Abstract: The volume, stamped ‘Secret’ on the front cover and frontispiece, is part 1 (historical and political materials) of a précis the arms trade in the Persian Gulf, covering the years 1883 to 1904. It was prepared by Lieutenant Cecil Hamilton Gabriel of the Indian Army, and published in 1904 by the Government of India Foreign Department, Simla, India.The précis comprises copies of correspondence relating to: the nature and extent of the arms traffic between various parts and ports of the Gulf and the wider Indian Ocean region: chiefly in and around Maskat [Muscat], but also on the Mekran [Makran] coast, the route between Zanzibar and Maskat, Bahrein [Bahrain], Koweit [Kuwait], Oman and Somaliland [Somalia], and between the Persian Gulf and the northwest frontier [Afghanistan]; reports of the seizure or surrender of arms, or vessels carrying arms, including the seizure of the SS
Baluchistanin 1898, and arms traded by the company Fracis, Times & Co.; agreements between the British Government and local rulers for the suppression of the arms trade; the issue of licenses for the export of arms; arms traffic in the Gulf, in relation to French, Italian, Persian and Turkish Governments; instructions for naval officers in the Persian Gulf in relation to the arms traffic.Physical description: Foliation: The foliation sequence commences at the front cover and terminates at the inside back cover; 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 volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence, with page numbers located top and centre of each page.
Abstract: This volume is Part III of Volume 1 of the
Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf, ’Omān and Central Arabia(Government of India: 1915) compiled John Gordon Lorimer. The contents are divided into two sections and contain genealogical tables of Persian Gulf and Arabian ruling families, and one map, housed in pockets.Genealogical Trees:'Table of the ruling Āl Bū Sa’īdī families of ’Omān and Zanzibar' (folio 2A, inside 'Pocket No. 1');'Table of the ruling Qasimi family of Shārjah in Trucial ’Omān' (folio 4, inside 'Pocket No. 2');'Table of the ruling Āl Bū Falāh (Bani Yās) family of Abu Dhabi in Trucial ’Omān' (folio 5, inside 'Pocket No. 3');'Table of the ruling Āl Bū Falāsah (Bani Yās) family of Dibai in Trucial ’Omān' (folio 6A, inside 'Pocket No. 4);'Table of ruling Āl ’Alī family of Umm-al-Qaiwain in Trucial ’Omān' (folio 7, inside 'Pocket No. 5');'Table of the ruling Āl Bū Kharaibān (Na’īm) family of ’Ajmān in Trucial ’Omān' (folio 8A, inside 'Pocket No. 6');'Table of Qāsimi family formerly ruling Lingeh' (folio 9, 'Pocket No. 7');'Table of the ruling Āl Tānī (Ma’ādhīd) family of Dōhah in Qatar' (folio 10A, 'Pocket No. 8');'Table of the ruling Āl Khalīfah (’Atbi) family of Bahrain (Sheet No. 1)'. (folio 11, 'Pocket No. 9');'Table of the ruling Āl Khalīfah (’Atbi) family of Bahrain (Sheets Nos. 2 and 3)' (folios 12A and 12B, 'Pocket 10');'Table of the ruling Āl Subah (’Atbi) family of Kuwait' (folio 13, 'Pocket No. 11');'Table of the ruling (Wahhābi) Āl Sa’ūd (’Anizah) family of Southern Najd (Sheets Nos. 1,2 and 3)' (folios 14, 15 and 16, 'Pocket No. 12');'Table of the ruling (Wahhābi) Āl Sa’ūd (Anizah) family of Souther Najd (Sheets Nos. 4 and 5)' (folios 17 and 18, 'Pocket No. 13');'Table of the ruling Āl Rashid (Shammar) family of Jabal Shammar' (folio 19, 'Pocket No. 14');'Table of the ruling Abul Khail (’Anizah) family of Buraidah in Qāsim' (folio 20, 'Pocket No. 15');'Table of the ruling Salaimi (Sabai) family of ’Anaizah in Qāsim' (folio 21, 'Pocket No. 16');'Table of the Qādirīyah (Saiyid) family of the Naqībis of Baghdād in Turkish Irāq' (folio 22, 'Pocket No. 17').There is also one map:'Chart Showing the Pearl Banks along the Arabian Shore of the Persian Gulf between Ras Tanurah and Diba, vide Page 2253 of Part II' (folio 27, 'Pocket No. 25').The geneaological tables were compiled by Lorimer in 1906 and 1907 and some were based on information provided by John Calcott Gaskin, Francis Beville Prideaux, and Stuart George Knox, Political Agents at Bahrain and Kuwait, as well as a number of native informants. The tables typically contain named (in Arabic and English) and unnamed individuals, chronological lists of rulers, and notes on the compilation and arrangement of the tables, and references to other parts of the
Gazetteer.The volume is labelled on the spine as 'For Official Use'.Physical description: Foliation: The foliation sequence is circled in pencil, in the top right corner of the recto of each folio. It begins on the first folio with text, on number 1, and ends on the last folio with text, on number 30.Foliation anomalies: folio 2 is followed by folio 2A; f. 6 is followed by folio 6A; folio 8 is followed by folio 8A; folio 10 is followed by folio 10A; folio 12 is followed by folio 12A and folio 12B; folio 13 is followed by folio 13A; folio 18 is followed by folio 18A; folio 20 is followed by folio 20A.
