Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, consultations, and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Major Samuel Hennell, British Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; Hajee Yacoob [Ḥājjī Ya‘qūb], the Government Pilot at Kharg [Jazireh-ye Khark]; the British Agent at Lingah [Bandar-e Lengeh]; Houssein bin Abdoollah Chief of Charrack [Ḥusayn bin ‘Abdullāh, Shaikh of Bandar-e Charak]; and Sultan bin Houssein Chief of Mogoo [Sulṭān bin Ḥusayn, Shaikh of Moghuyeh]. It is the first in a series of eleven items.The item concerns naval hostilities between Charrack and Mogoo, and the shaikhs’ explanation of events. The item also contains Hennell’s instructions to Captain William Lowe, commanding the Indian Naval Squadron in the Persian Gulf, about demanding the restitution of the Mogoo boats captured by Charrack.The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft no 689/48’, ‘Col[lection]: 17’, ‘Collection No 1 of No 45’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 229, and terminates at f 239 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 main correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Major Samuel Hennell, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; and Commander John Porter, commanding the Indian Naval Squadron in the Persian Gulf. It is the seventeenth in a series of twenty-four items on events in the Persian Gulf.The item concerns:An alleged seizure of a vessel belonging to a merchant who had seceded from Bahrein [Bahrain] and then returned there by Hassan ben Abdoollah [Ḥusayn bin ‘Abdullāh], the Governor of Charrack [Shaikh of Bandar-e Charak], and the return of the vessel and cargoThe delay of two Bahraini boats at Charrack due to a lack of men to crew themPorter’s tour of the Trucial States of the Gulf and his observations on the relations between the shaikhs, especially the refusal of Muscat to pay Saad bin Mootluk [Sa‘d bin Muṭlaq] tribute and internal events in Bahrein.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 2 of No 127’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 323, and terminates at f 344 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, memoranda, resolutions, and consultations cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. The main correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; Commodore George Robinson; Colonel Justin Sheil, Her Majesty’s Ambassador at Tehran; and Khojeh Hiskael [Khawājah Ḥizqīl bin Yūsuf], British Agent at Muscat. It is the first in a series of five items.The item concerns:Kemball’s attempts to exact reparations from the Governor of Charrack [Bandar-e Charak] whose people had plundered a boat from Kelat [Kalat; also written as Khelat and Kulat], and Robinson’s consequent expedition to CharrackA description of an attack by the people of Charrack on KelatExaction of a fine and pearls from the people of Kenn [Kish Island] on account of the plunder of a boatA minor dispute between Debaie [Dubai] and Shargah [Sharjah]Expedition by the Beni Yas [Banī Yās] tribe into the districts of Rusul Khymah [Ra’s al-Khaymah]A complaint by Sheik Ahmed ben Khulfan, Governor of Asseeloo [Shaikh Aḥmad Al Khalfān, Governor of Bandar-e-‘Asaluyeh] that the Governor of Bushire [Bushehr] imprisoned and fined the nakhuda of a boat from AsseelooThe plunder of a vessel from Zanzibar by a dependent of Sheik Sultan bin Suggur [Shaikh Sulṭān I bin Ṣaqr al-Qāsimī].The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft No 653_1853’ and ‘Collection No. 21 of No. 53 of 1853’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 503, and terminates at f 561, 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: A translation of a proposed agreement between Mohamed Zikie Khan [Muhammad Zakī Khān Nūrī], Vizier to Hossein Ali Mirza [Husayn ‘Ali Mīrzā Farmānfarmā, Prince-Governor of Fārs], and William Bruce, Resident at Bushire [Būshehr], dated 8 August 1822.The terms of the agreement concern:Efforts to sustain friendly relations between Britain and the Government of FarsThe Bani Atoobee [‘Utūb] of Bahrein [Bahrain], in particular the issue of a distinguishing flagRestitution for the inhabitants of Lingua [Bandar-e Lengeh] and Charrack [Bandar-e Chārak] for losses caused by British forcesThe reinstatement of Bruce as Resident in BushirePermission for British forces to occupy an island in the Gulf for a period of five years, under conditions.The agreement was enclosed in the letter of Major George Willock, Acting Chargé d’Affaires in Persia [Iran], to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company dated 15 October 1822 (IOR/L/PS/9/69/121).A duplicate of the agreement can be found in IOR/L/PS/9/69/131.Physical description: 1 item (4 folios)
Abstract: A copy of a letter from William Bruce, Resident in Bushire [Būshehr], to Mountstuart Elphinstone, Governor of Bombay [Mumbai], sent from Shiraz and dated 3 September 1822.The letter reports events at the Court of the Prince-Governor of Fars [Husayn ‘Ali Mīrzā Farmānfarmā], in particular Bruce’s conclusion of an agreement with the Government of Fars (IOR/L/PS/9/69/124). It also discusses Bruce’s proposed lease of a British cruiser to Persia [Iran] and a likely expedition from Fars against Bahrein [Bahrain].The agreement was enclosed in the letter of Major George Willock, Acting Chargé d’Affaires in Persia, to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company dated 15 October 1822 (IOR/L/PS/9/69/121).Physical description: 1 item (5 folios)
