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1. ‘Persian Gulf – Affairs of – vol: 2’
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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 main correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Captain Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf; and Captain Anthony Nott, Senior Officer in Command of the Indian Navy in the Persian Gulf. It is the second in a series of seven items on affairs of the Persian Gulf (the others are IOR/F/4/2077/95829, IOR/F/4/2077/95831, IOR/F/4/2077/95832, IOR/F/4/2077/95833, IOR/F/4/2077/95834, and IOR/F/4/2077/95835).The item concerns:The seizure of the acting Governor of Bushire [Bushehr] and the Governor of Rohilla [Rūd Ḥillah] for their failure to pay a debt owed to the Persian garrison of BushireThe siege of Demaun [Dammam] by Ameer Fysul [Amir Fayṣal bin Turkī bin ‘Abdullāh Āl Sa‘ūd]Disturbances at Shiraz caused by an attempt to oust the current Governor of Fars, Ameer Mirza Nubbee Khan [Amir Divan Mirza Nabī Khan Qazwīnī]The reinstatement of Mirza Reza as Acting Native Agent at ShirazThe movements of East India Company schooner Mahi,and East India Company sloops of war Cooteand Elphinstone.A complaint by the Imam of Muscat [Sayyid Sa'īd bin Sulṭān Āl Bū Sa'īd] about the increase in customs duty at Mauritius.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 30’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 157 and terminates at f 189, 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.
2. ‘Persian Gulf – Affairs of – Vol: 4’
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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 main correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Captain Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf; Lieutenant Arnold Burrows Kemball, Assistant Resident in the Persian Gulf. It is the fourth 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/4/2077/95831, IOR/F/4/2077/95833, IOR/F/4/2077/95834, and IOR/F/4/2077/95835).The item concerns:The surrender of Demaum [Dammam] to Ameer Fysul [Amir Fayṣal bin Turkī bin 'Abdullāh Āl Sa'ūd]The affairs of the ex-Shaikh of Bahrain, Abdoollah bin Ahmed [Shaikh 'Abdullāh bin Aḥmad Āl Khalīfah], and Ameer Fysul’s offer to mediate between him and his great-nephewsKemball’s tour of the Gulf, and reports of his conversations about peace in the Gulf and the General Treaty with the Arab Tribes of the Persian Gulf with: Sheikh Mahomed bin Khuleefa [Shaikh Muḥammad bin Khalīfah Āl Khalīfah, Shaikh of Bahrain]; Shaikh Sultan bin Suggur of Ras el Khymah [Shaikh Sulṭān I bin Ṣaqr al-Qāsimī of Ra’s al-Khaymah]; Sheikh Abdoollah bin Rashid of Amulgavine [Shaikh 'Abdullāh bin Rāshid al-Mu'allā of Umm al-Qaywayn]; Sheikh Muktoon bin Butye of Dubaie [Shaikh Maktūm I bin Buṭṭī Āl Bū Falāseh of Dubai]; Sheikh Abdul Azeez bin Rashid of Ejman [Shaikh 'Abd al-'Azīz bin Rāshid al-Nu'aymī of Ajman]The British political response to the growing power of Ameer FysulThe attack by a Persian force from Kerman on Bunder Abass, and its subsequent retreat due to unrest in KermanThe incivility of the Governor of Fars, Meerza Nubbee Khan [Amir Divan Mirza Nabī Khan Qazwīnī] towards the Resident in the Persian Gulf, Captain Samuel HennellActs of ‘piracy’ committed by the subjects of Sultan bin SuggurThe acquisition in perpetuity of the English burial ground at Kharrack [Jazireh-ye Khark]Repairs to the Futhool Moobarukat Muscat, the subsequent loss of her cargo through shipwreck, and its recovery through the agency of Reuben Aslan, Native Agent at MuscatComplaints about extortion carried out by the farmer of customs at MuscatRegulating movements of the vessels of the Indian Navy in the Persian Gulf.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 68’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 228 and terminates at f 341, 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. The sequence contains one foliation anomaly: f 282a.Pagination: the volume also contains an original pagination sequence.
