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 main correspondents are: Major Samuel Hennell, British Resident in the Persian Gulf and the Government of Bombay. It is the thirteenth 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/4/2181/106066, 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 petition by three Hindu merchants of Bombay asking for compensation for their goods which were seized during the war between the rival shaikhs of Bahrein [Bahrain] in 1843, and requesting the protection of the Resident in the Persian Gulf from the authorities in Bahrein.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 9 of No 11’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 77, and terminates at f 82, 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, 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.
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/4/2174/105546. It is the twenty-eighth in a series of forty-five items on the Persian Gulf.The item contains a reply from the Government of India to the Government of Bombay. It addresses the question of whether to extend British protection to natives of Scinde [Sindh] residing in Bahrein [Bahrain], and reasserts the policy of non-interference in the affairs on shore of local rulers in the Gulf, as long as they observe their maritime commitments.The item contains a table of contents (f 540), and the title page (f 539) contains the following references: ‘P C [Previous Communication] 5507, Coll. 7, Vol. 28’, ‘D/t 197/47’, ‘Collection No. 4 of No. 75’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 539 and terminates at f 542, 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, a political letter from the Government of Bombay, which appears in IOR/F/4/2445/134344. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; the Government of India; and Charles Robert Mitchell Jackson, Advocate General of Bengal. It is the ninth in a series of twenty-one items on events in the Persian Gulf.The item concerns the reasons for the rejection of the request of Mohamed Sadik [Muḥammad Ṣādiq] for British protection. The request appears in IOR/F/4/2391/128035.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 209, and terminates at f 212, 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 translation of a firman (order) from the King of Persia, Fath Ali Shah [Shah of Iran, Fath-‘Ali Shāh Qājār], to the Heir Apparent of Persia, Abbas Meerza ['Abbās Mīrzā Qājār]. The firman orders that the Russian Minister sent to negotiate the frontier dispute in the Caucasus with Persia [Prince Aleksandr Sergeevich Menshikov], who has been detained at Erivan [Yerevan], should be allowed to return to Russia, and indicates that Major William Monteith has been sent to escort the Russian Minister across the border between Russia and Persia.This document was originally enclosed, numbered 2, in the letter of the East India Company Envoy to Persia, Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, to the Secret Committee of the East India Company of 6 September 1826 (IOR/L/PS/9/70/131).Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
Abstract: The item discusses the question of whether natives of Muscat (also given as Maskat) living abroad are entitled to assistance and protection by the British Government, concluding that as Muscat is not a British protectorate protection cannot be extended to its subjects.The same question is raised later in the item in relation to subjects of Zanzibar (given as Zanzibaris), with the same conclusion being reached for those individuals too.Also discussed are enquiries into two Muscat subjects who had been residing in German East Africa and had requested permission to return to Muscat. The enquiries relate to suspicions that the individuals may be German Agents and that their intended return to Muscat may be an attempt by the German Empire to make overtures to the Sultan of Muscat.The principal correspondents are the Political Agent and Consul at Muscat (William George Grey, Frank McConaghey, and Robert Erskine Holland); the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Percy Zachariah Cox); the Secretary of State for India (John Morley, 1st Viscount Morley of Blackburn); the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Sir Edward Grey) and representatives of the India Office and the Foreign Office.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at f 111, and terminates at f 207, as 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.
