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469. 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 62 of 1850, dated 2 November 1850. The enclosures are numbered 3-5 and are dated 10-27 September 1850.The papers relate to affairs in the vicinity of the Persian Gulf including:Report of an ‘insulting message’ from Sheikh Mahomed bin Khuleefa [Shaikh Muḥammad bin Khalīfah Āl Khalīfah], the Chief of Bahrein [Bahrain], to the Resident in the Persian Gulf and the measures adopted by the British in responseThe Chief of Bahrain’s deputation of Sheikh Mahomed bin Saeed [Shaikh Muḥammad bin Sa‘īd], Chief of the Booguwarreh [Bū Kuwwārah] tribe, in connection with the refusal of the Resident in the Persian Gulf to communicate with Sheikh Mahomed bin Khuleefa until he had explained or apologised for his ‘insulting behaviour’Reports that HM Minister at the Court of Persia has agreed the appropriate response of the Chief of Bahrain in connection with a letter addressed to him by Meerza Jaffer Khan [Mīrzā Ja‘far Khān], the Persian Commander at Mohumrah [Khorramshahr].The principal correspondents are the Resident in the Persian Gulf and British Envoy, Tehran.Physical description: 1 item (14 folios)
470. Persian Gulf Affairs and Persian Affairs
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- Abstract: This item comprises enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] Secret Department to the Secret Committee: Bombay Secret Letter 1 June 1821. The enclosures are dated 2 April-21 May 1821.The item comprises an extract of the proceedings of the Bombay Government and correspondence, with relevant enclosures, between: Captain William Bruce, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire [Bushehr]; Lieutenant-Colonel Brackley Kennett, Officer Commanding and Acting Political Agent, Bassadore, Kishm [Basaidu, Qeshm]; the Government of Bombay; and Henry Willock, HM Chargé d’Affaires in Tahran [Tehran].The subjects covered are:The Government of Bombay’s policy regarding the ‘difficult’ diplomatic situation at Kishm, including: a proposal to send 400 European soldiers to reinforce Lieutenant-Colonel Kennett’s detachment on the island; authority for Kennett to fortify his position at Bassadore or wherever he considers best; arrangements for the naval force in the Gulf to be enhanced with additional cruisers and put on standby in the event of an attack by Persia [Iran]; permission for the detachment’s evacuation to Muscat as a last resort; extensive efforts to obtain intelligence from the mainland regarding Persia’s plans; notification of all relevant parties of the Bombay Government’s position; and instructions to Willock to ensure these measures do not cause any alarm in TehranPreparations by Captain Bruce in case of a Persian attack, including his communications with KennettPreparations by Kennett in case of an attack on his ‘small and exposed force’ by Persia, particularly in light of rumours of a force assembled at Bunder Abbas [Bandar Abbas] and the likelihood that the Imaum [Imam] of Muscat will, if severely pressured by Persia, back down from opposing the Shah of PersiaWillock’s intention to leave Tahran due to threats on his life (decapitation) following his refusal to make further advances of an annual subsidy to the Shah, including copies of his correspondence with the Persian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mirza (also spelled Meerza in this item) Abdul Wahab [Mīrzā 'Abd al-Wahhāb Nishāṭ Iṣfahānī], 26-31 March 1822 (ff 87-95), and ‘Notes of messages and information collected regarding the occurrences at Tehran form 28th March’ providing intricate details of the affair (ff 96-101).Physical description: The despatch comprises enclosures numbered 1-2. The enclosure number is written for reference on the verso of the last folio of each enclosure.
