Persian Gulf Affairs
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- Persian Gulf Affairs
- Date:
- 1847/1847
- Description:
- Abstract: This item comprises copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 55 of 1847, dated 16 June 1847. The enclosures are dated 26 April-8 June 1847 (although some internal copy documents date back to 1 February 1847).The primary documents are letters from Major Henry Creswicke Rawlinson, Political Agent in Turkish Arabia and British Consul in Baghdad, to Henry Wellesley, HM Minister Plenipotentiary at Constantinople [Istanbul, Ottoman Empire], including his correspondence with Colonel Justin Sheil, HM Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at the Court of Tehran and Major Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire [Būshehr].The subjects covered notably include:Duties payable by Persian [Iranian] merchants to Turkish (Ottoman) authorities in relation to imports and their onward exportTribal ‘unrest’ on the Turco-Persian frontier and delays in the arrival of a (Persian) Kermanshah Commissioner to adjudicate on disputesRawlinson’s concerns about a potential increase in Turkish-Persian tensions resulting from an Ottoman Special Commission sent to Bussorah [Basra] to assess and allegedly increase the values and revenues of the ports of Bussorah and Mohamerah [Khorramshahr, formerly Mohammerah] and strengthen Turkish maritime power at the mouth of the Shat el-Arab [Shatt al-Arab] and in the Persian GulfThe possible return to Turkey of Kurdish refugees, notably the Meer of Rowanduz [Mir of Rawandiz]Tension between Turkey and Persia over how to deal with ‘piracy’ in the Persian Gulf, including prevention of Turkish interference with the commerce of Mohamerah; Hennell’s agreement with the Governor of Fars for dealing with ‘piracy’ and proposal that Nejib Pasha [Mehmed Necib Pasha also known as Muhammad Najib Pasha], Governor of Baghdad, could seize Persian or Arabian ‘pirate’ boats in Turkish waters and the Euphrates River and involve British vessels of war; Rawlinson’s annoyance with Hennell for offering the assistance of British vessels of war; Nejib Pasha’s refusal to agree to a suggestion he considered an infringement of international laws and which would need referral to the Porte (Government of the Ottoman Empire)Turkish passport regulations for the subjects of the European powers entering or travelling in the Ottoman dominions, including the implications for Indian pilgrims travelling to Mecca, Kerbela [Karbala] and Nejef [Najaf] (English translation, ff 27-32).Physical description: There is an abstract of contents of the despatch, numbered 1-4, on folio 2. These numbers are repeated for reference on the verso of the last folio of each enclosure.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival item
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Piracy
Tariffs - Geographic region:
- Turkish Arabia
Persian Gulf
Ottoman Empire - Rights:
- غير معروف
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100118977838.0x000017_ar
81055/vdc_100118977838.0x000017_en
IOR/L/PS/5/450, ff 1a-33
IOR/L/PS/5/450, ff 1a-33