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1. ‘Persian Gulf. Wreck of the Bugla Futeh-ool-Rahmon, near Cape Jask – Vol: 33’
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- 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/4/2302/118727. The correspondents are the Government of Bombay and Major Samuel Hennell, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf. It is the thirty-third in a series of fifty-one items on the Persian Gulf.The item concerns the wreck of the Futeh-ool-Rahmon, a ship sailing under British colours which ran aground near Jask. The item details the loss of part of the cargo and the actions of Shaik Syf bin Nubhan [Sheikh Sayf bin Nabhān al-Mu‘awali], Governor of Bunder Abbass [Bandar-e ʻAbbas] and Meer Hajee [Mīr Ḥājī], Governor of Jask.The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Collection No 12 of No 169’, ‘Coll[ection]: 17’ and ‘Draft no 465 of 49’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 584, and terminates at f 588, 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.
2. ‘Persian Gulf. Wreck of the bugla “Futtey ool Rahman”, belonging to Aga Ali Akber Kazranee, off Capes Bahmadee and Jask’
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- Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, minutes, consultations, and resolutions, cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. These political letters appear in IOR/F/4/2416/130506. It is the fourteenth in a series of twenty-eight items on the Persian Gulf. The main correspondents are: the Government of Bombay and Major Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf.The item concerns several petitions presented to the Governor of Bombay by Aga Ali Akbar Kazranee [Āqā ‘Alī Akbar Kāzirunī, also rendered as Agha Ally Akbar Cazeroony in the item] regarding his vessel Futhool Rahmon[ Fatḥ al-Raḥmān. Multiple spellings for this name are present in the item], which ran aground near Jask in May 1848. Aga Ali Akbar Kazranee accuses Meer Hajee [Mīr Maʿṣūm, popularly known as Mīr Ḥājjī], the Governor of Jask, of carrying away the cargo and stores of the vessel. Hennel investigates, and decides there are not sufficient grounds to make a claim. The item includes letters to Hennell from Sheik Syf ben Nubhan [Shaikh Sayf bin Nabhān al-Mu‘awali], Governor of Bunder Abbas [Bandar-e ʻAbbas], and Ally ben Houssein [‘Alī bin Ḥusayn], nakhoda [nākhudā] of the Futhool Rahmon.The item contains a table of contents (f 586), and the title page (f 585) contains the following references: ‘Dft. No. 424 of 1851’, Collection No. 1, Vol. 14’, and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 585 and terminates at f 600, 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.
3. 'Telegraph Lines in Eastern Persia'
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- 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.
4. ‘FACTORY RECORDS: EARLY PAPERS ON PERSIA’
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- Abstract: These two volumes contain the East India Company’s early correspondence about Persia [Iran], together with translations of firmans [farmāns, i.e. edicts] and trading privileges [rughūms] issued by the Shah and various Persian administrators between 19 March 1621 and 3 August 1697.Physical description: Foliation: This file consists of two physical volumes inside a slipcase. The foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover of volume one (ff 1-124) and terminates at the inside back cover of volume two (ff 125-252); 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 circled and located in the bottom right corner of the recto side of each folio, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.Pagination: A pagination sequence is present in parallel between ff 19-235; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
5. 'Telegraph Station, Jask'
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- Abstract: Genre/Subject Matter:General view of the British Telegraph Station at Jask. Typical of British Colonial architecture, the installation consists of at least five two-storey structures featuring round arches.The foreground and middle-ground is made up of a stoney plain with little vegetation.Inscriptions:Upper right, in pencil alongside image: 'b', '41'Below image, in pen: 'Telegraph Station, Jask'Physical description: Dimensions:124 x 205 mmFormat:Albumen print on paperCondition:The print is in good condition with staining and light creasing in the sky area in the upper left and right corners and minor surface dirt throughout. Inscriptions on the verso are faintly visible on the recto.Foliation:‘b’ (crossed out); ‘41’Process:Albumen print
6. ‘Notes of a journey made between Shiraz and Jashk, via Fassa, Darab, Bandar Abbas, and Minab.’
