Abstract: The file comprises correspondence in response to various reports of arms smuggling in around the Arabian Peninsula. The principal correspondents in the file are the Political Agent at Bahrain (Lieutenant-Colonel Arnold Crawshaw Galloway), the Political Officer on the Trucial Coast (Captain Raymond Clive Murphy; Captain Hugh Dunstan Rance), the Residency Agent at Sharjah (Jasim ibn Muhammad Kadmari), and the British Consular Agent at Lingah (sometimes spelt Lingeh) [Bandar-e Lengeh], D J Stephens.The file includes correspondence concerning:reports of arms and ammunition smuggling from Dubai into the Iranian coast, including several reports from the British Consular Agent at Lingah (for example, ff 15, f 17, and f 23), which were forwarded to the Political Agent at Bahrain, and in turn onwards to the Political Officer on the Trucial Coast or the Residency Agency at Sharjah who reported their investigations into the accuracy of the claims back to the Political Agent;the theft in October 1944 of ammunition from stores at RAF Sharjah, the implication of the RAF Levies in the theft, and the status of RAF investigations and courts martial (ff 6-25);reports of large quantities of SAA (small arms ammunition) dumped by the Royal Air Force (RAF) in shallow waters at Ras al Hadd, and subsequently recovered by the local population and sold to local sheikhs (ff 29-30);British officials’ efforts in 1946 to track the movements of a vessel carrying arms from Mukalla [Al-Mukallā] to Dubai via Muscat (ff 52-57 and ff 61-64);an allegation of arms dealing between the Āl Thānī of Qatar and the Āl Mana of Bahrain, in correspondence exchanged between the Political Agent at Bahrain and the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain (Charles Dalrymple-Belgrave) (ff 65-69);the theft of Government rifles from the British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) Station Manager’s office at Sharjah, in early 1947 (ff 79-80 and f 82);a compensation claim from a nakhuda who was commissioned to transport ammunition for the Royal Navy during the war, and who was subsequently robbed of his cargo and possessions (ff 85-88 and ff 93-97);Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the back cover with 111; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 1-110; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.
Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, consultations, resolutions, and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai]. The main correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Lieutenant Colonel Henry Robertson, Officiating Resident in the Persian Gulf; Lieutenant Arnold Burrows Kemball, Assistant Resident in the Persian Gulf; the Government of India. It is the fifth in a series of six items on the Persian Gulf (the others are IOR/F/4/2005/89510, IOR/F/4/2005/89511, IOR/F/4/2005/89512, IOR/F/4/2005/89513, and IOR/F/4/2006/89515).The item concerns:A dispute between Sultan bin Suggur of Russal Khyma [Shaikh Sulṭān I bin Ṣaqr al-Qāsimī of Ra’s al-Khaymah] and Abdoolla bin Rashid of Amulgavine [Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Rāshid al-Mu‘allā of Umm al-Qaywayn] over Abdoolla bin Rashid’s new fortificationA projected attack on Bahrein [Bahrain] led by Essa bin Tureef [Shaikh ‘Īsá bin Ḥamad bin Ṭarīf Āl Bin ‘Alī al-‘Utbī] and Mahomed bin Khuleefa [Shaikh Muḥammad bin Khalīfah Āl Khalīfah]The impossibility of Hajee Yacoob [Haji Ya‘qūb] holding the position of Persian Magistrate at Karrack [Khark/Kharg] and being the British Coal Agent thereFighting between Syed Hamood bin Azan [Sayyid Ḥammūd bin ‘Azzān Āl Bū Sa‘īd], Chief of Sohar and the Naeem [al-Na‘īm] tribeThe abolition of the British agency at Lingah [Bandar-e Lengeh]The attempt of five passengers to seize control of a trading baghlah and their capture at Cheroo [Bandar-e Chiru]William Hayward becoming an apprentice at one of the Bombay Presidency hospitals.The title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft 612/43, P.C. [Previous Communication] 3902, Collection No 11’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 882 and terminates at f 960, 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 volume also contains an original pagination sequence.
