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1. ‘Persian Gulf. Wreck of the Bugla Futeh-ool-Rahmon, near Cape Jask – Vol: 33’
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- 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/4/2302/118727. The correspondents are the Government of Bombay and Major Samuel Hennell, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf. It is the thirty-third in a series of fifty-one items on the Persian Gulf.The item concerns the wreck of the Futeh-ool-Rahmon, a ship sailing under British colours which ran aground near Jask. The item details the loss of part of the cargo and the actions of Shaik Syf bin Nubhan [Sheikh Sayf bin Nabhān al-Mu‘awali], Governor of Bunder Abbass [Bandar-e ʻAbbas] and Meer Hajee [Mīr Ḥājī], Governor of Jask.The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Collection No 12 of No 169’, ‘Coll[ection]: 17’ and ‘Draft no 465 of 49’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 584, and terminates at f 588, 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.
2. ‘Persian Gulf. Wreck of the bugla “Futtey ool Rahman”, belonging to Aga Ali Akber Kazranee, off Capes Bahmadee and Jask’
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- Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, minutes, consultations, and resolutions, 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 fourteenth in a series of twenty-eight items on the Persian Gulf. The main correspondents are: the Government of Bombay and Major Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf.The item concerns several petitions presented to the Governor of Bombay by Aga Ali Akbar Kazranee [Āqā ‘Alī Akbar Kāzirunī, also rendered as Agha Ally Akbar Cazeroony in the item] regarding his vessel Futhool Rahmon[ Fatḥ al-Raḥmān. Multiple spellings for this name are present in the item], which ran aground near Jask in May 1848. Aga Ali Akbar Kazranee accuses Meer Hajee [Mīr Maʿṣūm, popularly known as Mīr Ḥājjī], the Governor of Jask, of carrying away the cargo and stores of the vessel. Hennel investigates, and decides there are not sufficient grounds to make a claim. The item includes letters to Hennell from Sheik Syf ben Nubhan [Shaikh Sayf bin Nabhān al-Mu‘awali], Governor of Bunder Abbas [Bandar-e ʻAbbas], and Ally ben Houssein [‘Alī bin Ḥusayn], nakhoda [nākhudā] of the Futhool Rahmon.The item contains a table of contents (f 586), and the title page (f 585) contains the following references: ‘Dft. No. 424 of 1851’, Collection No. 1, Vol. 14’, and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 585 and terminates at f 600, 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.
3. 'Telegraph Station, Jask'
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- Abstract: Genre/Subject Matter:General view of the British Telegraph Station at Jask. Typical of British Colonial architecture, the installation consists of at least five two-storey structures featuring round arches.The foreground and middle-ground is made up of a stoney plain with little vegetation.Inscriptions:Upper right, in pencil alongside image: 'b', '41'Below image, in pen: 'Telegraph Station, Jask'Physical description: Dimensions:124 x 205 mmFormat:Albumen print on paperCondition:The print is in good condition with staining and light creasing in the sky area in the upper left and right corners and minor surface dirt throughout. Inscriptions on the verso are faintly visible on the recto.Foliation:‘b’ (crossed out); ‘41’Process:Albumen print
4. Report No. 73 of 1864 by Lewis Pelly on his journey from Bandar Abbas to Cape Jask reconnoitering the route of the proposed telegraph line
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- Abstract: Report by Lewis Pelly on his journey from Bunder Abbass [Bandar Abbas] through Minow [Minab] to Cape Jashk [Jask] to examine what effect the shore-line of the area and the nature of the local inhabitants may have on the proposed extension of the telegraph line through the region.The report gives details on the layout of the land including distances, land types, with accompanying maps for illustration, locations of local populations and existing uses of the land for trade and agriculture. Pelly also includes assessments of the attitudes of local tribes and inhabitants to the construction of the line through their areas and incidental notes on how settlements came to be located where they are and how they acquired their names.Following on from Pelly's report there is a report by Dr William Henry Colvill, Civil Surgeon at Bushire, which contains detailed geological information on the rock formations of the proposed route, with information on rock samples that were taken. Also included in the report are rough indications of average temperatures during the day-time and physical descriptions of the peoples living along the route.The report concludes with detailed information on Pelly's itinerary, estimates of revenue, population for the areas travelled through, lists of villages, and information on existing caravan routes.A sketch map which accompanies the report can be found at Mss Eur F126/106Physical description: Foliation: The report has been foliated in the top right corner of the recto of each folio, using a pencil number enclosed in a circle.The report also has its own original printed pagination which appears at the top centre of both sides of each page, numbering 1-19.
