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457. Persian Gulf Affairs
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- Abstract: Enclosures nos. 3-8 to dispatch no. 1 from the Secret Department, Bombay Castle, dated 12 January 1861. The enclosures are dated 9 November 1860-28 December 1860. Received 9 February 1861.The enclosures consist of reports by Captain Felix Jones, Political Resident, Persian Gulf, and resolutions of the Honourable Board.The reports cover: the preservation of maritime peace in the Gulf by means of a British naval squadron at Bahrein [Bahrain]; the use of Royal Navy ships to control Arabs on the Persian shore of the Gulf; the efficacy of steam ships as opposed to sailing ships in the preservation of maritime peace in the Gulf; and summaries of Bahrain affairs.Physical description: 1 item (25 folios)
458. Persian Gulf Affairs
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- Abstract: This part of the volume consists of copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 33 of 1853, dated 10 May 1853. The enclosures are numbered 3-10 and are dated 1-17 May 1853. A note in red ink indicates that numbers 8-9 (copy of the Bombay Times, Telegraph and Courier, and the Bombay Gazette) are missing.The papers relate to affairs in the Persian Gulf including:A tour of the Persian Gulf by the Resident in the Persian GulfThe interception of ships carrying enslaved peoples to the Batinah Coast of Oman.Correspondents include the Resident in the Persian Gulf, the Native Agent at Sharjah, and the Secretary to the Government of India.Physical description: 1 item (12 folios)
459. Persian Gulf Affairs
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- Abstract: This part of the volume consists of copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 49 of 1853, dated 30 August 1853. The enclosures are numbered 3-12 and are dated 1 April-3 August 1853.The papers relate to affairs in the Persian Gulf including:A summary of intelligence of an ‘amicable arrangement’ between His Highness Syed Soweynee [Sayyid Thuwaynī bin Sa‘īd Āl Bū Sa‘īd] and Abdoolla bin Fysul [‘Abdullāh bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd, son of Fayṣal bin Turkī bin ‘Abdullāh Āl Sa‘ūd, Ruler of the Second Saudi State]An interview with the Ruler of Bahrein [Bahrain].Correspondents include the Resident in the Persian Gulf (Arnold Burrowes Kemball); the Chief Secretary to the Government of Bombay; the Native Agent at Shiraz; Abdoolla bin Fysul; and Sheikh Sultan bin Suggur, Joasmee Chief [Shaikh Sulṭān I bin Ṣaqr al-Qāsimī].Physical description: 1 item (39 folios)
460. 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 30 of 1856, dated 16 April 1856. The enclosures are dated 17 March-8 April 1856.The enclosures cover and include the following:Minutes of the Governor of Bombay and members in Council discussing the course to be pursued in the event of any requisition being made on the Government of Bombay by Charles Augustus Murray, British Ambassador to the Court of Persia [Iran], for the despatch from Bombay of an armed force to the Persian Gulf, consequent to Persia’s apparent military campaign to occupy Herat. The minutes cover: the decision not to take any action solely on the requisition of Murray but only and if orders are received from the Secret Committee indicating that the British Government has called for an expedition, in addition to Murray’s request; the need to confirm Persia has taken Herat and is not ‘defending’ it against an attack from Dost Mohammed Khan [Dūst Muḥammad Khān Bārakzāy]; and a reluctance to send a land force to the Persian GulfConcerns expressed by Commander Felix Jones, Acting Resident, Persian Gulf, on the unsuitable location of the Residency at Bushire [Bushehr], notably its exposure to the sea, tendency to be cut off from the sea beach, excessive heat, the sea wall built by the Persian authorities in front of the Residency and the Persian garrison towers overlooking the private apartments, and the Government of Bombay’s sanction of 500 rupees for the cost of erecting verandahs with blinds to ensure privacy.Physical description: 1 item (13 folios)