Abstract: The volume contains copies of letters sent in 1849 by Major Samuel Hennell, British Political Resident in the Persian Gulf at Bushire, mainly to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary to the Government of Bombay in the Political Department, Bombay Castle and to Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Farrant, British Chargé d’Affaires at the Court of the Shah of Persia, Tehran.In May and June 1849, Major Hennell undertook his annual tour of the Trucial Coast Sheikhdoms of the Persian Gulf, aboard the Honourable Company (HC) sloop of war
Elphinstone(folios 90-91, 93, 25, 201). During Hennell’s absence from the British Political Residency at Bushire, his official correspondence was carried out by Lieutenant Arnold Burrowes Kemball, the Assistant Resident.The correspondence is predominantly political, discussing events in the Persian Gulf in terms of their significance for British foreign policy, relations and interests in the region. The main topics of discussion are: British suppression of piracy and slave trafficking in the Persian Gulf, relations between the Arab Maritime Chiefs of the Trucial Coast, the Imam of Muscat and the Ruler of Nedgd [Najd], relations between British and Persian authorities in Shiraz and Bushire.Many of the Resident’s letters to the Bombay Government refer to enclosures, the majority of which are present in the volume, including several documents dated 1848 and one document dated 1846 (folios 4-5). Among the enclosures are copies of the Resident’s Arabic and Persian correspondence with agents, officials and rulers. These are in the form of English translations only.MUSCAT: Khojeh Hiskael the British Government Native Agent at Muscat, Syed Soweynee [Sayyid Thuwayni bin Sa‘id Al Bu Sa‘id] the Governor of Muscat and the Imam of Muscat [Sa`id bin Sultan Al Sa‘id] correspond with the Resident about the importation of African slaves by sea from Zanzibar to Muscat; the contemplation of an attack on Bahrain by the Imam of Muscat at the request of Bahrain seceders; alleged aggressions against the territories of the Imam of Muscat by Sheikh Syf ben Humood [Sayyid Syf bin Ḥamūd Āl Bū Sa‘īd] and Sheikh Sultan ben Sugger [Sultan bin Saqr] of Rysulkhyma [Ras Al-Khaimah] (folios 131-135, 231-231).BAHRAIN: Hajee Jassem the British Government Native Agent at Bahrein and Sheikh Mahomed ben Khuleefa [Shaikh Muḥammed bin Khalīfah Āl Khalīfah] the Chief of Bahrein correspond with the Resident about piracy in Bahrein; the death in Muscat of ex-Chief of Bahrein Abdoollah ben Ahmed [‘Abdullāh bin Aḥmad Āl Khalīfah] on 6 March 1849; the restoration of peace in Bahrain following the settlement of Sheikh Mahomed ben Khuleefa’s quarrel with Bahrain seceders and his reconciliation with rival tribal leaders; the plans of Ameer Fysul [Al Sa‘ud, Amir Faisal bin Turki bin Abdullah] the Ruler of Nedgd [Najd] to recover possession of Brymee [Buraimi] and rebuild Adeed [Khor al-Udaid] (folios 6-9, 37-38, 48, 55-56, 60-61, 140-142, 170-171, 198-199, 260, 283-284).SHARJAH: Moollah Houssein the British Government Native Agent at Shargah forwards to the Resident a reply he has received from Sheikh Sultan ben Suggur of Rysulkhyma about the importation of African slaves into Shargah; he also sends several reports to the Resident about various matters, including the siege of Brymee and its eventual surrender by Sheikh Saeed ben Tahnoon [Said bin Tahnun Al Nahayan] the Chief of Aboothabee [Abu Dhabi] to the forces of Ameer Fysul the Ruler of Nedgd (folios 10-14, 19-21, 42-44, 52-53, 58, 154-157, 161-164, 166-168, 207-208).OMAN: Ameer Fysul the Ruler of Nedgd and the Shereef (Sharif) of Mecca correspond with the Resident about Sheikh Saeed Tahnoon's seizure and eventual surrender of Brymee (folios 27-28, 58-59, 164-165).SHIRAZ: Meerza (Mirza) Mahmood the British Government Native Agent at Shiraz sends several reports to the Resident about the gradual restoration of public order in Shiraz, following the arrival of Prince Bahram Meerza the new Governor of Fars, on 3 February 1848 (folios 14-17, 40-41, 89-90, 92).BUSHIRE: the Resident corresponds with Prince Bahram Meerza the Governor of Fars about excessive amounts of Persian import duty demanded from Bushire merchant Joseph Malcolm, for imported sugar landed at Bushire in a British merchant ship (folios 64-67, 78, 95-96, 227-228). The Resident also corresponds with Sheikh Nasir Khan the Governor of Bushire about a runaway slave belonging to a Persian subject, seeking refuge aboard a British merchant ship in the port of Bushire (folios 63-64, 193). There are also copies in English of petitions, hearing transcripts and witness statements, relating to two separate and formal investigations conducted by the Resident at Bushire into: the plundering of a shipwrecked Persian vessel in May 1848, including correspondence with Sheikh Syf ben Nubhan, Governor of Bunder Abbas [Bandar-e ʻAbbās] (folios 274-277); stolen goods passed to a Bushire merchant (folios 237-247).Physical description: The original volume cover and cover title no longer exist. The contents have been rebound in two volumes. An identical volume title, together with part number 1 or 2, is printed on the spine of both volumes.Foliation: the contents in the volume labelled Part 1, are numbered 1-67, 68, 68A, 69-148. The contents in the volume labelled Part 2, are numbered 149-300. Folio number 286 is blank. The numbering is written in pencil on the recto, in the top right corner and encircled. The cover and the two blank folios at the front and back of each volume are unnumbered. This is the main numbering system and should be used for referencing these two volumes.Pagination: the contents in the volume labelled Part 1 are also numbered 1-141, 142, 142a, 143-297. The contents in the volume labelled Part 2 are also numbered 298-570. The numbering is written in ink in the top right or left corner on the recto and verso respectively.
