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1. 'Vol 5 Persian Gulf - Affairs of -'
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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. It is the fifth in a series of eleven items about the Persian Gulf (the others are IOR/F/4/2050/93533, 93534, 93535, 93536, 93538, 93539, 93540, 93541, 93542, and 93543). The principal correspondents are the Government of Bombay and Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Officiating Resident in the Persian Gulf.The item concerns:The desire of Sultan bin Suggur [Shaikh Sulṭān I bin Ṣaqr al-Qāsimī], Suggur bin Sultan [Shaikh Ṣaqr bin Sulṭān al-Qāsimī], and Muktoom bin Butye [Maktūm I bin Buṭṭī Āl Bū Falāseh], to assist the sons of Abdullah bin Ahmed [Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Aḥmad Āl Khalīfah] in waging war against Mahomed bin Khuleefa [Shaikh Muḥammed bin Khalīfah Āl Khalīfah] in Bahrein [Bahrain]Abdullah bin Ahmed’s hopes of Persian [Iranian] assistance in attacking BahreinThe desire of Ameer Fysul bin Turkey [Amīr Fayṣal bin Turki bin ‘Abdullāh Āl Sa‘ūd] to extend his influence and conquer Brymee [Al Buraymī]The peaceful resolution of the dispute between Sultan bin Suggur and Abdullah bin Rashid [Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Rāshid al-Mu’allā]The intention of Esai bin Tarif [Shaikh ‘Īsá bin Ḥamad bin Ṭarīf Āl Bin 'Alī al-'Utbī] to leave Kenn [Kish Island] and settle at Bahrein and the coast of Gutter [Qatar]The arrival of a detachment of Sirbaz [Sabāz, Persian infantry] on the island of Kharrack [Jazīreh-ye Khārk, also known as Khark, Kharg] and consequent abandonment of the island by the populationMedical supplies to be sent to Captain Atkins Hamerton, Consul and Agent in the Dominions of the Imam of Muscat, based in Zanzibar.The item includes a contents page, and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Coll No [Collection Number] 1, Draft 558, P.C. [Previous Communication] 4291, [Season 18]44’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 582 and terminates at f 657, 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.
2. ‘Proceedings relating to the Bushire Residency & Bussorah Agency. Question as to removing the former from Bushire to the island of Kharrack.’
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- Abstract: The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence, minutes and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, letters from the Government of Bombay, the Government of Bengal, and the Court of Directors of the East India Company.The item relates to the suggestion – first in 1828 by Captain David Wilson, the Resident in the Persian Gulf, and again in 1832 by David Anderson Blane, Wilson’s successor – to remove the Residency at Bushire [Būshehr] to the nearby island of Kharrack [Jazīreh-ye Khārk]. In particular the item concerns:The temporary removal in March 1832, due of the outbreak of plague, of the Residency at Bushire to the island of Corgo beside Kharrack, and Blane’s arguments in favour of making this move permanentThe Government of Bombay’s subsequent revisiting of the points raised during Wilson’s earlier suggestion in 1828Wilson’s research in 1828 into potential sites to which the Residency at Bushire could be relocated, with Kharrack found to be the most favourable optionDiscussions in 1828 of the allowances for numerous Residents and Agents throughout the Persian Gulf and options for reducing expensesResearch commissioned by the Supreme Government [Government of Bengal] in 1828 to ascertain comparative costs of establishing a footing on Kharrack and maintaining the Residencies at Bushire and Bussorah [Basra]Suggestion by the Calcutta Financial Committee in 1830 to abolish the Agency at Bussorah and consolidate the affairs of the Gulf under one authority which would be titled ‘Political Agent in the Gulf of Persia’Discussions of the viability of acquiring Kharrack from PersiaThe survey of Kharrack by Lieutenant Samuel Hennell, Assistant in Charge of the Residency in the Persian Gulf, in 1831 to ascertain costs of establishing military fortifications on the island.The principal correspondents in the item are: Wilson; Blane; the Court of Directors; and numerous secretaries heading various departments within the governments of Bombay and Bengal. Other correspondents include: Hennell; John Wedderburn, Civil Auditor and Accountant General, Bombay; Pasha of Bagdad [Dāwūd Pasha, Governor of Baghdad]; Lieutenant-Colonel David Barr, Military Auditor General, Bombay; Sir Charles Malcolm, Superintendent of the Indian Navy.The item also contains a lengthy Minute by John Malcolm, the Governor of Bombay, which mentions numerous policies applicable to the Residency at Bushire (f 49 recto – f 55 recto).The ‘Resident/Residency in the Persian Gulf’ is also referred to as the ‘Resident/Residency at Bushire’ throughout the item.The title page of the item contains the following references: 'Bombay Political Department No. 2’, ‘P.C. 1216, Draft 111, 1834' and 'Examiner's Office'.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 4, and terminates at f 144, 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.
