Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, consultations, and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai]. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Major Samuel Hennell, British Resident in the Persian Gulf; and Saeed bin Tahnoon, Shaik of Aboothabee [Sa‘īd bin Ṭaḥnūn Āl Nahyān, Shaikh of Abu Dhabi]. It is the sixth in a series of twenty items on the Persian Gulf (the others are IOR/F/4/2180/106055, IOR/F/4/2180/106056, IOR/F/4/2180/106057, IOR/F/4/2180/106058, IOR/F/4/2180/106059, IOR/F/4/2181/106061, IOR/F/4/2181/106062, IOR/F/4/2181/106063, IOR/F/4/2181/106064, IOR/F/4/2181/106065, IOR/F/4/2181/106066, IOR/F/4/2181/106067, IOR/F/4/2181/106068, IOR/F/4/2181/106069, IOR/F/4/2181/106070, IOR/F/4/2181/106071, IOR/F/4/2181/106072, IOR/F/4/2181/106073, and IOR/F/4/2181/106074).The item concerns an accusation, later fully retracted, by Saeed bin Tahnoon that Moollah Houssein [Mullā Ḥusayn], British Agent at Shargah [Sharjah, written as Sargah in the title], has been taking bribes to conceal information from Hennell. The item also briefly mentions the deterioration in relations between Aboothabee and Debaye [Dubai].The item contains a contents page, and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft 282/47, P.C. [Previous Communication] 5573, Coll[ection]: 10, Collection No 6 of No 140’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 954, and terminates at f 965, 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 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, dated 28 April 1854, and found at IOR/F/4/2575/152543. It is the tenth in a series of thirteen items about the Persian Gulf.The item contains a letter from Khojeh Hiskale [Khawājah Ḥizqīl bin Yūsuf], Agent at Muscat, to Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, dated 19 October 1853. Khojeh Hiskale reports on his enquiries into the suspicious circumstances surrounding the wreck of a vessel belonging to Muscat, which was travelling to Zanzibar accompanied by two vessels from Rusulkhymah [Ra’s al-Khaymah, multiple renderings appear in text]. His report includes the statement of Humaid ben Kummoo Lootya [Ḥumayd bin Kāmū [?] Lūtāh], the owner of the Muscat vessel.Kemball forwards the letter, alongside his own comments, to the Government of Bombay. He includes a theory that the incident was possibly a deliberate act by the nakhoda [nakhuda] of one of the Rusulkhymah vessels, in revenge for an earlier incident at Lamooh [Lamu?], which is a dependency of the Imam [Imām] of Muscat. In support of this theory, Kemball includes relevant correspondence between: himself; Major Atkins Hamerton, HM Consul and Company Agent in the Dominions of His Highness the Imam of Muscat; and Sheikh Sultan ben Suggur [Shaikh Sulṭān I bin Ṣaqr al-Qāsimī], 'Chief' [Shaikh] of Rusulkhymah.The title page of the item contains the following references: 'Bombay Political Department', 'P.C. [Previous Communication] 8964', Draft Number '908 [18]54', 'Collection No. 1 of No. 32 of 1854', 'Vol: 10', and 'Examiner's Office'. Originally, the Collection number was given as '10' but this has been crossed out and replaced with '1'.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 333, and terminates at f 340, 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 to the East India Company Court of Directors. These political letters appear in IOR/F/4/2550/149197. It is the fourteenth in a series of sixteen items on the Persian Gulf.The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf; Commodore George Robinson, Commanding Indian Naval Squadron in the Persian Gulf; Hajee Yacoob [Ḥājjī Ya‘qūb], Agent at Shargah [Sharjah]; Sheikh Sultan ben Suggur, Chief of Rusul Khymah [Shaikh Sulṭān I bin Ṣaqr al-Qāsimī, Ruler of Ra’s al-Khaymah]; and Lieutenant Henry Haughton James, commanding the Company’s brigantine
Tigris.The item concerns the complaints of Hajee Yacoob about the ill-treatment he has received at the hands of Abdool Rahman Boo Busheit [‘Abd al-Raḥmān Būshuʿayṭ?], and other followers of Ameer Fysul [Amīr Fayṣal bin Turkī bin ‘Abdullāh Āl Sa‘ūd], also referred to as the Wahabee [Wahhābī] Chief. Sheikh Sultan ben Suggur declined to intervene on Hajee Yacoob’s behalf, and instead sent complaints to Kemball about Hajee Yacoob’s behaviour. Kemball sends Commodore Robinson to Shargah to demand the punishment of the offenders, and to investigate the accusations made against Hajee Yacoob. The item includes the depositions of four witnesses (ff 627-628).The item contains a table of contents (f 599), and the title page (f 598) contains the following references: Draft Number ‘358 - 1854’, ‘Collection No. 10 of No. 109 of 1853. Vol. 14’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’. The collection number was originally given as ‘2’ but this has been crossed out and replaced with ‘10’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 598 and terminates at f 633, 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 and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai], 18 June 1845. The recipient, unnamed in the item, is most likely the East India Company Court of Directors.The item relates to actions taken by Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, following a report that treasure and property, both public and private, have been stolen from the wreck of the Company schooner, the
