Abstract: The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, an extract from a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] to the East India Company Court of Directors, dated 31 December 1845.The item relates to the fate of the
Bhowany Pursad[
Bhavani Parsad], a ‘native’ [non-European] vessel which sailed under British colours and was seized by the Mahara [Al-Mahrah] tribe of Wadee [Wadi] in 1836. The item consists of correspondence between the Government of Bombay, the Court of Directors, and Stafford Bettesworth Haines, Political Agent at Aden. They discuss what has happened to the vessel since its capture, in particular:The effects of failed attempts to recapture the vesselClaims for compensation made by the firm Dhurmsey Luckmeedass [Dharmse Lakhmidas], who own the vesselThe sale of vessel at MochaThe perceived waste of money spent maintaining the vessel before its sale.The title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Bombay Political Department’, ‘P.C. [Previous Communication] 5191, Draft 282/46’, ‘Collection N. 2 of N. 149’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 98, and terminates at f 116, 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 correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Major Samuel Hennell, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; Sheik Jaber of Koweit [Shaikh Jābir I bin ‘Abdullāh Āl Ṣabāḥ of Kuwait], Mahomed bin Abdoollah bin Thajib, nakooda [Muḥammed bin ‘Abdullāh bin Thāyib, nakhuda]; and Syf bin Mahomed, nakooda [Sayf bin Muḥammed, nakhuda]. It is the seventh in a series of thirty items.The item concerns the seizure of a boat from Congoon [Kangan] and its cargo by two vessels from Aboothabee [Abu Dhabi] and one from Asseloo [Bandar-e Asaluyeh], and the actions of Sheik Jaber in returning the vessel.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 6 of No 37’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 662, and terminates at f 671 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 Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; British Agent at Bahrain [Ḥājī Jāsim]; and British Agent at Muscat [Ḥizqīl bin Yūsuf]. It is the fourth 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/4/2180/106059, 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 a vessel from Bombay, sailing under British colours, which was plundered and set on fire, allegedly by the nakhuda, with assistance from some of the crew. The nakhuda is also accused of murdering four men on the ship, and six who left the ship in the long boat. The item includes statements from a crew member who escaped from the vessel before the fire and one who was arrested for this crime by the Syed Soweney [Sayyid Thuwaynī bin Sa‘īd Āl Bū Sa‘īd, Governor of Muscat].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 4 of No 140’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 932, and terminates at f 949, 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 political letters to and from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai]. The enclosures to these letters are contained in the subsequent items. The correspondents are the Government of Bombay and the Court of Directors of the East India Company. It is the first in a series of fifteen items on the Persian Gulf (the others are IOR/F/4/2131/101200, 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 seizure by Humud bin Mujedel [Ḥamad bin Majdal], Chief of the Ameer al-[‘Amāyir] Tribe of a boat from Karrak [Jazireh-ye Khark] laden with wheat, and British attempts to recover compensation from himHumud bin Majdal’s alliance with Sheik Mahomed bin Kaleefa [Shaikh Muḥammed bin Khalīfah Āl Khalīfah], Shaikh of BahrainSheik Mahomed bin Kaleefa’s blockade of Wahabee [Wahhābi] portsA tour of the Arabian coast by Lieutenant Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Assistant Resident in the Persian GulfThe movements of Saed bin Mootluk [Sa‘d bin Muṭlaq] and Wahabee relations with the Government of MuscatThe movements of the Honourable Company’s ships
Pilotand
FoxA prohibition by the Government of Fars on British subjects exporting animals from Bushire [Bushehr] without a permitThe appointment of Hajee Yacoob [Ḥājī Ya‘qūb] as a pilotThe wreck of the Honourable Company’s ship
EmilyThe alleged fraud cases of the
Narrayen Persaad[
Nārayaṇa Parsād] and
Mary MullabyThe murder of Sheik Kuleefa bin Sackboot [Shaikh Khalīfah bin Shakhbūṭ Āl Nahyān], Chief of Aboothabee [Abu Dhabi], and his brother Sooltan bin Sackboot [Shaikh Sultān bin Shakhbūṭ Āl Nahyān], by Essai bin Khalid [‘Īsá bin Khālid Āl Bū Falāḥ], and Essai bin Khalid’s subsequent death on the orders of Saeed been Thanoon [Shaikh Sa‘īd bin Ṭaḥnūn Āl Nahyān].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’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 440, and terminates at f 477, 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, 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.
