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253. Ext 45/46 'Transmission of F.O. Secret packets to and from Consulates etc, abroad'
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- Abstract: The file comprises telegrams and other correspondence by 'fast air mail' between the Under-Secretary of State for India, London, and the Secretary to the Government of India in the External Affairs Department, concerning the dispatch of Foreign Office secret packets to and from British Consulates in Asia and the Persian Gulf.Destinations for the secret packets include to HM Consuls in Bahrain, Muscat, Kabul, Kuwait, Jalalabad, Kandahar, and Nova-Goa.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 72; 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 A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
254. Letters from William Digges Latouche to the Court of Directors
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- Abstract: Three letters from William Digges Latouche, Resident at Bussora [Basra], to the Court of Directors for Affairs of the United Company of Merchants of England trading to the East Indies [East India Company].The first letter, sent from Bussora and dated 1 May 1781, covers subjects including:Reports received from Bushire [Bushehr] concerning the movements of English ships and civil conflict in Muscat, including a report that a force from Julphar [Ra’s al-Khaymah] is planning to interveneReports received from India regarding the conflict with the Mahrattas [First Anglo-Maratha War, 1774-1783]An intercepted Dutch letter relaying news of the rupture in relations with Britain to Dutch colonies in IndiaPeace between the Basha [Büyük Sulaymān Pāshā, Governor of Baghdad] and the Ghesaal Arabs [Khazā‘il tribe] and Latouche’s hopes that this will increase the trade and security of BussoraRobberies allegedly connected to the Chaub [Banū Ka‘b].Another copy of the same letter can be found in IOR/L/PS/9/76/9.The second letter, sent from Bussora and dated 15 May 1781, covers subjects including:The arrival in Bussora of the merchants Eyles Irwin and John Richmond Smyth and arrangements for their passage to IndiaThe transit via Bussora of dispatches from London to IndiaThe movements of other travellers, including suspected French and Dutch agents.Another copy of the same letter can be found in IOR/L/PS/9/76/9.The third letter, sent from Bussora and dated 15 June 1781, covers subjects including:Arrangements for the passage of various East India Company employees from Bussora towards India and related movements of ships in the GulfThe activities of the Basha, including his order of gallivat ships from Bombay [Mumbai] and reinforcement of BussoraNews of the capture of Dutch colonies in the Caribbean, which Latouche has forwarded to BombayNews from Bombay regarding English shipsIntelligence from Madras [Chennai] regarding the movement of French ships and the conflict [Second Anglo-Mysore War, 1780-1784] with Heyder Ally [Ḥaydar ‘Alī, Ruler of Mysore].Another copy of the same letter can be found in IOR/L/PS/9/76/12.Physical description: 1 item (4 folios)
255. Letters from William Digges Latouche to the Court of Directors
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- Abstract: Three letters from William Digges Latouche, Resident at Bussora [Basra], to the Court of Directors for Affairs of the United Company of Merchants of England trading to the East Indies [East India Company].Two copies of a letter dated 11 April 1781. The letter forwards intelligence received in Bussora and discusses issues in communicating with London. Subjects covered include:The detention of messengers carrying letters received from India via the ship Morning Staren route to AleppoReports received from Aleppo and Constantinople [Istanbul], in particular news of a rupture with Holland which Latouche has forwarded with high priority to India via the Morning Star, and attempts to intercept Dutch communicationsArrangements for East India Company merchants Eyles Irwin and John Richmond Smyth to travel to India via BussoraThe movements of French travellers and attempts to intercept a French officer reported to be travelling to IndiaThe expedition of the Basha [Büyük Sulaymān Pāshā, Governor of Baghdad] against the Ghesaal Arabs [Khazā‘il tribe]Political intelligence from the Gulf region, including a rumoured attack on Ispahan [Esfahan] by Sadoo Caun [Muḥammad Sādiq Khān Zand], and civil conflict in Muscat.The second letter, dated 25 February 1781, forwards copies of letters received via the Morning Starto the Court of Directors via the camp of the Basha and Constantinople. Another version of this letter is catalogued as IOR/L/PS/9/76/3.Physical description: 1 item (5 folios)
256. Letters inward
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- Abstract: The file consists of letters sent to Samuel Hennell, the British Resident in the Persian Gulf, by the Government of Bombay in response to the Resident's activities in the Gulf. The main subject matter concerns Egyptian encroachment in Oman; and a commercial treaty negotiated between Britain and the Sultan/Imam of Muscat.Physical description: Foliation: The foliation sequence commences at the cover and terminates at the last folio; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: The remains of an original pagination sequence written in ink can also be found in the file. There are a number of gaps so the sequence is incomplete, which indicates that the file may have been subjected to a degree of weeding in the past.