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- Abstract: Confidential notes of a journey made through Persia [Iran] from Shiraz to Jashk [Jāsk], via Fassa [Fasā], Dārāb, Bandar Abbas [Bandar-e ʻAbbās] and Mīnāb, by John Richard Preece, Assistant Superintendent of the Telegraph Department, Persia. The report was published by the Intelligence Branch, Office of the Quarter Master General in India, and printed by the Superintendent of Government Printing, India in Calcutta [Kolkata] in 1884.The report is diaristic in form, running from Preece’s departure from Shiraz on 29 January 1884, through to his arrival in Jashk on 19 March 1884. The report records: topography; settlements, including some descriptions of their size, population, condition; weather conditions on the route; the condition of roads; agricultural and industrial activity, including livestock numbers; water sources. Two tables of statistics follow the report, both dated 15 August 1884. The first contains temperature and barometer measurements taken by Preece throughout the course of his journey, the second is a list of stations along the route, and the distances between them in miles.Places referred to in the text are given their names in Persian script in the margin throughout.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 28; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, 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.
7. 'Extracts of Capt. Best's Journals Given by way of Instruction'
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- Abstract: Volume containing extracts from journals kept by Captain Thomas Best during various voyages between 1612 and 1617.Folios 2-4 cover a voyage aboard the Hosianderfrom Surat, India, to Achene [Banda Aceh, Indonesia], January 1612 [New Style date 1613]-April 1613.Folios 6-8 contain an account of a voyage aboard the Lionfrom the Cape of Good Hope to Surat, June-October 1615.Folios 9-10 contain an account of a voyage aboard the Hosianderfrom Daman, India, to Surat, September 1612.Folios 11-18 contain instructions for sailing from England to Indonesia.Folios 20-53 cover a voyage aboard the Jamesfrom England to Surat, March 1615 [New Style date 1616]-September 1616, from Surat to Jasquet [Bandar-e Jask, Iran] and back, November 1616-February 1616 [New Style date 1617], and from Surat to Bantam [Banten, Java, Indonesia], March-July 1617.The extracts contain information on navigation, winds, weather, contact with other ships, and general observations.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 53; 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.
8. 'Memorandum on the Financial Obligations of the British, Indian and Persian Governments respectively in relation to Telegraph Lines in Persia.'
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- 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.
9. 'Memorandum on the Financial Obligations of the British, Indian and Persian Governments respectively in relation to Telegraph Lines in Persia.'
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- Abstract: This file consists of a memorandum concerning the financial obligations of the British, Indian and Persian Governments respectively in relation to telegraph lines in Persia. The memorandum is divided into sections as follows:Jask royalty and claims for wilful damage (the claims in question being against the Persian Government);Central Persia line;Henjam-Bunder Abbas [Henjān-Bandar-e ʻAbbās] line;Arabistan [Khūzestān] telegraph lines reconstruction;Robat-Seistan [Robāţ-e Meshkī-Sīstān-e Balūchestān] line;Kerman-Bunder Abbas line.Each section provides details of the costs of construction of the line(s) in question, plus the amount payable by the Persian Government. For some of the lines, details of costs incurred by other bodies, such as HM Treasury, the Foreign Office, and the India Office, are included.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at f 211, and terminates at f 216, 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.Pagination: the volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
10. ‘A Journall kepte by me Archebell Jennison my firste voyadge to the East Indies in the London with captaine Andrew Shillinge, mrBlithe in the Harte vise admirall, mrSwann in the Rooebucke rear admiral, and MrBrowne in the Eagell, wthfleete I beseech the Allmighty God to prosper wtha good voyage, a happy and successull retourne to his glory. Amen.’