Abstract: Government of India Foreign Department letters marked ‘Secret’, ‘General’, or ‘Political’ and sent to His Grace the Duke of Argyll, Her Majesty’s Secretary of State for India, with enclosures. The papers are reporting on the state of affairs in a number of regions including: the Khanate of Khiva, the Khanate of Khelat [Kalat], Afghanistan, Persia [Iran], Yemen, Nejd [Najd], Oman, Zanzibar, and Turkish Arabia.The correspondence related to the state of affairs in Oman and Zanzibar [Sultanate of Muscat and Oman] covers: the violation of the rights of British subjects at Sohar [Suhar] by Ibrahim bin Ghes [Ibrāhīm bin Qais Āl Bū Sa‘īd, Governor of Sohar]; ‘the application of Seyd Toorkee [Sayyid Turkī bin Sa‘īd Āl Bū Sa‘īd] for payment of the Zanzibar subsidy’; ‘the alleged importation of slaves on the Arabian Coast under the French flag’ from Zanzibar; the hostilities by sea between Syed Ibrahim bin Ghes and the Sooltan [Sulṭān] of Muscat; the re-lease of the Customs Revenue of Zanzibar by Syud Burgash bin Saeed bin Sooltan [Sayyid Barghash bin Sa‘īd bin Sulṭān]; and ‘An account of the Tenets of the IBADHI Sect of ‘Oman’, translated from an Arabic manuscript work by the Political Agent at Muscat.The correspondence related to the state of affairs in the Khanate of Khelat covers: a raid committed from Khelat territory into Persian territory by a Persian subject; the demarcation of the Perso-Khelat boundary; the disputes between the Khan of Khelat and his nobles; the Marri [also spelled in the volume as Murree] and Bogtee [Bugti] tribes’ activities; trade routes and trading activities; proposed measures for preserving the peace of the Sind [Sindh] frontier; and petitions raised by a number of Sirdars from Khelat.The correspondence contains copies of Cabul [Kabul] diaries reporting on the state of affairs in Afghanistan. The diaries include news on the deputation of an envoy from the Khan of Khiva to the Amir of Afghanistan, Sher Ali Khan [Shīr ‘Alī Khān, also spelled in the volume as Shere]; the spread of cholera; military operations; the appointment and dismissal of local governors; the Budukshan [Badakhshan, also spelled in the volume as Badakshan] affair; the boundary between Afghanistan and Bokhara [Bukhara]; relations between Afghanistan and the Russian Empire; and correspondence between the Governor General of Russian Toorkistan [Turkestan] and the Amir in relation to border affairs.The correspondence contains news reports of affairs at Aden covering: the spread of cholera at Aden and Hodeida [Al Hudaydah]; the attack on Hodeida by the Arab tribe of Asseerees [‘Asīr]; accounts of the trade routes leading to Aden and the principal tribes in the neighbourhood with which the Government of India have treaty relations; the Political Resident at Aden, Major-General Charles William Tremenheere, visiting Lahej territory; the advance of Turkish troops in Yemen; reports of incidents on board British ships; military action towards the Munsooree [Al-Manṣūrī, also al-Manāṣīr] and the Soobaihee [al-Ṣabīha, also spelled in the volume as Soobahees] tribes of Yemen; an agreement signed between the Soobaihee chiefs of Yemen and the Political Resident at Aden related to roads safety; a detailed ‘report of the Arab tribes and the vicinity of Aden’ prepared by Captain William Francis Prideaux, Assistant to the Political Resident at Aden; and an agreement signed between the tribe of the Foodthlees [al-Faḍlī] of Yemen and the Political Resident at Aden.Other topics covered in the volume are:The military operations of Russia in Central Asia‘The subject of the sovereignty of Kohuk [Kuhak, also spelled in the volume as Kuak]’ with detailed description of the Perso-Baloch frontierThe employment by the Ottoman Government of an English diver, James Thomas, in seeking for pearls on the Arab Coast of the Persian Gulf‘Complaint made by the Persian Government of instructions having been issued to Her Majesty’s representative at Gwadur [Gwadar] to recognise Charbar [Chah-Bahar, a town on the Makran coast of Persian Baluchistan] as belonging to Muscat’‘A piratical attack on the British India Steam Navigation Company’s steam ship
Cashmereat Busreh [Basra, also spelled in the volume as Busrah]’The claim of Hajee Moosa Meymennee [Ḥājī Mūsa Mīmanī, also spelled in the volume as Meymenee], a British Indian subject, to compensation for ‘the wheat supplied by him to the people of Bushire [Bushehr] under a compulsory order of the Persian Government’‘The infraction of the interdict on the export of grain and provisions from Persian ports’An account by Dr David Livingstone, Her Majesty’s Consul in Inner Africa, of his explorations in Central Africa‘The trade between India and the Persian Gulf, and the proposal for a new Commercial Treaty with Persia’The dispute between Turkey and Bahrein [Bahrain] concerning the murder of a Turkish messenger, and other Bahrein AffairsThe Turkish expedition to NejdNews of the arrival and departure of ships at Kateef [Qatif], Ojair [Al-Uqayr], Ras Tanoorah [Ras Tanura] and other portsThe request of Messrs Gray, Paul and Company for permission to place steam barges at Bushire for the purpose of landing and shipping cargoRelations between the Russian authorities and the Turkoman tribes‘Captain St. John’s explorations in Persia, and containing information on certain points of Persian geography’The arbitral opinion given by Major General on special mission Frederick John Goldsmid, in the matter of the Seistan [Sistan] arbitrationNews of appointments of British Agents and other officials in various locations in the Persian Gulf and Afghanistan.Among the main correspondents in the volume are: Charles Umpherston Aitchison, the Secretary to the Government of India, Foreign Department; D C Macnabb, Officiating Commissioner and Superintendent, Peshawur [Peshawur] Division; C Alison, Her Britannic Majesty’s Minister at Teheran [Tehran]; Ronald Thomson, Her Majesty’s Chargé d’Affaires at Teheran; Colonel C Herbert, Her Majesty’s Political Agent at Baghdad; H LePoer Wynne, Under Secretary to the Government of India; Captain G J Stevens, Commandant, Aden Troop; Colonel Lewis Pelly, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; Dr John Kirk, Acting Political Agent and Her Majesty’s Consul at Zanzibar; Major Edward Charles Ross, Her Majesty’s Political Agent and Consul at Muscat; Captain C Grant, Assistant Resident in the Persian Gulf; and Captain C H Harrison, Political Agent at Khelat.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 985; 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 volume also contains an intermittent pagination sequence.
