‘Persian Gulf. Disturbed state of the Persian Coast of the-’
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- ‘Persian Gulf. Disturbed state of the Persian Coast of the-’
- Date:
- 1847/1848
- Description:
- 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 January 1848. A copy of this Political Letter can be found at IOR/F/4/2238/112322, alongside details of further enclosures. The item is the forty-fifth in a series of fifty-nine items on events in the Persian Gulf.The item relates to instructions given to Captain Lowe, Commanding the Indian Naval Squadron in the Persian Gulf, by Major Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, as a consequence of the ‘disturbed state’ of the lower Persian [Iranian] coast of the Gulf. Hennell’s initial instructions are to protect vessels sailing from Congoon [Kangan], and to inspect and potentially seize vessels belonging to Mogoo [Moghuyeh], Charrack [Bandar-e Charak], and Asseeloo [Bandar-e ‘Asaluyeh]. These instructions are modified a few months later.As well as Lowe, copies of the instructions are sent to: Lieutenant-Colonel Justin Sheil, Her Majesty’s Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Persia; Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Farrant, Her Majesty’s Chargé d’Affaires at the Court of Persia; and the Government of Bombay.Lowe is also referred to as the Senior Naval Officer in the Persian Gulf.The title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Bombay Political Department’, ‘Draft No. 345/48, Coll: 2, Vol: 45’, ‘Collection No. 1 of No. 21’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 498, and terminates at f 512, 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.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival item
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Orders
- Geographic region:
- Persian Gulf
- Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100098005064.0x000001_ar
81055/vdc_100098005064.0x000001_en
IOR/F/4/2238/112366
IOR/F/4/2238/112366