3. ‘Persian Gulf – Affairs of – Vol: 5’
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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 main correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Captain Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf; William Bruce, Accountant General of the Government of Bombay; Captain Robert Oliver, Superintendent of the Indian Navy; Colonel Justin Sheil, Chargé d’Affaires in Tehran. It is the fifth 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/4/2077/95831, IOR/F/4/2077/95832, IOR/F/4/2077/95834, and IOR/F/4/2077/95835).The item concerns:Possible solutions to the problem of vessels from Cutch [Kachchh] trading under British colours without the appropriate passesNew Persian [Iranian] regulations concerning bankruptcies, including where this affects British merchantsA complaint by Josiah Row Chowdry [Josiah Rao Chaudhari] against the British merchant brig Mary Alicethat he was owed wages by the ship’s masterPostal and financial arrangements of the Persian Gulf Political Residency, Bushire [Bushehr], and the Turkish Political Agency, Bagdad [Baghdad], including the use of bills of exchange and the exchange rates at both agenciesA report of ‘suspicious’ vessels off Ras Nabon [Ras Naband]Refusal of Shaik Mahomed bin Khuleefa [Shaikh Muḥammad bin Khalīfah Āl Khalīfah] to confirm an agreement with the sons of the Abdulla bin Ahmed [Shaikh 'Abdullāh bin Aḥmad Āl Khalīfah] about their position in Bahrein [Bahrain]Particulars of an affray between the citizens and the garrison of Bushire.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 76’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 342 and terminates at f 454, 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. ‘Persian Gulf. State of affairs in the – Vol: 2’
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- 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/4/2324/120974. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Major Samuel Hennell, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; Moollah Houssein [Mullā Ḥusayn], British Agent at Shargah [Sharjah]; and Mirza Mahmood [Mīrzā Muḥammad], Acting British Agent at Shiraz. It is the second in a series of six items on the Persian Gulf.The item concerns:The defeat of the force commanded by Saad ben Mootluk [Sa‘d bin Muṭlaq] by Sheik Saaed ben Tahnoon [Shaikh Sa‘īd bin Ṭaḥnūn Āl Nahyān of Abu Dhabi]Saad ben Mootluk’s attempt to incite the Omani chiefs against Sheik Saaed ben TahnoonDisputes between the Bedowin [Bedouin] tribes which resulted in the temporary cessation of hostility by Sheik Sultan ben Sugger [Shaikh Sulṭān I bin Ṣaqr al-Qāsimī of Ra’s al-Khaymah] and Sheik Muktoom ben Buttye [Shaikh Maktūm I bin Buṭṭī Āl Bū Falāsah of Dubai] against Sheik Saaed ben TahnoonMajor disturbances at Shiraz after the death of the Shah of Persia [Muḥammad Shāh Qājār, Shāh of Iran] and the appointment of a new Governor of Fars, Bahram Meerza [Bahrām Mīrzā Mo‘ezz-al-Dawlah]A complaint by Sheik Nasir [Shaikh Nāṣir II Āl Madhkūr], Governor of Bushire [Bushehr] that the amount of tribute he is forced to pay is extortionate.The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft no 776/49’, ‘Coll[ection] 13’, and ‘Collection No 2 of No 29’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 974, and terminates at f 1003 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.
5. ‘Persian Gulf. Intelligence of the state of affairs at Tehran – Vol: 41’
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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. These political letters appear in IOR/F/4/2302/118727. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Major Samuel Hennell, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; Alexander Hector, a British merchant; and Mirza Mahmood [Mīrzā Muḥammad], British Agent at Shiraz. It is the forty-first in a series of fifty-one items on the Persian Gulf.The item concerns:Intelligence about disorder in Shiraz and speculations about the instigatorsEvents at Tehran immediately following the death of Mahomed Shah [Muḥammad Qājār, Shāh of Persia [Iran]]A dispute between Alexander Hector and the port officials at Bushire [Bushehr] who refused to take charge of 5,000 muskets which he was importingSettlement about the amount payable by Sheik Houssein [Shaikh Ḥusayn] at Bushire due to him having delayed a boat and assaulted one of the ownersConcerns about cossids carrying British messages being seized between Shiraz and Isfahan.The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Collection No 3 of No 4’, ‘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 628, and terminates at f 644, 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.