471. Persian Gulf and Turkish Arabia 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 67 of 1847, dated 2 August 1847. The enclosure is dated 28 May 1847 (although some internal copy documents date back to 6 April 1847).The primary documents are letters from Major Henry Creswicke Rawlinson, British Agent in Turkish Arabia [Ottoman Iraq] and British Consul at Baghdad [also spelled Bagdad in the volume], to the Secretary to the Government of India and the Secretary to the Government, Bombay, enclosing his correspondence chiefly with the Honourable Henry Wellesley, HM Minister Plenipotentiary at Constantinople [Istanbul, Ottoman Empire]; Major Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf; and HE Colonel Justin Sheil, HM Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at the Court of Tehran.The subjects covered notably include:Rawlinson’s opinion that Hennell’s suggestion that non-Turkish [Ottoman] vessels convicted of ‘piracy’ on the high seas can be seized at Bussorah [Basra] by the Turkish authorities, could be viewed as an infringement of international law and inflammatory to Turkish-Persian relationsRawlinson’s concerns about the Ottoman Porte’s revival of an obsolete Aliens Act which if put into operation by Nejib Pasha [Mehmed Necib Pasha also known as Muhammad Najib Pasha], Governor of Baghdad, could deleteriously affect the properties owned by British Indians in the Ottoman Dominions as well as Persian [Iranian] property holders in BaghdadInformation on persons exiled by the Shah of Persia who are now residing in the vicinity of Baghdad and are potential focal points for Persian dissentFailure of a Turkish-Persian conference at Khannikeen [Khanaqin] to settle over 200 claims of Turkish villagers against Persian ‘marauding’ tribes on the Turco-Persian border, and proposal for each country to instead keep small forces on the border area to deter further incursionsRawlinson’s concerns about Turkish attempts to place the Sheikh of Bahrein [Shaikh of Bahrain] in dependence on the Ottoman Porte and generally to influence the independence of the Arab Maritime Chiefs, following reports of senior Turkish officials visiting Bussorah [Basra] and MuscatPapers relating to the trade in enslaved peoples on the Arabian coast, including statistics compiled by Hennell of those imported each year to Bussorah; ability of the Arab Maritime Chiefs to evade suppression measures at Turkish ports by using Haffir Creek and Mohamerah [Khorramshahr, formerly Mohammerah]; Governor of Bussorah’s lack of powers over Arab and Persian boats carrying ‘slave cargoes’ apart from preventing them landing at Turkish ports; impact that suppression measures might have on the local labour economy, notably date groves cultivation; and the fate of manumitted ‘slaves’ at Bussorah.Physical description: There is an abstract of contents of the despatch, numbered 1-4, on folio 265. These numbers are repeated for reference on the verso of the last folio of each enclosure.
472. Affairs in Persia
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- Abstract: This part of the volume consists of a copy of an enclosure to a despatch from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 15 of 1853, dated 28 February 1853. The enclosure is numbered 3 and is dated 14 January 1853. The enclosure consists of copies of nine despatches (with enclosed correspondence) from HM Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at the Court of Tehran, Justin Sheil, addressed to the Earl of Malmesbury, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, sent under flying seals to the Chief Secretary to the Government of Bombay. The despatches are dated 12 December 1852 to 7 January 1853. The despatches relate to matters including:The proceedings of the Persian [Iranian] Government in relation to HeratThe intention of Sheil and the Russian Minister to Persia to dissuade the Shah from his plan to make a rapid inspection of some parts of the province of Azerbijan [Azerbaijan] with a regiment of cavalry, and to advise the Shah not to act in a manner likely to make the Porte [the Government of the Ottoman Empire] suspicious that Persia intended to take hostile action against Turkey; and Sheil seeking instructions as to whether he should follow the Shah irrespective of the movements of the Russian Minister, or remain in TehranThe Persian Government seeking immediate restitution of the district of Kotoor [Qotur] to Persia, following the pronouncement of the frontier commission that the Turkish occupation was ‘a wanton aggression’The report of HM Consul in Tabreez [Tabriz] of the proceedings of a Nestorian bishop aiding the Russian Government in a plan to introduce the ‘Greek religion’ [Greek Orthodox Church] and Russian missionaries into Azerbaijan by promising Russian protection to any converts from the Nestorian churchThe Persian Government agreeing to Sheil’s proposal that ‘English’ war ships should be authorised to punish the ‘Chiefs’ of Persian ports of the Persian Gulf at which ‘negro slaves’ [enslaved African persons] were being imported.Physical description: There is an abstract of contents of the despatch, numbered 1-3, on folio 351. The number 3 is repeated for reference on the verso of the last folio of the enclosure.
473. Persia and Bagdad Affairs
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- Abstract: This part of the volume consists of a copy of an enclosure to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 36 of 1853, dated 23 May 1853. The enclosure is numbered 3 and is dated 16 April 1853.The papers relate to affairs in Persian [Iranian] and the Bagdad Pachalic [Baghdad Pashalik]. Details discussed include the following:Troop movements of the Government of Persia and consideration of its motivation as well as its relations with Russia, Turkey and BritainQuarantine procedures and regulations in the Turkish ports in the Persian Gulf including Bussora [Basra].Correspondents include the Political Agent in Turkish Arabia; the Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign Department; and HM Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, London.Physical description: 1 item (14 folios)
474. South Persia and Muscat Affairs
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- Abstract: This part of the volume consists of copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 76 of 1853, dated 29 December 1853. The enclosures are numbered 3-6 and are dated 2 to 23 December 1853.The enclosures contain correspondence discussing affairs at Bushire [Bushehr], Shiraz and Lingah [Bandar-e Lengeh] and the imposition of harbour dues at the port of Bushire. Also included is correspondence from the Native Agent at Muscat concerning a proposed levy of money on British subjects by the Governor of Muscat.Physical description: 1 item (30 folios)
475. Tehran Affairs
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- Abstract: This part of the volume consists of copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 74 of 1853, dated 24 December 1853. The enclosures are numbered 3-5 and are dated 12 October to 2 December 1853.The enclosures contain copies of despatches from the Chargé d’Affaires at Tehran including correspondence with the Sedr Azim [Ṣadr-i Aʿẓam] and discussion of naval forces in the Persian Gulf.Physical description: 1 item (252 folios)
476. Muscat and Persian Gulf Affairs
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- Abstract: Letter and Enclosures to HM Secretary of State for India, dated 20 December 1871.The Enclosures consist of intelligence reports from Lieutenant-Colonel Lewis Pelly, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; Major Edward Charles Ross, Political Agent and Consul, Muscat; and the Agent at Shiraz, and relate to the Persian Gulf generally, and to Muscat and Oman.The reports cover: outbreaks of cholera and smallpox (at Bushire, Lingah [Bandar-e Lengeh], and Gwuttur [Qatar]); economic matters; movements of Royal Navy ships; movements of Ottoman naval vessels, correspondence with Syud Toorkee bin Syud Saeed [Sayyid Turkī bin Sa‘īd Āl Bū Sa‘īd], Sultan of Muscat; political matters at Oman; and reports from Shiraz.The Enclosures are dated 14 September - 4 December 1871.Physical description: There is an Abstract of Contents on folio 619, numbered 1-19.
