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109. ‘Aden – Oct 22nd /71’
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- Abstract: Genre/Subject MatterThese two small watercolour drawings depict scenes taken from life at the Settlement of Aden in 1871. Both drawings focus on Arabs’ use of camels as a form of transport.In the left-hand drawing, four veiled women perch alongside one another atop a litter held in place on the back of a light-haired camel. All four women are obscured in blue robes; the woman on the right has an uncovered face, while only the eyes of the other three women are visible.A tall, slender man wearing only a blue loincloth and turban leads the camel by a tether attached to a harness about its muzzle. He holds what appears to be a walking stick or cane in his right hand.The right-hand image shows an Arab man standing balanced on the neck of a dark-haired camel. He is wearing a turban and loincloth, which is held together by a belt that also holds a janbiyain place. Both the material of the turban and loincloth are blue with red detailing and have been rendered very delicately in order to illustrate this. The man wears an object at his side, held there by a strap that crosses his torso. He whirls a whip above his head. Behind him, balanced on the camel’s saddle is a long-barrelled rifle; it has been decorated in black and white concentric stripes.Both drawings are stylistically in keeping with other sketches of ‘natives’ in this volume and in the related files Mss Eur F140/232 and Mss Eur F140/233, which, together with this volume, complete the trio of journals created by Jeffrey C. Amherst.InscriptionsLower left corner: ‘Aden – Oct 22nd /71’Temporal ContextThe drawing was made during the period Amherst was based at Aden, between 30 November 1870 and 1871/1872. It is likely to have been sketched from life either at or near the Isthmus Position, where two companies of British and two companies of Native Infantry were regularly based, according to an 1877 publication (F. M. Hunter, An Account of the British Settlement at Aden, (London: Trübner & Co., 1877)) and where Amherst was attending a musketry course between 18–28 October 1871. Amherst moved about frequently between Crater, Isthmus, Ras Marshag and elsewhere during his time at Aden.Physical description: Dimensions:108 x 180 mm [landscape]Materials:Pencil on paperCondition:The paper is slightly foxed, with light surface residue but otherwise in good condition with adhesive still sturdy.Foliation:The images have been assigned a sequential number, 5, which is written in pencil in the lower right corner of the page onto which the image is pasted.
110. List of Passengers, Mails and Packets to and from India
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- Abstract: The file consists of letters regarding lists of passengers, mails and packets on board individual East India Company steam ships and vessels on different voyages from India, Suez or Aden, between 1838 and 1845. The main route is that taken from Bombay to Suez via the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf. Letters are signed by the different commanders of the vessels and ships.The ships and vessels mentioned include the following: Atalanta, Hugh Lindsay, Berenice, Victoria, Zenobia, Orlandoand Cleopatra.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 128; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
111. The Case of Mahomed Rahim Sheerazee, the Persian Consul in Bombay
