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73. ‘Persian Gulf. Proceedings of Her Majesty’s Ships “Fox” and “Pilot” in the -’
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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/4/2174/105546. It is the fourth in a series of forty-five items on the Persian Gulf. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Major Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf; and Commodore Sir Henry Martin Blackwood.The item concerns the visit to the Gulf of HM ship Foxand sloop Pilotunder the command of Commodore Blackwood. It contains information provided by Hennell as to the state of affairs in the Gulf and the ports he might visit, and Blackwood’s report submitted on his return to Bombay. Topics covered include:The situation in Aboothabee [Abu Dhabi]A request made to Commodore John Croft Hawkins, Commanding the Indian Naval Squadron in the Persian Gulf, for him to accompany BlackwoodThe proposal for Blackwood to visit Sohar to make a demonstration of force for the notice of Saad bin Mootluk [Sa‘d bin Muṭlaq al-Muṭayrī], and a later report that Saad bin Mootluk has left Beyreymee [al-Buraymi]The alleged insulting of Khajah Heskal [Khawājah Ḥizqīl bin Yūsuf], the Native Agent at Muscat, by a servant of the Imam of MuscatThe grounding of the Foxon Seir Aboneid [Sir Bu Nu‘ayr] islandThe visit of Blackwood to Shargah [Sharjah], and his meetings with the Shaik of Debai [Shaikh Maktūm I bin Buṭṭī Āl Bū Falāsah, Ruler of Dubai] and Shaik Sultan bin Sugger of Ras el Khymah [Shaikh Sulṭān I bin Ṣaqr al-Qāsimī, Ruler of Ra’s al-Khaymah]Blackwood’s efforts to mediate between Sultan bin Sugger and Syed Soweney [Sayyid Thuwaynī bin Sa‘īd Āl Bū Sa‘īd], the Governor of Muscat, including the translation of a letter sent to Syud Soweney.The item contains a table of contents (f 298), and the title page (f 297) contains the following references: ‘P C [Previous Communication] 5507, Coll. 7, Vol. 4’, ‘D/t 197/47’, ‘Collection No. 3 of No. 20’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 297 and terminates at f 311, 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.
74. 'PERSIAN GULF. KUWEIT HARBOUR AND APPROACHES'
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- Abstract: A map indicating the locations of two conical buoys and one cask buoy in Kuweit Harbour in the Persian Gulf. The buoys are marked in manuscript with a corresponding arrow drawn in the right margin.The base map on which the buoys are indicated is Admiralty chart 22, 'Published at the Admiralty 16th. July 1907'.A hand stamp on the verso reads, 'British India Steam Navigation Co. Ltd. Received 19 Aug. 1908'.Physical description: Materials: Printed on paper with manuscript additions in coloured inkDimensions: 470 x 635mm, on sheet 505 x 663mm
75. ‘Persian Gulf.’
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- Abstract: The item consists of copies and extracts of two Political Letters from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, dated 26 April and 12 September 1856. The item is the first in a series of fifteen items on events in the Persian Gulf during 1855-56. The eighth item in the sequence is not present.Enclosures to the first letter can be found at:IOR/F/4/2661/176321IOR/F/4/2661/176323IOR/F/4/2661/176324IOR/F/4/2661/176325.Enclosures to the second letter can be found at:IOR/F/4/2661/176322IOR/F/4/2661/176326IOR/F/4/2661/176328IOR/F/4/2661/176329IOR/F/4/2661/176330IOR/F/4/2662/176331IOR/F/4/2662/176332IOR/F/4/2662/176333IOR/F/4/2662/176334.The extracts of the two Political Letters set out the topics of these subsequent enclosures.The title page of the item contains the following references: 'Bombay Political Department', Draft Number '52 [18]57', 'Collection N[umber] 6 (In 15 Volumes)', and 'Examiner's Office'.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 984, and terminates at f 989, 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.
76. ‘Persian Gulf Regarding Commodore Robinson’s proceedings at certain Ports in the.-’
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- Abstract: The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence, minutes and resolutions, cited in, or enclosed with, a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, 29 August 1854. A copy of this letter can be found at IOR/F/4/2586/154786, alongside details of further enclosures. The item is the fourth in a series of nine items on events in the Persian Gulf 1853-54.The item contains reports from Commodore George Robinson, Commanding the Persian Gulf Squadron, to Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, following Robinson's cruise around the southern end of the Gulf. His reports mention:Money provided by Sheikh Ahmed ben Rashid, Sheikh of Ejmaun [Shaikh Aḥmad bin Rāshid, Shaikh of Ajman], as restitution for property plundered by his subjects from a village on the island of Kishm [Qeshm]His opinion that a sense of calm has been restored to the region following the conflict over Bunder Abbas [Bandar-e ʻAbbas] between the Imaum [Imām] of Muscat and the Prince of FarsReturn of a ship from Shargah [Sharjah] to Aboothabee [Abu Dhabi], following its theft by a group of enslaved people who had escapedComplaints by Sheikh Sultan ben Suggur [Shaikh Sulṭān I bin Ṣaqr al-Qāsimī] that subjects of Debaye [Dubai] had abducted some of his dependents' enslaved people.Robinson includes copy of his instructions to Lieutenant Robert Austice Stradling, Commanding the Constance, in one of his letters. Kemball forwards the reports, alongside his own comments, to the Government of Bombay.The title page of the item contains the following references: 'Bombay Political Department', Draft Number '20 1855', 'Collection No. 5 of No. 58 of 1854', 'Vol: 3' and 'Examiner's Office'. Originally, the Collection number was given as '3' 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 848, and terminates at f 854, 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.