Abstract: The volume contains letters to the Secret Committee of the East India Company from: Lieutenant-Colonel Davies, in charge of the Residency in the Persian Gulf; the Officiating Resident in the Persian Gulf, Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Dundas Robertson; HM’s Consuls and East India Company’s Agents in Syria, Richard Wood and H Moore; and the East India Company’s Agent with the Imaum [Imām] of Muscat (also spelled Muskat in this volume), Captain Atkins Hamerton. The letters to the Secret Committee are dated 10 January 1842 to 13 April 1844.Letters from the Residency in the Persian Gulf discuss affairs at Karrak [Kharg Island], in particular: the evacuation of Karrak by British troops; the apparent apprehension of the island’s inhabitants at the prospect of the island being delivered up to the Governor of Bushire [Bushehr], Sheikh Nasser [Shaikh Nāṣir, also spelled Nassir in this volume]; the proceedings of a man who had arrived on Karrack as a deweish [dervish], claiming to be Jehan Loz Mirza [Jahānsūz Mīrzā], a son of the late Futtih Allee Shah [Fatḥ-‘Alī Shāh Qājār] of Persia [Iran], and stating that he had opposed the accession of the present King [Shāh] of Persia.The letters from the Residency also discuss affairs in Persia including: the Residency moving back to Bushire; the visit of the Prince of Sheeraz [Shiraz] to Bushire; and the King of Persia having expressed ‘a real or pretended jealousy’ at Robertson choosing staying at Karrack after he had received a firman from the King permitting him to reside at Khoormooj [Khormoj] during the summer.Other matters discussed in the letters from the Residency include:Affairs in Nedjd [Najd, also spelled Nedgd in this volume], including Abdoolla bin Sooneyaun [Amīr ‘Abdullāh bin Thunayān Āl Sa‘ūd, also spelled Abdoolah bin Sooneyan] declaring himself Ruler of NedjdA French corvette,
La Favourite, visiting the Persian Gulf on a roving cruiseRobertson’s attempts to suppress the traffic in ‘slaves’ [trade in enslaved people] between Africa and the GulfThe dispute between the ‘Chief’ of Aboothabee [Ruler of Abu Dhabi], Khuleefa ben Shackboot [Shaikh Khalīfah bin Shakhbūṭ Āl Nahyān], and Sultan ben Suggur of Sharga [Shaikh Sulṭān I bin Ṣaqr al-Qāsimī, Ruler of Ra’s al-Khaymah and Sharjah]The renewal of the annual maritime truceRobertson reporting the apparently wide-spread belief amongst inhabitants of the Persian Gulf that Britain intends to acquire territory in the GulfAffairs in Bahrein [Bahrain], including murders committed by parties contending against each other.There is also an enclosed memorandum from Robertson to the Secretary to the Government of Bombay on British influence in the Persian Gulf (ff 23-26).Letters from HM’s Consuls and East India Company’s Agents in Syria relate to matters including:The cessation of the hostilities which had broken out between the different sects which inhabit the district of Mount Lebanon (following the intervention of the Seraskier Mustafa Pasha [Muṣṭafá Pāshā] at the head of a commission from Constantinople [Istanbul])Transmission of mail, including the local government at Damascus having established a post from Damascus to Beyrout [Beirut], and their apparent intention of establishing one from Damascus to Bagdad [Baghdad], in competition with the East India Company’s line of communication between the Persian Gulf and Beyrout through SyriaNegib (or Nejib) Pasha [Muḥammad Najīb Pāshā] being removed from the Pashalic [Pashalik, or Eyalet] of Damascus to the Government of Bagdad and Ally (or Aly) Pasha [‘Alī Riḍā Pāshā] of Baghdad being appointed to the Pashalic of DamascusInsurrection in the ‘districts’ of Orfa [Urfa or Rakka] and Mesopotamia [Iraq].Letters from the East India Company’s Agent with the Imaum of Muscat discuss matters including:The intention of the Imaum of Muscat, Saeid bin Sultan [Sayyid Sa‘īd bin Sulṭān Āl Bū Sa‘īd], to send his ship Sultaneh to London with letters of petition to Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom, the Earl of Aberdeen (British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs), and Lord Palmerston (enclosed), in an effort to modify in his favour the position of the British Government on the suppression of the ‘slave trade’Hamerton reporting attempts by the American Consul and ‘the American party’ at Zanzibar to negatively influence the Imaum’s views against Hamerton and the East India CompanyThe Imaum requiring the principal ‘native’ merchants at Zanzibar, who are Indian British subjects, to sign a declaration making themselves citizens of Zanzibar, foregoing their British subject status and British protectionThe fears of the Imaum of Muscat about French encroachments on his African possessions, following the inhabitants of the island of Nos Beh [Nosy Be] being induced to end their allegiance to the Imaum and place themselves under French protection.Letters from Robertson include some enclosed letters: translated copies of letters from Abdoolah bin Sooneyan and Sayd bin Mootluck [Sa‘d bin Muṭlaq] to Sultan bin Suggur; and letters from Robertson to the Secretary to the Government of Bombay and HM Chargé d’Affaires at the Court of Persia, Lieutenant-Colonel Justin Sheil.Enclosures in letters from Richard Wood include a letter from Wood to HM Consul and East India Company Agent at Bagdad Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Taylor.Enclosures in letters from Hamerton include: letters from Hamerton to the Secretary to the Government of Bombay; translated copies of letters from Queen Smeko [Tsiomeko] of the Sackalavee [Sakalava] tribe on the island of Nos Beh to the Imaum of Muscat; a memorandum by Hamerton on the extent to which the ‘slave trade’ is carried on by subjects of the Imaum of Muscat at Zanzibar and the coast of Africa under the dominion of the Imaum of Muscat (ff 127-132); and a report on French proceedings in the territories of the Imaum of Muscat (ff 133-140).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 229; 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 pagination sequence is also present in parallel between ff 8-157; these numbers are written in ink and are not circled.
