concerns:Disturbances at Shiraz caused by an attempt to oust the current Governor of Fars, Ameer Mirza Nubbee Khan [Amīr Dīvān Mīrzā Nabī Khān Qazwīnī]A complaint by the Imam of Muscat [Sayyid Sa'īd bin Sulṭān Āl Bū Sa'īd] that his vessels were paying higher duty at Mauritius than previouslyReports of vessels from Bombay and Cutch [Kachchh] trading under British colours without the appropriate passesThe military success of Ameer Fysul [Amīr Fayṣal bin Turkī bin ‘Abdullāh Āl Sa‘ūd] and possible British reactions to thisThe aborted Persian attack against Bunder Abbas [Bandar-e ʻAbbas]Disputes over customs duties at Bunder AbbasA complaint by Josiah Row Chowdry [Josiah Rao Chaudhari] against the British merchant brig Mary Alicethat he was owed wages by the ship’s masterA violent dispute between the Joasmees [Qāsimīs, i.e. al-Qawāsim] and subjects of Debaye [Dubai]The murder of Beebee Aseeloo [Bibi ‘Asilu], widow of the late Native Agent at MuscatThe English burial ground at Karrack [Jazireh-ye Khark]The item contains a contents page, and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Collection 8, Draft 78, P.C. [Previous Communication] 4624, [Season 18]45’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 125 and terminates at f 156, 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
22. ‘Persian Gulf & Zanzibar Affairs of – vol: 3’
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- Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, consultations, resolutions, and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, political and secret letters from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai]. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Captain Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf; Captain Atkins Hamerton, Her Majesty’s Consul and Honourable Company’s Agent in the dominions of the Imaum [Imam] of Muscat; Reuben bin Aslan, East India Company's Agent at Muscat; Mirza Reza, East India Company's Agent at Shiraz. It is the third 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/4/2077/95832, IOR/F/4/2077/95833, IOR/F/4/2077/95834, and IOR/F/4/2077/95835).The item concerns:Disturbances at Shiraz caused by an attempt to oust the current Governor of Fars, Ameer Mirza Nubbee Khan [Amir Divan Mirza Nabī Khan Qazwīnī]Preparation for a tour of the Gulf to be made by Lieutenant Arnold Burrows Kemball, Assistant Resident in the Persian GulfReports of the movements of Syud Thooenee [Sayyid Thuwainī bin Sa'īd Āl Bū Sa'īd] at MuscatRepairs to the Futhool Moobarukat Muscat, the subsequent loss of her cargo through shipwreck, and its recoveryReports of vessels from Bombay and Cutch [Kachchh] trading under British colours without the appropriate passes, and measures taken to deal with them.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 40’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 190 and terminates at f 227, 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.
23. ‘Affairs of the Persian Gulf. Vol: 1’
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- Abstract: This item consists of copies of political letters from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] to the Court of Directors of the East India Company. The enclosures to these letters are contained in the subsequent items. It is the first in a series of thirty items.The item contains summaries of the enclosures to the political letters, concerning:Events in Fars Province, including proceedings against ‘piratical’ ports by Commander John Croft Hawkins, Senior Naval Officer in the Persian Gulf, in conjunction with the Governor of Fars, Houssein Khan [Muḥammad Ḥusayn Khān Muqaddam Marāgha'i]Punishment of those involved in the assault on Sheik Yoosoof bin Suggur [Shaikh Yūsuf bin Ṣaqr], commander of a British merchant shipThe murder of Sheik Mahomed bin Yoosoof, Chief of Nukheeloo [Shaikh Muḥammad bin Yūsuf, Shaikh of Nakhilu]Payments to commanders of ships conveying passengers for the Government of BombayThe seizure of vessels in the Persian GulfThe actions of Saed bin Tahnoon, Sheik of Aboothabee [Shaikh Sa‘īd bin Ṭaḥnūn Āl Nahyān, Shaikh of Abu Dhabi].The item contains a contents page, and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft 700/47, Collection No 18’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 599, and terminates at f 611 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.
24. ‘Persian Gulf Affairs.’
