Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, minutes, and consultations, cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai]. It is the third in a series of seven items on the trade in enslaved people (the others are IOR/F/4/2014/89996, 89997, 89999, 90000, 90001, and 90002). The principal correspondents are the Government of Bombay and Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Robertson, the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf.The item concerns:The difference between Robertson’s and the original translations of the third article of the treaty agreed in May 1839 and ratified in July 1840, about the punishment for selling Soomallees [Somalis]Robertson’s proposed procedure for dealing with ships suspected of carrying enslaved Soomallees, which was rejected by the Government of BombayThe interpretation of the treaty by Samuel Hennell, at the time Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, made in April 1838 and its bearing on the treaty of 1839.The item includes a contents page, and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft 666, P.C. [Previous Communication] 4079, [Season 18]43’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 178, and terminates at f 214, 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: This item consists of copies of correspondence, consultations, memoranda, resolutions, and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai]. The main correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Captain Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf; Philip LeGeyt, Senior Magistrate of Police at Bombay; and the Government of India. It is the third in a series of nine items on the trade in enslaved people (the others are IOR/F/4/2087/96920, IOR/F/4/2087/96921, IOR/F/4/2087/96923, IOR/F/4/2087/96924, IOR/F/4/2087/96925, IOR/F/4/2087/96926, IOR/F/4/2087/96927, and IOR/F/4/2087/96928).The item concerns four previously enslaved people who were liberated from Muscat and taken to Bombay. The case of two of them, both women who wished to return to Muscat, is discussed.The item contains a contents page, and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft 290/45, P.C. [Previous Communication] 4760’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 864 and terminates at f 889, 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: This item consists of copies of correspondence, consultations, and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai]. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Heskeal Yusoof [Ḥizqīl bin Yūsuf], Acting British Agent at Muscat; and Syud Thooenee [Sayyid Thuwaynī bin Sa‘īd Āl Bū Sa‘īd, Governor of Muscat]. It is the thirteenth in a series of fifteen items on the Persian Gulf (the others are IOR/F/4/2131/101199, IOR/F/4/2131/101200, IOR/F/4/2131/101201, IOR/F/4/2131/101202, IOR/F/4/2131/101203, IOR/F/4/2131/101204, IOR/F/4/2131/101205, IOR/F/4/2131/101206, IOR/F/4/2131/101207, IOR/F/4/2131/101208, IOR/F/4/2131/101209, IOR/F/4/2131/101210, IOR/F/4/2131/101212 and IOR/F/4/2131/101213).The item concerns a dispute between the authorities at Muscat and a merchant from Mandavee [Māndvi], Shed Herjee bin Hussonjee [Shed Hīrjī bin Husonjī], who was contracted to farm the customs at Muscat, but was removed from his position and asked for Heskeal Yusoof’s help in reclaiming his expenses from the Government of Muscat.The item contains a contents page, and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft 252/46, P.C. [Previous Communication] 5171, Collection No 2 of No 133’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 753, and terminates at f 763, 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: This item consists of a copy of a letter cited in political letters from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai]. The correspondent is Heskeal Yusoof [Ḥizqīl bin Yūsuf], Acting British Agent at Muscat. It is the fourteenth in a series of fifteen items on the Persian Gulf (the others are IOR/F/4/2131/101199, IOR/F/4/2131/101200, IOR/F/4/2131/101201, IOR/F/4/2131/101202, IOR/F/4/2131/101203, IOR/F/4/2131/101204, IOR/F/4/2131/101205, IOR/F/4/2131/101206, IOR/F/4/2131/101207, IOR/F/4/2131/101208, IOR/F/4/2131/101209, IOR/F/4/2131/101210, IOR/F/4/2131/101211 and IOR/F/4/2131/101213).The item concerns the arrival of people and ships at Muscat.The item contains a contents page, and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft 252/46, P.C. [Previous Communication] 5171, Collection No 3 of No 133’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 764, and terminates at f 766, 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: This item consists of copies of correspondence, consultations, memoranda, resolutions, and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai]. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Captain Samuel Hennell, British Resident in the Persian Gulf; Hajee Jassim [Ḥājī Jāsim], British Agent at Bahrein [Bahrain]; and Hiskeal bin Yusoof [Ḥizqīl bin Yūsuf], British Agent at Muscat. It is the fourth in a series of fifteen items on the Persian Gulf (the others are IOR/F/4/2131/101199, IOR/F/4/2131/101200, IOR/F/4/2131/101201, IOR/F/4/2131/101203, IOR/F/4/2131/101204, IOR/F/4/2131/101205, IOR/F/4/2131/101206, IOR/F/4/2131/101207, IOR/F/4/2131/101208, IOR/F/4/2131/101209, IOR/F/4/2131/101210, IOR/F/4/2131/101211, IOR/F/4/2131/101212 and IOR/F/4/2131/101213).The item concerns:The peace agreement between the Saaed bin Mootluck [Sa‘d bin Muṭlaq], on behalf of Ameer Fysul [Amir Fayṣal bin Turkī bin Abdullāh Āl Sa‘ūd], and the Imaum [Imam] of Muscat, [Sayyid Sa‘īd bin Sulṭān Āl Bū Sa‘īd]Incidents of plunder of Wahabee [Wahhābi] messengers carrying tribute from the Imaum of Muscat to Ameer Fysul.The item contains a contents page, and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft 252/46, P.C. [Previous Communication] 5171, Collection No 2 of No 106’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 595, and terminates at f 609, 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, minutes and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, letters from the Government of Bombay regarding numerous issues attended to by the Resident at Bushire, Captain David Wilson. The following topics are covered:An incident in which Aga Hyder Ally [Shirazi, Mirza Haydar ‘Ali, Agha] sought refuge inside the Residency at Bushire, claiming that he was not a servant of the local Governor, Sheikh Nassir [Shaikh Nāsir Āl Mazkūr II], but the carrier of a message from the Prince of Fars [Ḥosayn-ʿAlī Mīrzā]The Prince of Fars’ request for the Resident at Bushire to help secure the return of the ex-Governor of Bushire, Sheikh Abdool Rassool [Shaikh ‘Abd al-Rasūl Khān], from Muscat; the release of Sheikh Abdool Rassool by Sayyid Seid, [Sayyid Saʿīd bin Sulṭān] the Imaum [Imam] of Muscat and the desire of the former to establish firm friendship with the British GovernmentThe recent disturbances at Bushire relating to the conduct of Sheikh Haussein, uncle of Sheikh Nassir and brother of Sheikh Abdool RassoolComments from the Resident at Bushire and the Envoy in Persia, Lieutenant-Colonel McDonald, regarding the feasibility of removing the Residency or strengthening its defences due to the unsettled state of the countryA request by the East India Company's President, William Fullerton Elphinstone, to the Superintendent of Marine, Captain Thomas Buchanan, to enquire about a rock which struck the ship of Captain Grice and has been omitted in a survey of the coast between Sharga [Sharjah] and Aboothabee [Abu Dhabi]Discussions between the Resident at Bushire and the Political Agent at Bussorah [Basra], Captain Robert Taylor, regarding the consequences of either endorsing or advising against the Imaum of Muscat's proposals to aid the Chaub Arabs against the people of BussorahAn incident between Captain Betham of the Honourable Company's Cruizer Clive and Sheikh Nassir, following Captain Betham's attempts to capture a deserter from the Honourable Company's ship Amherst who he believed to be on board a bugalow in Bushire harbour belonging to the Sheikh.Several extracts of correspondence relate to establishing the best procedures to follow in future with relation to people seeking asylum in Residencies and the discovery of deserters. Many of the extracts make reference to the Company's strong desire not to interfere, or to be seen to be interfering, in disputes between local leaders or to cause foreign powers to feel threatened or alarmed by actions of the Company.Correspondents: the Government of Bombay; William Newnham, Chief Secretary of the Government of Bombay; Captain David Wilson, Resident at Bushire; the Secretary to the Supreme Government; the Honourable Company’s Broker at Muscat; William Henry Wathen, Persian Secretary to Government; the General Paymaster; Thomas Buchanan, Superintendent of