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 Major Samuel Hennell, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf and Lieutenant-Colonel Justin Sheil, HM Minister at the Court of Persia [Iran]. It is the twelfth in a series of thirty items.The item concerns Sheil’s approval of Commodore John Croft Hawkins’s actions against the ‘piratical’ ports of the Persian Coast.The item contains a contents page, and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft 700/47, Coll[ection]: 18, Collection No 11 of No 37’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 706, and terminates at f 709 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 main correspondents are the Government of Bombay and Major Samuel Hennell, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf. It is the second in a series of thirty items.The item concerns:Reports of conflicting rumours of Lieutenant William Henry Wybard’s fate, including death, marriage with children, and enslavementA potential rebellion against the Governor of Fars, Houssein Khan [Muḥammad Ḥusayn Khān Muqaddam Marāgha'i], by Bakir Khan [Bāqir Khān Tangistānī], Chief of Tungistan [Tangestan], and Hajee Khan [Ḥājī Khān], the Chief of Dashtee [Dashti County]Proceedings against ‘piratical’ ports by Commander John Croft Hawkins, Senior Naval Officer in the Persian Gulf, and a proposed joint venture with the Governor of Fars to oblige ports along the Persian [Iranian] coast to pay compensation for British and Persian ships which had been the victims of ‘piracy’Violence against Bedouin tribes by Saed bin Tahnoon, Sheik of Aboothabee [Shaikh Sa‘īd bin Ṭaḥnūn Āl Nahyān, Shaikh of Abu Dhabi], and a demand for compensation by Mahomed ben Syf ul Ujajee, Sheik of Brymee [Muḥammad bin Sayf al-‘Ajjājī, Shaikh of Al Buraymi].The item contains a contents page, and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft 700/47, Coll[ection] 18, Collection No 1 of No 37’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 612, and terminates at f 641 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 correspondent is Major Samuel Hennell, British Political Resident in the Persian Gulf. It is the twenty-second in a series of thirty items.The item concerns:The decision of the Amaeer tribe [al-‘Amāyir] to place themselves under the authority of Ameer Fysul [Amīr Fayṣal bin Turkī bin ‘Abdullāh Āl Sa‘ūd, Emir of Najd] instead of Bahrein [Bahrain]A request by Esai bin Tareef, Shaik of Bidda [‘Īsá bin Ḥamad bin Ṭarīf Āl Bin ‘Alī al-‘Utbī, Shaikh of al-Bid’] that Hennell return two boats to his subjects, which had been captured by Commander John Croft Hawkins, Senior Naval Officer in the Persian Gulf, off Asseloo [Bandar-e Asaluyeh] in reparation for ‘piratical’ actions of the people of Asseloo.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 756, and terminates at f 759 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 resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai]. The correspondent is Major Samuel Hennell, British Resident in the Persian Gulf. It is the twelfth 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/4/2180/106060, 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/4/2181/106067, 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 likelihood of Commodore John Croft Hawkins being obliged to leave the Gulf for the hot season 1847 due to ill health.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 7 of No 11’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 73, and terminates at f 76, 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, 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-third in a series of thirty items.The item concerns Hennell’s request for approval of his reimbursements to Lieutenant John Stephens, Senior Naval Officer in the Persian Gulf, for presents which Stephens gave at Kateef [Qatif] in July 1846. The presents are not listed.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 760, and terminates at f 762 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 and Major Samuel Hennell, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf. It is the sixteenth in a series of thirty items.The item concerns instructions to Commodore John Croft Hawkins, Senior Naval Officer in the Persian Gulf, to land at Asseeloo [Bandar-e Asaluyeh] and extract the compensation owed by the Shaikh of Asseeloo for acts committed by his subjects.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 724, and terminates at f 729 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 to the East India Company Court of Directors, 31 August 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 nineteenth in a series of fifty-nine items on events in the Persian Gulf.The item relates to the commendation of Commodore Hawkins, Commanding Indian Naval Squadron in the Persian Gulf, by Her Majesty’s Government for his conduct whilst commanding the squadron against several ‘piratical’ ports in the Gulf. The message, originating from Viscount Palmerston, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, is ultimately shared with the Government of Bombay, who instruct that the message should be communicated to the Superintendent of the Indian Navy.The title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Bombay Political Department’, ‘Draft No. 345/48’, ‘Collection No. 2 of No. 107, Vol: 19.’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 362, and terminates at f 365, 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 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.
