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1. 'Arms Traffic at Muskat'
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- Abstract: Memorandum, written by the Political Department of the India Office 15 February 1911, describing the position of Muskat [Muscat] where the export of arms to India and Persia has been prohibited since 1898, but were the import of arms into Muskat and their export to any other country remains unprohibited. The memorandum has been divided under the following headings:Sultan's Commercial TreatiesProhibition of Arms Traffic in Persian GulfState of Traffic at MuskatEffect on the Indian FrontierNegotiations with FranceFrench share of TrafficQuestion of Territorial Concessions in IndiaQuestion of ExtraditionPondicherry-Cuddalore (Tiruppappuliyar) RailwayQuestion of CompensationIncluded within some of the headings are tables showing the numbers of rifles being imported into Muskat and the value of Imports of Arms and Ammunitions into Muskat for the periods 1906-1907, 1907-1908, 1908-1909, and 1909-1910.AppendicesAppendix I: Treaty of Amity and Commerce between the United States of America and Muskat, signed 21 September 1833Appendix II: Treaty of Commerce between France and Muskat, signed 17 November 1844Appendix III: Anglo-French Declaration respecting the Independence of Muskat and Zanzibar, signed at Persia, 10 March 1862.There are three copies of the memorandum contained within the file.Physical description: Foliation: The foliation sequence consists of pencil numbers, enclosed in a circle, located in the top right hand corner of the recto of each folio.
2. 'Memorandum by Sir W. Lee-Warner on the Lease to France of a Coaling Station in Muskat Territory - Statement of our Case (Political No. 1837/99).'
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- Abstract: A memorandum describing how it had emerged that the Sultan of Muskat had granted the French a concession to establish a coaling station on his territory, and stating that the Sultan had only produced the text of the concession upon threat of bombardment by the British. The memorandum goes on to describe the French Government's agreement to withdraw the concession, as it contravened a Treaty of 1862 in which the Sultan pledged not to lease any part of his territory to either Power, and notes the French Government's continuing desire to establish a coaling station on the same terms as the British. The memorandum concludes with a quotation from The Timesnewspaper, reproducing a statement in the House of Commons regarding the events. The memorandum is written by Sir William Lee-Warner.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at folio 91 and terminates at folio 92, as it is part of a larger volume; 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 present in parallel; these numbers are also written in pencil, but one set is circled and crossed through, the other set is not circled.
3. ‘Muscat. Measures for the suppression of slavery at this Port.’
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- Abstract: The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence which form partial enclosures to a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, dated 27 November 1845. A copy of this letter can be found at IOR/F/4/2157/103838 and further enclosures to this letter can be found at IOR/F/4/2157/103840 and IOR/F/4/2157/103846.The item relates to a letter, dated 7 March 1845, from Captain Atkins Hamerton, HM Consul and Company’s Agent in the Dominions of His Highness the Imaum of Muskat [Imam of Muscat], to the Government of Bombay, providing an update on his conversations with the Imaum with regards to ordering the authorities at Muskat to suppress the ‘slave trade’ [trade in enslaved people] there. Copies of the letter are forwarded to the Government of India, the Court of Directors, and to Samuel Hennell, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf.The title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Bombay Political Department’, ‘P.C. [Previous Communication] 5410, Draft 786/46’, ‘Vol: 8’, ‘Collection N. 2 of N. 131’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’. The ‘N. 2’ has been crossed out with different ink.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 872, and terminates at f 875, 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.
4. ‘Muskat. Regarding the unjust Division of the property of a certain Merchant and Banker of – Vol: 44’
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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; Major Samuel Hennell, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; and Khojah Hiskael [Khawājah Ḥizqīl bin Yūsuf], British Agent at Muskat [Muscat]. It is the forty-fourth in a series of fifty-one items on the Persian Gulf.The item concerns complaints from British subjects at Muskat that money they are owed by a bankrupt merchant is not being repaid to them on the same basis as it is being repaid to other debtors.The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Collection No 6 of No 4’, ‘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 658, and terminates at f 663, 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.