257. Letter from Louis Mallet, Under-Secretary of State for India, to Robert Bourke, Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
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- Abstract: The letter outlines the opinion of the India Office that no negotiations should be opened with the Turkish authorities over more clearly defined areas of jurisdiction and responsibility for the two powers along the southern coast of the Persian Gulf. It is argued that Britain should maintain their commitments to the Trucial chiefs and the rulers of Bahrein [Bahrain] and Muscat, along with their security responsibilities on the Gulf seas, and if the Ottoman Turks do not impinge on these arrangements little communication with the Porte is deemed necessary. The argument is supported by an overview and discussion of the current situation in the region.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation for this description commences at folio 145 and terminates at folio 147, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The main foliation sequence commences at the front cover, and terminates at the back cover; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: The volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.Condition: folio 145 is torn along one edge, with the loss of some text.
258. Letter from Harford Jones to Henry Dundas
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- Abstract: A copy of a letter from Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], to Henry Dundas, Secretary of State for War, sent from Bagdad and dated 31 October 1798. Subjects covered include:A dispute between the Pashaw [Büyük Sulaymān Pāshā, Governor of Baghdad] and MuscatRumoured communication between Muscat and the French Government in MauritiusThe arrest of the French Consul Jean-François Rousseau and the seizure of his papers, of which Jones forwards copies (IOR/L/PS/9/76/48, 57 and 58)Jones’s attempts to obtain intelligence from French-occupied EgyptAn arrangement with the Pashaw for communication with Constantinople [Istanbul], by which Jones will collect and forward intelligence from EuropeAffairs in Persia [Iran] and the Pashaw’s plans to send an embassy to Baba Khan [Fatḥ-‘Alī Shāh Qājār, Shāh of Persia].The letter also forwards a copy of the Proclamation issued by General Napoleon Bonaparte on landing in Egypt (IOR/L/PS/9/76/42) and an intelligence report from Caboul [Kabul] (IOR/L/PS/9/76/41).Another version of this letter is catalogued as IOR/L/PS/9/76/43.Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
259. Letter from William Digges Latouche to the Court of Directors
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- Abstract: The second part of a letter from William Digges Latouche, Resident at Bussora [Basra], to the Court of Directors for Affairs of the United Company of Merchants of England trading to the East Indies [East India Company], dated 12 October 1781. Subjects covered include:Civil conflict in MuscatAttacks on a Muscat ship by French ‘privateers’, the effect of this on trade in the Gulph [Gulf], and the Basha’s [Büyük Sulaymān Pāshā, Governor of Baghdad] intercession with the FrenchThe movements of ships and British travellers to and from India via BussoraPlans to intercept a suspected Dutch messenger at Bunderick [Bandar-e Rig]The state of affairs in Bagdat [Baghdad] and Persia [Iran]Reports from India, including the capture of the Dutch factory at SuratThe trade in woollens in Bussora.The first part of this letter is catalogued as IOR/L/PS/9/76/19 and the third part as IOR/L/PS/9/76/16.Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
260. Letter from William Digges Latouche to the Court of Directors
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- Abstract: The third part of a letter from William Digges Latouche, Resident at Bussora [Basra], to the Court of Directors for Affairs of the United Company of Merchants of England trading to the East Indies [East India Company], dated 12 October 1781. Subjects covered include:Commercial issues in BussoraSightings of French ships near Cape Jasques [Jask] and in the Gulph [Gulf]The detention of a Dutch messenger in Bunderick [Bandar-e Rig]Reports received from Muscat, including the movements of English ships and travellers and the release of a French ship captured by the Imaum [Imam]The transit to London via Bussora of mail received from IndiaThe landing in Fort Victoria [Suvarnadurg] of a Muscat ship captured by French ‘privateers’The progress of the construction of gallivat ships ordered by the Basha [Büyük Sulaymān Pāshā, Governor of Baghdad].The first part of this letter is catalogued as IOR/L/PS/9/76/19 and the second part as IOR/L/PS/9/76/18.Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
