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37. ‘File XXVIII/2 INTERNAL POLITICS & RELATIONS WITH OMAN MAJOR SADLER'S DIARY DURING REBELLION OF 1895.’
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- Abstract: The file contains a diary written by the Political Agent at Muscat, Major James Hayes Sadler. The diary is 95 pages in length and it was sent to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire. The Political Agent narrates the events in connection with the Omani tribes’ rising in 1895 which was led by Shaikh Saleh bin Ali al-Harthi of the Hanawi tribal confederation against the Sultan of Muscat and Oman, Faysal bin Turki Al Bu Sa‘idi, and the action taken by the Political Agency at Muscat, in reference to this.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 52; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
38. ‘Précis of correspondence relating to Zanzibar affairs from 1856 to 1872. Prepared by Captain P D Henderson, attached to the Foreign Department’
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- Abstract: The file is a précis of correspondence related to affairs at Zanzibar between the years 1856 and 1872, prepared by Captain Philip Durham Henderson of the Foreign Department in the Government of India. The contents of the précis, which includes reports from Christopher Palmer Rigby, the British Consul at Zanzibar, and Sir William Marcus Coghlan, relate to: the death in 1856 of the Sultan of Muscat Syed Saeed [Sa‘id bin Sulṭān al-Sa‘id] without a direct heir; the succession struggle between Syed Thoweynee [Thuwaynī bin Sa‘id al-Sa‘id] and Syed Majid [Sa‘id Majid bin Said al-Sa‘id]; British arbitration in the dispute; succession arrangements at Muscat and Zanzibar; the slave trade between Zanzibar and Muscat. The précis is organised into six chapters (labelled I to VI), as follows:I – Events preceding the arbitration by the Government of India;II – Arbitration of the Government of India;III – Proceedings subsequent to the arbitration relating to the question of subsidy;IV – Events at Zanzibar from the arbitration to the death of Syed Majid;V – Events in Zanzibar from the death of Syed Majid;VI – Slave Trade.The contents page lists four appendices (labelled A to D) that are not included in this copy of the précis.Physical description: Foliation: The foliation for this description commences at f 81, and terminates at f 137, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right hand corner of the recto side of each folio. An additonal foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 6-192; these numbers are also written in pencil but, but are not circled, and can be found in the same position as the main sequence.Pagination: The file also contains an original printed pagination sequence 1-105.
39. Measures Relating to the Suppression of the Trade in Enslaved Persons between the Eastern Coast of Africa and Various Ports in the Persian Gulf and the Red Sea
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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 84 of 1841, dated 29 October 1841. The enclosures are dated 27 September-28 October 1841.The enclosures numbered 3-6 (dated 21 June-9 October 1841) are noted as missing. According to the abstract of contents they covered the following:Suggestions (not stated in the item) made by the Resident in the Persian Gulf of certain measures for the suppression of the trade in enslaved persons carried on between the eastern coast of Africa and various ports in the Persian Gulf and the Red SeaThe response of the Secretary to the Government of India regarding those suggestionsRequests for the views of the Political Agent at Aden and the British Agent at Muscat for their views on the suggestions.The remaining enclosures comprise a copy of a letter from the Secretary to the Government of India to the Acting Secretary, Bombay, acknowledging receipt of the latter’s correspondence with Captain Atkins Hamerton, British Agent at Muscat, regarding the trade in enslaved persons said to be carried on between Bombay [Mumbai] and Zanzibar by vessels belonging to the Imaum [Imam] of Muscat, approving of the instructions Hamerton has issued, and expressing satisfaction that the trade is minimal due to current obstacles in place, and likely to cease entirely without the need for establishing further measures of prohibition. Also included is the Government of Bombay’s notification to Hamerton of the Government of India’s views.Physical description: 1 item (7 folios)
40. Vol 179 1852/53 Squadron, Persian Gulf
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- Abstract: This file contains letters, both inward and outward, relating to the Indian Naval Squadron in the Persian Gulf (also referred to as the Persian Gulf Squadron). Most of the correspondence is between the Commander of the Persian Gulf Squadron and the Resident in the Persian Gulf. At the beginning of 1852, the Resident in the Persian Gulf was Samuel Hennell, who is the recipient of the first two letters in this file. In March 1852, Hennell was succeeded by Arnold Burrowes Kemball, who appears as both correspondent and recipient. The other officers who appear as both correspondent and recipient are John Patterson Porter, Commander of the Persian Gulf Squadron, and his successor, George Robinson. In addition to the letters between the aforementioned offices there are four letters, addressed to the Commander of the Persian Gulf Squadron, which were originally enclosed with other letters (not present in this file) from the Commander of the Persian Gulf Squadron to the Resident in the Persian Gulf. The correspondents of these letters are: Lieutenant George William Leeds, Commander of the Honourable Company's schooner Constance; Lieutenant James Longden Stevens, Commander of the Honourable Company's sloop Clive; Lieutenant James Tronson, Commander of the Honourable Company's brigantine Tigris.Much of the correspondence in the file includes intelligence received from the Native Agent at Sharjah, Hadji Yacoob. Subjects covered include: an attack against the Banī Qitab tribe, reportedly launched by Shaikh Said bin Tahnun Al Nahayan of Abu Dhabi; reported acts of piracy off the Arabian coast; the whereabouts of the plundered cargo of the merchant ship, the Centaur; reports of slaves being imported from Zanzibar.Physical description: Pagination: There is an incomplete pagination sequence, which is written in ink, in the top right corners of the rectos and in the top left corners of the versos. The sequence runs from 16 to 187 and has many gaps.Foliation: There is a foliation sequence, which is circled in pencil, in the top right corner of the recto of each folio. It begins on the front cover, on number 1, and ends on the inside of the back cover, on number 30. This is the sequence that has been used by this catalogue to reference items within the file.