5. Coll 28/72 ‘Persia. Telegraph stations at Jask; Question of Persian encroachments and realignment of boundary.’
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- Abstract: Correspondence exchanged between the British Legation in Tehran, including HM’s Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, and the Foreign Office, including the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, John Allsebrook Simon. The correspondence concerns questions over the extent of the concession area of (and jurisdiction within) the telegraph station at Jask (also spelt Jashk). These questions arose from the withdrawal of the Indo-European Telegraph Department (IETD) from Persia [Iran] in 1932, and the takeover of its facilities by Imperial & International Communications Limited. The file’s correspondence covers the Persian authorities’ understanding that the original concession was no longer valid, their dismantling of the boundary fence around the telegraph station, and the construction of buildings within the original concession area.The file contains copies of correspondence dated 1887, including reports from Colonel Robert Murdoch Smith, Director in Chief of the IETD Persian section (ff 89-108), and copies of various agreements ranging in date from 1861 to 1932, relating to the operation and ownership of the telegraph line in Persia (ff 65-88).The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 109; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
6. Coll 34/2 'Slavery: Persian Gulf: Manumission of slaves from Persian Gulf; Persian protests; Incidence of cost'
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- Abstract: Correspondence, minutes, and memoranda relating to cases of refugee slaves in the Persian Gulf and particularly along the Persian coast. The correspondence is principally interdepartmental in nature and is between officials at the India Office, Foreign Office, and Admiralty. Further correspondence, mostly enclosures, is between officials at the British Legation in Tehran and British Residency and Consulate General in Bushire, the Commissioner of Police in Bombay, Chief of Police in Gibraltar, and the Senior Naval Officer, Persian Gulf Division. Also contained within the file are several reports of escaped slaves by officers aboard a number of vessels in the Persian Gulf, including HMS Lupin, HMS Bideford, HMS Shoreham, HMS Triad, HMS Hastings, and HMS Folkestone.The reports centre on the Persian Coast in places such as Henjam and Jask. The majority of slaves are escaping from places along the Trucial Coast of the Arabian Peninsula.Matters dealt with by the correspondence in connection to these cases include:The attitude of the Persian authorities and the question of the correct way of involving themThe manumission and repatriation of slavesResponsibility for costs.The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 129; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. Two additional foliation sequences are also present in parallel between ff 66-74, and ff 94-97; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
7. Coll 5/37 ‘Landings in, and use of, Persian territory by British aircraft’
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- Abstract: The file contains correspondence related to a forced landing by aircraft Helenaof Imperial Airways at Jask on 16 May 1934. The flight in question was carrying the Viceroy of India, Freeman Freeman-Thomas, and his wife Marie Adelaide (Lord and Lady Willingdon): see folio 4 for a detailed account of the flight. It also contains prior correspondence – from April 1934 – regarding a request from Imperial Airways for emergency landing rights at Jask.The main correspondents are as follows: Francis George Lawder Bertram representing the Air Ministry, George William Rendel representing the Foreign Office, and John Gilbert Laithwaite representing the India Office.The file includes a divider which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 27; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
8. Coll 28/71 ‘Persia. Wireless Stations operated by the I. & I. C. Ltd. in Persia.’
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- Abstract: Correspondence concerning the importation of stores and equipment for wireless stations in the Persian Gulf (at Bushire, Henjam [Jazīreh-ye Hengām], Jask, and Charbar [Chabahar]) operated by Imperial and International Communications Limited (I&ICL), amid the handover of the stations to the Persian Government. The file is a chronological continuation of papers found in Coll 28/26 ‘Relations with H.M.G Importation of Stores for I.E.T.D. Staff’ (IOR/L/PS/12/3423). The correspondence focuses on the payment of customs duty on materials imported by I&ICL, and efforts to negotiate an exemption of the payment of duty with the Persian Government. The file’s principal correspondents are: various representatives of I&ICL; HM’s Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at Tehran; the Foreign Office.The file includes a printed copy of the 1932 agreement (in English and French) between the British and Persian Governments, for the withdrawal of the Indo-European Telegraph Department from Persia (ff 116-119).The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 233; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
9. File 815/1917 Pt 1E 'Persian Gulf: lighting and buoying; Jask lighthouse'
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- Abstract: This part is mainly composed of interdepartmental correspondence discussing the erection of a lighthouse at Jask, a useful point for ships when making entrance into the Persian Gulf.Related matters of discussion include the following: a statement of expenditure of material and increasing prices; the Persian Gulf lighting fund and the charge of Imperial funds.The correspondence in the part is internal correspondence between British officials. The principal correspondents are the Government of India's Army Department; the Government of India's Marine Department; the Foreign Office; the Government of Bombay's Public Works Department; HM Treasury; and officials acting on behalf of Earl Curzon of Kedleston, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.Physical description: 1 item (53 folios)