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- Abstract: This item comprises copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 153 of 1846, dated 30 December 1846. The enclosures are dated 7-15 December 1846.The enclosures relate to events following the decision by HM Supreme Court of Judicature in Bombay [Mumbai] made against Aga Mahomed Rahim Sheerazee [Āghā Muḥammad Raḥīm Shīrāzī], Persian Consul in Bombay and Consul for the Imaum [Imām] of Muscat, including:The Memorial of Aga Mahomed Rahim Sheerazee, submitted to the Governor and President in Council, Bombay, appealing for Government to interfere on his behalf, pending his appeal to HM Privy Council (ff 517-527)The opinion of the Advocate-General, Bombay, that it is not in the power of Government to interfere in the matter (f 532)The communication by the Government of Bombay of these proceedings to Lieutenant-Colonel Justin Sheil, HM Envoy at the Court of Persia [Iran], and the Government of India.The principal correspondent is the Government of Bombay.Physical description: 1 item (26 folios)
112. Compton: Journal
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- Abstract: Journal of the voyage of the East India Company ship Comptonfrom England to Bombay [Mumbai] (Captain William Mawson). The Comptondeparted from the Downs on 1 April 1723, and the journal covers the ship's visits to the following destinations (dates are those of arrival): 23 August 1723, Bombay; 17 October 1723, Carwar [Karwar]; 26 October 1723, Tellicherry [Thalassery]; 3 November 1723, Cocheen [Kochi]; 13 November 1723, Anjango [Anchuthenguu]; 5 December 1723, Cocheen; 10 December 1723, Callicut [Kozhikode]; 12 December 1723, Tellicherry; 16 January 1724, Bombay; 15 February 1724, Surat; 4 Apr 1724, Bombay; 18 June 1724, Gombroon [Bandar-e ʻAbbās]; 12 August 1724, Bussora [Basra]; 28 November 1724, Gombroon; 7 January 1725, Surat; 10 February 1725, Bombay; 23 March 1725, Goa; 8 April 1725, Tellicherry; 10 May 1725, Madrass [Madras, i.e. Chennai]; 11 November 1725, Cape Good Hope [Cape of Good Hope]; 26 December 1725, St Hellena [Saint Helena]; 19 January 1726, Ascention [Ascension]; 9 April 1726, Woolwich.The main part of the journal is a log book containing daily entries (although not for every day of the voyage) in seven columns: [Latitude by Observation, Latitude by Account, and Meridian Distance from a stated location], H [Hour], K [Knots], F [Fathoms], Courses, Winds, and a final column containing the date, remarks, and navigational observations. When the ship is at anchor the entries consist of remarks only. Information provided by these notes includes observations of weather and currents, sightings of land or other vessels, employment of the crew, and other miscellaneous remarks. A crew list is given on folio 7.The entries are double-dated, providing the dates in both Julian and Gregorian calendars.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 101; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.The volume includes a sequence of blank pages ff 90-100, which have not been digitised.
113. King William: Journal
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- Abstract: Journal of the voyage of the King Williamfrom England to Bombay [Mumbai] and Mocha and back (Captain James Sanders), 1733-1736. The journal covers the ship's visits to the following destinations (dates given are for arrival unless otherwise indicated): set off from Deptford, 22 January 1734; Downs 6 April 1734; Joanna [Anjouan], 18 September 1734; 2 February 1735, Bombay; 27 April 1735 Suratt [Surat]; 13 August 1735, Mocha; 13 September 1735, Bombay; 13 December 1735, Tellicherry [Thalassery]; 16 March 1736, St Helena; 16 March 1736, Downs.The journal contains daily entries in seven columns: [navigational information (latitude by account and observation, meridional distance from a fixed point, difference of longitude, and variation)]; H [Hour]; K [Knots]; F [Fathoms]; Courses; Winds; and [date and remarks]. When the ship is at anchor, entries consist of remarks only.Inscribed (folio 1): 'This is my Original Journal. James Sanders.' Received 12 April 1736Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 1, and terminates at f 129; it is part of a larger physical volume of different shelfmarks in which this shelfmark has been given its own separate foliation sequence, i.e. non-consecutive; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
