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, 13 January 1853, and found at IOR/F/4/2504/142185. Further enclosures to the letter can be found at: IOR/F/4/2504/142194; IOR/F/4/2504/142196; IOR/F/4/2504/142197; IOR/F/4/2504/142198; IOR/F/4/2504/142199; and IOR/F/4/2504/142200. The item is the eleventh in a series of sixteen items about the Persian Gulf.The item relates to instructions sent by Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Lieutenant Tronson, Commanding the Company brig
Tigris. Tronson is to deliver Kemball's requisitions to Sheikh Saeed ben Butye, 'Chief' of Debaie [Shaikh Sa‘īd bin Buṭṭī, Shaikh of Dubai], and Sheikh Saeed ben Tahnoon, 'Chief' of Aboothabee [Shaikh Sa‘īd bin Ṭaḥnūn Āl Nahyān, Shaikh of Abu Dhabi]. The requisitions demand that these rulers take responsibility for acts of aggression recently committed by their subjects against the subjects of Sheikh Sultan ben Suggur [Shaikh Sulṭān I bin Ṣaqr al-Qāsimī, Shaikh of Ra’s al-Khaymah and Sharjah]. Kemball's instructions include letters to him from Hajee Yacoob [Ḥājjī Ya‘qūb], Agent at Shargah [Sharjah], which contain details of the attacks.Kemball forwards copies of the above to the Government of Bombay, which forwards everything on to the Government of India and responds to Kemball with its opinions regarding his instructions.The title page of the item contains the following references: 'Bombay Political Department', 'Draft No. 350 of 1853', 'Collection No. 1 of No. 8 of 1853', 'Vol: 11', and 'Examiner's Office'. Originally, the Collection number was given as '2' but this has been crossed out.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 1218, and terminates at f 1225, 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 and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai]. The main correspondents are the Government of Bombay and Captain Samuel Hennell, British Resident in the Persian Gulf. It is the second in a series of four items concerning the Persian Gulf (the others are IOR/F/4/2100/98232, 98234, and 98235).The item concerns:A dispute between Shaik Abdoollah bin Ahmed [Shaikh ‘Abdullah bin Ahmad Al Khalifah], ex-chief of Bahrain, and Shaik Mahomed bin Khuleifa [Shaikh Muhammed bin Khalifah Al Khalifah], the current ruler of Bahrain, over the seizure of Bahraini boats by Abdoollah bin Ahmed, and proposals by Hennell to resolve this disputeDisputes between people of Debaye [Dubai] and the people of Shargah [Sharjah] over the seizure of property by inhabitants of Debaye, and the restoration of the property by Sheik Muktoom [Maktum I bin Butti Al Bu Falaseh, Shaikh of Dubai]An expedition by Khaleefa bin Shackboot [Shaikh Khalifah bin Shakhbut Al Nahyan, Shaikh of Abu Dhabi] to Brymee [‘Al Buraymi]An outbreak of violence at ShirazA dispute between Sheik Abdool Azeez bin Rashid [Shaikh ‘Abd al-‘Aziz bin Rashid Al Nu’aimi, Shaikh of Ajman], and Sultan bin Suggur [Shaikh Sultan I bin Saqr al-Qasimi, Shaikh of Ra’s al-Khaymah], over the plunder of a boat from Ejman [Ajman]The collection of forces at Muscat in preparation for an expedition to ZanzibarA request by Shaikh Syf ben Nubhan [Sheikh Sayf bin Nabhan al-Mu‘awali, Governor of Bandar ‘Abbas] that two of his subjects might be authorised to recover the property of one of his subjects who died at Calcutta [Kolkotta].The item includes a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft 683, P.C. [Previous Communication] 4878, [Season 18]45’, ‘Vol: 2’, ‘Collection No 9 of No 11’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 317 and terminates at f 349, 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, 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; the Government of India; Commander Thomas Grere Carless, commanding the Persian Gulf Squadron, and Lieutenant James Rennie. It is the forty-second in a series of fifty-one items on the Persian Gulf.The item concerns:Intelligence that neither the shaikh of Russel Khyma [Shaikh Sulṭān I bin Ṣaqr al-Qāsimī of Ra’s al-Khaymah] nor the shaikh of Debaye [Shaikh Maktūm I bin Buṭṭī Āl Bū Falāsah of Dubai] will convey troops belonging to Fyzul ben Toorkee [Amīr Fayṣal bin Turkī bin ‘Abdullāh Āl Sa‘ūd] from El Katif [Qatif] to the coast of Oman by seaThe possibility that Fyzul ben Toorkee will march his troops overland from Lassa [Al Hasa] to join a coalition against Saeed bin Tahnoon at Brymee [Al Buraymi].The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Collection No 4 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 645, and terminates at f 651, 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, 3 December 1852, and found at IOR/F/4/2504/142185. Further enclosures to the letter can be found at IOR/F/4/2504/142191, IOR/F/4/2504/142192, and IOR/F/4/2504/142193. The item is the sixth in a series of sixteen items about the Persian Gulf.The item contains a report, dated 25 August 1852, from Hajee Yacoob [Ḥājjī Ya‘qūb], Native Agent at Shargah [Sharjah], to Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf. The report conveys intelligence regarding:Requests by Sheikh Saeed ben Butye, Sheikh of Debaie [Shaikh Sa‘īd bin Buṭṭī, Shaikh of Dubai], for Syed Saeed [Sayyid Sa‘īd bin Sulṭān Āl Bū Sa‘īd, Imām of Muscat] to send reinforcements to DebaieRumours that Ameer Fysul [Amīr Fayṣal bin Turkī bin ‘Abdullāh Āl Sa‘ūd] intends to launch an expedition into OmanPlans and activities of: Sheik Sultan ben Suggur [Shaikh Sulṭān I bin Ṣaqr al-Qāsimī, Leader of al-Qawāsim tribe, of Ra’s al-Khaymah and Sharjah]; his son, Abdullah ben Sultan [‘Abdullāh bin Sulṭān]; and Syed Soweynee [Sayyid Thuwaynī bin Sa‘īd Āl Bū Sa‘īd].Kemball forwards the report, along with his own comments, to the Government of Bombay, which in turn forwards copies to the Government of India and the Court of Directors.The title page of the item contains the following references: 'Bombay Political Department', 'Draft No. 350 of 1853', 'Collection No. 1 of No. 121 of 1852', 'Vol: 6', and 'Examiner's Office'.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 1168, and terminates at f 1173, 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/4/2349/123808. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Major Samuel Hennell, British Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; Moollah Houssein [Mullā Ḥusayn], British Agent at Shargah [Sharjah]; and Lieutenant Alan Hyde Gardner, Senior Naval Officer in the Persian Gulf. It is the sixth in a series of twenty-four items on events in the Persian Gulf.The item concerns Gardner’s tours of the Arabian Coast of the Persian Gulf in the East India Company sloop of war
Elphinstone, and his communications with the shaikhs of Aboothabee [Abu Dhabi] and Debaye [Dubai], whose subjects had plundered each other’s property at sea.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 5 of No 95’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 170, and terminates at f 186 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. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; the Government of India; Lieutenant James Tronson, commanding East India Company brigantine
Tigris, and Hajee Yacoob [Ḥājjī Ya‘qūb], British Agent at Shargah [Sharjah]. It is the second in a series of three items about the Persian Gulf.The item concerns:A report from Tronson about receiving the payment due from the shaikhs of Debaie [Dubai] and Aboothabee [Abu Dhabi] for cases of aggression committed by their subjects at seaInternal disputes at Debaie concerning the ruling familyThe refusal by Sheik Houssein [Shaikh Ḥusayn bin ‘Abdullāh of Bandar-e Charak] to pay the sum required by Kemball due to his subjects’ seizure of a boatRaiding expeditions in Batinah [Al Batinah] by Sheikh Sultan ben Suggur [Shaikh Sulṭān I bin Ṣaqr al-Qāsimī of Ra’s al-Khaymah] and Humaid ben Rashid [Shaikh Ḥumayd bin Rāshid al-Na‘īmī of Ajman]The arrival of a firman directing Sheikh Abdul