3. Persian Gulf Affairs
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- Abstract: This item comprises copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 79 of 1841, dated 30 September 1841. The enclosures are dated 14 June-14 September 1841.The principal correspondents are: Captain Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf; Commodore George Barnes Brucks, Indian Navy, Commanding the Naval Squadron in the Gulf of Persia, on the EIC [East India Company’s] ship of war Coote; the Acting Secretary to Government, Bombay; and the Secretary and the Officiating Chief Secretary to the Government, Bombay.The item covers and includes the following:A letter from the Agent at Shiraz conveying intelligence from that area, including the arrival of Hubeel Olloh Khan [Ḥabīb Allāh Khān, also spelled Habeeb Oolla Khan in this item], Commandant of Artillery at Tuft [Taft], near Yezd [Yazd], en route to Kerman with eight guns and 6000 troops (ff 145-146), ostensibly on a mission which was initially to invade and destroy Kerman and was revised to destroying and plundering only the towns that had sent adherents to Aga Khan [Ḥasan 'Alī Shāh, Āqā Khān-i Awwal] and then to return to FarsHennell’s report of the hostile conduct of Shaik Nasir, Governor of Bushire [Āl Madhkūr, Shaikh Nāṣir II, Governor of Bushehr], towards British government officials there, including: an intimation that no officers from Karrack [Kharg Island, also known as Khark Island, also spelled Karrak and Kharrack in this item] are allowed to visit Bushire; punitive measures taken against the pilot of the Braemarwho sailed to Bussorah [Basra] ignoring Shaik Nasir’s orders for the ship’s detention in Bushire harbour; and the unsuccessful attempts by Shaik Nasir to prevent the transmission of supplies to Karrack (where Hennell is currently stationed)Hennell’s requisitions to Brucks to undertake a tour of the Persian Gulf during the current pearl fishery season (ff 147-153) including instructions for: one war ship to accompany the Coote; the route and the stops Brucks is to take along the Arabian coast from Bahrein [Bahrain] to Muscat, with the war ship calling at Bassadore [Basaidu] and Lingah [Bandar Lengeh] on its return to Karrack; delivering presents to the principal ‘Arabian chiefs’; investigating the political and military situation in Kateef [Qatif]; and for investigating and seeking redress for two acts of ‘piracy’ allegedly committed by subjects of Shaik Abdoolah bin Ahmed [Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Aḥmad Āl Khalīfah, Shaikh of Bahrain] as described in a letter from the Native Agent at Bahrein (ff 154-155). This is followed by a series of reports by Brucks to Hennell (ff 156-173) notably describing: the state of affairs in Katiff [Qatif] and Nedged [Najd]; a ‘war’ on the coastal area between Rass-ul-Khyma [Ras Al Khaimah] and Abothabbee [Abu Dhabi]; his actions regarding the two cases of ‘piracy’; his intentions in relation to the trade in enslaved persons allegedly carried on between the Lingah ‘chiefs’ and the families of the ‘chiefs’ of Rassul Khyma [Ras Al Khaimah] and Amulgaveen [Umm Al Quwain]; and the state of the pearl fisheriesThe agreement of the Government of India with the Government of Bombay that it is inexpedient at present to withdraw the European part of the force from the Island of Karrack, in view of the purported intentions of Persia [Iran] towards Afghanistan (f 174)Correspondence regarding: arrangements for the conveyance of an important packet (letter), in duplicate, from the Government of India to Sir John McNeill, HM Envoy to Persia, via the Government of Bombay and Hennell, utilising both HMS Endymionand the HC [Honourable Company’s] schooner Emily; and arrangements for the receipt of McNeill’s reply, emphasising the importance of its arrival at Aden in time for the November mail. The