Abstract: The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, extracts of a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, 16 February 1856. A copy of this letter can be found at IOR/F/4/2641/169196, alongside details of further enclosures. The item is the sixth in a series of twelve items on events in the Persian Gulf.The item relates to an incident in which a vessel under British colours, the
Kallion[
Kalyān], belonging to Kemjee Cossal [Khemjī Kusal, also rendered in text Kunjee Gopal], became stranded off Sharja [Sharjah] and was subsequently plundered by inhabitants of that place. The incident is reported by Hajee Yacoob [Ḥājjī Ya‘qūb], Native Agent at Sharja, to Commander Felix Jones, Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf. Hajee Yacoob's reports include details of the incident as well as summaries of his conversations with: Ibraheem ben Sultan [Ibrāhīm bin Sultan], Governor of Sharja; Nasir bin Khulfan [Nāṣir bin Khalfān], supercargo of the vessel; and Sheikh Sultan ben Suggur, 'Chief' of Rusul Khymah and the Joasmees [Shaikh Sulṭān I bin Ṣaqr al-Qāsimī, Shaikh of Ra's al-Khaymah and the Qawāsim].Jones forwards the reports on to the Government of Bombay, alongside copies of his own responses and instructions to: Hajee Yacoob; Sheikh Sultan ben Suggur; and Commodore Richard Ethersey, Commanding Indian Naval Squadron in the Persian Gulf. The item also contains the Government of Bombay's response.The item contains multiple spellings of place and personal names.The title page of the item contains the following references: 'Bombay Political Department', Draft Number '633 [18]56', 'Collection No. 1 of No. 16 of 1856.', 'Vol: 6', and 'Examiner's Office'.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 529, and terminates at f 542, 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.
Abstract: The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, 26 April 1856. A copy of this letter can be found at IOR/F/4/2661/176320, alongside details of further enclosures. The item is the sixth in a series of fifteen items on events in the Persian Gulf during 1855-56. The eighth item in the sequence is not present.The item relates to the plunder of a vessel, the
Cullian Pursad[
Kalyān Parsād, also rendered in text as
Culian Persadand
Cullian Pursand], by Wahabee [Wahhābī] Arabs based at Sharja [Sharjah, also rended in text as Sharga and Shargah] after it became stuck in the mud near that place. The item contains:Petitions by Khimjee Gopalldass [Khemjī Gopāldās], owner of the vessel, requesting assistance from the Governor of BombayCorrespondence outlining steps to obtain redress taken by: Commander Felix Jones, Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf; Lieutenant Foulerton, Commanding the Company ship
Tigris; and Hajee Yacoob [Ḥājjī Ya‘qūb], British Agent at SharjaCorrespondence between Jones and Sheikh Sultan ben Suggur, Sheikh of Rusul Khymah [Shaikh Sulṭān I bin Ṣaqr al-Qāsimī, Shaikh of Ra's al-Khaymah], regarding the latter's responsibilities to restore the stolen cargo or pay its valueDeposition of Oosman Moossa [ʻUthmān Mūsá], the nakoda [nakhuda] of the vessel, given to William Crawford, Senior Magistrate of Police, Bombay [Mumbai].The item contains multiple spellings for multiple personal and place names. The
Cullian Pursadand Khimjee Gopalldass may be the same ship and person mentioned in IOR/F/4/2641/169201 (
Kallionand Kemjee Cossal respectively).The title page of the item contains the following references: 'Bombay Political Department', Draft Number '52 [18]57', 'Collection No. 6', 'Vol: 6', and 'Examiner's Office'. Originally, the Collection number was written as 'Collection No. 4 of No. 40 of 1856.' but the '4' was replaced with '6' and 'of No.40 of 1856.' has been crossed out.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 1038, and terminates at f 1056, 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.
Abstract: The file contains papers relating to a tour by Sir Basil Newton, HM Ambassador to Iraq, to the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman, visiting Sharja [Sharjah], Muscat, Bahrain, Basra, Fao [Al-Faw], and Abadan.The file mostly consists of the following:Correspondence between the India Office (Roland Tennyson Peel) and the External Affairs Department of the Government of India.Correspondence between the India Office and the Foreign Office.Copy correspondence between Newton and the Foreign Office, including a copy of a despatch from Newton to Viscount Halifax (Edward Frederick Lindley Wood), Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, containing Newton’s impressions and observations formed on the tour, and enclosing an account of his tour.The file includes a divider, which gives lists of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 49; 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.
Abstract: The file concerns the establishment of a wireless telegraph station at Sharjah.The file contains agreements with the ruler of Sharjah for the establishment of an air station by Imperial Airways, and correspondence related to the opening of a wireless telegraph station at Sharjah.The file is composed of correspondence between: the Foreign Office; the India Office; the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Trenchard Craven William Fowle; the Secretary of State for India; Imperial Airways; the Air Ministry; the Admiralty; the ruler of Sharjah, Shaikh Sultan II bin Saqr Al Qasimi; the General Post Office; and Cable and Wireless Limited.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 89; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.