Abstract: This file concerns the conclusion of the Treaty of Friendship, Commerce and Navigation with the Sultan of Muscat, Sayyid Fayṣal bin Turkī Āl Bū Sa‘īd on 19 March 1891. The new treaty was modelled on a recently concluded treaty with Zanzibar. It superseded the Treaty of Commerce of May 1839 and its main purpose was to shut out French interests and influence in Muscat.Correspondence in the volume is between the British Political Resident in the Persian Gulf at Bushire and the Political Agent at Muscat, as well as British officials in the Foreign Department of the Government of India, the Foreign Office and at Zanzibar. There are also copies of correspondence from the Sultan of Muscat.The file has an index on folio 2A. Subjects within the file include: the exclusion of Cape of Good Hope from the Treaty (folios 88, 94); importation of arms and ammunition (folio 37); the expiration of the Treaty (folios 108, 112-114); British protection for Goanese subjects under the Treaty (folios 144-148, 154-156); modifications to the Treaty (folios 119-120); accession to Natal (folios 88, 94); accession to Newfoundland (folios 95-96); draft of the Treaty (folios 8-17, 22-31); draft protocol (folios 74-77); accession to Queensland (folios 95-96); draft of Revised Treaty (1904-1905) (folios 138-170); Separate Declaration by Sultan as to non-cession of his dominions (folios 54-57, 61-62); treaty executed but not-ratified (folios 49-53); Zanzibar Commercial Treaty (1886) (folios 18-21, 40-48).Physical description: Foliation: Foliation numbers are circled in pencil, in the top right corner of the recto of each folio. They begins on the title page, on number 1B, and end on the last folio of writing, on number 170. The file contains the following foliation amendments: folios 1A-B; folios 2A-C; folios 4A-B; folios 78A-B; folios 79A-B.
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; Captain Atkins Hamerton, British Consul and Agent in the Dominions of the Imam of Muscat; and the Bombay Medical Board. It is the thirty-fifth in a series of fifty-one items on the Persian Gulf.The item concerns a request by Hamerton for more medicines to be supplied to him, specifying the formats which are most useful in Zanzibar’s climate.The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Collection No 14 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 593, and terminates at f 596, 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: Genre/Subject Matter:This panoramic view of the waterfront in Zanzibar is composed of five joined albumen prints. Taken from an elevated position, this view looks out onto the harbour, with the dhow fleet at anchor from centre to right of the image and several British naval vessels at left.In the middle- and foreground to the right stone-built fortifications enclose an area occupied by palm-frond and wooden structures. At far right and far left flag-staffs may indicate the presence of British colonial buildings.Immediately right of centre three cannon point out to sea from the quayside. Several flat-roofed buildings occupy the foreground at the centre of the image while at left of centre a large warehouse-like structure dominates the middle-ground. At far left stands a white-washed, crenellated building.The image is captioned, dated and signed in pencil on the reverse of the leftmost image by Sir John Kirk, who was British Consul General in Zanzibar at this time.Inscriptions:Verso, in pencil: 'Zanzibar 1875 - J Kirk'Below image, in pen: 'Zanzibar'Physical description: Dimensions:126 x 985 mm[R‒L: 126 x 204 mm; 126 x 191 mm; 126 x 176 mm; 126 x 201 mm; 126 x 204 mm]Format:Albumen print on paper, backed and jointed with linenCondition:The prints are in good condition with minor surface dirt throughout. The furthermost print on the right is stained heavily in the sky area, likely due to the influence of the paste underneath. The furthermost print to the left is severely creased, particularly at left. The print second from left is heavily toned in the left of the image. All other images are also creased, near or at the joints.Foliation:‘120’Process:Albumen print
Abstract: This file is a list of nine resolutions passed by the East African Slave Trade Committee as part of Britain's efforts to prohibit and regulate slave traffic in that area.Physical description: Condition: the file is contained within a bound volume that contains a number of other files.Foliation: The foliation for this description commences at f 99, and terminates at f 99, 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.
