‘Proceedings connected with an unauthorized negociation entered into with the Prince Royal of Shiraz by Mr Bruce vol 2’
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- ‘Proceedings connected with an unauthorized negociation entered into with the Prince Royal of Shiraz by Mr Bruce vol 2’
- Date:
- 1822/1823
- Description:
- Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, consultations, and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. It is the second in a series of three items about a negotiation by William Bruce (the others are IOR/F/4/894/23288 and IOR/F/4/895/23290). The principal correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; the Government of Bengal; William Bruce, former Political Agent in the Persian Gulf; Lieutenant [John] Macleod, Political Agent in the Persian Gulf; Major [George] Willock, in charge of the British Mission in Persia.The item concerns:An explanation by William Bruce about his conduct in negotiating an unauthorised treaty with Hoossain Ali Mirza [Ḥusayn ‘Alī Mirzā Farmānfarmā, Prince-Governor of Fārs]The results of the treaty, including the evacuation of Kishm [Qeshm] and the effect on stability in the GulfThe appointment of Captain Faithfull as Commanding Officer in the Persian GulfHow to enforce the General Treaty of Maritime Peace of 1819, negotiated by William Keir GrantJohn Macleod’s tour of the Gulf and discussions with the Imaum of Muscat [Imam of Muscat, Sayyid Sa‘īd bin Sulṭān Āl Bū Sa‘īd] and other chiefs in the Gulf who were signatories to the General Treaty of Maritime Peace in 1819Analysis of the balance of power in the Gulf and particularly Shaikh Sooltan Bin Sugger [Shaikh Sulṭān bin Ṣaqr al-Qāsimī]How to eliminate the slave tradeThe reaction of the King of Persia [Fath-Ali Shah Qājār] to the treaty.The item includes a contents page, and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘[Political] No. 2, Draft 293, P.C. 362, [Season] 26/7’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 227, and terminates at f 328, 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 file also contains an original pagination sequence.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival item
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Slave trade
Treaties
Sulṭān I bin Ṣaqr al-Qāsimī
Imam of Oman - Geographic region:
- Persian Gulf
- Rights:
- المُلكية العامة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000001762.0x0000f9_ar
81055/vdc_100000001762.0x0000f9_en
IOR/F/4/894/23289
IOR/F/4/894/23289