Abstract: Distinctive Features:Shows the location of tribes that dwelled in the Trucial States area with names reported. Names of tribes under authority of the Muscat state are double underlined in red.Physical description: Materials:Pen and ink on paperDimensions:340 x 433 mm
Abstract: Distinctive Features:Depths shown by soundings recorded in feet.Shows the proposed development at Khawr al Qulay'ah, Bahrain with additions marked in red ink and position of signalling devices indicated. Below title is an annotation stating that if to be used at night all buoys and beacons must be lit as shown.Physical description: Materials:Print on tracing paper with additions in red inkDimensions:467 x 436 mm, on sheet 497 x 459 mm
Abstract: Distinctive Features:Includes an inset: ‘Enlarged plan of town’ with explanation ‘Space built over tinted red. Forts tinted Ind. red’.Legends and notations concerning the area cover the face of the map.Inscriptions:On recto, below title: ‘This Map is from a plane-table survey, based on a careful triangulation: the part north of the town, creeks, &ca are taken from the chart of harbour by Comr. Constable, and Lieut Stiffe. It is intended as an illustration of the campaign of 1856-7 in the peninsula. The different tints of blue, show the contours of equal depth. the deeper water being tinted darker they are only given as far as the 3 fathom line, and are only approximate south of Rishir.Corrections to 1873 by A.W.S. (in red)’.Physical description: Materials:Pen and ink with wash on paperDimensions:851 x 595 mm, on sheet 900 x 643 mm
Abstract: Correspondence related to the distribution of the text of the General Act of the Brussels Conference of 1890 throughout the Persian Gulf region. The English version of the Act is on folios 32-37. William Lee-Warner, Secretary to the Government of India in Bombay, sent Adelbert Talbot (Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, 1891-93) 100 copies of the Act in Persian (folios 5-19), and 100 in Arabic, for distribution to the Political Agencies on the Persian and Arab coasts of the Gulf respectively. Talbot sent 25 copies of the Persian translation of the Act to his Political Agent in Bandar-e Lengeh, and a further 25 copies to the Agent of the British India Steam Navigation Co. (Gray Paul & Co.) at Bandar-e Abbas. The Governor of Turkish Arabistan, Nizam-es-Sultaneh was critical of the distributed Persian translation of the Act, which had been produced under the authority of British Government staff in Bombay. In response Talbot commissioned and distributed a new translation (folios 73-88), produced under his authority at the Political Residency in Bushire.Physical description: Foliation: The volume has been foliated with small circled numbers in the top right corner of each front-facing page. The front cover has been foliated 1, then there are two unfoliated pages, before foliation restarts at 2 on the title sheet. After the title sheet and contents page (folio 4) there are a further three unfoliated blank pages before foliation restarts on the first piece of correspondence.). Folio 100 is missing.
Abstract: The volume contains correspondence between Government of India officials and the Political Resident of the Persian Gulf, on the question of the disposal or repatriation of slaves manumitted in the Gulf region, in response to concerns from the Government of Bombay over the potential social consequences of settling further Africans in the city (folio 5). British government officials in London and India discussed the practicalities of sending freed slaves to Britain’s possessions in East Africa, where freed slaves could be employed in the region’s agricultural plantations (folio 13 onwards).In December 1897 Captain Hugh Daly, Deputy Secretary to the Government of India, wrote to the Political Resident (Lieutenant-Colonel Malcome Meade), requesting him to liaise with Her Majesty’s acting Consul-General at Zanzibar, Basil Cave, to arrange for the dispatch of freed African slaves to be repatriated at Zanzibar (folio 23). A batch of correspondence from 1899/1900 documents the arrangements made by the Political Resident (then Major Percy Cox) to send eleven liberated slaves to Zanzibar. Particular attention is paid to keeping the cost of the freed slaves’ passage back to Africa to a minimum.The remainder of the file covers the period 1897 to 1905, and deals with specific cases of emancipated slaves being dispatched to Zanzibar, either from the Political Residency in Bushire or the Political Agency in Muscat. This includes a report written by the Political Resident (Major Charles Kemball) in Nov 1902 outlining the numbers of slaves transported over a two year period (1900-1902) from Muscat to Zanzibar, including method and cost of transport (folio 82).Physical description: Foliation: The volume has been foliated with a small circled number in the top-right corner of each front-facing page, beginning with the front cover and running to the last folio.
