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25. ‘Mocha. Certain Surat merchants request that protection may be afforded to their Agents & merchandize in the Red Sea’
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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 [Mumbai]. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; merchants from Surat; William Augustus Pelly, Collector of Continental Customs and Excise.The item concerns a petition from the merchants of Surat asking that their agents and merchandise in the Red Sea might be protected; all British subjects are offered help in removing their property from Mocha when it was about to be evacuated by the Egyptian troops.The item includes a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Collection No. 10, Draft 31, P.C. [Previous Communication] 3302, [Season] 1842’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 255 and terminates at f 261, 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.
26. 'Originall Journall of the Shipp Europe, Capt Humphrey Bryant'
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- Abstract: Journal of the East India Company ship Europe, kept by Second Mate Humphrey Bryant. The journal covers the Europe's voyage from England to Gombaron [Bandar Abbas] and Bombay [Mumbai] (all dates are those of arrival): 17 January 1705, Downs; 7 May 1705, Table Bay, Cape; 25 June 1705, Johana [Anjouan, Comoros]; 30 July 1705, Gombaron; 13 October 1705, Bombay; 4 November 1705, Surratt [Surat]; 21 December 1705, Bombay; 3 January 1706, Goe [Goa]; 6 January 1706, Carwar [Karwar]; 17 January 1706, Mangalor [Mangaluru]; 19 February 1706, Mulcah [Mulki]; 26 February 1706, Basalor; 4 March 1706, Carwar; 7 March 1706, Goe; 19 March 1706, Bombay; 15 April 1706, Surratt; 4 May 1706, Bombay; 11 November 1706, Gomroon [Bandar-e ʻAbbās]; 30 January 1707, Bombay; 21 February 1707, Surratt; 26 February 1707, Bombay; 11 May 1707, Mouritias [Mauritius]; 13 October 1707, Table Bay, Cape; 24 December 1707, St Helena; 12 September 1708, Stokes Bay, Portsmouth; 1 October 1708, Deptford.The journal consists of daily entries in six columns: Hours, Knots, Fathoms, Course, Winds, and a general remarks column. In this final column are the day and date, notes on weather, wind, land bearings, ship sightings, ship maintenance and rigging, and other miscellaneous matters. Navigational data is also given. When the ship is at anchor the entries consist of remarks only. Notes deemed significant enough are repeated in the margins.From the 28 December 1706 (folio 93) the handwriting style changes noticeably. This is about the time the Commander of the ship, Captain John Pocock, falls ill and dies, which would have brought about changes in crew responsibilities that may have resulted in a new journal keeper. The fact that Bryant refers to himself as captain in the title suggests he was promoted to that position at this time.Between the 4 April and 3 August 1708 there are no entries.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1, and terminates at the last folio 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.
27. 'File 35/34 I Muskat: Grievances of the Banians about notification issued by the Sultan fixing 19 maund as the weight of a rice bag'
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- Abstract: Correspondence concerning complaints from Banians about notification issued by Sultan fixing the weight of rice bags in the unit of measurement of weight known as a maund. Correspondence discusses the difference between a Muskat maund and a Bengal maund and issues relating to the sale of rice by weight. Includes a petition from the Banians to the Political Resident Persian Gulf with list of individuals and signatures. Correspondents include Major Christopher George Forbes Fagan, Political Agent, Muscat; Political Resident Persian Gulf; Faisal bin Turki [Fayṣal bin Turkī], Sultan of Muscat; Banian traders.Physical description: Foliation: this file has circled foliation numbers in the top right corner of each folio that begin on the front cover and end on the back cover.
28. 'File 5/C Kuwait Najd Boundary'
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- Abstract: The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, printed reports, and notes for the period from November 1920 to February 1923 relating to the Kuwait/Najd boundary.The main topics discussed include:The attack on Jahra by the IkhwanBahrain Agency Mission to Ibn Sa`ud, 1920Ikhwan raidsKuwait Mission to Ibn Sa`ud, 1921Death of Shaikh Salim, 1921Boundary settlementThe volume includes an index (folio 232) which lists topics including: air reconnaissance; boundary, Kuwait-Iraq; Chasib mission; Council for Kuwait; letters with Ibn Sa'ud; trade with Najd.The principal correspondents in the volume include: the Political Agent, Bahrain; the Political Agent, Kuwait (James Carmichael More); the Civil Commissioner in Mesopotamia, Baghdad (Arnold Talbot Wilson).Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 233; 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 present in parallel between ff 2-232; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
29. 'FRENCH POSSESSIONS IN THE GULF OF ADEN. COMPILED BY CAPTAIN E.J.E SWAYNE, 16TH BENGAL INFANTRY.'