461. 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 45 of 1856, dated 25 June 1856. The enclosures are dated 5 May-19 June 1856.The enclosures chiefly comprise copies of the correspondence of Commander Felix Jones, Acting Resident, Persian Gulf, with Commodore Richard Ethersey, Indian Navy, Commanding the Indian Naval Squadron in the Persian Gulf, and the Government of Bombay, relating to the removal of the Al Ali [Āl ‘Alī] tribe from Demaum [Dammam].They notably cover and include:Jones’s and Ethersey’s agreement to make a demonstration of naval strength at Demaum with the Ajdaha, Semiramisand Falkland, and if that fails to bombard the town and fort of Demaum, followed if necessary by further coercive measures including the blockading of the port and destruction of any captured Al Ali boatsEthersey’s reservations regarding the agreed measures to be taken at Demaum, due to: the inadequacy of naval resources to carry out the Demaum action in addition to policing the Gulf and searching vessels for enslaved persons; the unsuitability of the Ajdahafor the shallow seas around Demaum; and the urgent need for the Semiramisto return to Bombay [Mumbai] for repairsJones’s hope that a brief show of naval strength at Bahrein [Bahrain] and his negotiations with the Sheikh of Demaum [Muḥammad bin ‘Abdullāh, Shaikh of Dammam] will achieve the British objective, his reluctant agreement that the Semiramisreturn to Bombay before the monsoons set in, and his decision to retain the Constanceat Bushire [Bushehr] during the temporary withdrawal of the Ajdahaand FalklandEthersey’s provision of the Ajdahafor Jones’s visit to Demaum and tour of the Gulf, due to the inadequate cabin accommodation on his own vessel the FalklandJones’s report to the Government of Bombay on his proceedings at Bahrein regarding the Al Ali, including: his meetings with Sheikh Mahomed ben Khuleefa [Muḥammad bin Khalīfah Āl Khalīfah, Shaikh of Bahrain], the Sheikh of Demaum and with Ali ben Sultan [Alī bin Sulṭān], chief of the Al Ali; the agreement of Jones and the Sheikh of Bahrein not to force the Al Ali to return to Geis [Kish, also was known as Kenn] due to its unsuitable living conditions, and proposal that the Al Ali go to Kuweit [Kuwait], Grane [Kuwait] or Aboothabee [Abu Dhabi]; Jones’s encouragement of those Al Ali who wish to reconcile with the Sheikh of Bahrein and return to the island without punishment; Jones’s consent to the Sheikh of Demaum’s request (f 367) to allow the Al Ali to remain at Demaum until the month of Ramadhan [Ramadan] has ended; Ali ben Sultan’s compliance following Jones’s threat to bring the squadron to Demaum; Jones’s pleasure that he has achieved a ‘peaceful resolution’ and relief at the avoidance of a potentially ineffective and expensive blockadeJones’s orders to Ethersey that the Semiramisshould go to Bombay should any important despatches arrive at Bushire for India.In this item Jones also reports unverified intelligence from the Acting Native Agent at Muscat that the agents of the Imam of Muscat and Persia [Iran] at Kishm [Qeshm] have agreed that the Imam will take possession of Bunder Abbas [Bandar Abbas].Physical description: 1 item (25 folios)
462. Persian Gulf Affairs
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- Abstract: This part of the volume consists of copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay, Secret Department, to the Secret Committee, Number 27 of 1850, dated 10 May 1850.The enclosed papers, dated 14 September 1849 to 18 February 1850, concern affairs in the Persian Gulf. They comprise correspondence between Major Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire [Bushehr]; Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Farrant, British Chargé d'Affaires, Tehran; Captain Atkins Hamerton, British Consul in the Dominions of the Imam [Imām] of Muskat [Muscat]; the Government of Bombay; and the Government of India.Several matters are covered by the papers, including:The proposal of the Sheik of Bahrein [Shaikh of Bahrain], Mahomed ben Khuleefa [Muḥammad bin Khalīfah Āl Khalīfah], to enter into British protectionThe Imam of Muskat's intention to seize the island of Bahrein.Physical description: 1 item (13 folios)
463. Persian Gulf Affairs
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- Abstract: This item comprises copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 58 of 1847, dated 16 June 1847. The enclosures are dated 7 April-27 May 1847 (although some internal copy documents date back to 23 January 1847).The primary documents are letters from Major Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Arthur Malet, Secretary to the Government, Bombay, enclosing his correspondence with Major Henry Creswicke Rawlinson, Political Agent in Turkish Arabia (in Baghdad), and the Honourable Mr Henry Wellesley, HM Chargé d’Affaires in Constantinople [Istanbul, Ottoman Empire], and other related correspondence and documents.The main subject covered is British efforts for the suppression of the ‘African slave trade’ in the Persian Gulf, notably:The Ottoman Porte’s order of 23 January 1847, (ff 154-155) implying [rather than explicitly granting] powers granted to British and East India Company vessels in the suppression of the slave trade with regard to vessels under the Turkish [Ottoman] flag landing at Turkish ports on the Euphrates river, notably Bussorah [Basra]; the