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- Abstract: This volume consists of journal (log book) kept by Archibald Jennison. The journal entries are dated 25 March 1620 to 13 June 1622.The entries record the East India Company ship Londonsailing from the Downs on 25 March 1620, and then record the ship’s arrival at the following places: Saldaniya [Saldanha] (24 June 1620), Swally [Suvali, near Surat] (9 November 1620), and Jasquis [Jask] (19 December 1620).Jennison records the London’sarrival at Swally on 3 February 1620 [New Style date 3 February 1621], before stating that he left the Londonand went to be Captain of the Garde(a Portuguese prize ship) from 18 March 1620 [New Style date 18 March 1621] until 5 April 1621, after which he transferred to the East India Company ship Hart, and then to a captured vessel which had been bound for Muscat.The journal then records the ships anchoring at Soar [probably either Sohar or Sur, Oman] on 24 June 1621, after which Jennison returned to the Londonfor a while and then rejoined the Hart.Subsequent entries record Jennison’s ship reaching Surratt [Surat] in October 1621, before anchoring at St Hellena [St Helena] on 19 February 1622 [New Style date 19 February 1623], and in the Downes [Downs] on 7 June 1622.Entries for when the ship was at sea mostly record: measurements of latitude and longitude; the course of the ship; the position of the ship and bearings of land; and wind direction.The journal also includes tables recording the following: the date, knots (Kn:), fathoms (ffa:), leagues (Lea:), course (cour:), latitude (Lat:), longitude (Long:), wind, and variation (Va:); for 26 July to 7 November 1620.Entries for when the ship was at anchor include information about goods being unloaded from the ship, and goods being loaded onto the ship, and other ships encountered.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 33; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
11. Expedition: Journal, John Rowe
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- Abstract: This volume consists of a journal (log book) of a voyage of the East India Company ship Expeditionto Swalley [Suvali, near Surat] to Jasquis [Jask] in Persia [Iran], and back to Swalley, recorded by John Rowe.The journal records the ship setting sail from Swalley on 30 October 1618, arriving at Jasquis on 22 November 1618 and departing on 11 December 1618, and arriving at Swalley again on 10 January 1618 [New Style date 10 January 1619].Entries for when the ship was at sea record information including: the course of the ship; bearings of land; measurements of latitude and longitude and variation; the depth of water; wind direction; sightings of land; and sightings of other ships.Entries for when the ship was at Jask record information including: goods being unloaded from the ship and taken ashore; goods being loaded onto the ship; sightings of other ships; and decisions made regarding what should happen to the crew and goods of two prize ships which had been taken.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 19; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
12. Charles: Journal, Henry Crosby
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- Abstract: Journal kept by Henry Crosby between 1619 and 1624, including voyages on the East India Company ships Charlesand Exchange.Folios 8-15 cover the voyage of the Charlesfrom England to Surat, March-October 1619, from Surat to Jasquet [Bandar-e Jask, Iran] and back, November 1619-January 1619 [New Style date, 1620], and from Surat to Achine [Banda Aceh, Indonesia], March-April 1620 (Captain John Bickell).Folios 15-16 state that Henry Crosby departed Achine aboard the Rauebuckein July 1620 and spent the next months trading along the coast of Sumatra before arriving at Jakatraye [Jakarta] in December. The Rauebuckecould be presumed to be the same as the East India Company ship Roebuck, except that the journal for the Roebuckfound in IOR/L/MAR/A/XXX states that the ship is travelling between the Cape of Good Hope and Surat in July-December 1620.For the remainder of the journal it is not clear which ship Crosby is aboard, until he arrives in England aboard the Exchange(Captain Richard Swanley). It has been presumed that he departed from Jakatraye in the Exchange, as there is no further mention of him changing ships.Folios 16-24 cover the voyage, presumably of the Exchange, from Jakatraye to patrol the coast of Mozambique as part of the Anglo-Dutch Fleet of Defence, with a base at the Island of Molala [Moheli, Comoros], October 1621-July 1622.Folios 24-29 cover continued service with the Anglo-Dutch Fleet of Defence, travelling from Molala to Surat, August-October 1622, patrolling the coast of India and joining a blockade of Goa, November 1622-April 1623, and arriving at Jakatraye in June 1623. Folio 28 describes an earthquake that was felt at sea off the coast of Sumatra on 27 May 1623.Folios 29-34 cover the voyage of the Exchange, accompanied by the East India Company ship Elizabeth, from Jakatraye to England, December 1623-June 1624.The journal consists of daily entries of information on navigation, winds, weather, contact with other ships, including engagements against Portuguese ships, and general observations.The margins contain several pencil annotations, presumed to have been added by someone within the India Office during the twentieth century.The dates provided in folios 8-20 have been altered to a year earlier than originally written. The altered dates fit with the remainder of the volume and are presumed to be correct.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 37; 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.
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