Abstract: The item consists of enclosures to political letters from the East India Company Court of Directors and the governments of Bombay [Mumbai] and India. It is the second in a series of two items on general affairs in the Persian Gulf (the other is IOR/F/4/1596/64625, which contains the political letters).In particular, the item relates to:An attack on the British Agent at Bahrein [Bahrain] ordered by the sons of the Shaikh, Abdoollah bin Ahmed [‘Abdullāh bin Aḥmad Āl Khalīfah], due to a dispute over money, resulting in the British sending ships to Bahrein to blockade the port and enforce punishment for the Agent's attackersThe impact of the war between the Imaum [Imam] of Muscat and the people of Mombassa [Mombasa, also written Bombasa in text] with regards to trading at Mandavie [Mandvi] and Bombay, including: requests for intervention by the Resident at Cutch [Kuchchh] and the Rao of Cutch; and discussion by the Government of Bombay as to whether it can intervene against the Imaum's right to prevent supplies from these ports reaching his enemiesNumerous administrative points regarding the Bushire [Būshehr] Residency (also called the Persian Gulf Residency), including: charges incurred by the temporary removal of the Residency to the island of Corgo [Kharko] in 1832; absences, resignations and appointments of Residents; allowances adjusted for interim appointments; the discharge of several public servants from the Residency; and the management and disposal of various articles in the Residency Treasury, including sealed packages of great value belonging to Reza Kooly Mirza [Rizā Qulī Mīrzā Farmānfarmā], a list of which can be found at ff 533-534Minor points regarding the Imaum of Muscat, including: a proposal by the Bourbon authorities to establish a colony at Zanzibar; privileges for the Imaum's imports of salt into Calcutta [Kolkata]; presents sent by the Imaum to Lady Grant; and the Imaum's concerns that he has upset the British in some way.To a lesser extent, the item also includes mention of:Claims by the Shaikh of Kishm [Qeshm] for salvage remuneration following his rescue of the merchant vessel
Prinsep'Piracy' committed in the Gulf of Cutch and on the Kattywar [Kāthiāwār] coastRepairs and alterations required for the Company ship
CyreneThe question of whether charges of the Bushire Residency and the Turkish Arabia Agency should be debited to the Government of Bombay or to the Government of India.Principal correspondents include: the governments of Bombay and India; Shaikh Abdoollah bin Ahmed; David Anderson Blane and James Morison, successive Residents at Bushire; Samuel Hennell, Assistant (and Acting) Resident at Bushire; Sayyid Sa‘īd bin Sulṭān Āl Bū Sa‘īd, Imam of Muscat; and Henry Pottinger, Resident at Cutch.The title page of the item contains the following references: 'Bombay Political Department', 'P.C. [Previous Communication] 1944, Draft 432, 1837' and 'Examiner's Office'.Physical description: The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the item. The item also contains a table of contents (ff 372-376), noting ‘Page’, ‘Date’, ‘From’, ‘To’ and ‘Date of Consultation’.
Abstract: This item consists primarily of copies of correspondence, minutes and consultations cited in, or enclosed with, a letter from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] to the East India Company Court of Directors.The item relates to the efforts of the Government of Bombay to suppress the slave trade on the coasts of Cutch [Kachchh] and Kattywar [Kathiawar Peninsula, also referred to in the item as Katteewar], and in particular to prevent enslaved people from Africa being imported into these places by vessels from the Arabian Peninsula. It specifically addresses:Attempts to persuade local rulers in Cutch and Kattywar to adopt measures to prevent enslaved people being traded at their ports. Included are copies of communications from the Jam of Noanuggur [Jam Saheb of Nawanagar], the Rana of Porebunder [Porbandar] the Guicowar [Maharaja Gaekwad] of Baroda, the chief [Shaikh] of Mangrolle [Mangrol], and the Rao of Cutch.The arrival of three vessels at Porebunder [Porbandar] carrying enslaved children; the release of the children and their removal to Bombay; and the arrangements made for their accommodation and support. A register of the children is includedThe seizure of a merchant vessel from Porebunder at the port of Kisseen [Qishn, also referred to in the item as Kisheen and Cusson] on the south coast of the Arabian Peninsula, and the efforts made to retrieve the vessel and its cargo. Those alleged to be responsible are members of the Maharah tribe [al-Mahrah, referred to in the item by a number of variant spellings] who are said to have seized the vessel in retaliation for the earlier release of the enslaved children in PorebunderThe arrival of two more vessels carrying enslaved children into ports in Kattywar; the removal of