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, 13 January 1853, and found at IOR/F/4/2504/142185. Further enclosures to the letter can be found at: IOR/F/4/2504/142194; IOR/F/4/2504/142195; IOR/F/4/2504/142196; IOR/F/4/2504/142197; IOR/F/4/2504/142199; and IOR/F/4/2504/142200. The item is the fourteenth in a series of sixteen items about the Persian Gulf.The item contains a letter from Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to the Government of Bombay, regarding a complaint he has received from Sheik Saeed ben Guzeeb, Governor of Lingah [Shaikh Sa‘īd bin Qaḍīb, Shaikh of Bander-e Lengeh]. Following a dispute at Nukheeloo [Bandar-e Nakhilu] between sailors, which resulted in the death of one of his subjects, Sheik Saeed complains that the nakhodah [nakhuda] of the
Mahmoodee[
Maḥmūdī] has not yet taken responsibility for the actions of his crew, nor paid the 'blood-money' owed to the deceased's family.Kemball makes suggestions to the Government for rectifying the situation, including contacting the owner of the
Mahmoodee, Hajee Mahomed Bauker [Ḥājjī Muḥammad Bāqir], and potentially penalising the
Mahmoodeeusing penalties prescribed in a Government notification of 5 July 1852 (copy included at folios 1268-1273). Kemball also includes a copy of a testimonial document signed by Moollah Mahomed [Mullā Muḥammad], nakhodah of the
Sils[
Sayl], the crew of which was also involved in the dispute.The Government requests the opinion of Augustus Smith Le Messurier, Advocate-General, Bombay, on whether the notification can be applied, and responds to Kemball with the result.Kemball is also referred to as the Resident at Bushire [Bushehr].The title page of the item contains the following references: 'Bombay Political Department', 'Draft No. 350 of 1853', 'Collection No. 1 of No. 8 of 1853', 'Vol: 14', and 'Examiner's Office'. Originally, the Collection number was given as '5' but this has been crossed out.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 1260, and terminates at f 1274, 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 [Mumbai]. These political letters appear in IOR/F/4/2203/108134. The correspondents are the Government of Bombay and Major Samuel Hennell, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf. It is the fifth in a series of thirty items.The item concerns the shooting of Sheik Mahomed ben Yoosoof, Chief of Nukheeloo [Shaikh Muḥammad bin Yūsuf, Shaikh of Nakhilu], by Sheik Houssein ben Jabarrah, Chief of Congoon [Shaikh Ḥusayn bin Jubārah, Shaikh of Kangan], and Hennell’s intention to consequently make Sheik Houssein liable for the compensation due from Sheik Mahomed to the British on account of seizing money from the agent of a British merchant.The item contains a contents page, and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft 700/47, Coll[ection]: 18, Collection No 4 of No 37’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 651, and terminates at f 655 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 and consultations cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors. These political letters appear in IOR/F/4/2550/149197. It is the third in a series of sixteen items on the Persian Gulf. The correspondents are the Government of Bombay and Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf.The item concerns the settlement of the claim made by Sheik Saeed ben Guzeel the Governor of Lingah [Shaikh Sa‘īd bin Qaḍīb, Shaikh of Bander-e Lengeh] against the bugla [baghlah]
Mahmoodee[
Maḥmūdī] as a result of the death of one of his dependents at the hands of the ship’s crew, while at the port of Nukheeloo [Bandar-e Nakhilu]. Kemball reports that Hajee Mahomed Bakir [Ḥājjī Muḥammad Bāqir], the nakhoda [nakhuda] of the
Mahmoodee, has made a payment to settle the case.The item contains a table of contents (f 459), and the title page (f 458) contains the following references: Draft N[umber] 358 - 1854’, ‘Collection No. 10 of No. 84 of 1853. Vol. 3’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 458 and terminates at f 461, 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 volume consists of chronological entries containing transcripts of correspondence sent and received and notes on the arrival and departure of vessels at Bushire. The Resident during the period covered was Jonathan Henry Lovett; frequent mention is also made early in the volume of Lovett's predecessor as