Abstract: The item consists of extracts of Political Letters, Political Consultations and Public Consultations from the Government of Bombay regarding the seizure of the country ship
Hectorby Shaikh Rehma [Shaikh Rahma bin Muḥammad al-Mu'ini] of Busheab [Jazīreh-ye Lāvān], who is alternatively referred to as the Shaikh of Nuckhuloo [Nakhilu]. In particular the item concerns:The measures undertaken by the East India Company to recover the property stolen from the ship
Hector, including the detention of all ships that might be found in the province belonging to the Shaikh of BusheabThe possibility, suggested by Captain Charles Pasley, Chargé d’Affaires to the Court of Persia, of making Persia responsible for the restitution of the stolen property rather than Shaikh RehmaThe likelihood, according to Pasley, of the Persian Court taking action to retrieve the stolen property and to punish Shaikh RehmaThe successful expedition to recover some of the property launched by Shaik Nusser [Shaikh Nasir Khan], Governor of Bushire, to Busheab on the orders of the Sheraz [Shiraz] Government, during which the son of Shaikh Rehma was taken as security for the remaining payment owedThe death of the son of Shaikh Rehma due to smallpox, and the unlikelihood of Persia launching a second expedition to Busheab and consequently the unlikelihood of further restitutions for the stolen propertyAccounts of the stolen goods that have been recovered, compiled by the Acting Resident at Bushire.The item also contains the translation of an extract from the journal of Moonshee Mahomed Hussan [Munshi Muḥammad Hasan] who reports on his discussions with Cheragh Alee Khan [Chiragh ‘Ali Khan Nava’i, Vizier of Fars] regarding the Persian Court's intentions to recover the stolen goods. Additionally, the item contains a list of the stolen goods that have been divided out by Shaikh Rehma amongst different individuals (ff 40 verso - 41 verso).Correspondents include: Government of Bombay; Samuel Manesty, Resident at Bussora [Basra]; James Augustus Grant, Secretary to Government of Bombay; Captain Charles Pasley, Chargé d’Affaires to the Court of Persia; Neil Benjamin Edmonstone, Secretary to Government in the Secret, Political and Foreign Department, Fort William; David Seton, Resident at Muscat; Charles Marquis Cornwall, Governor-General; British Resident at Bagdad; William Bruce, Acting Resident at Bushire; Sheikh Nasser; Jonathan Duncan, Governor of Bombay; Cheragh Alee Khan; Aka Mahomed Behlance [Agha Muḥammad Bihlani].Shaikh Rehma is alternatively referred to as: Shaikh Rema; Rama; Rama Eben Ben Surnud; Rahma; Raham; Rhemah; Rehmah; Rama Ebie Benpennud; Ruhum; Rukinee; Rhema; Ruhma of Nukheloo; Rehma Bin Mohammed Bin Sunneed. The area which he ruled over is alternatively referred to as: Busheab; Nuckhuloo; Nukheeloo; Nukheloo; Nackheloo; Nakhiloo; Nakhilo; Nakhiloa; Nakhelow; Nackhelow; Rackhdoo; Rackheloo; Island of Shaikh Sheib.The title page of the item contains the following references: 'Political No. 1' and 'Examiner's Office September 1806'.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 5, and terminates at f 47, 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, memoranda, minutes, and consultations cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Major Samuel Hennell, British Resident in the Persian Gulf; Lieutenant-Colonel Justin Sheil, HM Chargé d’Affaires in Tehran; Captain Whichele, Deputy Commissary General to Bombay; and the Bombay Military Board.The item concerns a shipment of tents from Bombay [Mumbai] to the Persian [Iranian] Mission in Tehran, via Bushire [Bushehr]. The item includes a packing list for the tents, complaints about the tent doors, and a note that some of the tents had been stolen en route.The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft No 214 of 1851’ and ‘Collection No 26 of No 111’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 308, and terminates at f 320, 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, extracts from Bombay [Mumbai] Political Consultations. The papers contained in this item are partial enclosures to a Political Letter sent from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, 10 June 1845. A copy of this Political Letter can be found at IOR/F/4/2122/100076, alongside details of further enclosures.The item