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337. File 2794/1921 Pt 3 'Persian Gulf: Oil: Koweit'
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- Abstract: The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes relating to the development of oil concessions on the Arab littoral of the Persian Gulf.The discussion in the volume relates to:The activities of Major Frank HolmesDraft agreements for an oil concession with the Shaikh of KuwaitAmerican pressure to ease the British exclusive clause for oil concessions.The principal correspondents include: the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies, Colonial Office, London; the Director of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company, H G Nichols.The volume includes a divider which gives the subject number, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references by year. This is placed at the back of correspondence.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 301; 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. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
338. Manuscript copies of correspondence between Pelly and the Political Department, Bombay.
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- Abstract: Copies of official correspondence to and from Lewis Pelly, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; Charles Gonne, Secretary to the Government of Bombay; the Political Agent at Muscat (Colonel Herbert Disbrowe, Captain George Andrew Atkinson) and the Secretaries to the Government of India (Charles Girdlestone, William Muir). There is also enclosed correspondence on behalf of the Secretary of State for India (Sir Stafford Northcote, The Duke of Argyll, The Marquess of Salisbury, and the Viscount Cranbrook) and the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (the Earl of Clarendon).The correspondence covers there main areas in relation to affairs in the Persian Gulf:The situation in Muscat including the dispute between the Sultan of Muscat and the Wahabees [Wahhabi]; threats to the Sultanship from Ibrahim bin Qais and Azzan bin Qais; and the attempts by Sayyid Turki bin Said al-Said to overthrow his nephew Sayyid Salim II bin Thuwaini al-Said.The resolution of affairs in relation to Bahrein [Bahrain], Guttur [Qatar] and Aboothabee [Abu Dhabi] following acts of plunder and aggression undertaken by members of their tribes against Persian and Arabian towns and villages. The correspondence refers to Bahrein and Aboothabee's reaffirmation of their commitment to the maritime peace treaty and the signing of the treaty by Mahommed ben Sanee [Muhammad bin Thānī] of Guttur, as well as decisions in regard to the sanctions against Mohammed ben Khalifah [Shaikh Muḥammed bin Khalīfah Āl Khalīfah], the orchestrator of the acts of aggression.Questions regarding the sovereignty of Bahrein and Guttur. The correspondence includes details of both Persia and Turkey's claims to the sovereignty of Bahrein and includes translations of letters from Mahommed ben Khalifah [Shaikh Muḥammed bin Khalīfah Āl Khalīfah] in which he recognises Persia's sovereignty of Bahrein and its peoples and concerns over Turkish claims of sovereignty following the death of a Turkish General on the mainland near Bahrein.The question of the sovereignty of Guttur relates to its recognition by Lewis Pelly in 1868 in signing the maritime peace treaty and arrangements made by Pelly for the tribute paid by Guttur to Bahrein to be paid through the Political Residency, which the British Government viewed as simply an arrangement to pay tribute to protect both states frontiers against the Naim [Āl Na‘īm] and Wahabee [Wahhabi] tribes, rather than a statement of Guttur's independence.Physical description: Foliation: The contents of the file have been foliated using a pencil number enclosed in a circle located in the top right hand corner of the recto of each folio.
339. Diary and Consultations of Mr William Cockell, Agent of the East India Company at Gombroon [Bandar-e ʻAbbās] in the Persian Gulf, commencing August 1735 and ending July 1736
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- Abstract: The item is in the form of a diary (ff 294-348), which contains records of consultations at the Gombroon [Bandar-e ʻAbbās] Factory. The Chief Agent, William Cockell, and the Factory council members, including John Geekie, Thomas Waters, James Verelst, and Walter Ray headed the consultations. They recorded the daily activities, the administrative decisions made, letters received and sent, as well as visits to and from the Factory. The margin sections in the diary include headlines noting the main events recorded in the consultations.Among the main details and issues recorded in the diary are the following:Threatening letters received from Mirza Togghy [Mirza Taqi, also written in the diary as Tockey] via his vizier Auga Taffeir [Aga Jafar, also written as Jaffeir] at Shyrash [Shiraz] concerning the Factory’s ships assisting the Turks [Ottomans] at Busarah [Basra, also written as Bussarah]An exchange of letters between Mirza Taqi and the Sultan of Bunder Abassy Meer Meer Alley [Mir Mehr ‘Ali, Governor of Bandar ‘Abbas] related to trade with the FactoryReports of a dispute at MuscatNews of Shaikh Rachid [Rashid] and Shaikh Jubbarah [Jubarah] of Bunder Tarry [Bandar Tahiri] moving to Bahreen [Bahrain]Rumors of Thomas Caun [Tahmasb Khan] having been killed by the son of the deceased ambassador Mahmud Ally Caun [Turkmen, Muhammad ‘Ali Khan]Reports of the war between Thomas Caun and the Turks [Ottomans]The arrival of the wool caphila [caravans] from Carmenia [Kerman]The arrival of Captain John Harris from Sindy [Sind]The Factory's request for Thomas Caun to renew its rogoms [raqams or ruqums, also written in the diary as rogomms: royal grants confirming specific trading privileges]The appointment of Ishmael Pasha [Gürcü, Ismail