Abstract: Correspondence between the Resident in the Persian Gulf (Major, then Lieutenant-Colonel, Samuel Hennell), his native Agents at Muscat and Sharjah, and the Government of Bombay. The correspondence in the file reports on the hostilities taking place between the Governor of Muscat, Thuwaini bin Said, and the Chief of Suhar, Said Hamood bin Azan, and the Bombay and India Governments' responses to the crisis.Physical description: Foliation: The file is foliated from the front cover to the last page of correspondence, with a pencil number in the top-right corner of each recto. The inside back cover is unfoliated.Condition: Close-cropping of pages during a earlier binding/preservation, has resulted in some words at the edges of the page being truncated. There is also evidence of insect damage on some pages. Neither of these issues affect the legibility or understanding of items in the file.
Abstract: The file contains copies of correspondence addressed to the Resident at Bushire, Captain William Bruce, and to James Dow, Acting Resident at Bushire. Correspondence is sent to the Resident by a range of individuals, including various secretaries to the Government in Bombay, representatives of the civil and military auditors in Bombay, the British Envoy in Persia, Sir Henry Willock, and the Commanding Officers and Paymasters of British vessels on missions in the Gulf.The subjects covered in the file include: the forwarding and receiving of packets and letters from Tehran, Bombay; disbursements and other financial activities of the Residency; ongoing British military action against the Al Qasimi tribe at Ra's al-Khaymah.Physical description: Foliation: The volume has been foliated from the front cover to the inside back cover, with small circled numbers in the top-right corner of each recto. The volume also has an original pagination system, which uses ink numbers in the top-right corner of recto pages, and the top-left corner of verso pages.Condition: There is some insect damage throughout the volume, but it is not sufficient to impair the legibility or understanding of the material. Some of the pages at the back of the volume have suffered from water damage, which has made text more difficult to read, but not illegible.
Abstract: Distinctive Features:Depths shown by soundings.Hand drawn nautical chart of the shores of the Persian Gulf compiled from the survey carried out by the Bombay Marine’s officers in 1822 showing Rassulkyma [Ras al-Khaimah]. The buildings in Mana village and ruins of Rassulkyma shown pictorially with the location of Western Tower marked.Includes note with remarks on water levels.Physical description: Materials:Pen and ink on paperDimensions:302 x 472 mm, on sheet 370 x 536 mm
Abstract: Distinctive Features:Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings.Hand drawn nautical chart of the shores of the Persian Gulf compiled from the survey carried out by the Bombay Marine’s officers in 1821 showing the western coastline from Shaum [Ash Sha‘m or Sha’am] to Ul Umrah [Jazīrah al Ḩamrā’].Below title a note: ‘I was assisted in the execution of the Survey by Lieut.t J.M. Guy Command.s the H.C. Cruizer Psyche, & by Lieut.ts R.Cogan, W.E. Rogers & M. Houghton. P.M. [Philip Maughan]’.Includes a descriptive note with remarks on survey execution with details on hazardous features and coastal topography. Latitude of Shaum reported; a network of triangles inserted on the map in red ink.The location of ruins of Ras el Khyma and fishermen huts indicated with shoals and rocks represented by crosses.Contains dedication to the Court of Directors of the United East India Company from Philip Maughan.Oriented with south to the top.Physical description: Materials:Pen and ink on paperDimensions:733 x 1245 mm, on sheet 765 x 1308 mm
Abstract: Distinctive Features:An outline coastal view in three parts depicting the Arabian coast of the Persian Gulf drawn by Lieutenant Michael Houghton during the survey carried out by the Bombay Marine’s officers in 1821 showing the position of towns of Raumps [Al Rams] and Ras-el Khyma [Raʼs al Khaymah] with longitude reported.Physical description: Materials:Pen and ink on paperDimensions:536 x 751 mm
Abstract: The volume consists of letters sent outwards from the office of the Resident in the Persian Gulf. The subject matter focuses on British relations with various powers in and around the Persian Gulf during 1823; more specifically, on enforcing the provisions of the General Treaty with the Arab Tribes of the Persian Gulf (1820), and talk of an intended Persian invasion of Bahrain. It also outlines the outcome of a tour of the Arabian coast by John Macleod in January 1823.Other matters covered include the state of the Residency house at Bushire, and an investigation into William Bruce's involvement in the case of Muḥammad Nabī Khān, along with some limited reporting on the possibility of Shaikh ‘Abd al-Rasūl Khān being removed from the position of Governor of Bushire by Prince Ḥusayn ‘Alī Mirzā.Physical description: Foliation: The foliation sequence commences on the first page of text and continues through to the 3rd folio from the back of the volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: A pagination sequence also runs through the volume between ff 2-191; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the top outermost corners of each page.