41. Vol 35: Letters Outward
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- Abstract: The volume consists of letters sent out by Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, the Resident in the Persian Gulf, and James Pringle Riach, the officer placed in charge of the Bushire Residency during his absences; the Resident is required to make a number of trips to the Arabian Coast during the period covered by this volume.The subject matter covered includes political activity in Persia principally relating to Shaikh ‘Abd al-Rasūl Khān, the Shaikh of Bushire, and Ḥusayn ‘Alī Mirzā, the Prince at Shiraz; this includes some discussion concerning a possible Persian expedition to retake Bahrain, and the insecure position of Shaikh ‘Abd al-Rasūl Khān at Bushire. The impact and consequences of an earthquake, which occurred at Shiraz are also reported.A great deal of correspondence is related to the Resident's role in enforcing the General Treaty with the Arab Tribes of the Persian Gulf 1820, which aims to curb piracy in the Gulf. There is therefore a great deal of material relating to mediating a dispute between the dependants of Sa‘īd bin Sultān Āl Sa‘īd, the Imam of Muscat (principally Shaikh Ṭaḥnūn bin Shakhbūṭ Āl Nahyān), and Sulṭān bin Saqr. There is also some material concerning the arrangement of transportation for the Resident's trips to the Arabian coast.Captain William Owen's efforts to suppress the slave trade in East Africa are covered to a degree by the correspondence; the Captain's authorised declaration of a British Protectorate over Mombasa is reported, along with his threats against other dependencies of the Government of Oman (for example, Zanzibar). There is also a limited amount of material concerning the Imam of Muscat's threats to blockade the port of Basra.Physical description: Condition: The front cover of the volume is detached from the binding, which is itself in poor condition, and many sections are loose. Much of the body of the volume is in good condition, but care must be taken as some of the folios are very fragile.Foliation: The foliation sequence commences at the front cover and terminates at the back cover; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and can be found in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.The volume contains the following amendments to the foliation; 1, and 1A; 20, and 20A; 90, and 90A.Pagination: The volume contains an original pagination sequence written in ink between ff 2-140; these numbers are located in the top centre of each page.
42. Vol 78: Miscellaneous Letters Inward
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- Abstract: This file consists almost entirely of letters received by the Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire. The Resident at this time was David Anderson Blane. The principal correspondents are the following: Commodore William Sowden Collinson, Commander of the Indian Navy in the Persian Gulf; Charles Norris, Chief Secretary to the Government of Bombay; John Bax, Secretary to the Government of Bombay; Samuel Hennell, Assistant to the Resident in the Persian Gulf.Two of the letters contain enclosures. In his letter of 27 August 1832, John Bax encloses a copy of a letter from Charles Malcolm, Superintendent of the Indian Navy, to John FitzGibbon, 2nd Earl of Clare, Governor and President in Council, Bombay, together with a copy of Bax's reply to Malcolm.In his letter of 3 July 1832, Samuel Hennell encloses copies of his correspondence with Shaik Rashid ben Hamed [Shaikh Rashid I bin Humaid Al Nuaimi], Chief of Eyman [Ajman], and Henry Wyndham [Windham], Commander of the Honourable Company brig of war the Tigris, respectively.Subjects covered in this file include: the state of confusion in Muscat, following the departure of the Imam [Sa‘īd bin Sultān Āl Bū Sa‘īd] for Zanzibar; the imprisonment of the Imam of Muscat's son and nephew by Soud Bin Ally Bin Saif [Saud bin Ali bin Saif], Chief of Burka [Barkā’, Oman]; the effects of the outbreak of plague in Bushire; the reported seizure by Sultan bin Suggur [Sulṭān bin Saqr Āl Qāsimī, ruler of Ra's al-Khaymah and Sharjah] of three forts on the Batinah [Al-Bāṭinah] coast belonging to the Imam of Muscat; details of Samuel Hennell's efforts to recover property reportedly plundered from some of the Imam's subjects by dependents of Rashid ben Hamed; the British Government's alliance with the Imam of Muscat; the movements and states of repair of various Indian Navy ships (including a list of ships employed by the Indian Navy).Physical description: Pagination: There is an original but incomplete pagination sequence, with gaps present in the file between folios 1 and 28. The numbers are written in ink and are located in the top outermost corners of each page.Foliation: The foliation sequence commences at the first folio with content (i.e. text) and terminates at the last folio with content; these numbers are written in pencil, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. This is the sequence which has been used by this catalogue to reference items within the file.