5. ‘Muskat. Dhurumsee. Settlement by the authorities at – of the case relating to the Property of that Merchant.’
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- Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, minutes, resolutions, and consultations 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; and Major Atkins Hamerton, Consul and Agent in the Dominions of the Imam of Muskat [Muscat].The item concerns the fair division of the property of an insolvent deceased banker among his creditors at Muskat. The man was named Dhurumsee [Dharamsī], and was originally from Cutch [Kutch]. The case of Dhurumsee first appears in IOR/F/4/2376/126162.The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft No 733’, ‘1852’ and ‘Collection No 31’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 371, and terminates at f 376, 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.
6. Vol 13 Letters Inward
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- Abstract: This volume comprises letters received by the Resident at Bushire. For most of the period covered by this volume the Acting Resident at Bushire was Lieutenant William Bruce. The three other occupants of the Residency during this period were Lieutenant Robert Taylor, James Orton, and Thomas Flower. Most of the letters are from the Government of Bombay, although there are a small number of letters from the Government of Fort William, Calcutta. The letters cover a range of subjects including: the Bushire Residency's accounts and expenses; the woollen trade; the procurement of sulphur for gunpowder; instructions for receiving visitors at Bushire; the threat of pirates in the Gulf; relations between the East India Company and the Sultan of Muscat; and the sending of arms from Bombay to the Court of Persia, via Bushire. Many of the letters contain enclosures such as copies of letters from other Government departments at Bombay, and copies of letters from the Court of Directors.Physical description: Pagination: This volume contains an original pagination sequence, used by the Bushire Residency. It is written in ink and appears in the right hand corner of each recto and in the left hand corner of each verso. The sequence begins with the first letter and runs from number 1 through to number 268.Foliation: The volume has been foliated for referencing purposes, using circled numbers written in pencil in the top right hand corner of the recto of each folio. The sequence begins on the second folio of writing, on number 1, and continues through to number 137, which is the last folio of writing. Two folios were numbered 82; these folios are now numbered 82 and 82A, in accordance with the IOR foliation guidelines. This is the sequence that has been used by this catalogue to reference items within the volume.
7. Persian Gulf Affairs
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- Abstract: This part of the volume consists of Enclosures to a Despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 29 of 1841, dated 26 April 1841. The enclosures are dated 6 February to 26 April 1841, and are mainly letters, relating to the Persian Gulf.The enclosures mostly consist of correspondence between the Secretary to the Government of Bombay (John Pollard Willoughby) and the Resident in the Persian Gulf (Captain Samuel Hennell) at Karrack [Kharg Island].This part also includes: correspondence between the Government of Bombay and the Superintendent of the Indian Navy; and letters to the Secretary to the Government of India, the Envoy and Minister at Cabool [Kabul], the Political Agent in Turkish Arabia, and the Assistant to the Resident in the Persian Gulf.In addition, this part includes: reports from the News Writer at Shiraz (No. 18), a ‘Bushire merchant’ (No. 36), the Agent at Shargah [Sharjah] (Nos. 39 and 44), and the Native Agent at Muskat [Muscat] (Nos. 57-58).Matters discussed in the enclosures include:Repairs and alterations to the Fort at Karrack recommended by the Resident in the Persian Gulf (Nos. 3-5)Whether any alterations in the coinage of Persia [Iran] had been made subsequent to the introduction of the New Mahomed Shah Rupee and Toman, and whether any further appreciation of these coins had taken place (Nos 15-17)The visit of Syed Humood ben Azan [Ḥamūd bin Azan Āl Bū Sa‘īd], Chief of Sohar [Ṣuḥār], to Bombay (Nos. 19-22)The arrival at Karrack of Frederick Brenner, a Carmelite Friar, with the intention of officiating as a Catholic Clergyman to members of the Catholic Church residing on the