Abstract: The volume contains correspondence exchanged between the Political Resident in Bushire (Lieutenant-Colonel Malcolm J. Meade) and his assistant (John Gaskin), the Political Agent Muscat (Major Christopher Fagan, and from October 1899 Major Percy Cox), and staff of the Government of India. Correspondence begins with an enquiry from the India Office in London to the Government of India, in response to a letter sent to
The Timesnewspaper by the Anti-Slavery Society, relating to British authorities’ procedure in surrendering fugitive slaves in Aden and Muscat.The Political Resident and Political Agent Muscat discussed the procedure of assessing and granting manumission. The assistant secretary to the Government of India enquired into the possibility of applying the current practice of manumission at Muscat to the Persian Gulf generally. Internal Residency memorandums between Meade and Gaskin, noted that such measures would further intensify hostile feelings on the part of the Arab shaikhs to the British Government, and it was noted that the Sheikh of Abu Dhabi was seeking closer links with the French Consul at Muscat (folios 17-18). The memorandums also explore the merits of making the children of slaves legally free, but this measure was rejected on the grounds that it would be too expensive to administer.In office notes from early 1899, Fagan described in detail the manumission procedure there, including the Sultan’s role in the process (folios 29-30). It was noted (folios 24) that slaves seeking refuge in Muscat tended to be manumitted, irrespective of whether their case merited manumission according to the Treaty signed with the Sultan of Muscat. In 1899 Meade embarked on a tour of the Arab shaikhdoms, in order to inform the Shaikhs of their obligations in relation to the suppression of the slave trade. The memorandum gives details of the tour made on HMS
Lawrenceand the Meade’s meetings with the shaikhs of Sharjah, Abu Dhabi, Ra's al-Khaymah and Umm al-Qaywayn, and their respective responses (folios 47-49).In a letter to the Political Resident of February 1900, Cox noted what he regarded as a lack of British Protection in current manumission certificates (folios 53-55). Enclosed with Cox's letter is a specimen manumission certificate issued by the Agency in Muscat (folio 56). Cox noted in his letter that the British Consul at Muscat issueds certificates in his own name, and not in the name of the British government.Physical description: Foliation: The volume is foliated from front cover to inside back cover with pencil numbers in the top-right corner of each front-facing page.
Abstract: The volume contains copies of covering letters sent with copies of the 1873 Slave Trade Proclamation, which was reissued on an annual basis. The letters were sent by Bushire Political Residency staff to a range of British representatives around the Gulf, including the Political Agents (Bahrain, Muscat, Trucial Coast, Consulates), representatives at the region’s telegraph stations (including Jask), and a representative of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company at Ganawah [Bandar Ganaveh]. The volume also contains numerous replies from recipients of the treaty, responding that they have posted or distributed it as requested.The volume also contains two copies of the treaty (folios 93 and 148). The treaty is printed in five languages (English, Arabic, Marathi, Gujarati and Kanarese). In a letter of 1926 to the Political Resident (Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Prideaux), the Political Agent in Kuwait (James More) notes the poor quality of the Arabic translation of the treaty. In response, Prideaux arranges for an improved Arabic translation be sent to him by More, for use on future reprints of the treaty. The revised translation is distributed for the first time in 1929. The two copies of the treaty enclosed reflect the ‘before’ (folio 93) and ‘after’ (folio 148) versions of the Arabic treaty text.Physical description: Foliation: The volume is foliated from the front cover to last folio, with small numbers in the top-right corner of each recto. Folio number 7 is omitted, and that there are some instances where the reverse side of pages are numbered if they are written or printed on.