Abstract: A copy of a letter from Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government of Bombay [Mumbai], to James Parish, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, sent from Poonah [Pune] and dated 27 October 1822.The letter concerns the agreement concluded between William Bruce, Resident in Bushire [Būshehr], and the Government of Fars at Sheraz [Shīrāz] (IOR/L/PS/9/69/124 and 131), disavowing the agreement as contrary to the policies of the Government of Bombay on issues including Kishm [Qeshm] and Bahrein [Bahrain]. It contains instructions for Bruce’s dismissal and the removal of the occupying forces on Kishm to be replaced by naval patrols. It also forwards draft letters to regional rulers on the issue of the disavowed agreement (IOR/L/PS/9/69/132-134).The letter was enclosed in the letter of Major George Willock, Acting Chargé d’Affaires in Persia [Iran], to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company dated 25 January 1823 (IOR/L/PS/9/69/126).Physical description: 1 item (4 folios)
Abstract: A copy of a letter from James Parish, Secretary to the Government of Bombay [Mumbai], to William Bruce, Resident in Bushire [Būshehr], sent from Bombay Castle and dated 1 November 1822.The letter reprimands Bruce for making an agreement with the Government of Fars at Shiraz (IOR/L/PS/9/69/124) without orders from the Government of Bombay, disavows the agreement, and dismisses Bruce from his post as Resident.The letter was enclosed in the letter of Major George Willock, Acting Chargé d’Affaires in Persia [Iran], to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company dated 25 January 1823 (IOR/L/PS/9/69/126).Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
Abstract: A copy of a letter from William Bruce, Resident in Bushire [Būshehr], to Mountstuart Elphinstone, Governor of Bombay [Mumbai], sent from Shiraz and dated 3 September 1822.The letter reports events at the Court of the Prince-Governor of Fars [Husayn ‘Ali Mīrzā Farmānfarmā], in particular Bruce’s conclusion of an agreement with the Government of Fars (IOR/L/PS/9/69/124 and 131). It also discusses Bruce’s proposed lending of a British cruiser to Persia and a likely expedition from Fārs against Bahrein [Bahrain].The letter was enclosed in the letter of Major George Willock, Acting Chargé d’Affaires in Persia [Iran], to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company dated 25 January 1823 (IOR/L/PS/9/69/126).A duplicate of this letter can be found in IOR/L/PS/9/69/125.Physical description: 1 item (3 folios)
Abstract: A translation of a proposed agreement between Mohamed Zikie Khan [Muhammad Zakī Khān Nūrī], Vizier to Hossein Ali Mirza [Husayn ‘Ali Mīrzā Farmānfarmā, Prince-Governor of Fārs], and William Bruce, Resident at Bushire [Būshehr], dated 8 August 1822.The terms of the agreement concern:Efforts to sustain friendly relations between Britain and the Government of FārsThe Bani Atoobee [‘Utūb] of Bahrein [Bahrain], in particular the issue of a distinguishing flagRestitution for the inhabitants of Lingua [Bandar-e Lengeh] and Charrack [Bandar-e Chārak] for losses caused by British forcesThe reinstatement of Bruce as Resident in BushirePermission for British forces to occupy an island in the Gulf for a period of five years, under conditions.The letter was enclosed in the letter of Major George Willock, Acting Chargé d’Affaires in Persia [Iran], to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company dated 25 January 1823 (IOR/L/PS/9/69/126).A duplicate of the agreement can be found in IOR/L/PS/9/69/124.Physical description: 1 item (4 folios)
Abstract: A copy of a letter from Mountstuart Elphinstone, Governor of Bombay [Mumbai], to Henry Willock, HM Chargé d’Affaires in Persia [Iran], sent from Bombay Castle and dated 7 March 1822.The letter concerns compensation for residents Charrack [Bandar-e Chārak] and Lingua [Bandar-e Lengeh] whose ships were found to be illegally captured by British forces during the 1819 campaign against ‘piracy’.The letter was enclosed in the letter of Major George Willock, Acting Chargé d’Affaires in Persia, to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company dated 27 August 1822 (IOR/L/PS/9/69/117).Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
Abstract: A copy of a letter from Francis Warden, Chief Secretary of the Government of Bombay [Mumbai], to William Bruce, Resident in Bushire [Būshehr], sent from Bombay Castle and dated 1 March 1822.The letter authorises the payment of an indemnity to residents of Charrack [Bandar-e Chārak] and Lingua [Bandar-e Lengeh] for ships destroyed by British forces.The letter was enclosed in the letter of Major George Willock, Acting Chargé d’Affaires in Persia [Iran], to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company dated 27 August 1822 (IOR/L/PS/9/69/117).Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
Abstract: A copy of a letter from Henry Willock, HM Chargé d’Affaires in Persia [Iran], to Major-General William Grant Keir, Commander of the 1819 expedition to the Persian Gulf, sent from Tehran and dated 16 March 1820. The letter reports the Persian Court’s muted reaction to the destruction of ‘pirate’ vessels from Lingua [Bandar-e Lengeh] and Charrack [Bandar-e Chārak], asserting that Grant should continue in his mission against ‘piracy’ originating from Persian ports.The letter was enclosed in Willock’s letter to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company dated 19 March 1820 [IOR/L/PS/9/69/10].Physical description: Condition: the letter was perforated in an attempt to stop the spread of disease.