Abstract: The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, an extract of a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, 14 October 1854.The item contains a letter from W Howard, Acting Advocate General, to the Government of Bombay, dated 18 September 1854, in which he states his legal opinion on when British Indian subjects may be liable to British law for engaging in the 'slave trade' [trade in enslaved people]. Howard makes reference to a specific case involving the purchase of two enslaved people at Lingha [Bandar-e Lengeh, also rendered in text as Lingah].The Government of Bombay forward a copy of Howard's letter to Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, and to the Government of India.The title page of the item contains the following references: 'Bombay Political Department', Draft Number '1199 [18]55', 'Collection No.', '1 in 2 Volumes', 'Vol: 1', and 'Examiner's Office'. Originally, the Collection number was given as '4 of No. 67 of 1854.' but this has been crossed out.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 521, and terminates at f 525, 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 file consists of a report, which is attributed to Hermann Anderson Haines, Secretary, Public Works Department, and which provides a brief account of a number of agreements reached between the Government of India and the Persian Government (and between the Government of India and HM Treasury) for the construction (by the Indo-European Telegraph Department) of the following four telegraph lines: the Robat-Seistan line, the Henjam [Henjān]–Bunder Abbas line, the Lingah–Bundar Abbas line, and the Kerman–Bunder Abbas–Lingah–Jask line.The report, which was received by the Political Department on 28 June 1916, addresses each telegraph line in turn. In addition to summarising the negotiations relating to each line and the agreements that were reached, each section records the overall cost of each line, and, where applicable, the date of completion.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at f 5, and terminates at f 6, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
Abstract: Written by the India Office it covers: an early history of wireless telegraphy in the Persian Gulf, including proposals for its use, from 1904-1915; the erection of stations at Bushire, Henjam, Bahrein [Bahrain], Koweit [Kuwait], Dubai, and Lingah [Bandar-e-Lengeh] from 1915-1917; Persian requests for the removal of stations in 1922; Persian prohibition of import of wireless spare parts in 1927; desiderata of His Majesty's Government on the future of the wireless stations regarding negotiations with the Persian Government, the question of the efficient retention of wireless stations, and a potential agreement between Persia and Imperial Airways; a summary of the current position as of August 1928.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at f 3, and terminates at f 4, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: the file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
Abstract: The file contains correspondence relating to the discovery of a wireless set, with parachute attached, at Kuwait, and four similar devices found near Lingah [Bandar-e Lengeh], reported by the Political Agent at Kuwait [Gordon Noel Jackson] and the British Consular Agent at Lingah respectively, in March and April 1945. In a letter to the Political Resident, dated 24 April 1945, the Political Agent at Bahrain (Cornelius James Pelly) writes to confirm that the devices are meteorological monitoring sets (otherwise known as radiosonde apparatus), released twice daily by the United States Army Transport Corps Meteorological Department, which, the Political Agent adds, would like to have them back.The correspondence listed on the second page of file notes at the end of the file (f 8) does not describe or correspond to the contents of the file. Its title suggests that it was originally part of file no. 28/50 (which does not survive in the Second World War subject files).Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the back cover with 9; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 2-6; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.