Resident, Mirza Mehedy Aly Khan [Mīrzā Mahdī ‘Alī Khān].The correspondence sent is entered under the date the letter was written; that received is entered under the date of receipt at Bushire. Summaries of the contents of transcribed correspondence appear in the left hand column of each page. There are occasional lists of correspondence and papers: some of these items are transcribed in full; in other cases a note records that the papers are kept elsewhere: e.g. note stating that 'These papers will be found among the records of the Factory' (page 19). The correspondence is mostly between the Resident and other East India Company officials, particularly the Government of Bombay; the Resident at Bussora [Basra] (Samuel Manesty); the Resident at Bagdad [Baghdad] (Harford Jones); the Resident at Muscat (David Seton); and commanders of ships of the Bombay Marine (the East India Company navy) .The records of shipping consist of a note of the day of arrival and departure of ships of the Bombay Marine and country ships (privately-owned merchant ships, which operated under licence from the East India Company), and information on their port of origin and destination. The terms 'imported' and 'exported' are used, respectively, for the arrival and departure of vessels.General topics covered in the correspondence include:reports from the Resident to the Government of Bombay;permission from the Government of Bombay for items of expenditure;correspondence between the Residents on political developments;accounting and financial matters;movement of ships;transport of goods and freight;mercantile transactions;transmission of packets of correspondence;appointments;administrative matters;relations with Persia;the activities of the French in the region.Specific topics (dated by date of diary entry) covered include:the appointments of Lovett as Resident and Andrew Jukes as Surgeon (recorded under entries for 10 January 1803, pages 1-42);Residency audited accounts, 1801/2, issued by the Office of Audit, Bombay Castle, with accompanying correspondence, 10 January 1803 (pages 20-40) and further correspondence, 10 May 1803 (pages 95-119);correspondence relating to the loss of the Honourable Company's Schooner (also referred to as Cruiser)
Alerton the Island of Busheab (also referred to as Boosheibe) [Bushoeyb] off the coast of Persia, March-April 1803 (pages 58-79) and 31 May 1803 (pages 125-130);correspondence relating to the loss of the country ship
Hectoron the Island of Busheab; attempts to recover her cargo together with property taken from the
Alert; and operations against Sheikh Rama Ben Sunneed, Sheikh of Nuckheloo (also referred to as Naquiloo) [Nakhilu], including dispatches from Lieutenant William Bruce on deputation at Nukhiloo and Khangoon [Kangan], 11 May - 29 November 1803, passim;correspondence relating to an attack on the house of John White, Captain of the
Recovery, at Bussora [Basra] by a mob who mistakenly believed that a Muslim woman was inside, 2 June 1803 (pages 134-153);Report of a Committee of Survey into those parts of the Factory that were urgently in need of repair, 30 September 1803 (pages 303-305);Residency regulations, 1 October 1803 (pages 305-307);Report of the Committee appointed to inspect the records of the Factory, 14 October 1803 (pages 316-318);List of butler's stores prepared by a Committee of Inspection, 18 October 1803 (pages 318-322);correspondence relating to reports of the capture of the
Shrewsburyby a French frigate, 29 October 1803 (pages 330-331).The French language content of this file consists of a bulletin of reports received at Baghdad from Persia and Afghanistan, which was forwarded to the Resident at Bushire by Harford Jones (17 September 1803, pages 296-297).The date of the earliest item of correspondence that forms part of one of the lists of correspondence and papers and is transcribed in full is 5 October 1802 (pages 7-8).Physical description: Pagination: the volume contains an original pagination sequence in ink (with additions and clarifications in pencil); this sequence begins at 1 on the front cover and terminates at 366 on the back cover. These numbers can be found in the top left and top right hand corners of each page. Pagination anomalies: pp. 1, 1A, 1B, 1C.Condition: the volume displays considerable signs of insect damage, and damage to the edges of the paper, but this does not affect the legibility of the text.