Abstract: The volume comprises two printed documents. The first is guidelines for the manumission of slaves, printed by the British Government’s Foreign Office Press, and issued to the Political Resident at Bushire. Part one of the guidelines is for the Persian shore of the Persian Gulf. It outlines the authorities (treaties) for manumission, grounds for manumission, and the procedures for manumission. The second part of the guidelines deals with the Arabian shore of the Persian Gulf. Bahrain, Muscat and the Trucial Coast are dealt with separately.The second printed document in the file is a set of guidelines for dealing with the various scenarios in which economic disputes might arise between captains, divers and merchants in the pearling industry in the Gulf. The guidelines are for use by British agents and representatives in Bahrain, Kuwait, Bandar-e Lengeh and the Trucial Coast. The emphasis in the rules is on the honouring of debts as a means to ensuring the financial stability of the pearling industry, and sets out the obligations of divers to their captains, duties of captains to their divers, captains to other captains regarding loans, and captains to their debtors.Physical description: Foliation: The volume is foliated in the top-right corner of each recto. The two printed reports that comprise the volume each have their own internal pagination systems.
Abstract: The bulk of the documents contained in this file relate to a proposal to construct a harbour at Khor Kaliya in Bahrain. A map of the relevant area is contained on folio 3B. The pros and cons of building the harbour are discussed at length, as are matters related to financing the project and the engineering work required to complete it.Documents in the file also discuss an idea for the establishment of a Chamber of Commerce in Bahrain, agitation in Bahrain that occurred after a government proclamation regarding inheritance regulations and a broader discussion concerning Shaikh Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa and the nature of his rule of the country at the time.Physical description: A bound correspondence file. Foliation starts on first page with writing (3rd page in volume) and continues to end. Foliation in pencil in circled numbers in top right corner of recto. Additional foliation sequence of uncircled numbers starts on f.2. f.3B is kept inside an envelope attached to f.3A. The following foliation errors occur: f.1 is followed by f.1A, f.1B. Instead of f.3 we have f.3a and f.3b. f.51 is followed by f.51A, f.51B. f.54 is followed by f.54A, f.54B.
Abstract: This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding the status and ownership of Qais [Kish] island off the coast of Iran. The file contains a discussion of the island's history and a copy (with English translation) of the
sanad(deed) through which the family of the Kowam-ul-Mulk of Shiraz claimed ownership of the island.Physical description: The file has been foliated from the front cover to the inside back cover, using pencil numbers marked in the top-right corner of each recto. The folio numbers are uncircled, except numbers 8 to 11, which are circled. There is an earlier foliation system that runs from folios 7 to 11, using ink numbers in the top-right corner of recto pages. The following foliation anomaly occurs: 1a.
Abstract: Genre/Subject Matter:This photographs shows a dilapidated tower or minaret on the island of Hormuz off the coast of Bandar Abbas.To the left in the background several reed or palm-frond structures are visible while to the right there is a white-washed, one-storey building.Two European men wearing pith helmets are seated at the foot of the tower. A third man stands in the large central opening near the top of the tower while a fourth man's head is visible behind him.Inscriptions:Upper right, in pencil alongside image: '48', 'a'Below image, in pen: 'Minaret in Ormuz'Below above pen inscription, in pencil: '(Hormuz)'Physical description: Dimensions:209 x 133 mmFormat:Albumen print on paperCondition:The print is in good condition with staining in the sky area, particularly in the upper left and lower left corner, and minor surface dirt throughout.Foliation:‘a’ (crossed out); ‘48’Process:Albumen print
Abstract: Genre/Subject Matter:This photograph shows a dilapidated tower or minaret on the island of Hormuz off the coast of Bandar Abbas.To the left in the background several reed or palm-frond structures are visible while to the right there is a white-washed, one-storey building.Two European men wearing pith helmets are seated at the foot of the tower. A third man stands in the large central opening near the top of the tower while a fourth man's head is visible behind him.Inscriptions:Upper right, in pencil alongside image: '48', 'a'Below image, in pen: 'Minaret in Ormuz'Below pen inscription, in pencil: '(Hormuz)'Physical description: Dimensions:209 x 133 mmFormat:Albumen print on paperCondition:The print is in good condition with staining in the sky area, particularly in the upper left and lower left corner, and minor surface dirt throughout.Foliation:‘a’ (crossed out); ‘48’Process:Albumen print