Marine; Captain Betham of the Honourable Company’s cruiser Clive; Captain Walker of the Honourable Company’s ship Benares; Sayyid Seid, the Imaum of Muscat; the Senior Officer of the Marine in the Persian Gulph [Gulf]; Essai Johannes and Malcolm Arrathoon, persons put in charge of the Residency at Bushire in the Resident’s absence; Captain Robert Taylor, Political Agent at Bussorah; the Prince of Fars; Sheikh Nassir; Sheikh Abdool Rassool Khan; Muiza Mahommed Ally, Wuzeer [Mushir al-Mulk, Mirza Muhammad ‘Ali Khafraki, Vizier of Fars].The item also contains notes of a conversation between Aga Mahomed Kazim, Messenger from the Prince of Fars, and the Resident at Bushire (ff 300 verso – 304 verso).The Resident at Bushire is alternatively referred to as the Resident in the Persian Gulph [Gulf].The title page of the item contains the following references: ‘P.C. 783, Draft 477, 1829/30’, ‘Collection No. 10’ and 'Examiner's Office 1830'.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 202, and terminates at f 327, 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: This item consists of copies of correspondence, minutes, and consultations, cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. The principal correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Captain Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf; and Muhomed ibn Ali, Shaik of Jallan [Muḥammad bin ‘Alī Jaylanī, Chief of the Banī Bū ‘Alī].The item concerns:The plunder of the
Duria Dowlat[
Darya Dowlat], a boat sailing under British coloursThe recovery, from the Shaik of Aboothabee [Shaikh of Abu Dhabi, Shaikh Khalīfah bin Shakhbut Āl Nahyān], of the value of the goods plundered from the
Duria DowlatThe insurance claims of merchants and passengers as a result of the plunder of the
Duria DowlatThe "piratical" acts of Mahomed bin Suhar [Muḥammad bin Ṣaqr]The plunder of the
Luximon Pursud[
Lakshman Parsād] by subjects of Muhomed ibn Ali, Shaik of Jallan, and attempts by the British to obtain compensation from that chiefThe dismissal of the Residency Shroff [banker] at Karrack [Jazīreh-ye Khārk].The item includes a contents page, and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Collection No. 10, Draft 169, P.C. [Previous Communication] 2961, [Season] 1841’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 131 and terminates at f 212, 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: This item consists of copies of correspondence, consultations, memoranda, resolutions, and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai]. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Captain Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf; Lieutenant Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Assistant Resident in the Persian Gulf; Lieutenant Draper commanding the East India Company sloop
Coote; and Philip LeGeyt, Senior Magistrate of Police in Bombay. It is the eighth in a series of nine items on the trade in enslaved people (the others are IOR/F/4/2087/96920, IOR/F/4/2087/96921, IOR/F/4/2087/96922, IOR/F/4/2087/96923, IOR/F/4/2087/96924, IOR/F/4/2087/96925, IOR/F/4/2087/96926, and IOR/F/4/2087/96928).The item concerns the rescue of an Indian woman named Noorah from slavery in Muscat after her brother Yussoof [Yusuf] brought her situation to the attention of Draper, and her arrival in Bombay.The item contains a contents page, and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft 290/45, P.C. [Previous Communication] 4760’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 922, and terminates at f 933, 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: This item consists of copies of correspondence, consultations, memoranda, resolutions, and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai]. The main correspondents are: Captain Samuel Hennell, British Resident in the Persian Gulf; Mirza Mahomed Ally [Ali], British Agent at Bahrein [Bahrain]; the Government of Bombay; and Reuben bin Aslan, British Agent at Muscat. It is the tenth in a series of ten items on the Persian Gulf (the others are IOR/F/4/1767/72461, IOR/F/4/1767/72462, IOR/F/4/1767/72463, IOR/F/4/1767/72464, IOR/F/4/1767/72465, IOR/F/4/1767/72466, IOR/F/4/1767/72467, IOR/F/4/72468, and IOR/F/4/1767/72469).The item concerns:The progress of Egyptian troops towards Lahsa [Al Hasa]Inquiries by Abdoolla bin Ahmed [Shaikh ‘Abdullah bin Ahmad Al Khalifah, Shaikh of Bahrain] about Bahrein becoming a British ProtectorateThe plunder of a buggara [baqqarah] from Aboothabee [Abu Dhabi] by a subject of Abdoolla bin Ahmed, and the return of the cargo takenThe reception of the Americans from the US man of war