letter instructs McNeill to ascertain the attitudes and plans of Persia towards Afghanistan and gives him authority to withhold the order to evacuate Karrack ‘until perfectly satisfactory assurances shall be obtained from the Shah in these respects’ (f 178) (ff 174-196)Hennell’s views regarding the need for an enhanced naval presence in the Gulf to increase British influence over the maritime Arabian states (ff 197-199), and the Government of Bombay’s confirmation that it cannot make any permanent addition to the Gulf Squadron but that HMS Endymionhas recently proceeded to the GulfInstructions by Hennell and Brucks for surveillance of Asseeloo boats [Bandar-e Asaluyeh, also spelled Assaloo in this item] which are suspected of intercepting supplies to the Island of Karrack and interrupting ‘the free navigation of the Gulf’ (f 203).Physical description: 1 item (69 folios)
4. Enclosures in Sir Harford Jones's Letter No. 5 to Sir Robert Dundas, President of the Board of Control
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- Abstract: Enclosures in Letter No. 5 from Sir Harford Jones, British Envoy Extraordinary to Persia [Iran], to Sir Robert Dundas, President of the Board of Control, dated 1809, consisiting of:A copy of a letter from Brigadier-General John Malcolm, Envoy of the Supreme Government of India to Persia [Iran], to Sir Harford Jones, sent from Bombay [Mumbai] and dated 30 December 1808. The letter informs Jones of Malcolm’s intention to sail to the Persian Gulph [Gulf] and occupy the island of Kharrack [Khārg] as part of a new defence strategy in the region, and asserts that Jones should withdraw from Persia.A copy of a letter from Jones to Malcolm, sent from Koush Khona and dated 7 February 1809. The letter urges Malcolm to refrain from hostile activity towards Persia or correspondence with provincial rulers, and reports Jones’s plans to proceed to Tehran.A copy of a letter from Jones to Lord Minto, Governor-General of Bengal, sent from Koush Khona and dated 7 February 1809. Jones reports his progress towards Tehran and describes suspicion in Persia that Malcolm’s mission will incite separatism in the south of the country.Physical description: 1 item (7 folios)
5. Enclosures in Sir Harford Jones's Letter No. 6 to Sir Robert Dundas, President of the Board of Control
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- Abstract: Enclosures in Letter No. 6 from Sir Harford Jones, British Envoy Extraordinary to Persia [Iran], to Sir Robert Dundas, President of the Board of Control, dated 1809, consisiting of:A copy of a letter from Brigadier-General John Malcolm, Envoy of the Supreme Government of India to Persia, to Sir Harford Jones, sent from Bombay [Mumbai] and dated 20 January 1809, stating that Malcolm will delay his departure for PersiaA letter from Malcolm to Lord Minto, Governor-General of Bengal, sent from Bombay and dated 8 January 1809. The letter concerns: Malcolm’s decision to delay his departure for Persia and planned occupation of the island of Kharrack [Khārg]; the progress of Jones’s mission in the country; the effect on relations with Persia of French setbacks in the Napoleonic Wars in Europe and the ongoing war between Persia and Russia in the Caucasus; and defence strategy in relation to Persia.Physical description: 1 item (8 folios)
6. Enclosures in letter No. 8 from Sir Harford Jones, Envoy to Persia, to Sir Robert Dundas, President of the Board of Control