Emily. Following the gathering of depositions, accusations of ‘inhospitable’ behaviour and theft are made against the inhabitants of Kenn (also rendered Kinn [Kish]), with the recommendation by the Governor of Bombay that the matter should be referred to the Persian [Iranian] government. Accusations of theft and misconduct also being made against several members of the
Emily’s crew, the Governor of Bombay recommends that the depositions be forwarded to the Advocate General, the Senior Magistrate of Police, and the Commander in Chief [of the Indian Army].A list of the missing treasure can be found at folios 659-660. The list details the name of the related owner or merchant as well as the quantities and types of coins missing.The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Hennell; Augustus S Le Messurier, Advocate General; and Philip William Le Geyt, Senior Magistrate of Police.The title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Bombay Political Department’, ‘P.C. [Previous Communication] 5061, Draft 29/46’, ‘Collection 26’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 653, and terminates at f 665, 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 [Mumbai]. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Major Samuel Hennell, British Resident in the Persian Gulf; and Lieutenant John Stephens, commanding the East India Company sloop of war
Clive. It is the first in a series of twenty items on the Persian Gulf (the others are IOR/F/4/2180/106056, IOR/F/4/2180/106057, IOR/F/4/2180/106058, IOR/F/4/2180/106059, IOR/F/4/2180/106060, IOR/F/4/2181/106061, IOR/F/4/2181/106062, IOR/F/4/2181/106063, IOR/F/4/2181/106064, IOR/F/4/2181/106065, IOR/F/4/2181/106066, IOR/F/4/2181/106067, IOR/F/4/2181/106068, IOR/F/4/2181/106069, IOR/F/4/2181/106070, IOR/F/4/2181/106071, IOR/F/4/2181/106072, IOR/F/4/2181/106073, and IOR/F/4/2181/106074).The item concerns:The generally peaceful aspect of the GulfThe hostilities between the Wahabee [Wahhābi] Governor of Kateef [Qatif] [‘Abdullāh bin Sa‘d al-Mudāwī] and the Sheik of Bahrein [Shaikh Muḥammed bin Khalīfah Āl Khalīfah, Shaikh of Bahrain]Preparations for hostilities by the shaikhs of Aboothabee [Sa‘īd bin Ṭaḥnūn Āl Nahyān, Shaikh of Abu Dhabi] and Ras el Khyme [Shaikh Sulṭān I bin Ṣaqr al-Qāsimī, Shaikh of Ra’s al-Khaymah] against Debaye [Dubai] and Amulgavine [Umm al-Qaywayn]A request for compensation by the British from the chiefs of Asseeloo [Bandar-e Asaluyeh] and Nukheelve [Bandar-e Nakhilu]The movement of East India Company ships in the GulfEntry of Samaad Aga [Ṣamad Āghā] into Bushire [Bushehr]The punishment of those involved in the outrage perpetrated on Shaik Yoosuf bin Suggur [Shaikh Yūsuf bin Ṣaqr], commander of a British merchant shipAccusations by Saeed bin Tahnoon [Sa‘īd bin Ṭaḥnūn Āl Nahyān], later withdrawn, that the British Agent at Sharjah, Moolla Hossein [Mullā Ḥusayn], had been taking bribes to suppress informationA complaint made by Lieutenant Stephens against the British Agent at Bahrain, Hajee Jassim [Ḥājī Jāsim], about a breach of etiquette.The item contains a contents page, and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft 282/47, P.C. [Previous Communication] 5573, Coll[ection]: 9, Collection No 1 of No 136’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 872, and terminates at f 886, 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 of copies and extracts of correspondence and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, Political Letters from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] to the East India Company Court of Directors, dated 19 June and 19 July 1845.The item relates to explanations provided by Captain Atkins Hamerton, HM Consul at Zanzibar and the Company’s Agent in the Dominions of the Imaum [Imam] of Muscat, in response to complaints made against him by Captain Robert Cogan and the Imaum. Hamerton is accused of:Being disrespectful to the Imaum and his subjectsMisrepresenting the Imaum to the Government of BombayCausing a resident of Zanzibar to be cruelly punished.Hamerton provides examples of occasions on which he has had to complain to the Imaum, especially with regards to the proper enforcement of the commercial treaty concluded between the Imaum and Her Britannic Majesty. However, he states that he has never intentionally disrespected the Imaum or his subjects. He also provides his own account of the incident in which the Zanzibar resident was punished, as well making his own allegations against Cogan. The item also includes the Governor of Bombay’s thoughts on Hamerton’s