Abstract: The volume mainly comprises printed reports for each month from January to August 1909 entitled 'Memoranda of information received during the month of ... relating to affairs in Persia, and the Arabian shore of the Persian Gulf'. The memoranda are dated and despatched by the Officiating Deputy Secretary to the Government of India (L W Reynolds). Also included in the file are letters of instruction from Deputy Secretary to the Government of India to the Political Agent, Kuwait, emphasising the confidential nature of the reports and with instructions on the procedure of transfer and acknowledgement to be followed by successive Political Agents. Also included in the file are letters of receipt from the Political Agent, Kuwait (William Henry Irving Shakespear; Stuart George Knox; William George Grey).Each memorandum includes a table of contents. Topics covered in the memoranda include:Abu Musa and Hormuz red oxide concessionArabistan, Ahwaz-Borasjun and Khaf-Seistan telegraph linesappointment of an Italian agent at Muscatarms traffic in the Persian Gulfdhows arbitration awardinsecurity of Persian trade routesKarun irrigation projectLighting and buoying in the Persian Gulfmurder of subjects of Chief of Abu DhabiNajd affairsPerso-Aghan relationsPersian deputation to RussiaProposed loans to local rulersRelations with the Shaikh of Mohammerah and the Bakhtiari khansRiots and disturbances in Persiaroad concessionsShaikh of Kuwait's properties at FaoTour of Consul-General, MeshedPhysical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 89; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: The volume mainly comprises printed reports for each month from October 1905 to December 1908 entitled 'Memoranda of information received during the month ... regarding external affairs relating to the Persian Gulf, Muscat and Arabian shore of the Persian Gulf'. The memoranda are dated and despatched from the Foreign Department of the Government of India.Topics covered in the memoranda include:arms trade at Muscat with Afghansproposed appointment of Italian consul at MuscatMuscat trade reportpiracy committed on a dhow near KuwaitNajd affairs and relations with the Ruler of Najd (Ibn Sa'ud)mining of red oxide on Abu Musa and Sirri islandsovercrowding of pilgrim ships in the Persian Gulfquarantine arrangements for the Persian Gulfpearling industry in the Persian Gulfnative dhows at Lingah flying the German flaglighting in the Persian Gulfinstallation of wireless telegraphy on vessels in the Persian GulfThe file ends with an acknowledgement by the Political Agent, Kuwait (William George Grey) of receipt of the Memoranda of Affairs from the Political Agent, Kuwait (William Henry Irvine Shakespear).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 65; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 1-64; these numbers are also written in pencil but, where circled, are crossed through.
Abstract: This memorandum, which is attributed to the Indo-European Telegraph Department, provides details of the financial obligations of the British, Indian and Persian Governments respectively in relation to the following telegraph lines: the line from Gwadur to Jask, the Central Persia line, the Henjam-Bunder Abbas line, and the Robat-Seistan line.Details include construction costs, rental costs, royalties and total expenditure.The memorandum also provides details of the cost of reconstruction work on the Arabistan telegraph lines, including a statement which shows projections of the effect on the Indo-European Telegraph Department's capital account of the Arabistan telegraph lines agreement of 1913.Also included are details of how costs might be covered for a proposed line running from Kerman to Bunder Abbas, from Bunder Abbas to Lingah, and from Bunder Abbas to Jask.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 46, and terminates at f 55, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out. The file also includes an original printed foliation sequence.
Abstract: The correspondence book consists of translations, and substances of letters addressed to the British Resident in the Persian Gulf. The untranslated originals cannot be found in this volume.The authors of these letters can be grouped into two main categories. The first of these being letters from British Native Agents based at Bahrain, Lingah [Bandar-e-Lengeh], Muscat, Sharjah, and Shiraz. Their content consisting of reports on local affairs, responses to queries from the Resident, and reports on incidents of piracy; along with efforts to affect the restitution of property and seize offenders. Reports on the slave trade in the Persian Gulf can also be found within. Much is material of a routine nature, such as the relaying of correspondence and packets; reports on the movement of ships; the provision of coal to British ships at Muscat; and company pensions.The second category is made up of letters from