114. Lord Camden: Journal
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- Abstract: Journey of the voyage of the East India Company ship the Lord Camdenfrom England to Bombay (Captain Thomas Walker), 17 March 1783/4 to 21 May 1786. The Lord Camdendeparted from the Downs on 17 March 1783/4, and the journal covers the ship's visits to the following destinations (dates are those of arrival): 27 June 1784, Joanna [Anjouan]; 20 July 1784, Bombay [Mumbai]; 28 September, 1784, Madras [Chennai]; 10 November 1784, Kedgerie [Khijri]; 14 April 1785, Mocha; 25 September-19 February 1785/86, St Helena; 16 May 1786, Asscension [Ascension]; 21 May 1786, Downs.The main part of the journal is a log book containing daily entries (although not for every day of the voyage) in seven columns: [Latitude by Observation, Latitude by Account, and Meridian Distance from a stated location], H [Hour], K [Knots], F [Fathoms], Courses, Winds, and a final column containing the date, remarks, and navigational observations. When the ship is at anchor the entries consist of remarks only. Information provided by these notes includes observations of weather and currents, sightings of land or other vessels, employment of the crew, and other miscellaneous remarks.The entries are double-dated, providing the dates in both Julian and Gregorian calendars.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at 1, and terminates at 132; it is part of a larger physical volume of different shelfmarks in which every shelfmark has been given its own separate foliation sequence, i.e. non-consecutive; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
115. Curzon Collection: Curzon's first year as Viceroy
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- Abstract: Genre/Subject Matter:The album contains informal snapshots and work by professional photographers, showing views of various interiors, viceregal functions and events, together with landscape views of: Bombay, Lucknow, Calcutta, Barakpur, Mashobra, Bhopal, Benares, Narkanda, Delhi, Gwalior, Brindaban, Agra, Fatehpur Sikri, Bhopal, Benares (Varanasi) and Assam. Group portraits of Naga and other hill tribes complete the album. A final, loose print is a view in Buenos Aires: it is unclear how this image is related to the rest of the album.Elements:1 ‘Launch nearing the landing steps [Bombay]’2 ‘Crowd waiting at Bundar [Bombay]’3 ‘Going up the steps [Bombay]’4 ‘G. and M. V. C. on steps [Bombay]’5 ‘Procession in Bombay on day of arrival, barouche just leaving Bundar’6 ‘Being carried to the launch from the Residency, Aden’7 ‘Government House, Bombay, Jan 1, 1899.’8 Marble Hall in Government House, Calcutta9 Interior of Government House, Calcutta10 Marble Hall in Government House, Calcutta11 Drawing Room in Government House, Calcutta12 Council Room in Government House, Calcutta13 ‘Baillie Guard Gate, Lucknow’14 ‘Last jump in the paper chase, [Simla]’15 ‘The finish, paper chase, [Simla]’16 ‘Paper chase, [Simla]. Breakfast given by staff in tent. Victoria & body guard waiting.’17 ‘Xmas, Aden’18 ‘Irene on board Arabia’19 ‘Irene’20 Informal group portrait with the Curzons21 [Portrait of] Lord & Lady Lonsdale, Mr Meade [and a dog], Fluck22 ‘Fair at Sipi’23 ‘Fair at Sipi’24 ‘Staff luncheon at Annandale’25 ‘Black Heart luncheon at Annandale before the Horse Show, [Simla]’26 Viceregal group at Simla27 ‘My friend the Prince’28 ‘[Portrait of] Capt Adam [and] Capt Baker-Carr’29 Irene & her admirers, [Simla].30 ‘Howlah Brisge [Calcutta]’31 ‘Government House, Calcutta’32 ‘Gov. House, Calcutta’33 ‘Barrackpore’34 ‘Botanical Gardens, Calcutta’35 ‘The big Banian, Botanical