Abstract: Imprint:Published by James Horsburgh, Hydrographer to the East India Company.Distinctive Features:Depth shown by soundings.Nautical chart of the eastern coast of the Persian Gulf compiled from the surveys carried out by the Bombay Marine’s officers between 1820 and 1829 showing the Bushire Bay [Bushehr].Depicts positions for safe anchorage for shipping and boats with wind directions indicated by arrows.Physical description: Dimensions:495 x 621 mm, on sheet 581 x 715 mm
Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, minutes, consultations, and extracts from the Bombay [Mumbai] General Ledger and the Bombay General Journal, cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; the Accountant General in Bombay John Wedderburn; Captain Henry Hardy; Resident in the Persian Gulf, Ephraim Gerrish Stannus; Superintendent of the Bombay Marine, Henry Meriton. This item is the appendix to item IOR/F/4/2020/90761.The item concerns an alleged deficiency of 2272 Persian rupees, 52 rials in the accounts of the Bushire [Bushehr] Residency when Hardy handed the Residency over to Stannus in 1823. This money is debited to Hardy’s account.The item includes a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft 813, P.C. [Previous Communication] 4122, [Season] 1843’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 31 and terminates at f 53, 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 bundle consists of summaries, and partial transcripts, of secret letters received from both the Governor General of India (8 April 1856, Number 14) and the Government of Bombay (14 and 16 April 1856, Numbers 25 and 30). The amount of detail for each entry therefore varies.The despatch from the Governor General (folio 113r) is concerned with a manifesto issued by the Persian Government regarding its policy over Herat.The section from Bombay (folios 113v-114) outlines the Government's policy on sending an expedition to the Persian Gulf, and the difficulties being experienced by the staff of the Bushire Residency.Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
Abstract: This bundle consists of summaries, and partial transcripts, of secret letters received from both the Governor General of India (8 October 1856, Numbers 46-50) and the Government of Bombay (17 October 1856, Numbers 77-79). The amount of detail for each entry therefore varies.The despatches from the Governor General (folios 90-94r) are concerned with Persian progress against Herat and Kelat [Kalat], the return of Futteh Khan from Afghanistan with the ratified Anglo-Afghan Treaty of Friendship (1855), the critical position of Herat and pleas for help from Eesa Khan [Isa Khan Bardorani, Minister-Regent of Herat].The section from Bombay (folios 94v-99) is also concerned with the critical position of Herat and Dost Mahomed's [Dost Mohammad Khan, Amir of Afghanistan] inability to capitalise on the situation, the evacuation of British staff officers from Bushire, and discussion over objections raised in 1799 to the occupation of Perim Island in the Red Sea.Physical description: 1 item (10 folios)
Abstract: This bundle consists of summaries, and partial transcripts, of secret letters received from both the Governor General of India (8-9 January 1857, Numbers 1-5) and the Government of Bombay (16 January 1857, Numbers 7-14). The amount of detail for each entry therefore varies.The letters from the Governor General (folios 31-41r) outline discussions between British officials over the likelihood of a Persian advance against Candahar [Kandahar], the prospects of Dost Mahommed [Dost Mohammad Khan, Amir of Afghanistan] retaking Herat from the Persians, and a proposal to raise a British force at Quetta. They also include discussion over the appointment of Sir James Outram as commander of the British Expeditionary Force against Persia, and his endowment with diplomatic powers by HM Government. Sir James Outram's pay and allowances, and Lieutenant-Colonel John Jacobs' promotion to Brigadier-General are also outlined.The section from Bombay (folios 41v-50) includes the following topics: the appointment of Sir James Outram's staff; a request from Brigadier William Marcus Coghlan (Political Resident, Aden) that Lieutenant Playfair should remain at Aden rather than serve in Persia; details of reinforcements sent to Bushire; Lieutenant Colonel Jacobs' views that the withdrawal of the Sind Horse [14th Prince of Wales's Own Scinde Horse] for service in Persia will leave the Sind frontier vulnerable to Afghan or Persian attacks; the re-occupation of Perim Island; news from Herat; an impending visit by Brigadier Coghlan to Lahedge [Lahej]; and reports from Major-General Foster Stalker on the progress of the British Expeditionary Force in southern Persia and efforts made to solicit the assistance of local chiefs.Physical description: 1 item (20 folios)