the children to Bombay; and the arrangements made for their future supportProposals for further measures that might be taken, both in Cutch and Kattywar as well as in the Persian Gulf and the Arabian Peninsula.The primary correspondents are: Robert Grant, Governor of Bombay; William Lang, Acting Political Agent, Kattywar; Charles Malcolm, Superintendent Indian Navy; Jewan Oodhowjee [Jivan Udhoji], Manager of the firm Dhurumsey Luckmeedass [Dharmse Lakhmidas]; Captain A P Reid, Officer Commanding Detachment at Porebunder; Rana Wikmathjee [Vikramatji Khimojiraj], Rana of Porebunder; John Warden, Senior Magistrate of Police, Bombay; and John Pollard Willoughby, Secretary to Government, Bombay.The item contains contents pages (ff 5-20), and the title page (f 4) of the item contains the following references: ‘P C [Previous Communication] 2196, No. 1, Draft 573-1838’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 4 and terminates at f 254, 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 which form partial enclosures to a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, dated 27 November 1845. A copy of this letter can be found at IOR/F/4/2157/103838 and further enclosures can be found at IOR/F/4/2157/103840 and IOR/F/4/2157/103845.The item relates to two enslaved African girls who were found on a vessel from Cutch [Kachchh] by the Company brig,
Euphrates. Augustus Smith Le Messurier, Advocate General at Bombay, recommends that the girls be sent to the Byculla school [Christ Church School, Byculla, Mumbai?]. The item contains the subsequent correspondence between the Government of Bombay, the Bombay Education Society, and the Bombay Diocesan Committee of the Society for Propagating the Gospel in Foreign Parts. Arrangements are made for the girls to remain at the ‘Indo British Institution’, with details provided on how the girls’ care will be financed.The item also contains correspondence from the Government of India which suggests that a set of rules should be drawn up for the guidance of naval officers to prevent them from making ‘mistakes’ such as in the case of the girls mentioned above. No further details of this are provided.The title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Bombay Political Department’, ‘P.C. [Previous Communication] 5410, Draft 786/46’, ‘Vol: 9’, ‘Collection N. 3 of N. 131’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’. The ‘N. 3’ has been crossed out with different ink.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 876, and terminates at f 888, 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 which form partial enclosures to a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, dated 12 November 1845. A copy of this letter can be found at IOR/F/4/2157/103838 and further enclosures to this letter can be found at IOR/F/4/2157/103843.The item relates to a request from the Court of Directors to the Government of Bombay for an update on the case of six enslaved people who had been taken into Mandavie [Mandvi], originally reported by James Grant Lumsden, the previous Political Agent at Cutch [Kachchh]. The request is passed on to the Government of India which responds with copies of correspondence from the Government of Scinde [Sindh] and Henry Gee Roberts, the new Political Agent at Cutch, providing an update on the six enslaved people.The title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Bombay Political Department’, ‘P.C. [Previous Communication] 5410, Draft 786/46’, ‘Vol: 7’, ‘Collection N. 11 of N. 124’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’. The ‘N. 11’ has been crossed out with different ink.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 866, and terminates at f 871, 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, extracts from a Government of Bombay Political Consultation, 8 July 1849.The item relates to the deposition of Rehun Toolah [Raḥmat Allāh], a mussulman [Muslim] inhabitant of Cutch [Kachchh], in which he admits that he purchased a 'Seedie' [Sīdī, also rendered in text as Sedee and Seedee] woman at Muscat and has subsequently married her. He also states that there are other members of his caste who have done the same. The deposition is forwarded by Thomas Ogilvy, Political Agent in Cutch, to the Government of Bombay. The Governor of Bombay orders the matter to be brought to the attention of the Rao of Cutch and Captain Atkins Hamerton, HM Consul and the East India Company's Agent in the Dominions of the Imam [Imām] of Muscat. The latter is instructed to report the above to the Imam with a view to preventing future cases.The title page of the item contains the following references: 'Bombay Political Department', 'Draft No. 189 of 1850', 'Vol: 7', 'Collection No 6 of No 125', and 'Examiner’s Office'.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 169, and terminates at f 173, 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.