Gardens, Calcutta’36 ‘Burning Ghat, Calcutta’37 ‘[Portrait of the three Leiter sisters] Daisy, Nancy and Mary [Curzon], Mashobra’38 ‘[Portrait of] Captain Baker-Carr [and] Captain Marker [Mashobra]’39 ‘[Portrait of] Captain Baker-Carr [and] Captain Adam’40 ‘Capt B.Carr, Irene [and] Nou Nou [the French nanny]’41 ‘The Retreat, Mashobra’42 ‘Narkanda’43 ‘Narkanda’44 ‘March from Baghi to Narkanda’45 ‘March from Baghi to Narkanda’46 ‘Daisy [Leiter, Matiana]’47 ‘MC [Matiana]’48 ‘Near Narkanda’49 ‘Beaters, [Narkanda]’50 ‘Back view of Nancy’51 ‘Delhi, Kutb’52 Blurred snapshot at the Qutb complex, Delhi53 ‘Cupola taken down from the top of the Kutb [Delhi]’54 ‘Kutb [Delhi]’55 ‘Mosque of Altamsh and Iron Pillar [Delhi]’56 ‘Mosque of Altamsh and Iron Pillar [Delhi]’57 ‘Gwalior’58 ‘Maharaja Scindia [and] Viceroy. Viceroy's first tiger, Dec 1, 1899, [Gwalior]’59 ‘Going to Tiger shoot, Gwalior’60 ‘Begum of Bhopal's Elephant’61 ‘Gwalior’62 ‘Brindabun’63 ‘[Group portrait at] Gwalior’64 ‘Camp at Agra’65 ‘Gwalior’66 ‘HE [Lord Curzon] shooting at Gwalior’67 ‘Bhopal’68 ‘Bhopal’69 ‘Bhopal, Sanchi Tope’70 ‘Where we shot the tiger at Gwalior’71 ‘Taj [Agra]’72 ‘Agra’73 ‘Tomb of Itmad-ud-dowlah [Agra]’74 ‘Fatepur Sikri’75 ‘Fatepur Sikri’76 ‘Lucknow. Viceroy [and] Sir A. MacDonnell in the Residency’77 ‘Lucknow. Viceroy [and] Mr Lawrence’78 ‘Fatepur Sikri , Diving Well’79 ‘Benares’80 ‘Benares’81 ‘Benares’82 ‘Maharaja's State Barge, [Benares/Varanasi]’83 ‘Benares’84 ‘Benares’85 ‘Benares’86 ‘Benares’87 ‘Benares’88 ‘Benares’89 ‘Pandal, landing stage & crowds at Gauhati, Assam’90 ‘On the "Buzzard", Brahmaputra River’91 ‘Fatehpur Sikri, Great Mosque’92 ‘Diving Well [Fatehpur Sikri]’93 Poor quality print with a view at Fatehpur Sikri superimposed on a view of the ghats at Varanasi94 ‘Naga Warrior, Assam’95 ‘Nagas & other hill tribes, Assam’96 ‘Nagas & other hill tribes, Assam’97 Hill tribes in Assam during Curzon's tour there in March 190098 A Buddhist monk and entourage, Assam99 ‘Maharaja Scindia returning with Viceroy's first tiger, Gwalior, Dec 2, 1899. Col Crofts behind’100 ‘Parque Palermo Laguna [Buenos Aires]’InscriptionsFirst fly leaf, in pencil: ‘Photo 430/75’Spine, gold embossing: ‘India 1898–1906’Spine, in white pen: ‘Photo 430/75’Throughout the album captions, location and date are hand-written in black ink and pencil.Physical description: Dimensions:Album: 280 x 386 x 40 mmFormat:Black full-leather album containing ninety-nine prints, pasted onto card pages, one loose.Materials:Card, black ink, albumen, collodio-chloride and platinum prints.Condition:The binding is crumbling but most card pages, though buckling, scuffed, stained and foxed are in stable condition. Leather cover is heavily scuffed at all edges.Many of the individual images are faded and some show signs of surface losses.Foliation:The images have been numbered 1–100 alongside each image in pencil.Process:Albumen, collodio-chloride and platinum printsBinding:The album is bound in black leather, featuring linen joints.
116. Coll 35/39 'Telegraphs, Postal and Wireless, Saudi Arabia: Transmission of mail between Saudi Arabia and India; Adjustment of Postal charges in connection with disposal of mail bags from Jedda'
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- Abstract: The file contains correspondence regarding the mail service between Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, and Bombay [Mumbai], India. It is particularly concerned with an adjustment in postal charges to meet the cost of distributing mail from Jeddah after it reaches Bombay. The correspondents are: the India Office; the Commissioner of Police, Bombay; the Government of Bombay; and the Government of India.The file includes a divider which gives the subject number, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 7; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