Porte’s desire for secret Anglo-Turkish communications on the matter due to political sensitivities; and the Porte’s request that the new prohibition measures not be put into effect until 1 June 1847 in order to provide sufficient warning for Turkish vesselsRawlinson’s suggestion to the Nejib Pasha [Mehmed Necib Pasha also known as Muhammad Najib Pasha], Governor of Baghdad, and Hennell that the ‘slave cargoes’ of Persian [Iranian] and Arab vessels in Turkish waters be considered ‘contraband’ and therefore subject to measures for the suppression of ‘piracy’Hennell’s report of his success in obtaining the agreement of the Arab Maritime Chiefs for the total abolition of the trade in enslaved peoples from the African coast involving their boats and those of their subjects; empowering British cruisers to detain, examine suspected vessels and seize and confiscate those carrying slaves; and for the agreement to come into force in the next season (10 December 1847 onwards). Includes translation and copy in Arabic of the engagement entered into by Sheik Sultan ben Sugger, Chief of Ras-el-Khymah and Shargah [Shaikh Sulṭān I bin Ṣaqr al-Qāsimī, Ruler of Ra's al-Khaymah and Sharjah] dated 30 April 1847, appended with names of additional signatory sheiks [shaikhs] (ff 180-182)Empowerment of the British authorities to arrange the return of enslaved people to their country of origin on the African coast, due to alleged Turkish lack of desire or resources for the task; logistical arrangements; and suggestion that returnees could be transmitted as labourers on the African coast or to the West IndiesHennell’s concerns about the lack of agreement by the Persian Government to suppress the trade in enslaved people, and possible evasion of British policing measures by Arab Maritime Chiefs and their Persian connections, notably at Mohamerah [Khorramshahr, formerly Mohammerah].Physical description: There is an abstract of contents of the despatch, numbered 1-7, on folio 146. These numbers are repeated for reference on the verso of the last folio of each enclosure.
464. Persian Gulf Affairs
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- Abstract: This item comprises copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 55 of 1847, dated 16 June 1847. The enclosures are dated 26 April-8 June 1847 (although some internal copy documents date back to 1 February 1847).The primary documents are letters from Major Henry Creswicke Rawlinson, Political Agent in Turkish Arabia and British Consul in Baghdad, to Henry Wellesley, HM Minister Plenipotentiary at Constantinople [Istanbul, Ottoman Empire], including his correspondence with Colonel Justin Sheil, HM Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at the Court of Tehran and Major Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire [Būshehr].The subjects covered notably include:Duties payable by Persian [Iranian] merchants to Turkish (Ottoman) authorities in relation to imports and their onward exportTribal ‘unrest’ on the Turco-Persian frontier and delays in the arrival of a (Persian) Kermanshah Commissioner to adjudicate on disputesRawlinson’s concerns about a potential increase in Turkish-Persian tensions resulting from an Ottoman Special Commission sent to Bussorah [Basra] to assess and allegedly increase the values and revenues of the ports of Bussorah and Mohamerah [Khorramshahr, formerly Mohammerah] and strengthen Turkish maritime power at the mouth of the Shat el-Arab [Shatt al-Arab] and in the Persian GulfThe possible return to Turkey of Kurdish refugees, notably the Meer of Rowanduz [Mir of Rawandiz]Tension between Turkey and Persia over how to deal with ‘piracy’ in the Persian Gulf, including prevention of Turkish interference with the commerce of Mohamerah; Hennell’s agreement with the Governor of Fars for dealing with ‘piracy’ and proposal that Nejib Pasha [Mehmed Necib Pasha also known as Muhammad Najib Pasha], Governor of Baghdad, could seize Persian or Arabian ‘pirate’ boats in Turkish waters and the Euphrates River and involve British vessels of war; Rawlinson’s annoyance with Hennell for offering the assistance of British vessels of war; Nejib Pasha’s refusal to agree to a suggestion he considered an infringement of international laws and which would need referral to the Porte (Government of the Ottoman Empire)Turkish passport regulations for the subjects of the European powers entering or travelling in the Ottoman dominions, including the implications for Indian pilgrims travelling to Mecca, Kerbela [Karbala] and Nejef [Najaf] (English translation, ff 27-32).Physical description: There is an abstract of contents of the despatch, numbered 1-4, on folio 2. These numbers are repeated for reference on the verso of the last folio of each enclosure.