261. Letters from William Digges Latouche to the Court of Directors
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- Abstract: Two letters from William Digges Latouche, Resident at Bussora [Basra], to the Court of Directors for Affairs of the United Company of Merchants of England trading to the East Indies [East India Company].The first letter, dated 1 May 1781, forwards intelligence received at Bussora. Subjects covered include:Reports received from Bushire [Bushehr] concerning the movements of English ships and civil conflict in Muscat, including a report that a force from Julphar [Ra’s al-Khaymah] is planning to interveneReports received from India regarding the conflict with the Mahrattas [First Anglo-Maratha War, 1774-1783]An intercepted Dutch letter relaying news of the rupture in relations with Britain to Dutch colonies in IndiaPeace between the Basha [Büyük Sulaymān Pāshā, Governor of Baghdad] and the Ghesaal Arabs [Khazā’il tribe] and Latouche’s hopes that this will increase the trade and security of BussoraRobberies allegedly connected to the Chaub [Banū Ka‘b].The second letter, dated 14 May 1781, covers:The arrival in Bussora of the merchants Eyles Irwin and John Richmond Smyth, and arrangements for their passage to India carrying communications from the Court of DirectorsThe movements of other travellers in the region, including suspected French and Dutch agents.Duplicates of the same letters can be found in IOR/L/PS/9/76/13.Physical description: 1 item (4 folios)
262. Zanzibar, Muscat, Persia and Arabia
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- Abstract: Six memoranda pertaining to British handling of relations between Muscat, Zanzibar, and Persia. The authors are all connected to the India Office, in London, mostly members of the Council of India. Some seem to be written independently, others in response to earlier memoranda. All documents cover some or all of the following matters:The $40,000 annual subsidy that Muscat receives from Zanzibar;The murder of Thuwaynī bin Sa‘īd Āl Sa‘īd, Sultan of Muscat, by his son, Sālim bin Thuwaynī Āl Sa‘īd, who subsequently made himself Sultan;The East African slave trade;Persia's ambitions for a naval presence in the Persian Gulf;Measures to police the Gulf;The lease of Bandar Abbas from Persia by Muscat;How the region should be administered: to what authority - Foreign Office or Government of India - are the various offices responsible to.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation for this description commences at f 18, and terminates at f 46, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is also present between ff 18-46; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and won't be found in the same position as the main sequence.
263. Factory Records, Persia, Vol 21, Pt 1
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- Abstract: This volume contains letters sent to and from the East India Company Factory at Bussora [Basra] between 16 January 1774 and 6 December 1775 and includes material relating to:The preparations, by Carem Caun [Karim Khan Zand], for an expedition to MuscatThe directions of Carem Caun to the ‘captains’of Bunderick [Bandar-i Rig] to take all English vesselsA letter from Henry Moore, Agent at Bussora, to Carem Caun, the King of Persia [Iran], 16 January 1774The letter of Carem Caun in response to those of the Governor of Bombay and the Agent at BussoraA politico-economic alliance between Heyder Alli [Haydar ‘Ali, Sultan of Mysore] and Carim CaunA letter from Shaik Nassir [Shaikh Nasir Al Mazkur], Governor of Bushire [Bushehr] to the Agent at BussoraThe imprisonment of Zackey Caun [Zaki Khan Zand] by Shaikh Abdulla [Shaikh 'Abd Allah al-Mu’ini]The release of the son of Shaikh Abdulla and Zackey Caun by Carim Caun and Shaikh AbdullaThe mediation, by Shaikh Nassir of Bushire, between the Company and Carem Caun the Vackeel [Vakil]The refusal of the Imaum of Muscat [Imam of Muscat, Ahmad bin Sa‘id Al Bu Sa‘id] to pay tribute to the VackeelThe designs of Carem Caun the Vackeel and Shaikh Nassir of Bushire on the port of BussoraThe dismissal of Mahomed Bacha of Coordistan [Muhammad Pasha Baban, Hakim of Kurdistan], his complaint to Carim Caun over his treatment by Omar Bacha [Gürcü ‘Omar Pasha, Wali of Baghdad], and Carim Caun’s dispatch of Ally Morat Caun [‘Ali Murad Khan Zand] to assist Mahomed BachaThe defeat of Ally Morat Caun by Hodjee Soliman Aga [Haji Sulayman Agha, Hakim of Basra]The raids by the Chaub [Banu Ka’b] on