117. Coll 28/95 ‘Persia. Relations with H.M.G. Private claims against H.M.G.: case of the S.S. “Kara Deniz”.’
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- Abstract: Correspondence, reports and other papers relating to the case of the SS Kara Deniz, a Turkish-owned steamship that was claimed as prize by the British Government at the moment of the Ottoman Empire’s entry into the First World War, while the vessel was moored at Bombay [Mumbai]. The papers focus on a financial claim made against the British Government by the vessel’s Greek owners, Socrates Atychides and Theodore Vahratoglou, based on the argument that the vessel had been sold to Persian owners before it was claimed as prize.The file includes: correspondence beginning in 1927 and exchanged between the Foreign Office, India Office and Government of India, responding to the Government of Persia’s desire to conclude the claim being pursued by Atychides against the British Government; discussion of whether the Kara Denizwas detained prior to or after the Ottoman Empire’s entry into the War; accounts detailing the seizure of the Kara Deniz, including a 1928 note entitled ‘A brief account of the circumstances attending the alleged detention at Bombay of the S. S. “Kara Deniz” prior to her capture as a prize vessel in 1914’ (ff 323-330), and another note entitled ‘Diary of certain events relating to the detention of the S. S. “Kara Deniz” at Bombay in 1914” (ff 151-152); copies of correspondence (some in French) from Atychides; a printed copy of the court proceedings at the High Court of Judicature at Bombay, Admiralty and Vice-Admiralty Jurisdiction, entitled ‘Case No. 3 of 1914. In Prize. Steamship “Kara Deniz.”’ (ff 189-246); discussion of the claim in relation to other outstanding claims and disputes to be settled between the British and Persian Governments; a report prepared by HM Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at Tehran, Reginald Hervey Hoare, dated 1935, entitled ‘British claims against Persia’ (ff 84-109).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 345; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
118. Diary and Consultations of Mr Eaton Dodsworth, Agent of the East India Company at Gombroon [Bandar-e ʻAbbās] in the Persian Gulf, commencing 1 November 1708 and ending 31 July 1710
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- Abstract: The volume is in the form of a diary, which contains records of consultations at the Gombroon [Bandar-e ʻAbbās] Factory. The Chief Agent, Eaton Dodsworth, and the Factory's Council members Robert Weldon, followed by William Elton, headed the consultations. They recorded the daily activities, the administrative decisions made, letters sent and received, as well as visits to and from the Factory.Among the main details and issues recorded in the diary are the following:Records of the activities of 'Moor' [i.e. Arab] and Dutch vesselsNews of the death of Robert Weldon on 22 December 1708Records of traded commodities such as wool, almonds, wood, rice, cotton, lamp oyle [oil], glass pearl [probably glass beads], and horsesRelations with local Persian shawbunder [shahbander], governors, and merchantsRecords of letters exchanged with the Agent and Council of the English Factory at Spahaun [Eṣfahān, also written as Spahaune] providing information on the state of affairs, invoices, trade, relations with local Persian and Armenian merchants, and robbery casesRecords of letters and invoices received from Carmania [Kerman] and Shyrath [Shiraz, also written as Shyrass].The diary includes records of the arrival and departure of ships, including the India, the Winsor, the Takavelly, Luhesme[ Lakshmi] ketch, the Elizabeth, the George, the Gavestock, the Princes Sophia, the Gilbert, and the Mamoade[ Mahmudi?].The ships sailed mainly to and from Gombroon, Bombay [Mumbai], Bussora [Basra], Bangall [Bengal], Madrass [Madras, i.e. Chennai], Surat [also written as Suratt], Batavia [Jakarta], Cochin [Kochi], Ceylone [Sri Lanka], Tulachareene [Thalassery], and Mocha.In addition, the diary includes monthly records of the accounts of the East India Company's facilities in Persia covering the following: house expenses, house provisions, petty expenses, stable charges, table expenses, merchandised charges, extraordinary charges, servants' wages, and ships' charges.The diary was received on board the Tankervilleon 17 September 1712.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 22; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves.
119. Abstract of Contents of Enclosures to a Despatch Relating to the Slave Trade between Zanzibar and Bombay
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- Abstract: This part of the volume consists of an abstract of contents of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 69 of 1841, dated 30 August 1841. The enclosures themselves are not included in the volume. The enclosures listed relate to the trade in slaves which was reportedly being carried out between Zanzibar and Bombay by the subjects of the Imaum [Imam] of Muscat and other Chiefs on the African Coast.The enclosures are dated 26 February to 30 August 1841, and mostly consist of correspondence between the Government of Bombay and the Superintendent of the Indian Navy, the Senior Magistrate of Police, the British Agent at Muscat and other British officials.Physical description: 1 item (6 folios)
120. File 959/1914 Pt 1-2 'Abyssinia O. in C.'
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- Abstract: The volume contains papers relating to Articles 37 and 56 of the Abyssinia Order in Council 1913, which concern persons being sent for trial or imprisonment to Aden or Bombay.Each part includes a divider which gives the subject and part numbers, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references contained in that part by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 479; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.