465. Affairs of the Persian Gulf
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- Abstract: Enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 41 of 1846, dated 15 April 1846. The enclosures are dated and contain correspondence relating to affairs of the Persian Gulf. Contents relate to: hostilities with local tribes off the southern coast of Persia [Iran] leading to the plunder of vessels under British colours; lists of vessels under British colours trading between Bombay [Mumbai] and Bushire [Bushehr]; the impounding in Muscat of silk bound for Persia in retaliation for Bushire seizing indigo chests belonging to Muscat; and the surrender of Sahar [Suhar] and inland fortresses to the Beni Saad [Banī Saʿīd] in anticipation of Wahabee [Wahhābī] incursions. This item commences with an abstract of contents (folios 506-510). Correspondence from the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf addressed to the Government of Bombay.Physical description: 1 item (63 folios)
466. 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 11 of 1847, dated 30 January 1847. The enclosures are dated 11 November 1846-26 January 1847.The item comprises copies of despatches of Major Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to the Secretary to the Government, Bombay, with numerous relevant enclosures, notably: copies of Hennell’s despatches to Lieutenant-Colonel Justin Sheil, HM Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Persia [Iran]; the reports of Commodore John Croft Hawkins, Commanding the Naval Squadron in the Gulf; and communications from Persian Government officials. Hennell’s despatches are accompanied by related documents including: minutes of the President and Governor and members in Council, Bombay, recording their approbation of Hennell’s actions; communications from the Secretary to the Government, Bombay, to Hennell, acknowledging his letters and informing him of the Government of Bombay’s approbation of his actions; and communications from the Secretary to the Government, Bombay, to the Secretary to the Government of India, forwarding copies of Hennell’s despatches.The item relates to the measures adopted by Hennell, in accordance with the agreement of the Governor of Fars, for the punishment by British vessels of war of ‘piratical’ acts committed by the inhabitants of certain ports on the Persian coast in 1845 and 1846. The papers notably cover the following matters:Hennell's request (f 173) to the Governor of Fars for permission to take retributive steps in response to the ‘piratical’ acts of the people of Sheik Abdoollah ben Khulfan, principal ‘Chief’ of Aseeloo [Shaikh Khalfān of Bandar-e Asalouyeh], and the authorisation given by the Governor of Fars (f 176)The mission of Commodore Hawkins to the ports of the Persian coast in December 1846 with the vessels of war the HCS [Honourable Company’s] ship Cliveand the HC brig Euphrates, including his report of the measures he has undertaken against the port of Aseeloo and to placate the Governor of Kharrack, Sheik Abdool Rahman [Shaikh ‘Abd al-Rahman, Governor of Bandar-e Charak] (ff 157-160), and further report of measures taken with respect to the Sheiks of Nulcheloo [Nakhilu, also spelled Nukheeloo in this item] and Cheror [Chiruyeh, also spelled Chiroo and Cheroo in this item] (ff 181-184)Hennell’s meeting with Samed Aga, Sirhang, [Ṣamad Āghā, senior military officer and nephew of the Governor of Shiraz] regarding ways of settling affairs to avoid any collision between (British) Government vessels of war and the people of Aseeloo, including Hennell’s doubts about the Sirhang’s level of authority and the likelihood of the Aseeloo people being punished for offences against non-British subjectsHennell’s acceptance that the avoidance of bloodshed in settling the affair is positive (especially as he believes the Governor of Fars will be more likely to leave the surveillance of the Persian coast to the British), coupled with his regret that he cannot avail himself of the opportunity to teach ‘the piratical inhabitants of Aseeloo a salutary lesson’ (f 150)Hennell’s dismissal of the claim (f 167) by Esa ben Tareef, the Sheik of Bidda [Isá bin Ṭarīf, of Al Bidda?] that the three boats seized by Commodore Hawkins at Aseeloo were the property of individuals (though originally belonging to Aseeloo) who were under his protection (Hennell states that it is ‘the custom