Abstract: The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence, which form partial enclosures to a letter from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] to the East India Company Court of Directors, dated 30 September 1845. A copy of this letter can be found at IOR/F/4/2142/102302, alongside details of further enclosures.The item relates to a request from the Governor-General of India that any letters addressed to him from Aden should be sent to Bombay and, from there, forwarded directly on to him.The correspondents are the governments of Bombay and India.The title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Bombay Political Department’, ‘P.C. [Previous Communication] 5264, Draft 494/46’, ‘Collection N. 8 of N. 105, Vol: 3’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 160, and terminates at f 164, 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: The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence, minutes and resolutions, cited in, or enclosed with, an extract from a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, 23 June 1849.The item concerns the manufacturing and transportation of tents to be used by Her Majesty’s Mission in Persia [Iran]. The request for these tents was originally made in January 1846 by Lieutenant-Colonel Justin Sheil, HM Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Persia. The request is carried out between 1848 and 1849, with the tents being manufactured in Bombay and transported to Tehran via Bushire [Bushehr]. In particular, the item relates to:Details about the tents (number, design, fabric, dimensions, cost etc.) and how they should be packaged for transportThe tendering process at Bombay, including applications made by numerous manufacturersArrangements made for the transportation of the tents, including the difficulties arising from the combined weight of the finished productsA request that Major Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, inspects the tents on their arrival at Bushire, as payment by HM Government will only be made if the tents arrive at Tehran in good condition.A report of the committee charged with inspecting the finished products in Bombay can be found at folio 545.Principal correspondents include: Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Farrant, HM Chargé d’Affaires at Tehran; the Military Board, Bombay; Major David Davidson, Commissary General of the Army; Captain Elgate Whichelo, Deputy Commissary General; Commodore Stephen Lushington, Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Navy; and the Government of Bombay.The title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Bombay Political Department’, ‘Draft No. 714/49’, ‘Collection No. 16 of No. 56’, and ‘Examiner’s Office’. The collection number was originally ‘28’, but this has been crossed out and replaced with ‘16’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 522, and terminates at f 552, 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 item consists of copies of correspondence, minutes, memoranda, resolutions, and consultations cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. The main correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Beghet Agha [Bahjat Āghā; also spelt Behjet and Behget], an agent of the Pacha [Pāshā] of Egypt [‘Abbās Ḥilmī Pāshā]; Captain Stafford Bettesworth Haines, Political Agent at Aden; and the Bombay Steam Navigation Company. It is the second in a series of two items about missions from Egypt.The item concerns a mission of Beghet Agha, who was commissioned by the Pacha to purchase horses in Bahrein [Bahrain]. The item discusses his arrival in Aden, onward journey to Bombay [Mumbai], and charter of a steamer from the Bombay Steam Navigation Company to take him and his entourage to Muscat, Bahrein, Aden, and Suez. The Government of Bombay are advancing him money and providing coals for the steamer.The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft No 653_1853’ and ‘Collection No. 20 of No. 50 of 1853’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 476, and terminates at f 502, 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 item consists of copies of correspondence, minutes, and consultations cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; the Government of India; Lieutenant-Colonel Justin Sheil, HM Ambassador to Tehran; and Archibald David Robertson, Deputy Collector of Customs, Bombay.The item concerns complaints by Persian [Iranian] merchants that they are asked to pay excessive import duties at Indian ports and that the importation or transhipment of opium is not allowed. The item contains a report from the Deputy Collector of Customs, giving a statement of Persian imports and customs duties paid between 1848 and 1850, and an explanation of the Treaty of Commerce in force.The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft No 626’, ‘1852’ and ‘Collection No 3 of No 51’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 268, and terminates at f 281, 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: The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence, memoranda, and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, extracts from a Government of Bombay Political Consultation, 17 December 1846.The item relates to a request by Mahomed Hussain Khan [Muḥammad Ḥusayn Khān, also rendered in text as Mahomed Husson Khan] for passage on a steamer going from Bombay [Mumbai] to the Persian Gulf. As well as the request, the item contains a memorandum by the Political [Department] Secretary which provides background information on Mahomed Hussain Khan and his previous correspondence with the Government of Bombay on numerous topics, including a debt owed by a Bombay resident referred to as Khoja Tela [Khwājah Tilā(?)]. The memorandum also references other individuals who have requested passage from the Government of Bombay, including details of their requests and whether their requests were approved or declined.The item also includes the outcome of Mahomed Hussain Khan’s request.The title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Bombay Political Department’, ‘Draft No. 633/47, Collection No: 35 of No 51’, and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 568, and terminates at f 573, 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 item consists of copies of correspondence, consultations, and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. These political letters appear in IOR/F/4/2280/116915. The correspondents are the Government of Bombay and Gregor Grant, Senior Magistrate of Police at Bombay. It is the third in a series of five items on the trade in enslaved people.The item concerns the expenses incurred by Grant while providing for the liberated enslaved people brought to Bombay by the East India Company schooner