Abstract: This bundle consists of summaries, and partial transcripts, of secret letters received from both the Governor General of India (22 January 1857, Numbers 6-7) and the Government of Bombay (27 and 31 January and 2 February 1857, Numbers 15-26). The amount of detail for each entry therefore varies.The letters from the Governor General (folios 17-19r) cover the release of prisoners of war by Thibet [Tibet], and the appointment of Sir James Outram to command the British invasion of southern Persia.The section from Bombay (folios 19v-30) discusses overtures of peace made to the Afghans by the Shah of Persia and the question of whether a British force should be established at Quetta. It also outlines a debate between British officials over whether the Sind Horse should be despatched to Persia, whether the Poona Horse should be sent instead, and whether Brigadier-General John Jacob should join the force or remain in Sind. A number of reports on the Anglo-Persian War (1856-1857) from Major General Foster Stalker have also been included outlining the strength of Persian forces in the vicinity of Bushire, and the progress of the British Expedition.Physical description: 1 item (14 folios)
Abstract: This bundle consists of summaries, and partial transcripts, of secret letters received from both the Governor General of India (22 September 1856, Numbers 41-44) and the Government of Bombay (30 September and 3 October 1856, Numbers 71 and 74-76). The amount of detail for each entry therefore varies.The despatches from the Governor General (folios 55-68) cover the following topics: the submission of the Bussa Kheyl Afreedes [Khel Afridi] to the British authorities; operations against Karens led by Min Soung; an offer by Eesa Khan [Isa Khan Bardorani, Minister-regent of Herat] to hold Herat on behalf of Britain in return for military aid against Persia; obstacles in sending a British Indian force, or British officers, to aid Herat; Futteh Khan's report on his mission to Afghanistan carrying the Anglo-Afghan Treaty of Friendship (1855); discussion over the composition of a military expedition to be sent against Persia; and arrangements for sending the expedition from Bombay.The section from Bombay (folios 69-79) is concerned with the supply of British arms, ammunition, and finance for Dost Mahomed [Dost Mohammad Khan, Amir of Afghanistan]; preparations by Dost Mahomed to return from Candahar [Kandahar] to Cabool [Kabul]; Persian attacks against Herat; information on Bushire; the survey of Perim island in the Red Sea by Lieutenant Lamb; and recommendations for the occupation of the island for the establishment of naval forces and navigational aids.Physical description: 1 item (25 folios)
Abstract: This file consists of:A summary of a letter from Sir James Outram to the Governor General of India (2 May 1857), regarding regiments being sent to India, and Outram’s intention to remove all the troops from Mohamra [Mohammerah, now Khorramshahr] and to place at Karrah and Bushire [Bushehr] all the troops not sent to India, and correspondence with the Persian Commander regarding the cessation of hostilities between Persia [Iran] and Great Britain.Summaries of Letters to Lord Clarendon (George William Frederick Villiers, British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs), reporting the view of the Persian Commander that no formal armistice was necessary following the ratification of the Peace Treaty, and Outram’s announcement to the Persian Commander of his intention to remove the troops from Mohamra.Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
Abstract: This bundle consists of summaries of letters from Sir James Outram to Lord Clarendon (George William Frederick Villiers, British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs) of 8 and 10 June 1857, sent from Baghdad, regarding proposals made by Mowla Abdullah, former Chief of Howeyzah [Hoveyzeh] to subvert the authority of the Persian Government in Khuzistan [Khuzestan], and about the officer commanding the Persian troops near Bushire [Bushehr] sending an officer to survey and report on Bushire and the British camp.Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