relates to tension between the Chaab [Banū Ka‘b] tribe and the Beniyas [Banī Yās] tribe. Commodore John Croft Hawkins, Commander of the Indian Naval Squadron in the Persian Gulf, informs Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, that he recently prevented Beniyas subjects from stealing a Chaab bugla [baggalah], which they said was in retaliation for the seizure of one of their ships by Shaik Faris [Shaikh Fāris bin Ghayth], Acting Governor of Chaab, in early 1845. Concerned that this dispute may develop into warfare, Hennell wishes to pass on a firman from the Shah of Persia [Iran] and letter from the Prime Minister [of Persia], both of which instruct Sooleyman Khan, the Persian Sirteep at Mohumrah [Sulaymān Khān, Sartīp at Khorramshahr], to facilitate the restitution of the Beniyas vessel. Hennell instructs Hawkins to send the Company ship,
Constance, to Bussorah [Basra] to deliver the letter and firman and, if their instructions are accepted, superintend the return of the Beniyas vessel to Bussorah. Hennell also requests Major Rawlinson, Political Agent in Turkish Arabia, to permit Parseigh Johannes, Native Agent at Bussorah, to assist the crew of the
Constancewith this task.Correspondents: Hennell; Hawkins; the Government of Bombay; and Justin Sheil, HM Minister at the Court of Persia.The title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Bombay Political Department’, ‘P.C. [Previous Communication] 5061, Draft 29/46, Coll[ection] 23, Vol: 2’, ‘Collection No. 1 of No. 62’ and ‘Examiner's Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 451, and terminates at f 461, 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; Commodore John Croft Hawkins, Senior Naval Officer in the Persian Gulf; and Major Samuel Hennell, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf. It is the twenty-ninth in a series of fifty-one items on the Persian Gulf.The item concerns Hawkins’s actions at Bussorah [Basra], including:A friendly interview with the Governor of Bushire [Bushehr]Enquiries into a case of theft on board a ship coming from India.The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Collection No 8 of No 169’, ‘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 550, and terminates at f 557, 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, minutes and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, 12 September 1856. A copy of this letter can be found at IOR/F/4/2661/176320, alongside details of further enclosures. The item is the eleventh in a series of fifteen items on events in the Persian Gulf during 1855-56. The eighth item in the sequence is not present.The item contains a letter from Commander Felix Jones, Acting Resident Persian Gulf, to the Government of Bombay, dated 10 April 1856. Jones states that he was recently asked by the Sheikh of Aboothabee [Shaikh of Abu Dhabi] to assist Hajee bin Ghanim [Ḥājjī bin Ghānim], who had reported the theft of his ship and cargo by the ship's nakhoda [nakhuda]. Jones reports the actions he took and the successful apprehension of the nakhoda and ship by Moolla Ahmed [Mullā Aḥmad], Company Agent at Lingah [Bandar-e Lengeh]. He forwards copy of a letter from Moolla Ahmed, which provides an update on the situation.The Government of Bombay's response is included.The title page of the item contains the following references: 'Bombay Political Department', Draft Number '52 [18]57', 'Collection No. 6', 'Vol: 11', and 'Examiner's Office'. Originally, the Collection number was written as 'Collection No. 3 of No. 71 of 1856.' but the '3' was replaced with '6' and 'of No. 71 of 1856.' has been crossed out.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 1098, and terminates at f 1102, 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 November 1852, and found at IOR/F/4/2504/142185. It is the fifth in a series of sixteen items about the Persian Gulf.The item relates to reports received by Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, from Commodore George Robinson, Commanding the Persian Gulf Squadron, and Hajee Yacoob [Ḥājjī Ya‘qūb], Native Agent at Shargah [Sharjah]. The reports concern a number of proven and alleged incidents, including:Plunder of cargo from the wreck of the