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- Abstract: This volume consists of an intelligence document issued by the Government of India, Intelligence Branch, Quarter Master General's Department, which provides comprehensive descriptions of French possessions on the African coast of the Gulf of Aden, including the towns of Obok [Obock] and Jibouti [Djibouti]. The volume contains two maps held in a map pocket, and is divided into nine sections.The volume was compiled by Eric John Eagles Swayne, 16th Bengal Infantry. The printing statement reads, 'Simla: Printed at the Government Central Printing Office. 1895.'Two hand stamps appear on the front cover and on folio 5, which read, 'War Office Library 15 Jan 96' and 'Intelligence Division 15 Jan 1896'.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 36; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
30. Berkeley Castle: Journal, Vol 76
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- Abstract: Journal of the East India Company ship, Berkeley Castle, kept by Philip Leigh, Chief Mate (Captain John Consett). The journal covers the ship's voyage from England to Sumatra, India, and Persia (dates given are those of arrival): 25 July 1686, Prio Bay [Praia]; 19 October 1686, Cape [of Good Hope]; 29 December 1686, Bancola Road [Bengkulu]; 11 January 1687, Indrapora Bay [Indrapura]; 25 April 1687, Achine Road [Aceh]; 6 July 1687, Ballisore Road [Balasore]; 9 April 1688, Bombay [Mumbai]; 23 August 1688, Muscatt [Muscat]; 2 September 1688, Gomberoone [Bandar-e ʻAbbās]; 7 December 1688, Bombay; 29 October 1689, Mauritious [Mauritius]; 9 January 1690, Cape; 14 February 1690, St Helena; 26 May 1690, the Downs.The journal consists of daily entries containing the date, and notes on wind, weather, land bearings, courses, depths, distances travelled, navigational data, rigging, ship maintenance, and other more general remarks. When the ship is at anchor notes are made once every few days only, sometimes not at all. Names of deceased crew members are noted in the margins, as well as being mentioned in the main entry.Inserted in the middle of the volume (folio 47) is a sheet from a different ship's log book. The entry is from 9-10 January in Saldinia Bay [Saldanha Bay] but it is not clear from what year or from what ship.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 106; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
31. Princess Charlotte: Journal
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- Abstract: Journal of the voyage of the Princess Charlottefrom England to Madras, Bengal, Bombay, and Mocha, and back (Captain Charles Elton Prescott), 6 January 1798-5 November 1800: left Portsmouth, 24 March 1798; 30 May 1798, Cape of Good Hope; 18 August 1798, Madras; 26 September 1798, Calcutta; 14 December 1798, Sauger [Saugor]; 31 January 1799, Goa; 19 February 1799, Bombay; 1 May 1799, Mocha; 7 May 1799, Babelmandel [Bab el Mandeb]; 2 June 1799, Mocha; 16 June 1799, Babelmandel; 31 July 1799, Mocha; 18 September 1799, Bombay; 25 November 1799, Diamond Harbour; 5 January 1800, Saugor; 25 April 1800, Cape of Good Hope; 7 June 1800, St Helena; 23 September 1800, Downs.The ship was at Mocha (three times) and Bab el Mandeb (twice) from 1 May to 25 August 1799.Inscribed: 'This is my original Journal, C Elton Prescott' (folio 1).Marked 'Received 1 October 1800' (folio 1), relating to folios 1-177 (to 27 September 1800), and '2 Sheets Reced 10 Novr. 1800' (folio 178), relating to folios 178-181 (28 September-5 November 1800).The Journal contains daily entries in six columns: H [Hour], Courses, K [Knots], F [Fathoms], Winds etc., and Remarks (with a column also for courses and bearings for parts of the voyage). When the ship is at anchor, the entries consist of remarks only ('harbour logs'). The Journal records navigational information; weather; contact with other East India Company ships as part of a fleet, and in harbour; contact with country ships; contact with His Majesty's ships, in convoy and elsewhere; sightings of other vessels, punishments inflicted on crewmembers and soldiers; the cleaning and maintenance of the ship; the provisioning of the ship, a birth at sea; deaths at sea; the delivery of the Company's cargo; private trade; and general remarks.The Journal also includes the following supplementary papers: list of officers and seamen etc. on board the Princess Charlotte, giving number, date when entered, names, stations, and date dead, run or discharged (folios 2-3); Journal entry for 21 November 1799 (folio 4); list of officers, soldiers, women, etc. embarked by order of Rear Admiral Rainier from the ship Thetison board the Honourable Company's armed ship Princess Charlotteat sea, 8 February 1799, and disembarked at Bombay, 20 February 1799, giving numbers, and names and rank etc. (folios 6-7); list of officers, non-commissioned officers, and privates, of HM 84th Regiment of Foot, embarked aboard the Princess Charlotteat Bombay, 2 April 1799, and disembarked at Babelmandel [Bab el Mandeb] Island, 8 May 1799, giving number, and names and rank etc. (folio 7); list of the Honourable Company's Artillery embarked on board the Princess Charlotteat Bombay, 2 April 1799, and disembarked 9 May 1799 at Babelmandel Island, giving number, and names and rank etc. (folios 7-8); list of passengers from England for India, giving number, date embarked, names etc., and date disembarked (folio 10); list of the Honourable Company's Artillery passengers for Bengal (including women and children), giving number, date embarked, names, and date disembarked (folio 10); list of detachment of His Majesty's 12th Regiment of Foot, passengers for Madras, giving number, date embarked, names etc., and date disembarked (folios 10-11); list of detachment of HM troops, passengers for Madras, received on board at Simeon's Bay [Simon's Town], Cape of Good Hope, giving number, date embarked, names etc., and date disembarked (folio 11); and list of passengers from Bengal homeward bound, embarked 23 January 1800, went on shore at Dover, 23 September 1800 (folio 11).The record is part of a volume containing four separate log books: Princess Charlotte: Journal, 1796-97 (IOR/L/MAR/B/245A); Princess Charlotte: Journal, 1798-1800 (IOR/L/MAR/B/245B); Princess Charlotte: Journal, 1801-03 (IOR/L/MAR/B/245C); Princess Charlotte: Deck Log, 1819-20 (IOR/L/MAR/B/245D).