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- Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, minutes, and consultations cited in, or enclosed with, letters to and from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai]. It covers a range of topics relating to the Persian Gulf. All of the material in the item dates from 1844-45, except for one letter which is from 1834.The item begins with discussion of the entry into Brymee [Al Buraymi, also referred to in the item as Braimee] and Oman of the forces of Saad bin Mootluk [Sa‘d bin Mutlaq], on behalf of Ameer Fysul [Amir Faysal bin Turki bin Abdullah Al Sa‘ud, also referred to in the item as Fysul Alli Suood and Fysul Bin Toorkee] the Wahabee [Wahhabi] leader [Emir of Najd]. This includes:The submission of the local authorities in Brymee to Saad bin Mootluk, and the presentation of gifts to him by several rulers from the Arabian coast of the GulfThe demands of Saad bin Mootluk for tribute from Syud Hamood bin Uzan [Sayyid Hammud bin ‘Azzan al-Bu Sa‘idi] and Syed Soowenee [Sayyid Thuwayni bin Sa‘id Al Bu Sa‘id, also referred to in the item as Syed Sooweynee and Syed Thooenee], the Acting Governor of Muscat [Acting Imam of Muscat], and the response of the latter, including a request to Major Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, for adviceCorrespondence between Hennell, the Government of Bombay and the Government of India regarding the implications of the above events for British interests in the Gulf, and what their response should be.Also covered in the item is the following:The wreck of two ships off Ejman [Ajman], and the actions of Shaik Abdool Azeez bin Rashid [Shaikh ‘Abd al-‘Aziz bin Rashid al-Nu‘aymi], the Chief of Ejman [Ruler of Ajman] in recovering the ships and cargoes and restoring them to their ownersThe question of how to deal with an attack on a ship from Karrack [Jazireh-ye Khark] carried out by Humud bin Mujudel [Hamad bin Majdal], the Chief of the Amaeer [‘Amayir] tribe, who is said to be under the protection of Shaik Mahomed bin Khaleifa [Shaikh Muhammad bin Khalifah Al Khalifah], the Ruler of Bahrein [Bahrain]The seizure by Shaik Faris [Shaikh Faris bin Ghayth], the Chief of the Chaab [Banu Ka‘ab], of a ship from Aboothabee [Abu Dhabi], and the mission of Lieutenant Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Assistant Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Mohumrah [Khorramshahr] to try to persuade Shaik Faris to restore the ship and its cargoThe negotiations for the establishment of an alliance between Shaik Sultan bin Suggar [Shaikh Sultan I bin Saqr al-Qasimi] of Rasel Khymah [Ruler of Ra’s al-Khaymah and Sharjah], and Shaik Khuleefa bin Shackboot [Shaikh Khalifa bin Shakhbut al-Nahyan] of Aboothabee [Ruler of Abu Dhabi]The activities of Shaik Abdoollah bin Ahmed [Shaikh ‘Abdullah bin Ahmad Al Khalifah], the former Ruler of Bahrein, who has received asylum from the Chief of Nabend [Damagheh-ye Nay Band] and is carrying out attacks on ships from BahreinThe appointment of Housseni Khan [Mirza Muhammad Husayn Khan Muqaddam Maragha'i] as Governor [Wali] of Fars, and the reinstatement of Shaik Nasir [Nasr III Al Mazkur] as Governor of Bushire [Bushehr]The arrangements made for the three men accused of the murder of Beebee Aseelah [Bibi Asilu], widow of Meerza Juwad [Mirza Javad Shirazi], the former Native Agent at Shiraz. Two of the accused are to be taken to Tehran, while the third, the victim’s brother, identified as Sultan, son of Hajie Jassem [Haji Jassim], has made a confession (included in the item) and is to remain behindA dispute regarding a possible increase in the duty to be charged on the export of horses from Bushire by British merchants, including a petition from the Bushire merchants, and correspondence from Hajee Mirza Aghasee [Haji Mirza ‘Abbas Aghasi], Prime Minister [Sadr-i A’zam] of Persia [Iran] and Mirza Hadayut Allah [Mirza Hidayat Allah], Moostowfaa [Mustawfi] of the Governor of FarsThe sanctioning of the payment required for a grant in perpetuity of the ground occupied as an English burial place at KarrackThe need for a new coating of mud on all the roofs of the Residency buildings at Bushire, and an estimate of the expenses this will incur.As well as those already mentioned, the main correspondents are: Moollah Houssin [Mullah Husayn], Native Agent at Shargah [Sharjah]; Heskeal Bin Yusoof [Hizqial bin Yusuf], Acting Native Agent at Muscat; and Lieutenant-Colonel Justin Sheil, Her Majesty’s Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Persia.The item contains a table of contents (ff 593-598), and the title page (f 592) contains the following references: ‘P C [Previous Communication] 49501, D/t 7557, Collection No. 1 of No. 44’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’. The item was originally divided into two parts, and the title page of the second part (f 694) contains the following reference: ‘P C [Previous Communication] 49501, Vol. 2, Collection No. 1 of No. 54’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 592 and terminates at f 700, 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.