Centaurby inhabitants of Rasel Khymah [Ra’s al-Khaymah]Act of aggression by the fishermen of Heera against those of Ejmaun [Ajman]Theft of enslaved people and property from a boat near Zanzibar by a Rasel Khymah vesselAttack on the household of Hajee Yacoob by inhabitants of Shargah, allegedly arranged by Sheik Abdullah ben Sultan [Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Sulṭān], Governor of ShargahTheft of an enslaved person who had run away from an Aboothabee [Abu Dhabi] vessel, by inhabitants of Debaye [Dubai]Theft of enslaved people from a Bidda [Al Bid‘] vessel, by people allegedly acting under orders of Syed ben Tahnoon [Shaikh Sa‘īd bin Ṭaḥnūn Āl Nahyān], Sheik of Aboothabee.The reports include details of communications Robinson and Hajee Yacoob have had with the numerous leaders of the above places, especially Sheik Sultan ben Suggur, 'Chief' of Rasel Khymah and the Joasmee [Shaikh Sulṭān I bin Ṣaqr al-Qāsimī, Leader of al-Qawāsim tribe, of Ra’s al-Khaymah and Sharjah], whose statement on the Zanzibar incident is enclosed (folios 1142-1143). Kemball forwards the reports on to the Government of Bombay, along with his own comments, which focus in particular on the incidents at Shargah and near Zanzibar. Kemball also includes copies of his replies to Robinson, which contain further instructions regarding the Company ships
Cliveand
Tigris.Kemball is also referred to as the Resident at Bushire and Hajee Yacoob is also referred to as the British Agent at Shargah. There are multiple spellings for individuals' names and place names.The title page of the item contains the following references: 'Bombay Political Department', 'Draft No. 350 of 1853', 'Collection No. 1 of No. 106', 'Vol: 5', and 'Examiner's Office'.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 1136, and terminates at f 1167, 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 resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, 12 September 1856. A copy of this letter can be found at IOR/F/4/2661/176320, alongside details of further enclosures. The item is the tenth in a series of fifteen items on events in the Persian Gulf during 1855-56. The eighth item in the sequence is not present.The item contains a letter from Commander Felix Jones, Acting Resident Persian Gulf, to the Government of Bombay, dated 9 May 1856, regarding the recent plunder of a shipwrecked boat by inhabitants of Yemale [also rendered in text as Yemail] who are subjects of Bahrein [Bahrain]. Jones notes that the Banyan traders, to whom the cargo belonged, suspect that the plunderers also murdered their relative who was in charge of the cargo. Jones states that the Sheikh [Shaikh] of Bahrein has agreed to pay for the cargo and that the British Agent at Bahrein has been instructed to investigate the claims of murder.The title page of the item contains the following references: 'Bombay Political Department', Draft Number '52 [18]57', 'Collection No. 6', 'Vol: 10', and 'Examiner's Office'. Originally, the Collection number was written as 'Collection No. 2 of No. 71 of 1856.' but the '2' was replaced with '6' and 'of No.71 of 1856.' has been crossed out.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 1094, and terminates at f 1097, 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 March 1852, and found at IOR/F/4/2475/138723. It is the third in a series of eight items about the Persian Gulf.The item relates to reports from Hajee Jassem [Ḥājjī Jāsim], Agent at Bahrein [Bahrain], to Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, regarding a recent act of 'piracy' on the Guttur [Qatar] coast committed by Abdool Raheem ben Sabir [‘Abd al-Raḥīm bin Ṣābir] on a boat belonging to Mahomed ben Sanee [Muḥammad bin Thāni]. Members of the Soodan [Sudan] tribe intervened and took the property they were able to recover to Bidda [Al Bid‘] but are keeping it for themselves, which has now led to a dispute. Hennell forwards the reports to the Government of Bombay, along with his comments.The title page of the item contains the following references: 'Bombay Political Department', 'Draft No. 733 of 1852', 'Collection No. 7', 'Vol: 3', and 'Examiner's Office'. Originally, the Collection number was given as '3 of No. 35' but this has been crossed out.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 944, 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 item also contains an original pagination sequence.