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 1, and terminates at f 181; it is part of a larger physical volume of different shelfmarks in which every shelfmark has been given its own separate foliation sequence, i.e. non-consecutive; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
32. 'Persia On the subject of Commercial transactions between British merchants and subjects of – Persia'
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- Abstract: The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, an excerpt of a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, 28 January 1854.The item relates to circular instructions sent by Lieutenant-Colonel Justin Sheil, HM Envoy at Tehran, to Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, in 1852-53. The first circular discourages British merchants from selling their goods on credit to employees of the Persian [Iranian] Government because the employees are falling into debt. The second circular sets out the duties for which British merchants trading in Persia are liable.Kemball forwards the circulars, with his comments, to the Government of Bombay who in turn forward them on to the Government of India, the Chamber of Commerce, and the Acting Collector of Customs.The title page of the item contains the following references: 'Bombay Political Department', Draft Number '420 1854', 'Collection No. 11 of No. 4 of 1854', and 'Examiner's Office'. Originally, the Collection number was given as '13' but this has been crossed out.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 997, and terminates at f 1004, 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.
33. ‘Persia – especially Seistan’
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- Abstract: This part contains papers mostly relating to British interests in Persia [Iran] and the Persian Gulf.It includes a copy of the Board of Trade Commercial Intelligence Committee ‘Report received from Mr. H. W. Maclean, the Special Commissioner appointed by the Commercial Intelligence Committee of the Board of Trade, on the conditions and prospects of British trade in Persia.’A handwritten note at the front of the file, on folio 5, states ‘Spare copy of notes & correspondence of the “Helmand Control” file (with maps)’. Folio 110 consists of handwritten notes, including one dated 27 April 1904, which states ‘The secret Helmand papers have been printed up, and a set, with necessary maps, is submitted for H.E. the Viceroy to take to England.’ Much of the file concerns the question of controlling the water of the Helmand river and irrigating its whole delta, and the work of the Seistan Arbitration Commission to arbitrate between Persia and Afghanistan on the question of rights to the water of the Helmand in Seistan.The file also includes reports by W A Johns on reconnaissances of potential railway routes made while he was attached to the Seistan Arbitration Commission, and other papers relating to railways and roads in Persia.In addition, the file includes copies of the following Government of India Foreign Department Proceedings, which reproduce received Foreign Department correspondence on the following subjects: ‘Selection of a British naval base in the Persian Gulf.’, November 1901, Nos. 74-83; ‘Visit of His Excellency the Viceroy to the Persian Gulf during November-December 1903.’, February 1904, Nos. 33-127; ‘Establishment of telegraphic communication with Henjam. Question of the selection of a naval base in the Persian Gulf. Aggressive action of the Persians at Tamb and Abu Musa; their claim to the Islands.’, June 1904, Nos. 300-388; ‘Reports of the Commercial Mission to Persia.’, June 1905, Nos. 45-111; ‘Question of retaining flagstaffs erected in the neighbourhood of the Musandim Promontory’, August 1905, Nos. 288-307.’The file also includes: brief handwritten notes written by Curzon on headed paper belonging to the Viceregal Lodge, Simla, relating to Seistan and to Lord Kitchener’s planned reforms for the reorganisation and redistribution of the Indian Army; and a printed copy of the report ‘A Note by Major H.L. [Herbert Lionel] Showers, C.I.E., on the present state of affairs in Kelat and a review of the system of Administration now being pursued.’The file includes four maps: ‘Map of the Tail waters of Helmand River’ (13 July 1903), f 122; ‘Plan Shewing Proposed Routes for a Railway from Nushki to Afghan Frontier near Robat’ (10 April 1903), f 139; ‘Extract from Admiralty Chart No. 753. (Entrance to the Persian Gulf).’ (October 1901), f 219; and ‘Sketch of route Ram Hormuz to Fellahieh.’ (April 1904), f 230.Physical description: The papers are arranged in no apparent order, apart from the Government of India Foreign Department Proceedings, folios 231 to 474, which are arranged in chronological order.