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- Abstract: Enclosures in Letter No. 8 from Sir Harford Jones, British Envoy Extraordinary to Persia [Iran], to Sir Robert Dundas, President of the Board of Control, dated 1809, consisting of:A copy of a letter from Brigadier-General John Malcolm to Sir Harford Jones, sent from Bombay [Mumbai] and dated 14 February 1809. The letter concerns Malcolm’s decision to delay his expedition to the Persian Gulf until further instructions are received from the Governor-General of Bengal.A copy of a letter from Lord Minto, Governor-General of Bengal, to Malcolm, sent from Fort William [Kolkata] and dated 17 January 1809, enclosed in the above letter. Minto reports French setbacks in the Napoleonic Wars in Europe and the effect of this on British strategic interest in Persia, orders the suspension of Malcolm’s planned expedition to the Gulf and occupation of the island of Karrack [Khārg], and repeats that Jones should withdraw from Persia.Physical description: 1 item (6 folios)
7. Copy of a Letter from Brigadier-General John Malcolm, Head of Mission to Persia, to Sir Harford Jones, Envoy Extraordinary to Persia
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- Abstract: A copy of a letter from Brigadier-General John Malcolm to Sir Harford Jones, British Envoy Extraordinary to Persia, sent from Bombay [Mumbai] and dated 29 December 1808. The letter informs Jones of Malcolm's intention to sail for the Persian Gulf and to take control of Kharrack [Khārg] island as part of a new defence strategy in the region, and exhorts Jones to withdraw from Persia.Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
8. Copy of a Letter from Brigadier-General John Malcolm, Head of Mission to Persia, to Lord Minto, Governor-General of Bengal
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- Abstract: A copy of a letter from Brigadier-General John Malcolm to Lord Minto, Governor-General of Bengal, sent from Bombay [Mumbai] and dated 8 January 1809, concerning policy towards Persia [Iran] in the context of French setbacks during the Napoleonic Wars in Europe and continued Russian attacks on Persia. The letter concerns the mission of Sir Harford Jones, British Envoy Extraordinary to Persia, and Malcolm's decision to delay his planned occupation of Kharrack [Khārg] island until the progress of Jones's mission is known.Physical description: 1 item (4 folios)
9. Copy of a Letter from Brigadier-General John Malcolm, Head of Mission to Persia, to Captain Charles Pasley
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- Abstract: A copy of a letter from Brigadier-General John Malcolm to Captain Charles Pasley, sent from Bombay [Mumbai] and dated 29 December 1808, concerning the planned occupation of Karrack [Khārg] island as part of a new defence strategy in the region. The letter requests that Pasley prepare to join Malcolm on Kharrack; gather information regarding the size of the Persian [Iranian] garrison on Kharrack and the possibility of its commander defecting to Britain; inform Claudius Rich, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], of the new policy and seek his opinion; establish contact with and collect information on the Wahabees [Wahhabis]; and make arrangements for supplying troops on Kharrack.Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
10. Copy of a Letter from Lord Minto, Governor-General of Bengal, to Sir Harford Jones, Envoy to Persia
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- Abstract: A copy of a letter from Lord Minto, Governor-General of Bengal, to Sir Harford Jones, British Envoy Extraordinary to Persia [Iran], sent from Fort William and dated 31 October 1808. The letter: reprimands Jones for leaving for Persia without communicating with Minto; outlines the political situation in Persia, in particular the ascendant French influence in the country and prospects for Anglo-Persian relations; describes a new defence strategy against France in the region, including the establishment of a presence on Kharrack [Khārg], support of independence for Baghdad in the event of the Ottoman Empire falling into the French orbit, and planned overtures to the Wahabees [Wahhabis]; and exhorts Jones to return from Persia.Physical description: 1 item (12 folios)