responses.Hamerton is also referred to as the ‘Agent at Muscat’, even though he is based at Zanzibar.The correspondents are: Hamerton and the governments of India and Bombay.The title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Bombay Political Department’, ‘P.C. [Previous Communication] 5061, Draft 29/46, Coll[ection]: 27’, ‘Collection No. 1 of No. 68’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 666, and terminates at f 692, 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 file title contains an inaccurate spelling: Pradham Singh should appear as Pradhan Singh. The file mainly concerns two employees of the Government of India Public Works Department (PWD) at Muscat: (1) Pradhan Singh (also referred to as Pardhan Singh), PWD Overseer at Muscat, who was the subject of various allegations of dishonesty in the course of his official duties at Muscat by Abdul Wahab, PWD Overseer (also referred to as Supervisor) at Muscat, and the PWD Assistant Engineer, Bushire; and (2) Abdul Wahab himself.The papers include: correspondence concerning the applications of Pradhan Singh and Abdul Wahab for appointment as Assistant Engineer, Bushire, 1936-37; summary of the accusations against Pradhan Singh, including correspondence from Abdul Wahab and Pradhan Singh, a report on the accusations by the Political Agent and HBM's Consul, Muscat, and comments by the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; correspondence concerning an allegation by Pradhan Singh that Abdul Wahab had appointed an assistant driver who was physically unfit for the job; complaints by the Political Agent, Muscat about the conduct of Abdul Wahab, and requests that he be removed from his post at Muscat; complaints from Pradhan Singh about the construction of the Bungalow at Gwadur [Gwadar] by Mohamed Ishaq; the acquittal of Pradhan Singh of the charges against him by the Political Agent, Muscat; Pradhan Singh's resignation, and employment by Saiyid Said bin Taimur [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr], Sultan of Muscat and Oman; and correspondence between the Political Agent, Muscat and the Sultan, warning the Sultan about the previous allegations made against Pradhan Singh.The Arabic content of the papers consists of two items of correspondence between the Sultan of Muscat and Oman, and the Political Agent, Muscat, with English translations (folios 103-105).Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 120; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-26 and between ff 51-117; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
Abstract: The file contains correspondence (mainly copies) regarding irregularities in connection with the administration and command of the Muscat State Levy Corps by Captain A R Walker, 11th Sikh Regiment.It includes:copies of correspondence between S E Hedgcock, Muscat, and the Political Agent, Muscatcopies of demi-official letters from the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf and the Political Agent, Muscatcopies of correspondence between the Political Agent, Muscat, and the Political Resident in the Persian Gulfcopy of memorandum from the Adjutant General in India, Army Headquarters, Delhi, to the Headquarters, Western Command, Quetta, and enclosurescopy of memorandum from the General Officer, Commanding-in-Chief, Western Command, to the Adjutant General in India, with enclosures including a memorandum from Captain Walker to the Adjutant, 2nd Battalion, 11th Sikh Regiment, answering allegations made against him by S E HedgcockPhysical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 20; these numbers are written in pencil, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: Copy of a letter from Major William Monteith to the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, of 24 November 1826. The letter concerns allegations made against Monteith by General Yermoloff [Governor-General of Georgia, General Aleksey Petrovich Yermolov]. Monteith refutes the allegations that he had recently been commanding the Persian artillery, and that he had been acting as a spy in Georgia, and indicates that he does not know why Yermoloff has made the allegations. He explains that he had actually been on a mission to secure the release and safe passage of the mission of the Russian envoy, Prince Menchikoff [Prince Aleksandr Sergeevich Menshikov], out of Persia; that his erstwhile presence on the frontier between Russia and Persia had been to carry out a survey of the frontier; and that time that he had spent in Tiflis [Tbilisi] had been due to poor health.Also included is a copy of a letter, in French, from Menchikoff to Monteith, of 27 September 1826, in which he offers his thanks for Monteith's assistance.This document was originally enclosed, numbered 5 in enclosure No. 1, in Macdonald Kinneir’s letter to the Secret Committee of the East India Company of 23 December 1826 (IOR/L/PS/9/70/156).Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)