Abstract: Genre/Subject Matter:The album contains landscape and architectural views of locations in India, the Persian Gulf, Burma, Florence, China (Yarkand in the latter-day Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region), Zanzibar, the Andaman Islands, Balochistan, Scotland as well as group and individual portraits of indigenous groups, colonial administrators and families of colonial administrators. A number of non-photographic elements are also to be found in the album, including four ink and watercolour drawings, and several printed images. The prints are lightly mounted on the page, the majority captioned. They date from the 1860s‒1890s.The album forms part of the collection of Sir James Robert Dunlop Smith (1858‒1921), a British official in the Indian Army, but there are strong indications that it was compiled by Sir Charles Umpherston Aitchison (1832‒96), Chief Commissioner of the British Crown Colony of Burma (1878‒80) and, later Lieutenant Governor of Punjab (1882‒87), whose daughter Beatrice Clementina married Dunlop Smith.Elements:1) High Court Calcutta2) The Strand Calcutta3) Lall Dighi & Post Office, Calcutta4) Eden Gardens Calcutta5) The Maidan & Government House, Calcutta6) United Service Club, Calcutta7) The Outram Statue, Calcutta8) The Cathedral Calcutta9) The Post Office, Calcutta10) Lall Dighi & Post Office, Calcutta11) Looshais ‒ Captn Lewin12) Looshais13) Raja of Sikkim and suite ‒ Lt: Govr. of Bengal and suite [Darjeeling] Sir George Campbell14) Lt: Govr. of Bengal and suite with Raja of Sikkim and followers [Darjeeling] Sir George Campbell15) Lord Mayor's Tomb16) The Mall, Simla, in Winter. Below Gorton Castle.17) Kennedy Lodge, Simla18) Military Department Office, Simla19) Simla from Jakko20) Road round Jakko, Simla21) Government House, Simla22) Government House, Murree23) Foreign Office, Simla, 1870.24) Tomb of Shaikh Salim Chishti,] Futtehpore Seekree25) [Panch Mahal,] Futtehpore Seekree26) The Taj, Agra27) Itmad-ud-Dowla's Tomb, Agra28) The Baillie Guard, Lucknow29) Hosseinabad, Lucknow30) Installation of Maharana of Oodeypoor with Star of India With Political Agent J P Nixon, 187131) [Installation of Maharana of Oodeypoor with Star of India.]32) Entrance to Jeypor33) Entrance to Jeypor34) Entrance to Bushire Residency35) Bushire Resident's Country House36) Bushire, sea-side view37) Governor's House, Bushire38) Bahrein39) Old Portuguese Fort, Bahrein40) Ruffar Fort, Bahrein41) Telegraph Station, Jask42) Sultan's Palace, Muscat43) Muscat Consulate & Agency44) Town of Muscat from inland plain45) Fort Capitano, Muscat46) Fort Jellalee, Muscat47) Muscat Cove48) Minaret in Ormuz49) Bassidore Station50) [Viceroy and Council, (?) Simla.] Mr. E. Clive Bayley, Secretary, Home Department; Colonel C. H. Dickens, Secretary, War Department; Colonel W. H. Norman, Secretary, Military Department; Sir W. H. Muir, Secretary, Foreign Department; Mr. Whitley Stokes, Secretary, Legislative Department; Mr. E. H. Lushington, Secretary, Finance Department; Hon'ble Mr. W. N. Massey, Hon. Mem., Finance Dept.; Hon'ble Mr. G. Noble Taylor, Hon. Mem., Public Works Dept.; Hon'ble Sir W. Mansfield, Commander-in Chief; H. E. Sir J. L. M. Lawrence, Viceroy; Hon'ble Sir H. S. Maine, Hon. Mem., Legislative Dept.; Hon'ble Sir W. Grey, Hon. Mem., Home Dept.; Hon'ble Colonel H. M. Durand, Hon. Mem., Military Dept.51) Lord Northbrook & suite with Maharaja of Puttiala ‒ 187552) [Newspaper cutting with caricature of Sir Richard Temple]53) Burra Dick on The Great Tribulation! See Vanity Fair ‒ Jany. 188154) Chief of Western Karennee & his Wife [Burma]. Ink and watercolour on paper55) Red Karen, Mounted [Burma]. Ink and watercolour on paper56) Red Karen Woman [Burma]. Ink and watercolour on paper57) Bald-headed Karens [Burma]. Ink and watercolour on paper58) Sambhur Lake. Extraction of Salt from Bed of Lake59) Measuring Labourers' Work and Storing Salt [Sambhar Lake]60) Filling Salt into Bags and Weighing the Salt [Sambhar Lake]61) A Katar or String of Camels taking away the Salt.62) [Courtyard of Museum in Florence, with statuary arranged in colonnade.]63) [View of Florence, looking across the Arno towards the Duomo.]64) Investiture of Maharana of Oudeypour as a G.C.S.I.65) Camperdown Pressing Coy. ‒ Calcutta.66) Camperdown Pressing Coy. ‒ Calcutta.67) Camperdown Pressing Coy. ‒ Calcutta.68) Camperdown Pressing Coy. ‒ Calcutta.69) Camperdown Pressing Coy. ‒ Calcutta.70) Camperdown Pressing Coy. ‒ Calcutta.71) Camperdown Pressing Coy. ‒ Calcutta.72) Camperdown Pressing Coy. ‒ Calcutta.73) The Hooghly above Calcutta74) The Hooghly above Calcutta75) [Apollo Bunder Pier, Bombay. Incorrectly captioned:] Railway Jetty, Howrah, Calcutta.76) Interior of the Union Church, Simla.77) Thakoor Mawjee Bathee ‒ Oudeypoor.78) [Portrait of an unidentified European woman.]79) Haileybury civilians at Simla in 188080) The Chumba Durbar Accession of Raja Sham Singh 187381) Yarkund Mission, 1873 ‒ After rain. Dhul Canal, Cashmere82) Yarkund Mission, 1873 ‒ Camp. Srinuggur.83) Yarkund Mission, 1873 ‒ Camp. Tara Sing, Monshee, etc. [Srinagar].84) Yarkund Mission, 1873 ‒ View at Srinuggur85) Yarkund Mission, 1873 ‒ Camp View86) Yarkund Mission, 1873. Fair ones of Ladak!87) Yarkund Mission, 1873. ‒ Indus Valley, Leh.88) Yarkund Mission, 1873. ‒ Palace and Monastery, Leh.89) Yarkund Mission, 1873. ‒ View in