of many of the natives of Aseeloo to have two establishments, one in that Port, and the other upon one of the Islands, or on the Arabian Coast, they are thus enabled to claim the protection of either one side or the other as suits their purpose’, f 165), but agreement that the specie [money in coin] found on board one of them can be restored to its claimant, Sultan ben Salamah of Bidda [Sulṭān bin Salāmah], as long as he swears an oath before the cazee [qadi, magistrate or judge] of Bahrein in the presence of the British Agent that is it truly his propertyInstructions issued by Hennell to Commodore Hawkins for the despatch of the Euphrates(after the termination of the proceedings against the ‘piratical’ ports on the Persian coast) to Shargah [Sharjah] to ascertain from the agent Moollah Houssein [Mullā Ḥusayn] if any attack by sea is anticipated in the ‘war’ between Sheik Sultan ben Suggur of Russal Khyma [Shaikh Sulṭān I bin Ṣaqr al-Qāsimī of Ra’s al-Khaymah] and Sheik Saeed bin Tahmoon [Shaikh Sa‘īd bin Ṭaḥnūn] on one side, and the chiefs of Debajee [Dubai], Amulgavine [Umm al-Qaywayn] and Ejman [Ajman] on the other, and in that likelihood the Euphratesis to cruise up and down that area to avert any ‘breach of the Maritime Truce’Notification, in January 1847, to Commodore Sir Henry Martin Blackwood that, based on information received by the Clive, all matters in dispute with the ‘Chiefs in the Gulf’ will be adjusted without the need for any of Her Majesty’s vessels under his command to go there.Physical description: 1 item (59 folios)
467. 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 84 of 1847, dated 30 September 1847. The enclosures are dated 9 June-11 September 1847.The primary documents are despatches of Major Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to the Chief Secretary to the Government, Bombay, and for the information of the President and Governor in Council, chiefly forwarding copies of reports and letters received, and his correspondence with various officials, notably: Colonel Justin Sheil, HM Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Persia [Iran]; Henry Creswicke Rawlinson, Political Agent, Turkish Arabia [Ottoman Iraq]; and Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Acting Political Agent, Turkish Arabia. The correspondence of the latter two notably include letters addressed to them by Lord Cowley [Henry Wellesley, 1st Earl Cowley], HM Minister Plenipotentiary at Constantinople [Istanbul].The despatches cover numerous matters, including the following:1) The apparent designs of the Ottoman Empire to extend its authority and influence over the Island of Bahrein [Bahrain], including: a report from Commodore John Croft Hawkins, on the HC [Honourable Company] Steam Frigate Queen, describing a visit on board the ship by the Sheik of Bahrein [Shaikh Muḥammad bin Khalīfah Āl Khalīfah, Shaikh of Bahrain] and confirming the non-appearance of either the Turkish vessel or Turkish agent said to have been proceeding towards the island; and the emphatic refusal, by Nejib Pasha, Governor of Bagdad [Muḥammad Najīb Pāshā, Governor of Baghdad], to recognize a letter apparently addressed to the Sheik of Bahrein by the Mootesellim [Mutasallim] of Bussorah [Governor of Basra], inviting the former to put himself under the protection of the Ottoman flag.2) The temporary detention at Shiraz, by an informant of Sheil, of a messenger said to be carrying a letter addressed to the Shah [Muḥammad Shāh Qājār, Shāh of Persia] from an ‘influential Prince of India’ inviting him to ‘invade Hindoostan by the way of Affghanistan [Afghanistan], and assuring him of every support and cooperation’ (f 139), and Sheil’s dismissal of its seriousness.3) British measures in relation to effecting the abolition of the ‘African Slave Trade’, notably:The announcement to the Ottoman Porte that Hennell has obtained the consent of the ‘Independent Maritime Chiefs of the Arabian Coast’ (f 142) to the total abolition of the trade in enslaved persons from Africa (the agreement to come into effect at the end of the next year)Arrangements to be made by the Ottoman authorities regarding registration of crews of all vessels belonging to Bussorah and Koweit [Kuwait]Hennell’s desire, following reports that large numbers of ‘Hubshees or Abyssinian [Ethiopian] slaves’ (f 147) have been imported from the coast of Berbera, to bring the measures