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1. ‘Persian Gulf Dismissal of Eliahu Shroff and the entertainment of Zahooda in his place.~’
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- 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, dated 28 April 1854, and found at IOR/F/4/2575/152543. It is the eleventh in a series of thirteen items about the Persian Gulf.The item relates to the dismissal of Eliahu Jan [Ilyāhū Jān, also rendered in text as Elbahoo Jan], shroff of the Residency at Bushire [Bushehr]. The item contains correspondence on the subject between Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, and the Government of Bombay. It also includes a subsequent petition from Eliahu Jan.The title page of the item contains the following references: 'Bombay Political Department', 'P.C. [Previous Communication] 8964', Draft Number '908 [18]54', 'Collection No. 1 of No. 32 of 1854', 'Vol: 11', and 'Examiner's Office'. Originally, the Collection number was given as '11' but this has been crossed out and replaced with '1'.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 341, and terminates at f 347, 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.
2. ‘Persian Gulf. Notification issued by the Govt of India, regarding the incapability of Meerza Mahomed for being employed in the service of Govt – Vol: 4’
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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. The correspondents are the Government of Bombay and the Government of India. It is the fourth in a series of five items.The item concerns a notification issued by the Government of India on the instructions of the Court of Directors of the East India Company, stipulating that Meerza Mahomed [Mīrzā Muḥammad], who had been dismissed as British Agent in Shiraz, should not be employed by the Company in the future.The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft No 969-1852’ and ‘Collection No 5 of No 62’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 1061, and terminates at f 1064, 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.
3. ‘Persian Gulf. Saad bin Mootluk. Departure from Shargah of – and his disembarkation at Oojeer on his return to Nedjd.’
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- Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. These political letters appear in IOR/F/4/2416/130506. It is the ninth in a series of twenty-eight items on the Persian Gulf. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay and Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf.The item concerns:The departure of Saad ben Mootluk [Sa‘d bin Muṭlaq al-Muṭayrī] from Shargah [Sharjah], his visit to Bahrein [Bahrain], and his subsequent journey to Oojeer [Al-ʻUqayr] on his return to Nedjd [Najd]The removal, by Feeroz Meerza [Fīrūz Mīrzā Nuṣrat-al-Dawlah, also rendered as Feerooz Meerza in the item], the Prince-Governor of Fars, of Sheik Nasir [Shaikh Nāṣir II Āl Madhkūr] as Governor of Bushire [Bushehr]. Included is a letter from Hennell to Feeroz Meerza containing a representation made to the latter by a deputation of Bushire merchants.The item contains a table of contents (f 524), and the title page (f 523) contains the following references: ‘Dft. No. 424 of 1851’, Collection No. 1, Vol. 9’, and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 523 and terminates at f 532, 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.
4. ‘Persian Gulf. Interview of the Resident with the Acting Governor of Bushire.’
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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/4/2416/130506. It is the twenty-second in a series of twenty-eight items on the Persian Gulf. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf; and Lieutenant-Colonel Justin Sheil.The item contains Sheil’s response to an earlier letter from Hennell (which can be found in IOR/F/4/2416/130514), regarding Hennell’s meetings with the Acting Governor of Bushire [Bushehr] and a deputation of merchants, on the subject of the removal of Sheik Nasir [Shaikh Nāṣir II Āl Madhkūr] as Governor of the town.The item contains a table of contents (f 655), and the title page (f 654) contains the following references: ‘Dft. No. 424 of 1851’, Collection No. 1, Vol. 22’, and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 654 and terminates at f 657, 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.
5. Political No. 165 of 1873, In Regard to the Assassination of Major Macdonald, Confirming Receipt of a Telegram from the Commissioner of Peshawur, Announcing the Suspension, by the Ameer of Cabul, of Nowroz Khan from the Governorship of Lalpoora, at the Suggestion of the British Government
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- Abstract: This item consists of copies of a Political Despatch from the Government of India Foreign Department to the Secretary of State for India, dated 22 September 1873 and received by the India Office Political Department on 18 October 1873, confirming reciept of a telegram dated the 11 September 1873, from the Commissioner of Peshawur [Peshawar], announcing that the Ameer of Cabul [Amir of Kabul] had made known to Norwoz Khan [Nawrūz Khan] his suspension from the Governorship of Lalpoora [Lalpura, Afghanistan] at the suggestion of the British Government. The despatch is with reference to Political No. 159 (IOR/L/PS/6/111, ff 412-422 and 435-456), dated 15 September 1873, regarding the assassination of Major MacDonald. (There is no actual enclosure forming part of this item).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 658, and terminates at f 660a, 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. The sequence contains three foliation anomalies: f 658a, f 659a, and f 660a.