6. ‘Persian Gulf. Affairs of Vol: 16’
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- 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/4/2349/123808. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Major Samuel Hennell, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Farrant, Her Majesty’s Chargé d’Affaires at Tehran; Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, Minister for Foreign Affairs; and Messrs Malcolm, merchants of Bushire [Bushehr]. It is the sixteenth in a series of twenty-four items on events in the Persian Gulf.The item mainly consists of letters from Hennell to Farrant, concerning:The apology of Mahomed Hassan Beg [Muḥammad Ḥasan Begi] to Hennell for his treatment of Messrs MalcolmThe disagreement between Hajee Abdul Mahomed [Ḥājī ‘Abd al-Muḥammad] and his brother Aga Mahomed Ally [Āghā Muḥammad ‘Alī] on one side, and the people of Bushire and Sheik Nasir [Shaikh Nāṣir II Āl Madhkūr], Governor of Bushire, on the otherThe case of Messrs Malcolm (see also IOR/F/4/2349/123814) and Lord Palmerston’s ruling that the merchants may either enjoy British protection and pay British customs rates, or pay Persian rates without British protection.The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft no 334 of 1850’, ‘Coll[ection] 4’, and ‘Collection No 1 of No 127’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 296, and terminates at f 322 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.
7. ‘Persian Gulf. Affairs of the Vol: 2’
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- Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, consultations, resolutions, and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, a political letter from the Government of Bombay, which appears in IOR/F/4/2445/134344. The main correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Political Agent in the Persian Gulf; and Lieutenant-Colonel Justin Sheil, HM Ambassador to Tehran. It is the second in a series of twenty-one items on events in the Persian Gulf.The item concerns:The entry of Feerooz Meerza [Fīrūz Mīrzā Nuṣrat-al-Dawlah], Prince-Governor of Fars into Bushire [Bushehr]A case of ‘piracy’ involving the subjects of Mohumrah [Khorramshahr] plundering and stealing a boat from Congoon [Bandar-e Kangan] and murdering those on boardNew regulations requiring British subjects to notify the Governor of Bushire before trading with Persian [Iranian] subjectsA description of those in Fars under British protection and the effect of this on customs dutiesStrengthening of the defences of BushireA request from Hajee Mirza Ruza [Ḥājī Mīrzā Reżā] that the British should advocate for the return of his and his son’s property which was confiscated in Meshed [Mashhad]Unrest in Lar and Bebehan [Behbahan]A list of British subjects present in Fars and with the Indian Naval squadron in the Gulf, to add to the UK census of 31 March 1851.The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft N 34 – 1852’, and ‘Collection No 32’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 108, and terminates at f 142, 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.
8. ‘Persian Gulf. Affairs. Vol: 21’
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- 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/4/2349/123808. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Major Samuel Hennell, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; Commander John Porter, Senior Naval Officer in the Persian Gulf; and Bahram Meerza [Bahrām Mīrzā Mo‘ezz-al-Dawlah], Prince-Governor of Fars Province. It is the twenty-first in a series of twenty-four items on events in the Persian Gulf.The item concerns:The rebellion of Tungistoon [Tungistan] against Shaik Nasir of Bushire [[Shaikh Nāṣir II Āl Madhkūr of Bushehr]Bahram Meerza’s decision to remove Shaik Nasir from office and make Meerza Mehdy Khan [Mīrzā Mahdī Khān] the new Governor of BushireMeerza Mehdy Khan’s advance, accompanied by Bakir Khan [Bāqir Khān Tangistānī], Chief of Tungistoon, to Bushire, and his unsuccessful siege of the townThe arrival of a boat belonging to the Governor of Mohumrah [Khorramshahr] at Rasul Khyma [Ra’s al-Khaymah], carrying enslaved women from Africa, in direct contravention of the firman issued by the previous Shah [Muḥammad Shāh Qājār].The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft no 334 of 1850’, ‘Coll[ection] 4’, and ‘Collection No 1 of No 1’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 383, and terminates at f 404 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.