Island (Nos. 26-28)Letters from Dr James Pringle Riach, attached to HM Mission at the Court of Persia, concerning his intention to travel to Ghorian [Ghōriyān] with an order from the Shah for the evacuation of the Fortress at Ghorian by the Persian troops, and for its immediate restoration to the Government of Herat (Nos. 30-32 and 50-51)The Resident in the Persian Gulf’s actions in relation to the Asseloo [Bandar-e ‘Asalūyeh] boats which had been cruising about for the ostensible purpose of seizing Congoon [Kāngān] boats (Nos. 40-41)The actions of Commodore George Barnes Brucks, Indian Navy, Commanding the Persian Gulf Naval Squadron, in the ‘settlement of claims’ existing against the Shaikhs of Biddah [Al Bidda] and Debaye [Dubai] (Nos. 46-48 and 56)The arrival of the Assistant to the Resident in the Persian Gulf at Paris en route to re-join his station in the Persian Gulf, and his request for permission to proceed to the Presidency after 1 June 1841 (Nos. 52-55)Copies of despatches from HBM Chargé d’Affaires at Persia (Justin Sheil) to the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, enclosing translations of correspondence with the Prime Minister to the Shah, letters from the Persian Minister for Foreign Affairs, and the Persian Prince Reza Koolee Mirza, and firmans[orders] by the Shah (No. 65)The detention of the East India Company’s brig of war Tigrisin the Persian Gulf by the Resident in the Persian Gulf (Nos. 7-8), the despatch of the Company’s sloop of war Elphinstonefor service in the Persian Gulf (No. 8), the despatch by the Resident of the Company’s schooner Emilyto Bombay (Nos. 33-35), and its despatch from Bombay to the Persian Gulf (Nos. 66-67).Physical description: There is an abstract of contents of the despatch, numbered 1-67, on folios 422-434. These numbers are repeated for reference on the last verso of each enclosure.
8. File 697/1920 'Koweit Order-in-Council'
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- Abstract: The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to the Kuwait Order in Council for each year from 1920-1928. The Order in Council refers to the legal instruments whereby His Majesty the King has jurisdiction within the territories of the Shaikh of Kuwait whether by 'Treaty, capitulation, usage, sufferance and other lawful means.'Also included in the volume are copies of the Order in Council in Muscat and Bahrein [Bahrain]:'Statutory rules and orders, 1915. No. 132 Foreign Jurisdiction, the Maskat Order in Council, 1915' (ff 259-271)'The Bahrein Order in Council, 1913' (ff 272-284).The principal correspondents in the volume are: the Political Agent, Kuwait; the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; and the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.The volume includes a divider which gives the subject number, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references 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 inside back cover with 490; 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. Copy of a Letter from Brigadier-General John Malcolm, Head of Mission to Persia, to the Secret Committee
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- Abstract: A copy of a letter from Captain John Malcolm, newly appointed Envoy of the Supreme Government of India to Persia [Iran], to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company, sent from Bombay [Mumbai] and dated 17 December 1799. The letter reports Malcolm’s intention to travel to Muskat [Muscat] and meet with the Imaume [Imam] [Sultān bin Ahmad Al Bū Sa’id], who is suspected of pro-French sympathies, and thence to Bushire [Būshehr], and proposes installing an East India Company representative in Muskat.Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
10. Copy of a Letter from Brigadier-General John Malcolm, Head of Mission to Persia, to the Secret Committee
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- Abstract: A copy of a letter from Brigadier-General John Malcolm, newly appointed Envoy of the Supreme Government of India to Persia [Iran], to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company, sent from Bombay [Mumbai] and dated 17 December 1799. The letter reports Malcolm’s plans to travel to Muskat [Muscat] and meet with the Imaum [Imam] [Sultān bin Ahmad Al Bū Sa’id], who is suspected of pro-French sympathies, and thence to Bushire [Būshehr], and proposes installing an East India Company representative in Muskat.Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)