6. 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 137 of 1842, dated 30 November 1842. The enclosures are numbered 3-57 and dated 1 June to 30 October 1842.They mostly consist of correspondence relating to affairs in the Persian Gulf. The enclosures concern matters including:The Officiating Resident in the Persian Gulf, Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Dundas Robertson, reporting that he has addressed a letter to Abddoolla bin Sooneyan [‘Abdullāh bin Thunyān bin Ibrāhīm Āl Sa‘ūd], the new ‘chieftain’ of Nedgd [Najd, also spelled Nedjed in this item], regarding his ‘intercourse’ with the ‘Piratical Arab Tribes of Oman’, and the Government of Bombay directing Robertson that all ‘interference’ with him should be avoidedRobertson’s explanations for his proceedings in relation to Shaik Nassir [Shaikh Nāṣir, Governor of Bushire, i.e. Bushehr] on Robertson’s arrival at Bushire to re-establish the British Residency thereThe duty leviable on horses exported from Bushire according to the Commercial Treaty with Persia [Iran] of October 1841, and the suggestions of the Assistant Resident in Persian Gulf, Lieutenant Kemball, in relation to the purchase of colts for the cavalry and artilleryRobertson stating that he places no value on the plan he drew up for obtaining a ‘good, convenient and healthy’ port in the Persian Gulf for the use of the naval squadron, and that it would be unwise to give the scheme a moment’s considerationMeasures proposed by Robertson for obtaining privileges for the Honourable Company’s vessels of war in the Persian Gulf and the Red SeaNecessary repairs to the Residency buildings at BushireThe inconvenience caused as a result of the despatches sent on board the Honourable Company’s brig of war Euphratesnot having been landed at Bushire when the vessel passed that port on the way to the Island of Karrack [Kharg Island]Robertson reporting on the intention of Persia to attack Bahrein [Bahrain]The conduct of the Persian soldiers stationed at Bushire towards Lieutenant Campbell of the Indian Navy when Campbell visited the Commodore in the Persian Gulf, William LoweThe rates of pilotage levied by the Persian authorities on KarrackThe removal of the naval stores from Karrack to Bassadore [Basaidu]Commodore Lowe hoisting a flag at his house on KarrackLowe reporting the occurrence of a dispute between the Garrison of Karrack and some of the subjects of the Imaum [Imām] of Muscat, leading to six of the Garrison being woundedThe Native Agent at Shargah [Sharjah] reporting the latest intelligence from Shargah, including the success of the pearl fishing that year (1842), and that no ‘disturbance or piracy’ has occurred on the seasRobertson's opinion on the necessity or otherwise of maintaining an Agent at Brymee [Al Buraymi]The arrangements made by Robertson for filling up the vacancy resulting from the death of the Agent stationed at Lingah [Bandar-e Lengeh]HM Chargé d’Affaires at Tehran, Lieutenant-Colonel Justin Sheil, nominating Mahomed Alli Khan [Muḥammad ʿAlī Khān, also spelled Mahomed Allee Khan in this item] to act as Agent at Shiraz (in place of the dismissed Mirza Mahomed Reza [Mīrzā Muḥammad Rizā]) until the fourteen year old Mirza Mahomed [Mīrzā Muḥammad], for whom the position has been reserved, is qualified to take up the duties of the officeThe account of the ‘Chief’ of Bahrein, Sheek Abdoola bin Ahmed [Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Aḥmad Āl Khalīfah, also spelled Abdoollah bin Ahmed and Abdoolla bin Ahmed in this item], of the circumstances surrounding the murder of Hamood bin Omeeree [Ḥammūd al-‘Umayrī, also spelled Hamood bin Omeree and Humood bin Oomeree in this item] and his servants, who had obtained protection from the Native Agent at Bahrein, Mahomed Ali [Muḥammad ʿAlī, also spelled Mahomed Ally in this item], during the ‘disturbances’ on the Island; and the dismissal of Mahomed Ali by the Officiating Resident in the Persian GulfThe complaint of Sultan bin Suggur [Sulṭān bin Ṣaqr al-Qāsimī, Ruler of Ra’s al-Khaymah and Sharjah] against the ‘Chief’ of Amulgavine [Umm al-Qaywayn], Abdoolla bin Rashid [‘Abdullāh bin Rāshid], erecting a bastion, contrary to the agreement concluded between them in 1840The observations of the Advocate General, Bombay, Augustus Smith Le Messurier, on the case of the killing of a subject of the Imaum of Muscat by a British seaman, reported on by HM Consul in the Dominions of the Imaum of Muscat, Captain Atkins Hamerton; and the opinion of the Advocate General on the extent of powers with which Hamerton is vested under the terms of the treaty the United Kingdom recently entered into with the ImaumHM Chargé d’Affaires at Tehran forwarding copies of his despatches to HM Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, the