43. Reports concerning Gunboats
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- Abstract: Enclosure No. 3 to Despatch No. 14 from the Secret Department, Bombay Castle, dated 27 March 1860. The Enclosure is dated 11 February 1860. Received 30 April 1860.The Enclosure consists of a report from the Commander in Chief of the Indian Navy, Commodore George Greville Wellesley, concerning the efficiency of gunboats that were required to be built by the Indian Navy, with particular reference to HM Gun Boat Clyde. A note on the verso of the last folio of the Enclosure states that the report gives further evidence of the superiority of a fast light steam sloop to a gunboat for service at Zanzibar.Physical description: 1 item (4 folios)
44. Journals kept by Lewis Pelly recording journeys and events in India and Zanzibar
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- Abstract: File containing journals kept by Lewis Pelly during his early career in India. The journals include a recollection, written in 1854, of a post monsoon journey from Kurrachee [Karachi] to Bombay in 1842; journeys taken in India in 1855 to mark his thirtieth birthday; an excursion to visit a tomb in Roree [Rohri] in 1854; a journey to visit the Sohailee [Swahili] Sultan in Zanzibar in 1862; and a general journal recounting daily events in 1854.Physical description: Foliation: The contents of the file have foliated using a pencil number enclosed in a circle located in the top right hand corner of the recto of each folio.
45. Letter and Enclosures from Commodore Sir Leopold George Heath on the Slave Trade on the East Coast of Africa and Suggestions for its Suppression
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- Abstract: This file contains copies of a series of letters (and their various enclosures) between Admiral Sir Leopold George Heath, Commander of HMS Octaviaand the following individuals:The Secretary of the Admiralty, Lord Henry George Charles Gordon-Lennox;Britain's Agent in Zanzibar, Henry Adrian Churchill;The Secretary of the Admiralty, William Edward Baxter;The Governor of Bombay, Sir William Robert Seymour Vesey Fitzgerald.The correspondence, that dates from October 1868 to June 1869, concerns Commodore Heath's visit to Zanzibar regarding the slave trade on the East Coast of Africa and the means he suggested in order to stop it.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 92, and terminates at f 97, 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.
46. Zanzibar, Muscat, Persia and Arabia
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- Abstract: Six memoranda pertaining to British handling of relations between Muscat, Zanzibar, and Persia. The authors are all connected to the India Office, in London, mostly members of the Council of India. Some seem to be written independently, others in response to earlier memoranda. All documents cover some or all of the following matters:The $40,000 annual subsidy that Muscat receives from Zanzibar;The murder of Thuwaynī bin Sa‘īd Āl Sa‘īd, Sultan of Muscat, by his son, Sālim bin Thuwaynī Āl Sa‘īd, who subsequently made himself Sultan;The East African slave trade;Persia's ambitions for a naval presence in the Persian Gulf;Measures to police the Gulf;The lease of Bandar Abbas from Persia by Muscat;How the region should be administered: to what authority - Foreign Office or Government of India - are the various offices responsible to.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation for this description commences at f 18, and terminates at f 46, 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 between ff 18-46; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and won't be found in the same position as the main sequence.
47. PZ 6253/1938 'Shipwreck of a party of Muscat Arabs - Qn. of recovery of expenses incurred by Govt. of Italian Somaliland'
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- Abstract: The file contains correspondence concerning: the shipwreck on the coast of Italian Somaliland, on 20 March 1938, of a group of Muscat Arabs on board the dhow [sailing vessel] ‘ Galib’, bound for Zanzibar and the Tanganyika Territory; and the reimbursement of the expenses incurred by the Government of Italian Somaliland and the Government of Kenya in the transport of the rescued party to Mombasa, Kenya, and the subsequent transport of most of the passengers to Zanzibar.The correspondence mainly consists of: correspondence between the Under Secretary of State for India and the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies, including enclosed copies of correspondence between Malcolm Macdonald, Secretary of State for the Colonies, and Sir Robert Brooke-Popham, Air Chief Marshal and Governor of Kenya, and others; correspondence between the India Office and the External Affairs Department of the Government of India, and copies of correspondence between the Government of India, External Affairs Department and the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 54; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
48. Political No. 221 of 1874, Forwarding a Copy of a Letter from the Acting Political Agent and Consul General at Zanzibar on the Subject of the Status of ‘Native Indians’, together with a Copy of the Reply
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- Abstract: This item consists of copies of a Political Despatch from the Government of India Foreign Department to the Secretary of State for India, dated 11 December 1874, forwarding, for the consideration of HM Government, a copy of a letter from the Acting Political Agent and Consul General at Zanzibar on the subject of the status of ‘natives’ of India at Zanzibar, together with a copy of the reply.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 576, and terminates at f 586, 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 sequence contains one foliation anomaly: f 576a.