Abstract: The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, 12 September 1856. A copy of this letter can be found at IOR/F/4/2661/176320, alongside details of further enclosures. The item is the seventh in a series of fifteen items on events in the Persian Gulf during 1855-56. The eighth item in the sequence is not present.The item relates to the recent plunder of a ship, the
Cullian Pursand[
Kalyān Parsād], by Wahabee [Wahhābī] inhabitants of Shargah [Sharjah]. In particular, it covers:Methods of repaying the stolen cargo's value by Sheikh Sultan bin Sugur bin Rashed bin Mutur Alkasmee, 'Chief' of Rasel Khymah [Shaikh Sulṭān I bin Ṣaqr al-Qāsimī, Shaikh of Ra's al-Khaymah], including the use of jewellery as security until full repayment can be madeValuation of the jewellery offered as securityStatements made by Khimjee Gopaldass [Khemjī Gopāldās] and Fazull Bulloo detailing the amount, value, and ownership of the stolen cargoReports on the situation by: Sheikh Sultan; Lieutenant Carpendale, Commanding the Company schooner
Constance; Commander Felix Jones, Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf; and Commodore Richard Ethersey, Commanding the Persian Gulf Squadron.Carpendale's letter also notes general updates from the southern end of the Gulf relating to a conflict at newly-discovered pearl banks and 'slave trade' [trade in enslaved people] activity involving ships from Rasel Khymah and Amulgavine [Umm al-Qaywayn].As well as the above, correspondents include: William Crawford, Senior Magistrate of Bombay, Bombay; the Court of Directors; and the Government of Bombay.The item contains multiple spellings for multiple personal and place names. The
Cullian Pursandand Khimjee Gopaldass may be the same ship and person mentioned in IOR/F/4/2641/169201 (
Kallionand Kemjee Cossal respectively).Sheikh Sultan is also referred to as the Sheikh of Shargah.The title page of the item contains the following references: 'Bombay Political Department', Draft Number '52 [18]57', 'Collection No. 6', 'Vol: 7', and 'Examiner's Office'. Originally, the Collection number was written as 'Collection No. 5 of No. 71 of 1856.' but the '5' was replaced with '6' and 'of No. 71 of 1856.' has been crossed out.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 1057, and terminates at f 1081, 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, 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 correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Political Agent in the Persian Gulf; Commander John Porter, Senior Naval Officer in the Persian Gulf; and Lieutenant Arthur Whately Chitty, commanding the East India Company brigantine
Tigris. It is the fourth in a series of twenty-one items on events in the Persian Gulf.The item concerns Chitty’s visit to Asseeloo [Bandar-e Asaluyeh] to investigate claims that the shaikh was detaining a vessel there. The shaikh claimed that he had been told the vessel was stolen.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 151, and terminates at f 157, 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 resolutions, cited in, or enclosed with, a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, 29 August 1854. A copy of this letter can be found at IOR/F/4/2586/154786, alongside details of further enclosures. The item is the fifth in a series of nine items on events in the Persian Gulf 1853-54.The item relates to reports from Khojeh Hiskale [Khawājah Ḥizqīl bin Yūsuf], British Agent at Muscat, to Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, regarding the plunder of a vessel, the
Futh-el Khyer[
Fatḥ al-Khayr], belonging to Ahmed bin Mahomed Ali el Bundeyree [Aḥmad bin Muḥammad ‘Alī al-Bundayrī]. The vessel was carrying cargo belonging to the British, ran aground off Soweih Beni boo Ali [As Siwayh, in Banī Bū ‘Alī territory] on the Jaalan [Ja‘alan, also rendered in text as Jaalun] coast, and was plundered by local inhabitants. Khojeh Hiskale's reports provide details of the incident and subsequent events.Kemball forwards the reports to the Government of Bombay, alongside a copy of his letter to Syed Soweynee [Sayyid Thuwaynī bin Sa‘īd Āl Bū Sa‘īd], Governor of Muscat. He comments on:A similar occurrence involving the
Centaurin 1852 and his concern that, left unchecked, these kinds of occurrences will keep happeningWhether the Imaum [Imām] of Muscat has control or influence over the inhabitants of the Jaalan coastMeasures the Government of Bombay should take, including the despatch of Indian Navy vessels to the region.A resolution of the Government of Bombay is included in the item, alongside their subsequent letters to: Kemball; Major Atkins Hamerton, HM Consul and Company Agent in the Dominions of His Highness the Imaum of Muscat; Rear-Admiral Sir Henry John Leeke, Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Navy; and the Military Board, Bombay.The title page of the item contains the following references: 'Bombay Political Department', Draft Number '20 1855', 'Collection No. 5 of No. 58 of 1854', 'Vol: 4' and 'Examiner's Office'. Originally, the Collection number was given as '4' but this has been crossed out and replaced with '5'.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 855, and terminates at f 866, 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, a political letter from the Government of Bombay, which appears in IOR/F/4/2445/134344. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; and Daya Bawa [Dayā Bāvā]. It is the fourteenth in a series of twenty-one items on events in the Persian Gulf.The item concerns a petition from Daya Bawa requesting British assistance to obtain redress from the supercargo of his vessel, Caraney Moolchund Tokersey [Karanī Mūlchand Thākursī], whom he claims stole his cargo when the ship was wrecked off Maculla [Mukalla].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 236, and terminates at f 243, 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.