Earl of Aberdeen, relating to affairs at TehranThe amount of compensation to be paid to the Shroff of the Residency at Bushire for the articles belonging to him which were destroyed when his house was attacked by a mob in 1838Robertson’s explanations of his reasons for not having availed himself of the permission granted by the Persian Government to reside during the Summer months at Khoormooj [Khormoj].The main correspondents are the following: the Officiating Resident in the Persian Gulf; the Assistant Resident in Persian Gulf; the Secretary to the Government of Bombay, John Pollard Willoughby; the Chief Secretary to the Government of Bombay, L R Reid; the Secretary with the Governor General of India, Thomas Herbert Maddock; the Commodore in the Persian Gulf; and HM Chargé d’Affaires at Tehran.Other correspondents include: Lootf Ally Khan [Luṭf ‘Alī Khān]; the Native Agent at Shargah [Sharjah], Moollah Hoossein [Mullā Ḥusayn]; the Ruler of Bahrein; Sultan bin Suggur; the Advocate General, Bombay; the Shah of Persia, Mahomed Shah [Muḥammad Shāh Qājār]; the Grand Vizier or Prime Minister of Persia, Hajee Meerza Aghasee [Ḥājī Mīrzā Āqāsī]; the Persian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Meerza Abul Hussan Khan [Mīrzā Abū al-Ḥasan Khān Shīrāzī, Īlchī Kabīr, also spelled Meerza Abul Hassan Khan, and Meerza Abool Hossan in this item]; the Collector of Customs, Henry Glass; and J A Malcolm, a merchant.Physical description: 1 item (185 folios)
7. Aden 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 99 of 1847, dated 15 November 1847. The enclosures, numbered 3-31, consist of correspondence, and minutes of the Government of Bombay. Enclosure numbers 3-29 are dated 13 May to 13 November 1847.The enclosures concern matters including:The Political Agent at Aden, Captain Stafford Bettesworth Haines, reporting that the Arab tribes in the immediate neighbourhood of Aden are in a ‘tranquil’ stateHaines receiving an application from the Sultan of Lahedge [Lahej or Lahij], Sultan M’Houssain Fudthel [Muḥsin bin Faḍl al-‘Abdalī], for the restoration of his stipendAn outbreak of smallpox cases amongst the Somali (also spelled Soomallee in this item) community at Aden, and measures taken by the Political Agent at Aden to prevent it spreadingThe departure of the Assistant Political Agent at Aden, Lieutenant Charles John Cruttenden, to Berbera (also spelled Burberra in this item) on political duty, with Haines issuing him the following instructions: to assist in settling the feud between the Somali tribes, helping to ensure that the annual fair at Berbera is held, which is greatly beneficial to Indian and Aden trade; to make enquiries into the state of the country inland, and especially to ascertain whether a regular supply of meat to Aden over the next few years can be counted on; and to provide information on the proceedings of Ismail Effendi [Ismā‘īl Ḥaqqī Pāshā], the Governor of Mussowah [Massawa], who is reported to have laid claim in the name of Mahomet Ali Pasha [Muḥammad ‘Alī Pāshā al-Mas‘ūd bin Āghā] to the sea ports of Tajoura [Tadjoura], Zeyla [Zeila or Saylac] and BerberaThe circumstances surrounding the dismissal of Ibrahim Pittajee [Ibrāhīm Pitājī, also spelled Ibrahim Pettajee, and in various other ways in this item] from his employment as Town Surveyor at Aden by the Executive Engineer at Aden, Captain James KilnerLieutenant Cruttenden’s request for an increase to his pay and allowances as Assistant Political Agent at Aden.The correspondence is mainly between the following: the Chief Secretary to the Government of Bombay, Arthur Malet; the Political Agent at Aden; the Assistant Political Agent at Aden; the Executive Engineer at Aden; Ibrahim Pittajee; Brigadier W Spiller, Commanding at Aden; the Secretary to the Government of India with the Governor-General; the Bombay Medical Board; and the Bombay Military Board.Enclosure Nos. 30-31, listed in the abstract of contents as copies of the Bombay Times Overland Summaryand the Bombay Overland Telegraph and Courier, dated 15 November 1847, are not included in this item (they are recorded as missing in a note dated 30 November 1906).Physical description: 1 item (53 folios)
8. Coll 5/53(2) ‘Afghanistan: Employment of British nationals in various branches of Afghan air services; Air instructors’ contracts’
