‘Persian Gulf. Affairs of the – ’
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- ‘Persian Gulf. Affairs of the – ’
- Date:
- 1850/1850
- Description:
- Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, minutes, and consultations cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. The main correspondents are the Government of Bombay; Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, British Resident in the Persian Gulf; Meerza Mahmood [Mīrzā Muḥammad], British Agent at Shiraz; Bahram Mirza [Bahrām Mīrzā Mo‘ezz-al-Dawlah], Prince-Governor of Fars; and Colonel Justin Sheil, HM Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at the Court of Tehran.The item concerns:Attempts by the Prince-Governor of Fars to levy a fine of 300 tomans on the nakhuda of a Dashtee [Dashti] vessel for importing enslaved people into Bushire [Bushehr]5% customs duties levied on sugar from Java arriving at Bushire, compared to the previous rate of 1.25%, and discussions by Hennell about whether he should intervene to ask the Prince-Governor of Fars to exempt these Bushire traders affected from inland transit dutiesRequests for assistance made to Hennell by people who have had property stolenMilitary conflicts between Bakir Khan [Bāqir Khān Tangistānī] and Sheik Nasir [Shaikh Nāṣir II Āl Madhkūr], Governor of Bushire, and between Bakir Khan and the Prince-Governor of FarsThe replacement of Bahram Mirza as Prince-Governor of Fars, and Kurrem Khan [Karīm Khān] as Governor of Behbehan [Behbahan]Unrest in the province of FarsThe imprisonment of Mirza Alli Mahomed [Mīrzā ‘Alī Muḥammad], the Bab [Báb], and an order for his executionThe effects of locusts on food pricesSheik Nasir’s reluctance to go to Shiraz as he owed the Prince-Governor of Fars tributeEnquiries into the conduct of Mirza Mahomed due to complaints against him, including that he stole a gold watch from the late Mr Tasker, claims which are refuted by HennellDefeat of the Babees [Bábis], who had been causing disturbances by the SirbazThe execution of Syed Yahyah [Sayyid Yaḥyá], a follower of the Bab.The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft No 91 of 1851’ and ‘Coll[ection]: 18’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 568, and terminates at f 675, 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:
- Customs duty
Executions
Rebellions
Political Resident
Government of Bombay
HM Ambassador to Iran - Geographic region:
- Shiraz
Behbehan
Bushire - Rights:
- غير معروف
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100122055518.0x000001_ar
81055/vdc_100122055518.0x000001_en
IOR/F/4/2391/128035
IOR/F/4/2391/128035