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/4/2416/130506. It is the twenty-third in a series of twenty-eight items on the Persian Gulf. The correspondents are the Government of Bombay and Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf.The item concerns applications received by Hennell from merchants from Bombay seeking his assistance in recovering debts due to them from individuals in Bushire [Bushehr]. These merchants had been selling goods consigned to them by Caja Daood Sassoon [Khvājah Dāʾūd Sāsūn]. Hennell has declined to interfere, as the goods did not pass the Bushire Customs House as British merchandise.The item contains a table of contents (f 659), and the title page (f 658) contains the following references: ‘Dft. No. 424 of 1851’, Collection No. 1, Vol. 23’, and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 658 and terminates at f 661, 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 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, 31 March 1852, and found at IOR/F/4/2475/138723. It is the fifth in a series of eight items about the Persian Gulf.The item relates to the leave of absences, first temporary and then permanent, granted to Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, who feels compelled to return to Europe on health grounds. In particular, the item concerns:Arrangements for Hennell's interim replacement, complicated by the temporary absence of Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Assistant Resident in the Persian Gulf, who is filling in for Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Rawlinson, Political Agent in Turkish Arabia [Ottoman Iraq]Details of Hennell's health status and his applications for leaveHennell's suggestion that Mr Edwards, Residency Accountant, should receive rewards on account of his work in Kemball's absenceKemball's return to Bushire [Bushehr] to resume the position of Assistant ResidentHennell's resignation letter, dated 17 March 1852, which includes reflections on the current status of the GulfAppointment of Kemball as Hennell's replacementProposals to abolish the position of Assistant Resident once Kemball becomes Resident.Correspondents include: Hennell; Gilbert James Blane, Acting Civil Auditor; and the governments of Bombay and India.The title page of the item contains the following references: 'Bombay Political Department', 'Draft No. 733 of 1852', 'Collection No 7', 'Vol: 5', and 'Examiner's Office'. Originally, the Collection number was given as '5 of No. 35' but this has been crossed out.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 958, and terminates at f 980, 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 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, 3 December 1852, and found at IOR/F/4/2504/142185. Further enclosures to the letter can be found at IOR/F/4/2504/142190, IOR/F/4/2504/142191, and IOR/F/4/2504/142192. The item is the ninth in a series of sixteen items about the Persian Gulf.The item relates to a proposal from Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to fine Meerza Mahomed Houssein [Mīrzā Muḥammad Ḥusayn, also rendered in text as Mahomed Hoossain], Persian Moonshee [munshi] at the Residency, for making a complaint against an individual of Bushire [Bushehr] to the local authorities without Kemball's knowledge or sanction. The item contains the Government of Bombay's response to Kemball, which raises the issue of political sensitivities.The title page of the item contains the following references: 'Bombay Political Department', 'Draft No. 350 of 1853', 'Collection No. 1 of No. 121 of 1852', 'Vol: 9', and 'Examiner's Office'. Originally, the Collection number was given as '4' but this has been crossed out.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 1199, and terminates at f 1202, 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. These political letters appear in IOR/F/4/2376/126162. The main correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Major Samuel Hennell, British Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; and Joseph Malcolm, an Armenian merchant in Bushire [Bushehr]. It is the second in a series of fifteen items on the Persian Gulf.The item concerns:The actions of Meerza Mehdy Khan [Mīrzā Mahdī Khān], Bakir Khan [Bāqir Khān Tangistānī], Chief of Tungistoon [Tungistan], and Meerza Sultan Mahomed Khan [Mīrzā Sulṭān Khān] in besieging and plundering areas belonging to BushireMalcolm’s questions about rates of customs duty and charges for British merchantsA request by the Prince of Shiraz [Prince-Governor of Fars, Bahrām Mīrzā Mo‘ezz-al-Dawlah] for Arrathoon Simon to defend his claim to estates in Cazeroon [Kazerun]Malcolm’s complaint that twelve mule-loads of raisins have been plunderedThe resumption of mercantile activities at Bushire, following its siege and the plunder of the surrounding area by the Tungistoonees (a description of the siege can be found at IOR/F/4/2349/123828).The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft no 745 of 1850’, and ‘Coll[ection] No 5’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 11, and terminates at f 36 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. The sequence contains one foliation anomaly, f 34a.Pagination: the item also contains an original pagination sequence.
Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, consultations, resolutions, and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. These political letters appear in IOR/F/4/2349/123808. The correspondents are the Government of Bombay and James McAlister, Civil Surgeon at Bushire [Bushehr]. It is the twelfth in a series of twenty-four items on events in the Persian Gulf.This item concerns the appointment of McAlister from Assistant Civil Surgeon at Bushire to Civil Surgeon, on the understanding that he must pass a Persian language test within a year of taking up his appointment.The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft no 334 of 1850’, ‘Coll[ection] 4’, and ‘Collection No 11 of No 95’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 266, and terminates at f 270 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 cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. These political letters appear in IOR/F/4/2416/130506. It is the ninth in a series of twenty-eight items on the Persian Gulf. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay and Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf.The item concerns:The departure of Saad ben Mootluk [Sa‘d bin Muṭlaq al-Muṭayrī] from Shargah [Sharjah], his visit to Bahrein [Bahrain], and his subsequent journey to Oojeer [Al-ʻUqayr] on his return to Nedjd [Najd]The removal, by Feeroz Meerza [Fīrūz Mīrzā Nuṣrat-al-Dawlah, also rendered as Feerooz Meerza in the item], the Prince-Governor of Fars, of Sheik Nasir [Shaikh Nāṣir II Āl Madhkūr] as Governor of Bushire [Bushehr]. Included is a letter from Hennell to Feeroz Meerza containing a representation made to the latter by a deputation of Bushire merchants.The item contains a table of contents (f 524), and the title page (f 523) contains the following references: ‘Dft. No. 424 of 1851’, Collection No. 1, Vol. 9’, and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 523 and terminates at f 532, 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, minutes, and consultations cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. The main correspondents are the Government of Bombay; Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, British Resident in the Persian Gulf; Meerza Mahmood [Mīrzā Muḥammad], British Agent at Shiraz; Bahram Mirza [Bahrām Mīrzā Mo‘ezz-al-Dawlah], Prince-Governor of Fars; and Colonel Justin Sheil, HM Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at the Court of Tehran.The item concerns:Attempts by the Prince-Governor of Fars to levy a fine of 300 tomans on the nakhuda of a Dashtee [Dashti] vessel for importing enslaved people into Bushire [Bushehr]5% customs duties levied on sugar from Java arriving at Bushire, compared to the previous rate of 1.25%, and discussions by Hennell about whether he should intervene to ask the Prince-Governor of Fars to exempt these Bushire traders affected from inland transit dutiesRequests for assistance made to Hennell by people who have had property stolenMilitary conflicts between Bakir Khan [Bāqir Khān Tangistānī] and Sheik Nasir [Shaikh Nāṣir II Āl Madhkūr], Governor of Bushire, and between Bakir Khan and the Prince-Governor of FarsThe replacement of Bahram Mirza as Prince-Governor of Fars, and Kurrem Khan [Karīm Khān] as Governor of Behbehan [Behbahan]Unrest in the province of FarsThe imprisonment of Mirza Alli Mahomed [Mīrzā ‘Alī Muḥammad], the Bab [Báb], and an order for his executionThe effects of locusts on food pricesSheik Nasir’s reluctance to go to Shiraz as he owed the Prince-Governor of Fars tributeEnquiries into the conduct of Mirza Mahomed due to complaints against him, including that he stole a gold watch from the late Mr Tasker, claims which are refuted by HennellDefeat of the Babees [Bábis], who had been causing disturbances by the SirbazThe execution of Syed Yahyah [Sayyid Yaḥyá], a follower of the Bab.The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft No 91 of 1851’ and ‘Coll[ection]: 18’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 568, and terminates at f 675, 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. These political letters appear in IOR/F/4/2349/123808. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Major Samuel Hennell, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Farrant, Her Majesty’s Chargé d’Affaires at Tehran; Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, Minister for Foreign Affairs; and Messrs Malcolm, merchants of Bushire [Bushehr]. It is the sixteenth in a series of twenty-four items on events in the Persian Gulf.The item mainly consists of letters from Hennell to Farrant, concerning:The apology of Mahomed Hassan Beg [Muḥammad Ḥasan Begi] to Hennell for his treatment of Messrs MalcolmThe disagreement between Hajee Abdul Mahomed [Ḥājī ‘Abd al-Muḥammad] and his brother Aga Mahomed Ally [Āghā Muḥammad ‘Alī] on one side, and the people of Bushire and Sheik Nasir [Shaikh Nāṣir II Āl Madhkūr], Governor of Bushire, on the otherThe case of Messrs Malcolm (see also IOR/F/4/2349/123814) and Lord Palmerston’s ruling that the merchants may either enjoy British protection and pay British customs rates, or pay Persian rates without British protection.The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft no 334 of 1850’, ‘Coll[ection] 4’, and ‘Collection No 1 of No 127’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 296, and terminates at f 322 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, resolutions, and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, a political letter from the Government of Bombay, which appears in IOR/F/4/2445/134344. The main correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Political