the principle rulers of the Persian Gulf; those most prominently featured include Shaikh Kulufa bin Skakboot, Chief of Aboothabee [Khalīfah bin Shakhbūṭ, Chief of Abu Dhabi]; Shaikh Abdolla bin Ahmed [Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Aḥmad Āl Khalīfah], Chief of Bahrain; Shaikh Nasir [Shaykh Nāṣir], Governor of Bushire; Mirza Abbas [Mīrzā ‘Abbās], Governor of Bushire; Shaikh Abdool Rahman bin Suggur [‘Abd al-Rahman bin Saqr], Chief of Kishm [Qeshm]; Shaikh Said bin Guzeeb [Sa'id bin Qāzib], Chief of Lingah [Bandar-e-Lengeh]; and Sultan bin Suggur [Sulṭān bin Saqr].Specific topics discussed includes:The British occupation of Karg island [Khārk, Jazīreh-ye].The progress of Egyptian troops under the command of Khurshid Pasha [Khūrshid Pāshā] in Nejde [Najd]; their claimed purpose being to support of Ameer Khalid [Amīr Khālid] in his cause against Ameer Fysul [Amīr Fayṣul].Rumours and reports concerning the Shah of Persia's military preparations against Herat.The flight of Shaikh Nasir from Bushire.A rupture between Shaikh Abdolla bin Ahmed of Bahrain and some of his subjects.The activities and background of Sooltan bin Suhar [Sulṭān bin Ṣuḥār] and Mohomed bin Suhar [Muḥammad bin Ṣuḥār] (both accused of piratical acts by the British).A feud between the Chief of Aboothabee and the Chief of Debay.Physical description: Pagination: The volume contains an original pagination sequence, which commences at the first page of content and terminates at the last page of content; these numbers are written in ink, and are located in the top outermost corners of each page.The volume contains the following pagination anomalies; 59, and 59A. Page 221 has been omitted.
Abstract: The file consists of correspondence sent to and from the Bushire Residency; the principal correspondents being Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, and Justin Sheil, HM Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Persia. The main subject covered is therefore the internal political affairs of southern Persia, and its internal power struggles.Other subjects covered includes a couple of reported incidents of piracy, a struggle over the control of Bahrain among members of the Āl Khalīfah family, and incidents affecting trade in the Gulf. The operations of the Persian Gulf Squadron of the Indian Navy are also briefly covered.Physical description: Foliation: The foliation sequence commences at the cover and terminates at the last folio; these numbers are written in pencil, and can be found in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: An original pagination sequence in ink is present in the file between ff 3-69.
Abstract: This file contains letters, both inward and outward, relating to the Indian Naval Squadron in the Persian Gulf (also referred to as the Persian Gulf Squadron). Most of the correspondence is between the Commander of the Persian Gulf Squadron and the Resident in the Persian Gulf. At the beginning of 1852, the Resident in the Persian Gulf was Samuel Hennell, who is the recipient of the first two letters in this file. In March 1852, Hennell was succeeded by Arnold Burrowes Kemball, who appears as both correspondent and recipient. The other officers who appear as both correspondent and recipient are John Patterson Porter, Commander of the Persian Gulf Squadron, and his successor, George Robinson. In addition to the letters between the aforementioned offices there are four letters, addressed to the Commander of the Persian Gulf Squadron, which were originally enclosed with other letters (not present in this file) from the Commander of the Persian Gulf Squadron to the Resident in the Persian Gulf. The correspondents of these letters are: Lieutenant George William Leeds, Commander of the Honourable Company's schooner
Constance; Lieutenant James Longden Stevens, Commander of the Honourable Company's sloop
Clive; Lieutenant James Tronson, Commander of the Honourable Company's brigantine
Tigris.Much of the correspondence in the file includes intelligence received from the Native Agent at Sharjah, Hadji Yacoob. Subjects covered include: an attack against the Banī Qitab tribe, reportedly launched by Shaikh Said bin Tahnun Al Nahayan of Abu Dhabi; reported acts of piracy off the Arabian coast; the whereabouts of the plundered cargo of the merchant ship, the
Centaur; reports of slaves being imported from Zanzibar.Physical description: Pagination: There is an incomplete pagination sequence, which is written in ink, in the top right corners of the rectos and in the top left corners of the versos. The sequence runs from 16 to 187 and has many gaps.Foliation: There is a foliation sequence, which is circled in pencil, in the top right corner of the recto of each folio. It begins on the front cover, on number 1, and ends on the inside of the back cover, on number 30. This is the sequence that has been used by this catalogue to reference items within the file.