Bussora in revenge for the execution of one of their tribesmenA report from the Turkish Ambassador, Namaun Effendi [Nu‘man Effendi], on Carim Caun’s acceptance of Omar Bacha’s apology, and abandonment of his expedition to Bagdat and BussoraThe relations between Carim Caun and Hossein Caun [Muhammad Hasan Khan], Chief of the Codjars [Qajars], ‘a nation which inhabit Astrabad [Astarabad] and Mazanderan [Mazandaran]’, and his two sons, including Mahomet Caun [the future Agha Muhammad Khan Qajar, Shah of Persia]The rumours about Nassir Ulla Mirza [Nasr Allah Mirza Afshar], son of Sarook Shaw [Shahrukh Shah Afshar], the grandson of Nadir Shaw [Nadir Shah Afshar] and his cooperation with Mahomet CaunThe campaign of Sadoo Caun [Muhammad Sadiq Khan Zand, brother of Karim Khan] against BussoraThe orders of Carrim Caun to Sadoo Caun to preserve the Company’s possessions at BussoraThe correspondence of Shaik Abdulla of the Montificks [Shaikh ‘Abd Allah of the Muntafiq], the Chief Agent, Carim Caun, Sadoo Caun, Shaik Nassir and others concerning the siege of BussoraA proposal about the possible relocation of the East India Company factory to Bushire in PersiaThe orders given to East India Company personnel at Bussora to make peace with the PersiansThe assistance provided by the Imaum of Muscat to the Turkes [Turks] defending BussoraThe defeat of Carim Caun’s army in Coordistan and the reasons for his attack on BussoraThe detention of an embassy from Heyder Ally to Carim Caun by the Imaum of MuscatThe dispute between the agents Henry Moore and Robert Garden over their status in the Gulf, andThe correspondence of the Resident at Bussora, William Digges Latouche with Carim Caun’s Prime Minister, Mirza Jaffir [Mirza Muhammad Ja’far Isfahani].Physical description: 1 volume (182 folios)
264. Factory Records, Persia, Vol 21, Pt 2
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- Abstract: This volume contains correspondence sent to and from the East India Company Factory at Bussora [Basra] between 6 December 1775 and 4 October 1779 including the following:The correspondence between the East India Company agents at Bussora, William Digges Latouche and George Abraham and Soliman Aga the Mussaleem of Bussora [Haji Sulayman Agha, Mutasallim of Basra], Carim Caun [Karim Khan Zand, Vakil of Persia], Mirza Jaffir [Mirza Muhammad Ja’far Isfahani, Vizier of Persia] and Shaik Nassir of Bushire [Shaikh Nasir Al Mazkur, Hakim of Bushehr]The fleet sent by the Imaum of Muscat [Imam of Muscat] to assist in the defence of BussoraThe apparent expansion of the siege of Bussora, by Sadoo Can [Sadiq Khan Zand], into a full blockadeThe reports from Latouche and Abraham to the Court of Directors of the East India CompanyThe correspondence between the British Consul at Aleppo John Abbott, British Agent at Bussora residing in Bushire Henry Moore, and British Agent at Constantinople [Istanbul], Anthony Hayes regarding BussoraThe abstracts of the ‘charges general’ from the Bussora General Books listing expendituresA packet dispatched from Cairo to George Abbott in Constantinople and forwarded to the DirectorsThe surrender of the Mussaleem Soliman Aga to the Persian general Sadoo Can and the fall of BussoraThe advices on ‘some interesting points’ sent to the Presidency of Bombay through Aleppo, and in duplicate through Alexandria and Cairo to be forwarded by the Consul George BaldwinThe negotiations between Abraham and the ruler of Persia Carim Caun at Schyraz [Shiraz]The Phirmaund [Firman] of Carim Caun to Latouche, received by Abraham on 23 August 1776The ‘translates [i.e. translations] of sundry Phirmaunds’ from Carim Caun received on 16 June 1777The correspondence of Latouche and Abraham with Sir Robert Ainslie, His Majesty’s ‘Embassador at the Porte’ [HM Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire]The expenses incurred by Captain Francis McKenny in conveying a packet to Bussora for the CompanyThe commercial transactions of Latouche and Abraham with Coja Ezra bin Yacoob [Khwaja ‘Uzayr bin Ya’qub], Coja Ezekiel bin Ibrahim [Hizqiyal bin Ibrahim] and Coja Yacoob Aaron [Ya’qub Harun]The translation of another ‘Phirmaund’ from Carim Caun received at Bussora on 17th June 1778A letter from Colonel James Capper to the Secretary of the East India Company Peter MitchellThe correspondence between Latouche and Abraham and the French emissary Captain Borel du BourgA letter from Luke Pocock and Charles Mordaunt to the Chairman, Deputy Chairman, and Members of the Secret Committee, andThe correspondence of Latouche and Abraham with P D Bonnevaux and George Banks.Physical description: 1 volume (183 folios)