Abstract: This file contains material relating to the South Persia Rifles, southern Persia [Iran], the Bakhtiari [Bakhtiyari] Tribe and the oil fields developed by the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC). It includes:A table showing the disposition of troops in southern Persia in December 1917The capture of an incriminating letter addressed to Mukhbir Us Sulteneh [Mahdi Quli Khan Hidayat Mukhbir al-Saltanah]The outbreak of clashes between the nomadic tribes of southern Persia and the South Persia RiflesThe call by Soulat [Isma’il Khan Sawlat al-Dawlah Qashqa’i], Ilkhani of the Kashgai [Qashqa'i] Tribe, for a jehad [jihad] against foreign forces in Persia [The Ilkhani being the Paramount Chief of the tribe]The loss of the post at Khaneh Zinian [Khan-i Zaniyan] to the Kashgais led by SoulatThe logistics required for extending the right flank of the Allied forces in Mesopotamia [Iraq] to the Caspian SeaThe reinforcement of the forces under Sir Percy Molesworth Sykes via Bandar Abbas and Bushire [Bushehr]The placement of Sykes under the command of General Charles Monro, Commander-in-Chief, IndiaThe departure of the German agent Wilhelm Wassmuss towards Khaneh ZinianThe general expression of ‘nationalist resentment’ at the presence of British forces in Central PersiaThe offer of the Persian Admiral, Mirza Ahmad Khan Tangistani Daryabegi, to collaborate against SoulatThe declaration by Habib Allah Khan Qavam al-Mulk Shirazi of his support for the Governor of Fars, Abd al-Husayn Mirza Farmanfarma, and his readiness to defend Shiraz against SoulatThe clashes between the Kalantar of Kazerun, Nasir Divan Kazeruni, and British forces outside ShirazAn offer of assistance from the Kalantar of the Kashkuli Tribe, Muhammad ‘Ali Khan KashkuliThe lack of co-operation between the British Minister at Tehran, Charles Marling, and Sir Percy SykesThe placement of all British troops in southern Persia under the command of an officer with the rank of Brigadier-GeneralA joint letter from the khans of Borasjun [Borazjan], Tangistan and Chakutah [Chahkootah] to the Political Resident at Bushire to enquire about the objectives of the recently-arrived British regimentsThe possibility of installing Mirza Hasan Khan Vusugh (Vusugh al-Dawlah) as Prime Minister, following the Italian victory at the Second Battle of Piave River, and the suspension of German operations against FranceThe recommendation of Brigadier-General George Younghusband to surround oilfields with ‘barbed wire fence with electric light standards and ring of sentries like prisoners of war camp’The willingness of the Ilkhani of the Bakhtiyari to ‘maintain order’ in the oilfields of southern PersiaThe siege of Indian Army troops at Abadeh by the Kashgai and the desertion of all South Persia RiflesThe mobilisation of Mirza Kuchak Khan's Jangali Movement to seize control of RashtA quarrel between the German agent, Wassmuss and the Ilkhani of the Kashgai, SoulatThe defection of the Kashgai chiefs ‘Ali Khan Qashqa’i Salar-i Hishmat and Ahmad Khan Qashqa’i Sardar-i IhtishamThe order from Khusraw Khan Bakhtiyari Sardar-i Zafar to Yusuf Khan Bakhtiyari Amir Mujahid to relieve the siege of Abadeh, and prevent Murtaza Quli Khan Samsam from joining the KashgaisThe pursuit by Sardar-i Ihtisham, Muhammad ‘Ali Khan Kashkuli, and Qavam al-Mulk Shirazi of Soulat and his band of followers and the retreat of Nasir Divan Kazeruni to KazerunA request from Soulat to Ayoz Kika [Haj Iyaz Khan Shakiri Qashqa’i] for reinforcementsThe arrest of Baha Us Sultan [Baha’ al-Sultan Shirazi], a leading democrat [i.e. of the Hizb-i Democrat-i Fars]The deployment of Sultan Kazem Khan [Sultan Kazim Khan Shamlu’s] Darrahshuri tribal forces to AbadehThe preference of Vusugh al-Dawlah for Swedish officers to lead the national police in PersiaA rumour about the presence of the German agent Oskar von Niedermeyer in Bakhtiyari CountryThe encirclement, by Soulat, of Sardar-i Ihtisham and the South Persia Rifles at FiruzabadThe relief of Sardar-i Ihtisham and the South Persia Rifles by Colonel Ernest Frederick OrtonThe death of Muhammad ‘Ali Khan Kashkuli at Shiraz on 20 October 1918The handover of the South Persia Rifles by Sir Percy Sykes to Colonel Orton and the former's arrival at DelhiThe refusal by Wassmuss to surrender to British forces, and his rejection of an offer of repatriationThe readiness of the Persian Government to co-operate in the arrest and deportation of WassmussA proposal by Colonel Orton of the South Persia Rifles for the organisation of a national Persian Army.Physical description: The foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 405; 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 present in parallel between ff 2-389.
Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, consultations, and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai]. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Major Samuel Hennell, British Resident in the Persian Gulf; and Moollah Houssein [Mullā Ḥusayn], British Agent at Shargah [Sharjah]. It is the eighth in a series of twenty items on the Persian Gulf (the others are IOR/F/4/2180/106055, IOR/F/4/2180/106056, IOR/F/4/2180/106057, IOR/F/4/2180/106058, IOR/F/4/2180/106059, IOR/F/4/2180/106060, IOR/F/4/2181/106061, IOR/F/4/2181/106063, IOR/F/4/2181/106064, IOR/F/4/2181/106065, IOR/F/4/2181/106066, IOR/F/4/2181/106067, IOR/F/4/2181/106068, IOR/F/4/2181/106069, IOR/F/4/2181/106070, IOR/F/4/2181/106071, IOR/F/4/2181/106072, IOR/F/4/2181/106073, and IOR/F/4/2181/106074).The item concerns:The alliance of Sheik Saeed ben Tahnoon, Chief of Aboothabee [Shaikh Sa‘īd bin Ṭaḥnūn Āl Nahyān, Shaikh of Abu Dhabi], and Sheik Sultan ben Suggur, Chief of Rasul Khyma [Shaikh Sulṭān I bin Ṣaqr al-Qāsimī, Shaikh of Ra's al-Khaymah], and their proposed attack on Debaye [Dubai]A refund paid to the Shaik of Kishm [Sheikh ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Saghar Al Mu‘ini, Shaikh of Qeshm] for money he paid into the Bushire Residency on account of theft from a shipwreck in 1838Departure of Samad Aga [Ṣamad Āghā] from Bushire, after his attempts to obtain justice for the mistreatment of Yoosoof bin Suggur [Yūsuf bin Ṣaqr]A proposed alliance between Sheik Mahomed ben Khuleefa, Chief of Bahrein, [Shaikh Muḥammed bin Khalīfah Āl Khalīfah, Shaikh of Bahrain] and Sheik Mukhtoom of Debaye [Shaikh Maktūm I bin Buṭṭī Āl Bū Falāseh, Shaikh of Dubai].The item contains a contents page, and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft 282/47, P.C. [Previous Communication] 5573, Coll[ection]: 10, Collection No 1 of No 11’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 12, and terminates at f 34, 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 volume also contains an original pagination sequence.
Abstract: The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence, minutes and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, letters from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai], the Government of Fort William [Government of India], and the Court of Directors of the East India Company.The item touches on multiple subjects relating to the Gulf, namely:The advancement of the Wahabees [Wahabi] into the Imaum [Imam] of Muscat's territory and the question of whether the British should interveneThe murder of the Wahabee Chief, Torkee bin Saood [Turki bin Abdullāh bin Muḥammad Āl Sa‘ūd], by his nephew and subsequent actions undertaken by his son, Fysul [Amir Fayṣal bin Turki bin Abdullāh Āl Sa‘ūd], at Riaz [Riyadh], Lassa (or Lahsah) [Al Hufuf] and Kateef [Al-Qatif]Troubles in Oman during the Imaum's absence, including a rebellion by Hamood bin Azam [Ḥamūd bin Azan Āl Bū Sa‘īd], and the question of whether the British should interveneReports of hostilities between Joasmee [al-Qawāsim] and Buniyas [Bani Yas] tribes, including a blockade at Aboothabee [Abu Dhabi], and instances of 'piracy' against ships not connected to the feuding partiesUpdates on a dispute regarding goods currently held at Bunder Abbas [Bandar-e ʻAbbās] which had been taken from the merchant ship
Prinsepwhich ran aground near Lark [Larak] islandThe appointment of Prince Timoor Mirza [Timūr Mīrzā Qājār] as Governor of BushireThe purchase of a fly schooner by Jummal Khan (also written as Jumal Khan Bushiree) from the Resident in the Persian Gulf during Jummal Khan's occupation of Bushire [Būshehr] and the question of whether the money should be returned to Jummal Khan or given to the Prince of Fars.Correspondents include: the Government of Bombay; the Government of Fort William; the Court of Directors; David Anderson Blane, Resident in the Persian Gulf; Samuel Hennell, Assistant Resident in the Persian Gulf; Mohamed Abdool Azeez [Muḥammad ‘Abd al-‘Azīz] the Wahabee Agent in Brymee [Al Buraymī]; the British [Native] Agent at Bahrein [Bahrain]; Moolah Houssein [Mūllah Ḥusayn], [Native] Agent at Shargah [Sharjah]; Hajee Saleh [Hajii Ṣāliḥ], [Native] Agent at Lingah [Bandar-e Lengeh]; Shaik Sultan bin Suggur [Shaikh Sulṭān I bin Ṣaqr al-Qāsimī, Ruler of Ra's al Khaymah and Sharjah]; Shaik Khuleefa [Shaikh Khalifa bin Shakhbut Āl Nahyān] and Shaik Sultan bin Shaikboot [Shaikh Sulṭān bin Shakhbut Āl Nahyān], Rulers of Aboothabee; and William Cobb Hurry, merchant.Multiple personal and place names have different spellings throughout the item.The title page of the item contains the following references: 'P.C. [Previous Communication] 1593, Draft 648, 1835’, ‘India Political Department’ and 'Examiner's Office'.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 273 and terminates at f 386, 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.