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 main correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Captain Samuel Hennell, British Resident in the Persian Gulf; and Commodore Sir Henry Martin Blackwood. It is the ninth 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/4/2131/101202, IOR/F/4/2131/101203, IOR/F/4/2131/101204, IOR/F/4/2131/101205, IOR/F/4/2131/101206, IOR/F/4/2131/101208, 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 arrival of Shaik Nasir [Shaikh Nāṣir II Āl Mazkūr], newly appointed Governor of Bushire [Bushehr], at that townThe movements of the Boo Muhair tribe [Āl Bū Muhayr]Relations between Saeed bin Mootluk [Sa‘d bin Muṭlaq] and his neighbours at Brymee [Al Buraymi]The assassination of Esa ben Khaled [‘Īsá bin Khālid Āl Bū Falāḥ], his son, and a third person at the instigation of Shaik Saeed bin Tahnoon [Sa‘īd bin Ṭaḥnūn Āl Nahyān], who has become Chief of the Beniyas [Banī Yās]Reinforcements of the Gulf Squadron with the HMS
Foxand HM sloop
PilotBritish attempts to persuade Sheik Mahomed ben Khuleefa [Shaikh Muḥammed bin Khalīfah Āl Khalīfah, Shaikh of Bahrain] to arrest a man named Mayoof [Ma‘yūf], who, together some of the Moozarah [Āl Mazārī‘], allegedly plundered a boat from Bahrain and then landed at Fowaret [Fuwayrit].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 119’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 684, and terminates at f 716, 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 political letters from the Government of Bombay to the Court of Directors of the East India Company, and a letter from the Court of Directors to the Government of Bombay. The enclosures to these letters are contained in the subsequent items. It is the first in a series of forty-five items on the Persian Gulf.The item contains summaries of the enclosures to the political letters, mostly concerning:Alleged acts of piracy and plunder of wrecked vessels in the Gulf, and efforts to obtain redress for theseAffairs in Muscat, including a dispute between Syed Thooene [Sayyid Thuwaynī bin Sa‘īd Āl Bū Sa‘īd], Acting Governor of Muscat, and Heskeal Yusoof [Khawājah Ḥizqīl bin Yūsuf], Acting Native Agent at MuscatAffairs in Bahrein [Bahrain]The situation in Aboothabee [Abu Dhabi]Hostilities between the Sheik [Shaikh] of Rasul-Khyma [Ra’s al-Khaymah] and the sheiks of Debaye [Dubai], Ejman [Ajman], and Amulgavine [Umm al-Qaywayn], and the eventual signing of a truceTours of the Arabian coast of the Gulf conducted by Commodore Sir Henry Martin Blackwood and Lieutenant Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Assistant Resident in the Persian GulfThe activities of Saeed bin Mootluk [Sa‘d bin Muṭlaq al-Muṭayrī], the Wahabee [Wahhābī] Agent at Brymee [al-Buraymi].The item contains a table of contents (f 251), and the title page (f 250) contains the following references: ‘P C [Previous Communication] 5507’, ‘D/t 197/47’, ‘Collection No. 7, Vol. 1’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 250 and terminates at f 275, 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. The political letters appear in IOR/F/4/2550/149197. It is the second 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; and Hajee Jassem [Ḥājjī Jāsim], British Agent at Bahrein [Bahrain].The item concerns the alleged plunder of two boats by Hummud bin Mujuddil [Ḥamad bin Majdal al-‘Umayrī. Multiple spellings for this name are present in the item] of Junnah [Jana], also referred to as ‘the Amaieer [‘Amāyir] Chief’. The attack took place in September 1851, but the Court of Directors have requested that further investigation be made, and in particular that the fates of the people taken captive are ascertained, and redress made. The item includes a statement of sale produced by Hajee Jassem with details of the sales of the prisoners captured by Hummud bin Mujuddil, as well as a letter from Kemball to Sheikh Mahomed ben Khuleefa, Chief of Bahrein [Shaikh Muḥammad bin Khalīfah Āl Khalīfah, Ruler of Bahrain].The item contains a table of contents (f 443), and the title page (f 442) contains the following references: Draft N[umber] 358 - 1854’, ‘Collection No. 10 of No. 84 of 1853. Vol. 2’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 442 and terminates at f 457, 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. These political letters appear in IOR/F/4/2302/118727. The correspondents are the Government of Bombay and Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf. It is the second in a series of fifty-one items on the Persian Gulf.The item