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- Abstract: The file contains correspondence, contracts (with both English and Persian translation), and notes related to the employment of British nationals from Hawker Aircraft Limited and Rolls Royce Limited with the Afghan Air Force. The file primarily documents the process of recruiting Harry Pearson to replace Derick Wilfred Russell Robinson in 1943. Harry Pearson returned to the United Kingdom (UK) in December 1945, though his expense claims for his return trip are not wrapped up until December 1947 when the file was closed. Letters from Mrs Pearson regarding difficulties in obtaining passage for herself and her child to join her husband in Kabul have also been filed.A small minority of the correspondence documents the employment of Royal Air Force (RAF) personnel with the Afghan Air Force, initially as temporary replacements for, and later in preference to, British civilians.Also included in the file is correspondence related to a case of insubordination by Harold Bradley (b 1901) of Hawkers against Squadron Leader B P King of the RAF on 8 March 1945, which led to the dismissal of Mr Bradley from employment with the Afghan Government. Statements from each individual conveying their version of events can be found on folios 82-83.The main correspondents in the file are as follows: HM Minister in Kabul (Giles Frederick Squire), officials of the India Office, and representatives of the aforementioned British firms. Occasional reference is made to the Government of India.The file includes a divider which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 343; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
9. Enclosure in Letter from Major George Willock to the Secret Committee of 25 Jan 1823
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- Abstract: A copy of a letter from Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government of Bombay [Mumbai], to James Parish, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, sent from Poonah [Pune] and dated 27 October 1822.The letter concerns the agreement concluded between William Bruce, Resident in Bushire [Būshehr], and the Government of Fars at Sheraz [Shīrāz] (IOR/L/PS/9/69/124 and 131), disavowing the agreement as contrary to the policies of the Government of Bombay on issues including Kishm [Qeshm] and Bahrein [Bahrain]. It contains instructions for Bruce’s dismissal and the removal of the occupying forces on Kishm to be replaced by naval patrols. It also forwards draft letters to regional rulers on the issue of the disavowed agreement (IOR/L/PS/9/69/132-134).The letter was enclosed in the letter of Major George Willock, Acting Chargé d’Affaires in Persia [Iran], to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company dated 25 January 1823 (IOR/L/PS/9/69/126).Physical description: 1 item (4 folios)
10. Enclosure in Letter from Major George Willock to the Secret Committee of 25 Jan 1823
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- Abstract: A copy of a letter from James Parish, Secretary to the Government of Bombay [Mumbai], to William Bruce, Resident in Bushire [Būshehr], sent from Bombay Castle and dated 1 November 1822.The letter reprimands Bruce for making an agreement with the Government of Fars at Shiraz (IOR/L/PS/9/69/124) without orders from the Government of Bombay, disavows the agreement, and dismisses Bruce from his post as Resident.The letter was enclosed in the letter of Major George Willock, Acting Chargé d’Affaires in Persia [Iran], to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company dated 25 January 1823 (IOR/L/PS/9/69/126).Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
11. File 6342/1920 'Persia: Meshed; Consular Appointments'
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- Abstract: This volume contains correspondence, memoranda, reports, telegrams and minutes regarding the position of Consul in Meshed [Mashhad] and the political and economic situation in East Persia [Iran]. The papers notably cover:Description of the political situation in East Persia where disturbances and outbreaks of conflict were occurring‘Bolshevik’ invasion of Khorassan [Khorasan]Conflict between Muslim troops and Anglo-Persian forcesThe dismissal of Lieutenant-Colonel W G Grey as Agent to the Government of India at Meshed and His Majesty’s Consul-General for KhorasanThe appointment of British consuls at Meshed during 1920-30Description regarding the previous British Consul at Meshed and general consular appointments in PersiaThe adoption of the title 'Agent to the Government of India' in addition to that of Consul-General.The principal correspondents are British Legation, Tehran (correspondence sometimes comes from Gulhek [Qolhak, also written Gula Hek], which was the Legation’s summer hill station); Imperial Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Tehran; and the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.The volume includes a divider, which gives the subject number, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references by year. This is placed at the front of the correspondence.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 111; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.