Abstract: This item comprises enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] Secret Department to the Secret Committee [Bombay Secret Letter], No. 13 dated 2 February 1856. The enclosures are dated 6 December 1855-29 January 1856.The primary correspondents are the Secretary to the Government, Bombay; Charles Augustus Murray, HM Envoy in Persia [Iran] ‘at a place near Tehran’; and Commander James Felix Jones, Indian Navy, Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire [Bushehr]. The item also includes minutes of the Governor and President in Council, Bombay, and the members in Council and a memorandum by the Secretary to the Government, Bombay.The papers cover the following matters:Murray’s report to the Bombay authorities of the withdrawal of the British Mission from Tehran due to the ‘offensive conduct’ (f 168) of the Persian Government, and recommendation to increase naval security in the Gulf at BushireDiscussions by the Government of Bombay of measures required to enhance British security in the Gulf region, including augmenting the Naval Squadron at Bushire under Commodore Richard Ethersey and improving communications between Bushire and Bussorah [Basra] and BaghdadThe decision to despatch the HEIC [Honourable East India Company] steamers
Ajdahaand
Victoriato Bushire with a detachment of European artillery, with the prospect of further steamers to followThe Government of Bombay’s request to the Government of India for instructions regarding action to be taken in the event of a total breakdown in diplomatic relations, in particular the question of sending a force to the island of Karrack [Kharg, also known as Khark]The Bombay Government’s request that Jones remind Commodore Ethersey that his officers should abstain from corresponding with associates in India about the current diplomatic rupture, following the appearance of an article in the
Bombay Timeswhich implies that the ‘quarrel betwixt the Hon’ble Mr Murray and the Shah of Persia is occasioning an amount of inconveniency to the [British] State’ and shows ‘to what an extent the personal indiscretions of an intemperate man may interfere with public affairs’ (f 182).Physical description: 1 item (22 folios)
Abstract: This file consists of several telegrams discussing the migration of the Senior Naval Officer of the Persian Gulf's headquarters. The correspondence is between the Government of India, External Affairs Department, the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, and the Secretary of State for India.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 6; these numbers are written in pencil and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: This part contains papers relating to the provision of a despatch vessel for the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, to transport him on his regular tours of the Persian Gulf, and his occasional visits to places on the Arabian coast in order to deal with events as they arise.It includes papers relating to the following:The proposal of the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf and the Government of India that the steam ship
Patrick Stewartshould be hired from the Indo-European Telegraph Department for the use of the Political Resident for his normal touring periodsThe Government of India’s proposal that the Colonial Office should be asked to contribute towards the cost of hiring the
Patrick StewartThe question of what arrangements would be made for the Resident’s tours in the Gulf following the transfer of the
Patrick Stewartfrom the Indo-European Telegraph Department to the Communications Company (Imperial and International Communications Limited)The proposed purchase of the
Patrick Stewartby the Government of IndiaThe Government of India’s position that owing to the need for financial stringency they were unable to purchase the
Patrick Stewartor any other vessel for the use of the Political Resident as a despatch vesselThe Admiralty being unable to agree to the suggestion that HMS
Triadmight be borrowed occasionally by the Political ResidentThe Admiralty agreeing to the India Office proposal to place on a formal basis the hitherto informal arrangements for making sloops available, through the Senior Naval Officer in the Persian Gulf, for the transport of the Resident.The papers mostly consist of correspondence and India Office Political Department minute papers.The main correspondents are as follows: the India Office; the Government of India's Foreign and Political Department; the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; the India Store Department of the Office of the High Commissioner for India; the Admiralty; the Foreign Office; Imperial and International Communications Limited; and the Agents of the British India Steam Navigation Company Limited, Bombay.The papers also include a photograph of the steam ship
Patrick Stewart(folio 530A).Physical description: 1 item (452 folios)