Agent in the Persian Gulf; and Lieutenant-Colonel Justin Sheil, HM Ambassador to Tehran. It is the second in a series of twenty-one items on events in the Persian Gulf.The item concerns:The entry of Feerooz Meerza [Fīrūz Mīrzā Nuṣrat-al-Dawlah], Prince-Governor of Fars into Bushire [Bushehr]A case of ‘piracy’ involving the subjects of Mohumrah [Khorramshahr] plundering and stealing a boat from Congoon [Bandar-e Kangan] and murdering those on boardNew regulations requiring British subjects to notify the Governor of Bushire before trading with Persian [Iranian] subjectsA description of those in Fars under British protection and the effect of this on customs dutiesStrengthening of the defences of BushireA request from Hajee Mirza Ruza [Ḥājī Mīrzā Reżā] that the British should advocate for the return of his and his son’s property which was confiscated in Meshed [Mashhad]Unrest in Lar and Bebehan [Behbahan]A list of British subjects present in Fars and with the Indian Naval squadron in the Gulf, to add to the UK census of 31 March 1851.The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft N 34 – 1852’, and ‘Collection No 32’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 108, and terminates at f 142, 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]. The main correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Major Samuel Hennell, British Resident in the Persian Gulf; Haji Jassim [Ḥājī Jāsim], British Agent at Bahrain; and Moollah Houssein [Mullā Ḥusayn], British Agent at Sharjah. It is the second in a series of twenty items on the Persian Gulf (the others are IOR/F/4/2180/106055, 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/4/2181/106062, 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 hostilities between the Wahabee [Wahhābi] Governor of Kateef [Qatif], Saad bin Abdullah Moodawee [‘Abdullāh bin Sa‘d al-Mudāwī], and the Sheik of Bahrein [Shaikh Muḥammed bin Khalīfah Āl Khalīfah, Shaikh of Bahrain], including a brief description of two battles which took place near Tirhoot [Tarout], and a description of the blockade of Kateef enforced by the Sheik of Bahrein and Esa bin Tareef [Shaikh ‘Īsá bin Ḥamad bin Ṭarīf Āl Bin ‘Alī al-‘Utbī]Entry of Samaad Aga [Ṣamad Āghā] into Bushire [Bushehr], and relations between Sheik Nasir, Governor of Bushire [Shaikh Nāṣir II Āl Mazkūr] and the Governor of Fars [Muḥammad Ḥusayn Khān Muqaddam Marāgha'i]A dispute over a debtor from Debaye [Dubai] who was planning to take refuge at Shargah [Sharjah]Preparations for hostilities by the shaikhs of Aboothabee [Sa‘īd bin Ṭaḥnūn Āl Nahyān, Shaikh of Abu Dhabi] and Ras el Khyme [Shaikh Sulṭān I bin Ṣaqr al-Qāsimī, Shaikh of Ra’s al-Khaymah] against Debaye and Amulgavine [Umm al-Qaywayn]Naval assistance given by Commodore Hawkins to the Governor of Fars to exact compensation from the chiefs of Asseloo [Bandar-e Asaluyeh], Nukheeloo [Bandar-e Nakhilu], and Cheroo [Bandar-e Chiru’iyeh] for their subjects’ actions in multiple ‘piracies’.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 2 of No 140’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 887, and terminates at f 927, 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: This item consists of copies of correspondence, consultations, and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. These political letters appear in IOR/F/4/2349/123808. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Major Samuel Hennell, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; Commander John Porter, Senior Naval Officer in the Persian Gulf; and Bahram Meerza [Bahrām Mīrzā Mo‘ezz-al-Dawlah], Prince-Governor of Fars Province. It is the twenty-first in a series of twenty-four items on events in the Persian Gulf.The item concerns:The rebellion of Tungistoon [Tungistan] against Shaik Nasir of Bushire [[Shaikh Nāṣir II Āl Madhkūr of Bushehr]Bahram Meerza’s decision to remove Shaik Nasir from office and make Meerza Mehdy Khan [Mīrzā Mahdī Khān] the new Governor of BushireMeerza Mehdy Khan’s advance, accompanied by Bakir Khan [Bāqir Khān Tangistānī], Chief of Tungistoon, to Bushire, and his unsuccessful siege of the townThe arrival of a boat belonging to the Governor of Mohumrah [Khorramshahr] at Rasul Khyma [Ra’s al-Khaymah], carrying enslaved women from Africa, in direct contravention of the firman issued by the previous Shah [Muḥammad Shāh Qājār].The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft no 334 of 1850’, ‘Coll[ection] 4’, and ‘Collection No 1 of No 1’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 383, and terminates at f 404 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. The main correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Major Samuel Hennell, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; and Commander John Croft Hawkins, former Senior Naval Officer in the Persian Gulf.The item concerns a complaint received by the Court of Directors of the East India Company from the Government of the Netherlands about the treatment of Sayed Abdool Rahmon [Sayyid ‘Abd al-Raḥmān], Second Mate on the Dutch brig
Lorkasby Hawkins and Hennell. The item includes accounts by Hawkins and Hennell explaining that Sayed Abdool Rahmon was not being allowed to return to Batavia [Jakarta] on board the
Lorkasdue to his disputes with the Captain and First Mate of the vessel.More information on the dispute can be found at IOR/F/4/2260/114578.The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft no 776/49’, ‘Coll[ection] 14’, and ‘Collection No 1 of No 37’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 37, and terminates at f 58 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.