Rahman [Shaikh ‘Abd al-Raḥmān] to give up Bunder Abbas [Bandar ‘Abbas] to the Prince of Fars.The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft No 350-1853’, ‘Collection No. 1 of No. 16 of 1853’, and ‘Supplementary Volume 2’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 8, and terminates at f 17, 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 and consultations cited in, or enclosed with, a political letter from the Government of Bombay, which appears in IOR/F/4/2445/134344. The correspondents are Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf and Moollah Houssein [Mullā Ḥusayn], British Agent at Shargah [Sharjah]. It is the thirteenth in a series of twenty-one items on events in the Persian Gulf.The item concerns a plan by Sheik Mukhtoom ben Butye of Debaye [Shaikh Maktūm I bin Buṭṭī Āl Bū Falāsah of Dubai] to induce the Joosmee Chief [Shaikh Sulṭān I bin Ṣaqr al-Qāsimī] to break off his peace agreement with the Beniyas Chief [Shaikh Sa‘īd bin Ṭaḥnūn Āl Nahyān], through the persuasion of Ameer Fysul [Amīr Fayṣal bin Turkī bin ‘Abdullāh Āl Sa‘ūd].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 232, and terminates at f 235, 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 part of the volume consists of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 13 of 1841, dated 28 February 1841. The enclosures are dated 18 February 1840 to 28 February 1841, and relate to the Persian Gulf and Zanzibar.The enclosures mostly consist of copies of correspondence between the Secretary to the Government of Bombay (John Pollard Willoughby) and the following: the Resident in the Persian Gulf (Captain Samuel Hennell); the Superintendent of the Indian Navy (Captain Robert Oliver); the Secretary to the Government of India (Thomas Herbert Maddock); and the British Agent at Muscat (Captain Atkins Hamerton).The correspondence concerns matters including:The suggestion of the Resident in the Persian Gulf that the European troops at Karrack [Kharg], should be removed from the Island and accommodated on shipboard during the hot season for health reasons, and the probable expense which would be incurred if this suggestion were adoptedThe British Agent at Muscat having arranged a passage to Bombay for the Chief of Sohar (Saied Hamood bin Azan) and his party, in the interests of maintaining good relations between the Chief of Sohar and the Imaum [Imam] of MuscatThe disapproval of the Government of Bombay of the transfer, at the suggestion of the Resident in the Persian Gulf, of a portion of the European crew of the East India Company’s steam ship
Bereniceto vessels of the Indian Naval Squadron in the Persian Gulf, in contradiction of orders given by the Superintendent of the Indian Navy to the Commander of the
BereniceThe British Agent at Muscat proceeding to Zanzibar, and requesting permission to employ a writer and interpreter whilst on the mission to ZanzibarThe opinion of the Resident in the Persian Gulf as to whether it was still necessary for a Native Agent to be employed at Muscat, in addition to the European officer appointed British Agent at Muscat.In addition, this part also includes the following:Extracts of letters from the Native Agent at Shargah [Sharjah] (Moollah Hoossain), reporting on events which had recently taken place on the Arabian Coast, principally concerning relations between Shaikh Sultan bin Suggur [Shaikh Sulṭān bin Saqr Āl Qāsimī] of Sharjah, his son Suggur, and Shaikh Mukhtoom of Debay [Shaikh Maktoum bin Bati ibn Suhayl of Dubai]Intelligence received from the Native Agent at Muscat (Rubil bin Aslan) about the state of affairs in Muscat (also spelled Muskat)Intelligence received from the News Writer at Shiraz (Meerza Riza) and other sources about events in Persia [Iran].Physical description: There is an abstract of contents of the despatch, numbered 1-40, on folios 59-66. These numbers are repeated for reference on the last verso of each enclosure.