Columbiaat Muscat by the sons of the Imaum of Muscat [Sayyid Sa’id bin Sultan Al Bu Sa’id, Imam of Muscat]Reuben bin Aslan’s request that the Bombay Government pay for the repair of his house.The item contains a contents page, and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft 550, 1839, P.C. [Previous Communication] 2491’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 864 and terminates at f 875, as it was originally 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: This item consists of copies of correspondence, consultations, and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; the Court of Directors of the East India Company; Major Samuel Hennell, British Resident in the Persian Gulf; and Khojah Hiskael [Khawājah Ḥizqīl bin Yūsuf], British Agent at Muscat (also written Muskat).The item concerns the trial and execution of Ahmed Dad Kurreem [Aḥmad Dād Karīm] by Syed Soweenee [Sayyid Thuwaynī bin Sa‘īd Āl Bū Sa‘īd, Governor of Muscat]. Kurreem was convicted of burning the vessel which was employing him as nakhoda [nakhuda], murdering some of the crew, and stealing the treasure on board the ship.The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft no 567/49’, ‘Coll[ection]: 2’, and ‘Collection No 5 of No 35’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 803, and terminates at f 811 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: This item consists of copies of correspondence, minutes, resolutions, memoranda, and consultations cited in, or enclosed with, a political letter from the Government of Bombay, which appears in IOR/F/4/2445/134344. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; Kursundass Nency [Karsandās Nīnsī]; and Khojah Hiskael [Khawājah Ḥizqīl bin Yūsuf], British Agent at Muscat. It is the fifteenth in a series of twenty-one items on events in the Persian Gulf.The item concerns a request by Kursundass Nency for help in recovering money owed to him by a merchant and a shroff [banker] in Muscat who had gone bankrupt.The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft N 34 – 1852’, and ‘Collection No 32’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 244, and terminates at f 252, 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, a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, dated 1 October 1851 and found at IOR/F/4/2442/134094. Further enclosures can be found at IOR/F/4/2442/134097. The item is the fifth in a series of five items relating to the 'slave trade' [trade in enslaved people] in the Persian Gulf and on the Arabian Peninsula.The item relates to reports from Khojih Hiskael bin Yoosoof [Khawājah Ḥizqīl bin Yūsuf], Acting Native Agent at Muscat, that he has detained a vessel flying under British colours, the
Futhool Khyr[
Fatḥ al-Khayr], at Muscat after discovering it was carrying four Abyssinian [Ethiopian] enslaved females, between the ages of ten and twenty. The item concerns arrangements for:Bringing the Abyssinians to Bombay [Mumbai]Punishing the
Futhool Khyr's nakhoda, Husson bin Ali [Ḥusayn bin ‘Alī, nakhuda]Returning the
Futhool Khyrto its ownerReimbursing Hiskael bin Yoosoof and Shaik Abdool Ruhman bin Sueed bin Zueed [Shaikh ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Sa‘īd bin Zayd] for helping the Abyssinians during their stay in Muscat and their voyage to Bombay.Correspondents: Khojih Hiskael bin Yoosoof; Shaik Abdool Rahman; Archibald Spens, Senior Magistrate of Police, Bombay; Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf; Commodore John Patterson Porter, Commanding Indian Naval Squadron in the Persian Gulf; Commander A McDonald, Commanding Company steam frigate
Auckland; the Government of Bombay; and two different committees established to assess the condition of the
Futhool Khyr.The title page of the item contains the following references: 'Bombay Political Department', 'Draft No. 17 of 1852', 'Collection', 'Vol: 5', and 'Examiner's Office'. Originally, the reference read 'Collection No 2 of No 73', but 'No 2 of No 73' has been crossed out. The volume number was originally given as '4' but this has been crossed out and replaced with '5'.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 725, and terminates at f 747, 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.