Bazar, Leh.90) Yarkund Mission, 1873. ‒ View in Bazar, Leh.91) Yarkund Mission, 1873. ‒ Group at Leh.92) Yarkund Mission, 1873. ‒ Raja of Ladak and Ranees [Leh].93) Yarkund Mission, 1873. ‒ Nubra Valley from Panamik. Boodhist Chortuns in the foreground.94) Yarkund Mission, 1873. ‒ The gods of the Boodhists [Panamik].95) Yarkund Mission, 1873. ‒ Hot breakfast in Sasser Pass! Elevation 17,000 ft.96) Yarkund Mission, 1873. ‒ Kirgiz Akoe. Our smoking Divan [Xaidulla].97) Yarkund Mission, 1873. ‒ Group at Kurgallik.98) Yarkund Mission, 1873. ‒ Yoozbashees. Attendants.99) Yarkund Mission, 1873. ‒ Medical influence [Yarkand].100) Yarkund Mission, 1873. ‒ Street hawkers, Yarkund.101) Yarkund Mission, 1873. ‒ Dastarkhwan [Kargilik].102) Yarkund Mission, 1873. ‒ Artillery of the Guard [Yarkand].103) Yarkund Mission, 1873. ‒ Verandah of Audience Hall, Yarkund.104) Yarkund Mission, 1873. ‒ Akhoe [tent] extraordinary.105) Yarkund Mission, 1873. ‒ Letter and presents from the Queen of England to the Ameer of Yarkund.106) Yarkund Mission, 1873. ‒ Presents to the Ameer [of Kashgar].107) Yarkund Mission, 1873. ‒ Oves Poli [Kashgar].108) Yarkund Mission, 1873. ‒ Chinese [sic for Tungani] troops [Kashgar].109) Yarkund Mission, 1873. ‒ Chinese [sic for Tungani] troops [Kashgar].110) Yarkund Mission, 1873. ‒ Oves Poli [Kashgar]111) Yarkund Mission, 1873. ‒ Party leaving [Kashgar] for Cabool [Kabul].112) Yarkund Mission, 1873. ‒ Andijani merchants [Kashgar].113) [Lama Yuru, Ladak. Buddhist Monastery and Chortens.]114) Hon’ble Terence Bourke 1872.115) The Pseudo Nana Sahib as apprehended ‒ 1874116) The Pseudo Nana Sahib shaved & in Mahratta dress.117) Thugs.118) Thugs.119) Foreign Office. Simla 1875.120) Zanzibar 1875121) Clement Park, Lochee [Dundee].122) Foreign Office. Simla123) Sketch of the Gateway at Tank [Tonk] in the Punjab. The scene of the fatal accident to Sir H. M. Durand, K.C.S.I., &c. &c.124) Port Blair, Andaman Islands. The scene of the assassination of the Viceroy of India.125) View of the Jetty at Hope Town, Port Blair, the Scene of the Assassination of the Viceroy of India.126) Port Blair from Ross Island [Andaman Islands]127) Port Blair from Ross Island [Andaman Islands]128) Viceroy of India & Council. Simla, 1874129) Secretaries to Govt. of India. Simla 1874130) Clement Park, Lochee [Dundee]131) Wedding Party. Simla 1875.132) [Major Sandeman & Belooch chiefs.]133) Major Sandeman & Belooch chiefs.134) Belooch chiefs.135) Pressing Mill. Cossipore [Calcutta]136) Cossipore [Calcutta]137) House at Cossipore [Calcutta].138) [House at Cossipore, Calcutta.]139) Group at Cossipore [Calcutta].140) [Group at Cossipore, Calcutta.]141) Cardean [Meigle, Scotland]142) Cardean House, Meigle [Scotland].143) Cardean House, Meigle [Scotland].144) Views at Cardean [Meigle, Scotland]145) Views at Cardean [Meigle, Scotland]146) Views at Cardean [Meigle, Scotland]147) View at Cardean [Meigle, Scotland]148) Views at Cardean [Meigle, Scotland]149) Views at Cardean [Meigle, Scotland]150) Chief Commissioner's House, Rangoon.151) New Government House, Rangoon.152) [Chief Commissioner's House, Rangoon.]153) Chief Commissioner's House, Rangoon.154) 'Irrawaddy', Chief Comr's River Steamer [Burma].155) [Views of the Town Church, Rangoon.]156) Views of the Town Church, Rangoon.157) St. John's College, Rangoon.158) District Courts & Public Offices, Rangoon.159) [View of Merchant Street, Rangoon.]160) View of Merchant Street, Rangoon.161) Recorder's Court, Rangoon.162) [Shwe Dagon Pagoda, Rangoon]163) Pagodas at Rangoon [Shwe Dagon Pagoda].164) Public Gardens, Rangoon.165) Shwe Dagon Pagoda, Rangoon.166) Royal Lakes, Rangoon.167) Public Gardens, Rangoon.168) Approach to the Great Pagoda, Rangoon.169) Fancy Costumes. Rangoon, 1879.170) [Rangoon Groups]171) Rangoon Groups.172) Pilcher's House. Thayetmyo.173) Prome.174) The Great Pagoda, Prome.175) Entrance to Great Pagoda, Prome.176) [Group of Charles Umpherston Aitchison, Chief Commissioner of Burma, with Photographic Department of St Peter's Institute, (?Rangoon.]177) Bassein River with Chief Comr's steamer 'Irrawaddy'.178) Entrance to the Pagoda at Bassein.179) Entrance to the Pagoda at Bassein.180) [Elephant Battery, Tonghoo.]181) [Elephant Battery, Tonghoo.]182) Elephant Battery, Tonghoo.183) [Views at Tonghoo.]184) [Views at Tonghoo.]185) Views at Tonghoo.186) Ancient image of Gaudama, Zaing-ga-naing.187) Interior of caves at Paghat [Kawgun Cave].188) Alguada Reef Lighthouse.189) Kyaik-than-lan or Than-lan Pagoda, Moulmein.190) View on the Salween. Duke of York's Nose.191) Group at Tharrawaddy, British Burma192) Court House at Tharrawaddy.193) Boodhist Monastery at Rangoon.194) Boodhist Monastery [Burma]195) [Burmese pagoda]196) Pagodas and Monastery [Burma]197) Pagodas and Monastery [Burma].198) Pagodas and Monastery [Burma].199) Pagodas and Monastery [Burma].200) A Karen Village [Burma]201) Queen of Eastern Karennee [Burma].202) A group of Shans [Burma].203) A Boodhist Priest [Burma].204) A Boodhist Priest [Burma].205) Burmese women selling fruit206) Burmese women207) Burmese men.208) Karen women209) Burmese woman210) Punjab Officers [at Simla]. 1884.211) The Punjab Government, [Barnes Court, Simla,] 1882.212) [Aitchison family group, Barnes Court, Simla.]213) Barnes Court, Simla. 