9. ‘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
10. ‘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.
11. ‘Affairs of Aden’
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- Abstract: Enclosure nos. 2-22 to a despatch from the Secret Department, Government of Bombay, dated 28 September 1844. The enclosures are dated 9 August-28 September 1844.The enclosures consist of copies of correspondence relating to affairs in Aden including:Reports that an army led by the Imam of Sana [Sana’a] is marching in the direction of Aden and has reached as far as Kattobah [Qa’tabah], but has been forced to return to Sana by news of ‘disturbances’Defensive measures taken at Aden in case the Imam had hostile intentions towards itReported disturbances in the Hedjaz [Hejaz] due to the cessation of Ottoman payments to various tribal chiefs, and concerns of an adverse effect on British trade at Judda [Jeddah]A complaint by Moolla Jaffer bin Moolla Abool [Mullā Ja’far bin Mullā Abūl] that he was recalled to Bombay [Mumbai] from his position as Native Assistant and Interpreter at the Political Agency, Aden, while sick and without opportunity to settle his personal affairsA visit by Edward Law, Lord Ellenborough, on his return journey to England after having served as Governor-General of India.The primary correspondents are: the Political Agent, Aden; Lieutenant-Colonel William Croker, commanding the troops at Aden; the Imam of Sana; Moolla Jaffer; and the Government of India.Physical description: 1 item (55 folios)
12. Persian Affairs
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- Abstract: This item comprises a copy of an enclosure to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 15 of 1847, dated 12 February 1847. The enclosures is dated 14 December 1846.The item comprises copies of despatches forwarded, for the information of the Government of Bombay and the Governor-General of India, by Lieutenant-Colonel Justin Sheil, HM Envoy and Minister Plenipotentiary at the Court of Persia [Iran], to Viscount Palmerston, HM Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, with relevant enclosures.The papers cover a number of matters, notably including:Sheil’s report that he has contracted Hajee Syed Noor Doollah, a native of Bokhara [Bukhara] (but which he left twenty years ago) to make enquiries in Bokhara regarding the whereabouts or the fate of Mr Wyburd [Lieutenant William Henry Wybard], and of an English man and woman said to be prisoners captive in Afghanistan and Khiva. Included is a copy of Sheil’s detailed instructions to the agent which contain details of Mr Wyburd who left Tehran twelve years ago to proceed to Khiva by Asterabad [Gorgan], dressed as ‘an Arab’ or ‘a Persian’ and who called himself ‘Hajee Ahmed Arab’ (ff 252-254)Sheil’s report of responses to his enquiries regarding the whereabouts or fate of Mr Wyburd that he has received from: the Political Resident at Bushire [Bushehr]; the Khan of Khiva (f 256); Aga Khan, the Yoomoot Toorkooman [Yomut Turkmen] chief; the Cazee [qadi] of Herat (ff 256-258); and the Acting Agent of the Mission at Meshed [Mashhad] (f 259). These notably comprise versions of a story that a person called ‘Hajee Ahmed’ was said to have been killed or committed suicide at Bokhara, possibly in the house of the Naib, Abdoos Semed Khan [Nā’ib ‘Abd al-Ṣamad Khān]A commercial treaty concluded between Persia and Spain (ff 261-263)The apprehension, expressed to Sheil by the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, of a potential attack on Bushire due to the disaffected state of Tengestan [Tangestan], Desht [Dashti] and Deshtestan [Dashtestan], which the Resident states is caused by the Persian Government’s practice of selling the government of provinces and districts leading to oppressive exactions on the populace.Physical description: 1 item (50 folios)
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