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/4/2174/105546. It is the twenty-second in a series of forty-five items on the Persian Gulf.The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Major Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf; Khojah Heskeil [Khawājah Ḥizqīl bin Yūsuf], Native Agent at Muscat; and Syed Soweynee [Sayyid Thuwaynī bin Sa‘īd Āl Bū Sa‘īd], Governor of Muscat.The item concerns the protection offered by Khojah Heskeil to Seyt Hirjee bin Kishmjee bin Kushra bin Purdan [Sīth Hīrjī ibn Kishnjī ibn Kusar ibn Pardhān] (referred to throughout the item as Hirjee or Hirjee Banyan, and occasionally as Heerjee Kessewjee [Hīrjī Kīsūjī]), and the subsequent ill treatment of Khojah Heskeil by Salmin bin Towfeak [Sālmīn bin Tawfīq], who is described as one of Syed Soweynee’s servants. Hirjee was granted protection as a British subject, but was recently discharged by Syed Soweynee from his position as farmer of customs and was facing claims from various creditors, and so Syed Soweynee considers Khojah Heskeil’s interference to be unwarranted. Hennell agrees, but nevertheless considers that Salmin bin Towfeak ought to be punished.The item contains a table of contents (f 465), and the title page (f 464) contains the following references: ‘P C [Previous Communication] 5507, Coll. 7, Vol. 22’, ‘D/t 197/47’, ‘Collection No. 10 of No. 53’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Multiple spellings for various personal names are present in the volume.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 464 and terminates at f 482, 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: Dispatch No. 76 from the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, in Deheraghon [Azarshahr], to the Chief Secretary to the Government of India, George Swinton, of 10 December 1827. The dispatch originally enclosed a letter to Macdonald Kinneir from his assistant, Dr John McNeill, detailing the secret proposals made to McNeill by ‘men of weight and authority’ in Persia for themselves to be placed under the protection of the British Government (now catalogued as IOR/L/PS/9/71/143). Macdonald Kinneir also relates that similar proposals have recently been made to him by unnamed notables, which he has rejected.Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
Abstract: Letter from Dr John McNeill, in Tehraun [Tehran], to the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, of 20 November 1827. In the letter McNeill reports his having received communications from representatives of Ghilan [Gilan], Isfahan, Fars and Yezd [Yazd], and from some of the ‘principle people of the Court and country’, requesting the protection of the British Government. McNeill offers some comments on the proposals, indicating that the subject of British protection has been much discussed in Persia, particularly in Tehraun, and has been influenced by the treatment of Muslim populations in the Persian provinces conquered by Russia. He also indicates that he has rejected all such proposals and discouraged any hope of British involvement.This document was originally enclosed in Macdonald Kinneir’s dispatch No. 76 to the Chief Secretary to the Government of India, George Swinton, of 10 December 1827 (IOR/L/PS/9/71/142).Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
Abstract: Copy of a letter from HM Chargé d’Affaires to Persia [Iran], Henry Willock, in Ardabeel [Ardabil], to the Governor-General of India, Lord Amherst, of 27 August 1826. In the letter Willock calls to Lord Amherst’s attention the meritorious service of the Persian Secretary to HM Mission to Persia, Mirza Baba, and solicits on his behalf the favour and protection of the Supreme Government of India.This document was originally enclosed, numbered 1, in Willock’s letter to the Secret Committee of the East India Company of 27 August 1826 (IOR/L/PS/9/70/124).Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
Abstract: Copy of a letter from HM Chargé d’Affaires to Persia [Iran], Henry Willock, in camp at Sultanieh [Solţānīyeh], to the Russian envoy to Persia, Major General Prince Minchikoff [Prince Aleksandr Sergeevich Menshikov], of 23 July 1826. The letter is in reply to Minchikoff’s letter requesting that Willock offer his protection to Noskoff [Noskov] and his party, who are travelling to Tehran to deliver a gift of a glass couch to the Shah of Persia [Fath-‘Ali Shāh Qājār] (see IOR/L/PS/9/70/112). Willock assures Minchikoff that he will place under his protection Noskoff and his party, and also all Russian subjects remaining in Persia.This document was originally enclosed in Willock’s letter to the Secret Committee of the East India Company of 20 August 1826 (IOR/L/PS/9/70/109).Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
Abstract: Copy of a letter from the Russian envoy to Persia [Iran], Prince Minchikoff [Prince Aleksandr Sergeevich Menshikov], in Sultanieh [Solţānīyeh], to HM Chargé d’Affaires to Persia, Henry Willock, of 23 July 1826. In the letter, Minchikoff requests that Willock take under his protection the party of Honorary Consul Noskoff [Noskov], who is travelling to Tehran to deliver a crystal couch to the Shah of Persia [Fath-‘Ali Shāh Qājār] as a gift, and to facilitate Noskoff’s return to Russia in the event of war breaking out between Russia and Persia.This document was originally enclosed in Willock’s letter to the Secret Committee of the East India Company of 20 August 1826 (IOR/L/PS/9/70/109).Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)