Mahi.The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft no 154/49’, and ‘Collection No 2 of No 33’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 426, and terminates at f 431 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. The sequence contains one foliation anomaly, f 430a.Pagination: the item also contains an original pagination 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. The correspondent is Major Samuel Hennell, British Resident in the Persian Gulf. It is the ninth in a series of eleven items.The item concerns the grant of registers to vessels belonging to Persian subjects residing in Bombay, in accordance with the Bombay Coasting Vessels Act, 1838.The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft no 689/48’, ‘Col[lection]: 17’, ‘Collection No 9 of No 45’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 288, and terminates at f 291 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 item consists of copies of correspondence, minutes, and consultations, cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. These political letters appear in IOR/F/4/2235/112011. It is the third in a series of five items on the Persian Gulf.The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Major Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf; Captain William Lowe, Senior Naval Officer in the Persian Gulf; and Commodore Sir Robert Oliver, Superintendent of the Indian Navy.The item concerns: the seizure, in the Gulf, of eleven vessels belonging to subjects of the Imam of Muscat and carrying enslaved people; the conveying of five of the boats and the enslaved people to Bombay [Mumbai]; and the question of what should now happen to the vessels, their crews, and the enslaved people. It includes a table containing details of the vessels seized (f 179), and five declarations of seizure completed by Lieutenant James Tronson, commanding the Honourable Company’s schooner
Mahi(ff 188-190).The item contains a table of contents (ff 172-173), and the title page (f 171) contains the following references: ‘Bombay Political Department’, ‘Draft N. 294/48’, ‘Vol: 3’, ‘Collection No. 1 of No. 135’, and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 171 and terminates at f 195, 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 item consists of copies of correspondence, minutes, and consultations cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Major George LeGrand Jacob, Political Agent, Kutch [Kachchh]; Henry Bartle Frere, Commissioner of Scinde [Sindh]; John Macleod, Deputy Collector of Customs, Scinde; and Barrow Helbert Ellis, Assistant Commissioner, Scinde. It is the third in a series of four volumes about the trade in enslaved people.The item concerns the replies of the Commissioner of Scinde and the Political Agent at Kutch to inquiries from the Bombay Government into whether traders from Scinde and Kutch were importing enslaved people into the Gulf.The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft No 217-1853’ and ‘Collection Vol: 4 of No. 121 of 1852’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 297, and terminates at f 304, 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 item consists of copies of correspondence, minutes, and consultations cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; and Archibald Spens, Senior Magistrate of Police, Bombay. It is the third in a series of four volumes about the trade in enslaved people.The item concerns the arrival at Bombay [Mumbai] of two women rescued from slavery at Bahrein [Bahrain].The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft No 217-1853’ and ‘Collection Vol: 3 of No. 106’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 290, and terminates at f 296, 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: 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, dated 1 October 1851 and found at IOR/F/4/2442/134094. Further enclosures can be found at IOR/F/4/2442/134097. The item is the fifth in a series of five items relating to the 'slave trade' [trade in enslaved people] in the Persian Gulf and on the Arabian Peninsula.The item relates to reports from Khojih Hiskael bin Yoosoof [Khawājah Ḥizqīl bin Yūsuf], Acting Native Agent at Muscat, that he has detained a vessel flying under British colours, the
Futhool Khyr[
Fatḥ al-Khayr], at Muscat after discovering it was carrying four Abyssinian [Ethiopian] enslaved females, between the ages of ten and twenty. The item concerns arrangements for:Bringing the Abyssinians to Bombay [Mumbai]Punishing the
Futhool Khyr's nakhoda, Husson bin Ali [Ḥusayn bin ‘Alī, nakhuda]Returning the
Futhool Khyrto its ownerReimbursing Hiskael bin Yoosoof and Shaik Abdool Ruhman bin Sueed bin Zueed [Shaikh ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Sa‘īd bin Zayd] for helping the Abyssinians during their stay in Muscat and their voyage to Bombay.Correspondents: Khojih Hiskael bin Yoosoof; Shaik Abdool Rahman; Archibald Spens, Senior Magistrate of Police, Bombay; Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf; Commodore John Patterson Porter, Commanding Indian Naval Squadron in the Persian Gulf; Commander A McDonald, Commanding Company steam frigate
Auckland; the Government of Bombay; and two different committees established to assess the condition of the
Futhool Khyr.The title page of the item contains the following references: 'Bombay Political Department', 'Draft No. 17 of 1852', 'Collection', 'Vol: 5', and 'Examiner's Office'. Originally, the reference read 'Collection No 2 of No 73', but 'No 2 of No 73' has been crossed out. The volume number was originally given as '4' but this has been crossed out and replaced with '5'.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 725, and terminates at f 747, 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 item consists of copies of correspondence, consultations, resolutions, and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. These political letters appear in IOR/F/4/2203/108134. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Major Samuel Hennell, British Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; and H Young, Collector of Customs at Bombay. It is the thirtieth in a series of thirty items.The item concerns the bugla [baghlah]
Moosooree, which left Bushire [Bushehr] without obtaining a port clearance from Hennell, and the measures taken in Bombay to enforce a penalty on the ship.The item contains a contents page, and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft 700/47, Collection No 18 of No 69’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 806, and terminates at f 812 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.