77. ‘Persian Gulf Captain Lowe’s proceedings during his late tour of the Persian and Arabian Coasts. Vol: 2’
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- 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 Major Samuel Hennell, British Political Resident in the Persian Gulf and Captain William Lowe, Senior Naval Officer in the Persian Gulf. It is the second in a series of eleven items.The item concerns Lowe’s tour of the Persian Gulf in the East India Company sloop of war Elphinstoneand his interactions with the rulers, shaikhs, and British Agents of the following places, and information gained there:Bushire [Bushehr]Congoon [Bandar-e Kangan]Asseeloo [Bandar-e Asaluyeh]Charrack [Bandar-e Charak]Abothubee [Abu Dhabi]Sharga [Sharjah]Amilgavine [Umm al-Qaywayn]Rasel Khyma [Ra’s al-Khaymah]Bassadore [Basidu]Lingah [Bandar-e Lengeh]Mogoo [Moghuyeh].The death of Esa bin Tareef [Shaikh ‘Īsá bin Ḥamad bin Ṭarīf Āl Bin ‘Alī al-‘Utbī] is mentioned.The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft no 689/48’, ‘Col[lection]: 17’, ‘Collection No 2 of No 45’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 240, and terminates at f 247 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.
78. 'PLANS IN THE PERSIAN GULF. BAHREIN HARBOUR'
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- Abstract: A map indicating the locations of one buoy and one stone beacon in Bahrein Harbour in the Persian Gulf. The buoy and beacon are marked in manuscript with corresponding arrows drawn in the right margin.The base map on which the buoys are indicated is Admiralty chart 3380, 'Published at the Admiralty, 2nd. Octr. 1903'.A hand stamp on the verso reads, 'British India Steam Navigation Co. Ltd. Received 19 Aug. 1908'.Physical description: Materials: Printed on paper with manuscript additions in coloured inkDimensions: 465 x 470mm, on sheet 685 x 490mm
79. ‘Winds and Currents in the PERSIAN GULF. BY Lieutenant Fergusson I.N.F.R.A.S. Draughtsman to the Indian Navy. Engraved by J.&C. Walker’
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- Abstract: Imprint:Published by John Walker, Geographer to the Hon.ble East India Company.Distinctive Features:Relief shown by hachures.Series of twelve nautical charts of the Persian Gulf with force and direction of the winds and currents reported for each month from January to December. Each sheet contains a descriptive note with key to symbols.Physical description: 12 maps
80. 'Slavery in the Persian Gulf'
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- Abstract: Memorandum providing an overview of the extent of slavery in the Persian Gulf, and the measures undertaken by his Majesty's Government to combat it.Covering:introduction outlining the legal status of slavery;treaty engagements of the Arab States of the Gulf, including Ibn Saud's [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd’s] cooperation in the suppression of the slave trade;treaty engagements of Persia - the Anglo-Persian Slavery Convention of 2 March 1882 for the suppression of the traffic of slaves;present position on the Arab Littoral of the Gulf – with proposals made by Sir Lionel Haworth, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf;resent position on the Persian Littoral;Persian representations regarding abrogation of Slavery Convention of 1882 with Great Britain, and the implications of the League of Nations' Slavery Convention of 1926;attitude to be adopted towards a Persian demand for abrogation, expressing views of the Foreign Office, India Office, and Admiralty.Written by John Gilbert Laithwaite of the India Office.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at f 65, and terminates at f 66, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. Pagination: the file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
81. ‘Arabian Coast. Survey of the South Eastern parts of the – Vol: 17’
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- Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, minutes, resolutions, memoranda, 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 main correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Syud Thooenee [Sayyid Thuwaynī bin Sa‘īd Āl Bū Sa‘īd], Governor of Muscat; and Mahomed bin Alli [Muḥammad bin ‘Alī al-Jaylānī], Chief of the Beni boo Alli [Banū Bū ‘Alī]. It is the seventeenth in a series of fifty-one items on the Persian Gulf.The item concerns arrangements for the surveying expedition of the Palinurusto the south-east parts of the Arabian Coast, including letters of recommendation from Syud Thooenee and presents for local leaders who rendered assistance to the expedition.The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Collection No 17 of No 129’, ‘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 434, and terminates at f 465, 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.