477. Turkish Arabia Affairs: Matters Relating to the Anglo-Persian War
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- Abstract: This item comprises one enclosure to a despatch from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] Secret Department to the Secret Committee [Bombay Secret Letter], No. 16 dated 27 January 1857. The enclosure is also dated 27 January 1857.The enclosure comprises a despatch, dated 22 December 1856, from Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Political Agent in Turkish Arabia [Ottoman Iraq], for the Secretary to the Government of India, Foreign Department, consisting of copies of his two recent despatches to Viscount Stratford de Redcliffe, HM Ambassador at Constantinople [Istanbul], dated 10 and 18 December 1856.The papers cover and include the following:Kemball’s recent visit to Bussorah [Basra] and his opinion that the defences recently constructed by Persia [Iran] at Mohamerah [Khorramshahr, formerly Mohammerah] need not concern the British as there are currently no signs of a Persian intention to disrupt communications in the regionConfirmation that Kemball has secured grain and cattle for fresh meat in expectation of the British expedition in the Persian GulfNotification that, in expectation of an attack in the region by the British, Sheikh Jaber, the principal chief of the Chaab [Banū Ka‘b] tribe [Shaikh Jābir bin Mirdāw al-Ka‘bī, Shaikh of Mohammerah], has approached HM Vice Consul at Bussorah, as well as Kemball, professing support of the British Government and offering his services, whilst at the same time having allegedly also approached the Ottoman Governor in case of a Turkish takeover of MohammerahKemball’s distrust of Sheikh Jaber and the tribes in the area, who he claims would ‘readily join what they believe to be the strongest party’ (f 257)A table entitled ‘Arab Tribes under Persian Authority’, detailing: names of tribes; names of shaikhs; total numbers of men; total numbers of horses, camels, sheep and cows; and any significant additional information (ff 258-259).Physical description: 1 item (10 folios)
478. Operations of Ottoman Military and Naval Forces in the Persian Gulf
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- Abstract: Letter and Enclosures to HM Secretary of State for India, dated 20 December 1871.The Enclosures consist of collected intelligence reports from Lieutenant-Colonel Lewis Pelly, the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf. These include: reports by the Residency munshi, and the Commander of HM Gunboat Hugh Roseon Turkish operations; a report by Major Edward Charles Ross, Political Agent and Consul, Muscat, that the Turkish warships Lebanonand Iskenderiahad left Muscat for the Persian Gulf, and that more Turkish naval vessels were to follow; reports on the affairs of Guttur [Qatar], in relation to the Turkish expedition; further reports on Turkish operations, including two by the commander of HMS Magpie; and correspondence from the Ruler of Bahrein [Bahrain] and Saood bin Fysul [Saud ibn Faisal ibn Turki Āl Sa‘ūd].The Enclosures are dated 27 October - 25 November 1871.Physical description: There is an Abstract of Contents on folio 553, numbered 1-7.
479. Board's Collections Vol 1596
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- Abstract: This volume consists of two items which contain copies of correspondence, minutes, and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, letters from the East India Company Court of Directors and the governments of Bombay [Mumbai] and India. The items are:IOR/F/4/1596/64625 Vol: 1. Affairs of the Persian GulfIOR/F/4/1596/64626 Vol: 2. Affairs of the Persian Gulf.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 585; 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.
480. Board's Collections Vol 649
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- Abstract: This volume consists of two items which are copies of correspondence, minutes, and memoranda cited in, or enclosed with, letters to and from the Government of Bombay. The items are:IOR/F/4/649/17851 'Proceedings adopted in consequence of the depredations committed by the Joasmee [al-Qāsimī] Pirates in the Persian Gulph [Gulf]', Vol. 2IOR/F/4/649/17852 'Proceedings adopted in consequence of the depredations committed by the Joasmee Pirates in the Persian Gulph', Vol. 3.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 371; 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.