Pasha, previous Governor of Baghdad], as a Grand Vizier of the Ottoman EmpireThe Factory members visiting Persian officials and congratulating them on the occasion of the Nowroose [Nowruz] festivalThe accession of Shaw Nadar [Nadir Shah] to the Persian throne in March 1735 [8 March 1736 New Style date]Letters exchanged between the Factory and the supercargoes of the ship NorthumberlandThe Persian King preparing a campaign to take Bahreen [Bahrain]The dispute between Persian officials and the wife of the deceased Shaikh Russhett [Rashid], who is supported by the Arabs of Julfar [Julfar in what is now Ra's al Khaymah, also written in the correspondence as Gulfar] and Muscatt [Muscat].The diary includes records of letters exchanged mainly between the Factories at Gombroon and Spahaun [Isfahan], and the Council at Bombay, as well as letters and gifts exchanged with certain Persian officials. It also includes records of the exchange of visits between the Agent and some Persian officials and merchants in the region.The diary includes records of the arrival and departure of ships, including the Britannia, the Queen Carolina, the Robert Galley, the Kissing Peggy, the Northumberland, the Rose Galley, the Jenny, the Sarah, and the Prince of Wales Galley. It also includes records of French ships such as the Unionand the Four Sisters. From Gombroon the ships sailed mainly to Surat, Madrass [Madras], Mallabar Coast [Malabar], Bengall [Bengal], Sindy, Muscat, Busarah, Bassidore [Basidu, also written as Bassidors], Bushire, and Bombay. The diary also includes records of imported commodities such as rice, sugar, sugar candy, pepper, rose water, copper and other goods.The diary includes abstracts of the standard account disbursements for each month. These cover the following: house expenses, garrison charges, the Afseen garden, hospital charges, medicines, marine charges, merchandised charges, house furniture, extraordinary charges, stable charges and servants' wages.Physical description: The diary includes a title page (f 294) and it has been numbered 1-107 which corresponds to folios 295-348. The papers are arranged in chronological order from the front to the rear of the diary.
340. 25 File 624 Biographical histories of noteworthy persons; information collected from officials at Muscat, Makran Coast, Gwadar
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- Abstract: The volume contains a collection of biographies of 'noteworthy persons' within the political jurisdiction of the Residency in the Persian Gulf. There is some limited correspondence related to the collection of this information, which includes applications made by Edward Charles Ross, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, to the following:Samuel Barrett Miles, Political Agent and Consul at Muscat.L Gabler, Deputy Director of the Persian Gulf Telegraphs/in Political Charge of the Gwadur [Gwādar] Agency.The Residency Agent, Bahrain.The majority of the biographies have been submitted via standardised forms with entries for the following; name, father, wife, tribe, residence, and children. Each entry has a biographical history for each subject, while some have both an entry in Arabic, and an entry in English (i.e. a translation). At the back of the volume is a single entry in Persian. The returns for Oman — supplied by the Political Agent and Consul at Muscat — do not follow this format, and are instead supplied as manuscript biographical histories.The entries are arranged into sections. The first section is not labelled, but may represent the returns from Gwadur. The remaining biographies fall under the following sections:Unlabelled section.Office Copies - Busrah [Basra].Office Copies - Bahrein [Bahrain].Office Copies - Coast of Fars.Office Copies sent to the Foreign Office.For Office Record.It is noted that the biographical information from the Deputy Director of Persian Gulf Telegraphs (i.e. Gwadur) was compiled by Mr McDonall.Physical description: Condition: A large number of folios have suffered from minor pest and water damage. As a result, some of the folios are very fragile, and some of the text has also been obscured, which can result in difficulties interpreting affected text.Foliation: The foliation sequence commences at the front cover and terminates at the back cover; these numbers are written in pencil, and can be found in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.The volume contains the following foliation corrections; f 69, and f 69A; f 71, and f 71A.
341. ‘File 19/98 II, 128 (C 10) Naphta Spring Near Halul Island + Miscellaneous Correspondence + Viceroy’s Interview 1901. 19/98 II Asphalt Deposit’
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- Abstract: The file contains - in the following order - correspondence between the Residency in Bushire and the Agency in Bahrain regarding a debt owed by Shaikh Isa bin Ali Al Khalifa of Bahrain to a Mr. Francis; discussions concerning the dispatch of a gun ship to Katif (Qatif) and a proposed survey of the area; discussion (and dismissal) of rumours that the Russian and German Consuls in Bushire had acquired plots of land in Bahrain; matters related to the arms trade and arms seizures in the region; a proposal to establish a small agricultural garden in Bahrain; discussion related to an article in an Arabic newspaper published in London that contained quotes from a book (by Samuel Zwemer) that were critical of British rule in Bahrain; notes on an interview between Viceroy Curzon and Shaikh Isa of Bahrain; reports of a supposed Naptha spring near Halul Island and a technical study of asphalt deposits in Bahrain.Physical description: A bound correspondence file of which some sheets have come unbound and are now loose. The volume is foliated from the first page of text to last page of text, with small circled numbers in the top-right corner of each front-facing page.