1882.214) [Burmese Embassy at Simla]215) [Letterpress key to sitters in Photo 355/1/214]216) [Burmese Embassy at Simla]217) Dancing women of the Choráha — Hills between Chamba and Pangi.218) Women of the Choráha219) Men of Pangi Valley220) Men of Chamba-Láhul221) Gaddi Band.222) Gaddis of Barinaur223) Senate Hall. Lahore.224) Government College. Lahore.225) The Mosque of Wazir Khan, Lahore. Fresco decoration, of the Interior XVII century work. From a drawing by Mohamed Din, Allah-ud-din and Amir Baksh, students of the Lahore School of Art.226) Missionary Conference, Amritsar, 1883.227) [Unidentified group, India]228) [Group of Viceroy and Lady Ripon and staff, Simla, 1884]229) [Barnes Court, Simla]230) [Barnes Court, Simla]231 [Unidentified Church, (?)India]232) [Group of Sir Charles Aitchison and staff, Multan, Feb. 1884. Names given at Photo 355/2/19][The following are loose photographs:]233) Group of two natives of Hunza and two from Nagyr in hostile attitude, a native of Agasin being the umpire. They all speak the same language and belong to the same race, but Hunza and Nagyr are hereditary foes, only combining against a foreign enemy. A river divides the countries of Hunza and Nagyr, a Hunza fort being ever confronted with one of Nagyr on the opposite bank.234) Group of Nagyries now at Srinagar. On the right seated in a chair is Raja Habibulla, son of the ruling Tham of Nagyr. On the ground is a Nagyr Sayad of good position and some Education in Arabic & Persian. He is one of the bi-ennial hostages sent from Nagyr to Kashmir.235) Group of Chitrali players who generally precede a procession of the Chief. In the midst is Taighum Shah, a Court singer and player of reputation. The Chitrali melodies are singularly beautiful and the poetry shows much appreciation of nature.236) Christ Church Simla, in snow.Inscriptions:Spine, gold emboss: ‘Album’Throughout the album captions are hand-lettered in black ink. Further notations in pencil have been added later by cataloguers and album owner alike.Physical description: Dimensions:Album: 498 x 325 x 53 mmFormat:Green and broad half leather album containing two hundred and thirty-six photographic and other prints as well as four watercolour drawings, lightly pasted into volume, except for the final four images, which are loose.Materials:Paper, black ink, watercolour, albumen prints, mechanically printed material, newspaper cuttings, marbled endpapers.Condition:While the binding is still sturdy for the most part – aside from extensive scuffing and losses at all edges, particularly upper spine – the individual paper pages are foxed discoloured, torn and crumbling throughout.Foliation:The images have been numbered 1–236 alongside each image in pencil and paginated 1–120 in pencil in the upper right and left corners of each page, though the pagination has later been crossed out. Some additional image sequencing in pencil (e.g. a–d per image on each page) has been crossed out.Process:Albumen printsBinding:The album is bound in green and brown half leather format, which is heavily scuffed along the spine, particularly at the upper spine. The binding also features linen joints and hand-stitching. A now-detached twisted blue string may have served as a page marker.
Abstract: A printed memorandum, written by Adolphus Warburton Moore, Assistant Secretary of the Political and Secret Department of the India Office, 17 August 1876.The first part of the document is a claim of expenses for an annual subsidy of 40,000 crowns from the Sultan of Zanzibar to the Sultan of Muscat as compensation for the abandonment of his claims upon Zanzibar, which was paid by the Political Agent at Muscat for the period 1870-1877, including a summary of payments made between May 1873 and February 1877.The second part of the document contains a claim for the expenses of the Agency and Consulate at Zanzibar, including: salary of Political Agent, Second Assistant and interpreters, furlough allowances and charge for interest on Government buildings.Physical description: Foliation: The foliation for this description commences at f 88 and terminates at f 91, 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. The main foliation sequence commences at the front cover, and terminates at the back cover; 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 volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
Abstract: This file contains correspondence sent from Earl Granville [the Foreign Secretary, Granville George Leveson-Gower] to Sir Henry Bartle Edward Frere prior to his (Frere's) mission to Zanzibar as a Special Envoy of the Foreign Office in 1872.The file contains a copy of a letter (folio 104) from Earl Granville to the Sultan of Zanzibar, Barghash bin Said, introducing Frere to him and outlining the purpose of his mission to Zanzibar.The file also contains a draft of a treaty regarding the regulation of slavery that Granville requested Frere to translate into Arabic and present to the Sultans of Zanzibar and Muscat (folio 105r).Physical description: Condition: the file is contained within a bound volume that contains a number of other files.Foliation: The foliation for this description commences at f 104, and terminates at f 106, 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. An additional foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 5-134; these numbers are written in pencil, but are not circled, and can be found in the same position as the main sequence.