82. ‘The Coast from Bushire to Basadore, in the Persian Gulf, Surveyed by Lieuts. G.B. Brucks & S.B. Haines, H.C. Marine 1828. Engraved by R. Bateman 43 Hart St. Bloomsbury’
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- Abstract: Imprint:Published by James Horsburgh, Hydrographer to the East India Company.Distinctive Features:Relief shown by hachures. Depth shown by soundings.Two nautical charts of the eastern coast of the Persian Gulf compiled from the surveys carried out by the Bombay Marine’s officers between 1820 and 1829. Shows the coastline between Bushire [Bushehr] and Basadore [Basidu] on Qeshm, with Little and Great Tomb [Greater and Lesser Tunbs] and Bomosah [Abu Musa] islands.Shows the location of forts and towers with fresh water sources marked.Physical description: Dimensions:645 x 963 mm, on sheet 684 x 1020 mm
83. 'The Coast from Bushire to Basadore, in the Persian Gulf'
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- Abstract: Covers a 400-mile length of the Persian Gulf coast from Bushire [Bushehr] south-eastwards to Basadore [Basaidu] in Persia [Iran], including a fifteen-mile hinterland. Portrays hydrology, including depths by soundings, sands and rocks, relief by hachures and rock drawings, vegetation, settlements and place names, and includes topographical and hydrographic notes.Surveyed by Lieutenants George Barnes Brucks and Stafford Bettesworth Haines, 1828. Engraved by Richard Bateman. Published by James Horsburgh, Hydrographer to the Honourable East India Company.Physical description: Materials: Printed on paperDimensions: 637 x 948mm, on sheet 670 x 1005mm
84. 'TURKISH JURISDICTION IN THE ISLANDS AND WATERS OF THE PERSIAN GULF, AND ON THE ARAB LITTORAL'
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- Abstract: Memorandum written by Trevor John Chicheley Plowden, Under Secretary to the Foreign Department, Government of India, 21 Mar 1879, and published 25 March 1879 in Lahore by the Punjab Government.The memorandum addresses the question of Turkish jurisdiction in the islands and waters of the Persian Gulf and on the Arab littoral, looking at the entire southern coast from Koweit [Kuwait] to Ras-el-Had [Ra’s al-Hadd], but focusing primarily on the Arab coast and islands from Ras Tanorah [Ra's Tannūrah] to Ras Mussendom [Ra’s Musandam], including El-Bidaa [al-Bida], Bahrein [Bahrain], Zobara [Zubārah], El-Katr [Qatar] and the territories of the Arab Trucial Coast chiefs.The memorandum commences with a brief history of events at Odeid [Al ‘Udayd] in the 1800s, and the uncertainty in the 1870s over whether or not it was part of the territory of the Chief of Abuthabi [Abu Dhabi] or was an independent territory, and also discusses attempts by the Chief of El-Katr to persuade the Chief at Odeid, Shaikh Buttye to hoist a Turkish flag, which he refused.The memorandum, which cites correspondence from the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Colonel Lewis Pelly, Colonel Edward Charles Ross), goes on to consider the Turkish authorities in Nejd [Najd] and their interests in Abuthabi and Debaye [Dubai]; further claims of Turkish interest in Odeid, including in 1877 claims that the inhabitants of Odeid were paying a tribute to the Turks through the Chief of El-Bidaa; and correspondence with the Turkish Government regarding an increase in piracy along the El-Katr coast.The memorandum focuses particularly on events in Odeid from 1877 onwards, including attempts to mediate a settlement between Abuthabi and Odeid; British intentions to support Abuthabi should a settlement not be mediated; vessels belonging to the Chief of Odeid having attacked vessels from Wukra [al Wakrah], breaching the maritime peace. The memorandum then reverts to the original questions relating to Turkish jurisdiction and concludes that Odeid is not a part of El-Katr territory, and is part of Abuthabi territory and is therefore answerable to the Chief of Abuthabi.The memorandum then reverts to the larger question of Turkish jurisdiction and considers the area from Ojair [al-‘Uqayr] to El-Bidaa and noting that they were not considered to be responsible for that area, but could have reasonable claim to do so should they wish; it also discusses the possibility of negotiating a line of demarcation to show where Turkish jurisdiction ends and British jurisdiction commences and the need for the British Government to reserve the right to suppress maritime irregularities at sea. The memorandum concludes by considering whether the question of a line of demarcation should be put to the Secretary of State for India; how to ensure that Bahrein [Bahrain] is recognised as independent of all Governments except Great Britain; and what impact such an agreement might have on Persia.Accompanying the memorandum is a note written by Sir Alfred Comyn Lyall, Secretary to the Foreign Department, Government of India, 7 April 1879 which supports the proposals outlined within it.Physical description: Foliation: The foliation for this description commences at folio 108 and terminates at folio 121, 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 in the top-right corner of the recto of each folio; these numbers are also written in pencil but are not circled.Pagination: This section of the volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.