concerns Hennell’s report of a cruise he undertook of the Arabian Coast, including details of his interviews with the chiefs of Bahrein [Bahrain, Shaikh Muḥammad bin Khalīfah Āl Khalīfah], Shargah [Sharjah, Shaikh Sulṭān I bin Ṣaqr al-Qāsimī], and Debaye [Dubai, Shaikh Maktūm I bin Buṭṭī Āl Bū Falāseh]. The topics covered include:Bahreini [Bahraini] subjects on Kenn [Kish Island]The decline of Wahabee [Wahhābi] power [the Second Saudi State]An agreement between Shargah, Ejman [Ajman], Amulgavine [Umm al-Qaywayn], and latterly, Debaye, not to accept each other’s fugitivesA planned expedition against Brymee [Al Buraymi] by BahreinTwo enslaved people rescued from EjmanA complaint that a Bahreini boat had been boarded near Bidda [al-Bid’].The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Collection No 1 of No 129’, ‘Coll[ection]: 17’ and ‘Draft no 465 of 49’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 325, and terminates at f 343, 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. These political letters appear in IOR/F/4/2235/112011. It is the third in a series of five items on the Persian Gulf.The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Major Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf; Captain William Lowe, Senior Naval Officer in the Persian Gulf; and Commodore Sir Robert Oliver, Superintendent of the Indian Navy.The item concerns: the seizure, in the Gulf, of eleven vessels belonging to subjects of the Imam of Muscat and carrying enslaved people; the conveying of five of the boats and the enslaved people to Bombay [Mumbai]; and the question of what should now happen to the vessels, their crews, and the enslaved people. It includes a table containing details of the vessels seized (f 179), and five declarations of seizure completed by Lieutenant James Tronson, commanding the Honourable Company’s schooner
Mahi(ff 188-190).The item contains a table of contents (ff 172-173), and the title page (f 171) contains the following references: ‘Bombay Political Department’, ‘Draft N. 294/48’, ‘Vol: 3’, ‘Collection No. 1 of No. 135’, and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 171 and terminates at f 195, 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 correspondents are the Government of Bombay and Major Samuel Hennell, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf. It is the third in a series of thirty items.The item concerns steps taken to apprehend Ahmed Dad Kureem [Aḥmad Dād Karīm] at Huzam [Al Hazm], who is accused of murdering part of the crew of a vessel of which he was the nakhuda, seizing treasure from the vessel, and then setting it on fire. A description of events appears at IOR/F/4/2180/106058.The item contains a contents page, and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft 700/47, Coll[ection] No 18, Collection No 2 of No 37’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 642, and terminates at f 646 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. These political letters appear in IOR/F/4/2416/130506. It is the second in a series of twenty-eight items on the Persian Gulf. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Major Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf; and Lieutenant James Tronson, commanding the Honourable Company’s brig
Euphrates.The item mostly concerns the preparations being made by Sheik Mahomed ben Khuleefa, Chief of Bahrein [Shaikh Muḥammad bin Khalīfah Āl Khalīfah, Ruler of Bahrain], in anticipation of an attack by the sons of Sheik Abdoolla ben Ahmed [Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Aḥmad Āl Khalīfah], the former Ruler of Bahrein. While currently based on the island of Kenn [Kish], they are reportedly planning to move to Khor ul Adeed [Khawr al ‘Udayd, also rendered as Khor-al-Adeed in the item] in preparation for an attack on Bahrein. The question of how far Britain should interfere is discussed. There is also a letter from the Court of Directors of the East India Company relating to this subject.The item also refers to several other subjects relating to Sheik Mahomed ben Khaleefa, including the capture of a ship from Karrack [Jazireh-ye Khark] by a party of the Bene Huajier [Banū Hājir] while travelling on a vessel lent to them by Sheik Mahomed.The item contains a table of contents (f 428), and the title page (f 427) contains the following references: ‘Dft. No. 424 of 1850’, Collection No. 1, Vol. 2’, and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 427 and terminates at f 444, 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.