agreed with the Ottoman Sultan, Independent Maritime Chiefs of the Arabian Coast and the Imam of Muscat into full effect immediately, and his suggestions to strengthen the British naval presence and powers of inspection in the vicinity of Zanzibar, Berbera and Zelah [Zeila] and in the Gulf, and to make seizures of ‘contraband cargo’ to deter Persians from further trade in enslaved personsThe concerns of Hennell and Kemball regarding amended instructions issued by the Turkish [Ottoman] Government to Nejib Pasha, for the disposal of enslaved persons who are liberated under the recent convention, specifically the option that ‘rescued’ Africans may remain in Ottoman territory if they choose to rather than being conveyed on board a British vessel. Included is a translated copy of the Turkish Government’s instructions to the Governor of Bagdad directing that the ‘liberated... [ones] must be allowed to stay where they please’ (ff 155-156)Hennell’s advice to the senior naval officer at Bushire [Bushehr] to only take measures against a vessel belonging to a subject of the Imam of Muscat, lately arrived with ‘a cargo of 30-40 negro [Black African] and Abyssinian slaves from Muscat for sale’ (f 160), once it has left Bushire Harbour, as it is a foreign (Persian) portHennell’s and Kemball’s desire to ensure the swift implementation of instructions issued by Nejib Pasha to the Mootsellim of Bussorah (ff 204-205) regarding the measures to be taken against Turkish vessels and Turkish merchants involved in the exportation of enslaved persons from Africa, and for the speedy removal of manumitted persons from Bussorah temporarily to Bushire and Bassidore [Basaidu], and subsequently to India.4) Hennell’s mediatory involvement in the affair of the ‘plunder’ in 1846 of the wreck of the large bugla [buggalow] Akab, belonging to the Sheik of Kishm [Shaik of Qeshm], near Bushire Harbour, including: the complaint by the Sheik that the boatmen of Bushire plundered the boat’s rigging and stores; and the return in 1847 of plundered articles, via Sheik Nassir of Bushire [Shaikh Nāṣir of Bushehr], including a list of plundered articles (f 171) and a list of items handed in to Sheik Nassir by each Nakoda [Nakhuda, a boat captain or master] (f 175).5) Rumours that the officers of a Turkish vessel visiting ports of the Arabian coast are claiming they are going to replace British with Turkish influence in the Gulf, notably: the alarm of Shaik Muctoom (Debay) [Maktūm bin Butti bin Suhail, of Dubai]; the apparent exultation of Sultan ben Sugger (chief of the Joasmee [al-Qāsimī] tribe) [Shaikh Sulṭān I bin Ṣaqr al-Qāsimī, Ruler of Sharjah and Ra’s al-Khaymah, al-Jazirah al-Hamra and Ar Rams, variously]; the general concern of the independent Arab rulers on the coast of the Gulf; and Hennell’s dismissal of the story, insisting that the Turkish functionaries are only protecting their trade and preventing the importation of enslaved persons.Physical description: 1 item (75 folios)
468. Persian Gulf Affairs
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- Abstract: This part of the volume consists of copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay, Secret Department, to the Secret Committee, Number 20 of 1850, dated 3 April 1850.The enclosed papers, dated between 25 June 1849 and 15 March 1850, concern the traffic and trade in enslaved peoples in the Persian Gulf. They comprise correspondence between Major Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire [Bushehr]; Commodore J P Porter, Commanding Indian Naval Squadron, Persian Gulf; Lieutenant Alan Hyde Gardner, Commanding East India Company Sloop, Elphinstone; Moollah Haussein [Mullā Ḥusayn], Native Agent at Shargah [Sharjah]; Khoja Hiskarl [Khawājah Ḥizqīl bin Yūsuf, elsewhere written as Hiskeel or Hiskale], Native Agent at Muscat; Major Atkins Hamerton, British Consul and East India Company Agent in the Dominions of the Imam [Imām] of Muscat and Zanzibar; William Taylour Thomson, British Chargé d'Affaires, Tehran; Lieutenant-Colonel Justin Sheil, British Minister in Tehran; Sheik Sultan bin Suggur [Shaikh Sulṭān I bin Ṣaqr al-Qāsimī], Ruler of Shargah; the Government of Bombay; and the Government of India.The papers relate to the trafficking of enslaved peoples into Muscat, Bushire, and Mohammerah [Khorramshahr], and the discussion of what measures are to be taken.Physical description: 1 item (28 folios)