34. ‘PERSIA. BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES OF MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL FAMILY, NOTABLES, MERCHANTS, AND CLERGY, COMPILED BY LIEUTENANT-COLONEL H. PICOT, Military Attaché at Teheran.’
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- Abstract: Printed collection of biographical notices, as well as comments on élite dynasties and tribes of Persia [Iran], written over a period of twelve months and completed in December 1897 by Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Philip Picot (Military Attaché, Teheran [Tehran]), then Acting Oriental Secretary in Her Majesty’s Legation. Amendments were added up until 23 January 1898. The author presented the manuscript to Charles H Hardinge (First Secretary, Foreign Office, London), 27 January 1898. The latter forwarded it to the Marquis of Salisbury (Prime Minister), 28 January 1898, who received it a month later (28 February 1898). The title page (f 1) is stamped as having belonged previously to the Government of India’s Library of the Foreign Office, Simla, where this copy was received with two other copies (two for Simla and one for Calcutta [Kolkata], three copies in total) and a letter from the Secretary of the Political and Secret Department, dated 8 July 1898 (location not disclosed). The contents are marked secret (originally ‘confidential,’ crossed out), and specified as, ‘For the use of Officers in Her Majesty’s Service only.’The printed work comprises two ‘inclosures’ [enclosures]: firstly, Picot’s letter of presentation to Hardinge (f 2v), prefaced by Hardinge’s letter of presentation to the Marquis of Salisbury (f 2); secondly, the treatise proper (ff 3r-60v). The contents page (f 3v) lists four main sections, but without corresponding page references. Following a brief introduction (f 4), an alphabetic register [index] of names (ff 4v-11v), and a glossary of titles and terms (ff 12r-13v), the work is divided into eight chapters comprising numbered entries. The first four chapters deal with the royal family in Teheran (forty-five entries over ff 14r-19v), the notables of Teheran (ninety-seven entries over ff 20r-32v), the merchants of Teheran (twenty-eight entries over ff 33r-35v), and the clergy of Teheran (eleven entries over ff 36-37). The remaining four chapters focus on the provinces of Fars (thirty-eight entries over ff 37v-44v), Ispahan [Isfahan] (eleven entries over ff 45-47), Khorasan (fifty-nine entries over ff 47v-57v), and Tabriz (twenty-two entries over ff 58-60).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 60; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: the volume also contains an original pagination sequence.
35. Blessing: Journal
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- Abstract: Journal of the voyage of the East India Company ship Blessingfrom Poullambin Point [Palembang, Sumatra, Indonesia] to Surrat [Surat] and England, 1631-33 (dates given are for arrival unless otherwise indicated): left Poullambin Point, 16 August 1631; 28 November 1631 Swalley Hole [Suvali, Surat]; 26 February 1631 [New Style date 26 February 1632], Gombroone [Bandar Abbas]; 8 April 1632, Suvali; July 1632, Morushes [Mauritius]; 12 November 1632, Cape of Good Hope; 10 December 1632, Santaleena [St Helena]; 22 April 1633, the Downs.The ship was at Mauritius from July to October 1632.Inscribed on the front (inner) cover of the volume: 'The Blessing', and 'Name of the Ship does not appear' (folio 2).The journal contains regular dated entries, with navigational readings and notes in the left hand margin.The journal records: navigational information; weather; references to the other ships with which the Blessingsailed in convoy; and sightings of Dutch ships.The journal employs Old Style (Julian calendar) dates only.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 42; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The volume includes a sequence of blank pages, ff 30-40, which have not been digitised. Pagination: the file also contains a pagination sequence.
36. 'Blessing : Journal, Andrew Warden'
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- Abstract: Journal of the voyage of the Blessingfrom England to Surett [Surat], and back, 16 March 1629 [New Style date 16 March 1630] to 30 April 1633. The journal contains daily entries with date and annotations in the margin.The journal records: navigational information; weather; sea conditions; the ballasting, supplying, and provisioning of the ship; the maintenance of the ship; transport of East India Company officers and soldiers; details of the other ships with which the Blessingsailed in convoy; contact with other British ships; sightings of country ships and other vessels; occasional remarks on encounters with birds, fish, and other marine animals; commodities carried; private trade; deaths of crewmembers; and general remarks.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 97; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.The volume includes a sequence of blank pages, ff 86-95, which have not been digitised.Pagination: the file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.