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1. ‘Persian Gulf- Piracy-’
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- Abstract: The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, 13 November 1847. A copy of this Political Letter can be found at IOR/F/4/2238/112322, alongside details of further enclosures. The item is the thirty-ninth in a series of fifty-nine items on events in the Persian Gulf.The item contains a letter from Major Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to the Government of Bombay, dated 31 July 1847, which itself contains translation of a letter from the agent at Muscat to Hennell, dated 28 June 1847. The agent reports on an interview he conducted with Ibrahim [Ibrāhīm] and Moola Mahomed [Mullā Muḥammad], two men detained at Muscat on suspicion of being accomplices of Ahmed bin Dad Kurreem [Aḥmad bin Dād Karīm], the suspected leader of a group that murdered the crew of a British bugla. Details of the crime, including names of victims and suspected accomplices, and what Ibrahim and Moola Mahomed did afterwards, are included in the agent's letter. Hennell’s letter contains a request for instructions in how to proceed.The item also contains a response to Hennell from the Government of Bombay, pointing to a previous dispatch which contained instructions.The item contains multiple spellings for individuals’ names.The title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Bombay Political Department’, ‘Draft No. 345/48’, ‘Collection No. 2 of No. 139, Vol: 39.’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’. The title page also contains a note that relevant correspondence can be found in Collection No. 1 accompanying despatch from the Government of Bombay, 3 July No. 87 of 1847.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 457, and terminates at f 462, 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. ‘State of affairs in Persia’
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- Abstract: Enclosures no. 2-5 to a despatch from the Secret Department, Bombay Castle, dated 9 February 1852. The enclosures are dated 3 September-19 November 1852.The enclosures consist of copies of correspondence relating to affairs in Persia [Iran] and Afghanistan, including:Persian [Iranian] threats to re-take control of Bender Abbass [Bandar Abbas] from the Imam of MuscatPersian claims on Mohammera [Khorramshahr] and negotiations with the Ottoman Empire over their rights ‘to collect taxes and maintain soldiers’ thereOther events related to Persian-Ottoman border disputes, including the construction of an Ottoman fort at Katoor [Qotur] and Persian occupation of the island of Mehalleh [Minu] in the Shat ool Arab [Shatt al-Arab]Clashes between the Governor of Asterabad [Gorgon] and the Turkoman population of the province, including the damming of rivers to divert water away from Turkoman areasThe appointment of the Shah’s brother [‘Abbās Mīrzā Mulk Ārā Qājār] as Governor of Koom [Qom]An application to the Persian Government for redress after a British subject travelling from Lingah [Bandar Lengeh] to Muscat aboard a Persian ship was beaten and robbed by the crew because he was JewishReported intrigues against Syed Mahomed Khan [Sayyid Muḥammad Khān ‘Alī Kūzāy, Governor of Herat] and attempts to persuade him to accept Persian sovereigntyThe pillaging of Ghorian [Ghurian] and capture of its Governor by forces of the Sheikh of Merve [Merv]Restrictions and increased tariffs on exports from Bushire [Bushehr], particularly of wheat and horses, imposed by the Governor, and British complaints to the Persian Government (particularly after the seizure of a British vessel) leading to the Governor being summoned to TehranThe removal of Meerxa Tekkee Khan [Mīrzā Taqī Khān Farāhānī, also known as Amīr Kabīr], the Ameer Nizam [Amir-e Nezam], as Prime Minister, and the appointment of Meerza Aghan Khan [Mīrzā Āqā Khān Nūrī], the Itimad-ood-Dowleh [I‘timād al-Dawlah].The primary correspondents are: the Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Persia; HM Chargé d’Affaires, Persia; the Prime Minister of Persia; the Foreign Minister of Persia; the British Embassy, Constantinople [Istanbul]; and the Russian Minister Plenipotentiary to Persia.Physical description: 1 item (138 folios)
3. ‘Affairs of the Bagdad Pachalie’
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- Abstract: Enclosures no. 2-3 to a despatch from the Secret Department, Bombay Castle, dated 7 February 1852. The enclosures are dated 9 October-2 December 1852.The enclosures consist of copies of correspondence relating to affairs in and around Bagdad [Baghdad], particularly a power struggle in Sook-is-Shiookh [Suq al-Shuyukh, also written as Sak-es-Shiookh in the item] between Sheikh Mansoor [Shaikh Manṣūr bin Rāshid al-Muntafiq] and Faris bin Ajeeb [Shaikh Fāris bin ‘Ujail al-Muntafiq]. Other topics covered include:Reports that pilgrim caravans are being attacked and pillaged by members of the Anizeh [Anazzah] tribeThe need for repairs to the flood protections around BagdadThe capture of seven tribal chiefs who had rebelled against Ottoman controlThe removal of Wejehi Pasha [Muḥammad Wajīh Pāshā] as Governor of Bagdad (incorrectly referred to as Governor of Bussorah [Basra] in the item), and the appointment of Namik Pasha [Muḥammad Amīn Nāmiq Pāshā].The primary correspondents are: the Political Agent, Turkish Arabia; the Political Agent, Bussorah; and the Ottoman Director of Political Affairs in Bagdad.Physical description: 1 item (13 folios)
4. ‘Affairs of Aden’
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- Abstract: The item consists of letters from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] to the East India Company Court of Directors.The first letter, dated 30 September 1845 and found at f 145, concerns the new hospital at Aden. The letter appears to be an incomplete copy. Enclosures to this letter, which relate to its contents, can be found at IOR/F/4/2142/102303 and IOR/F/4/2142/102304.The second letter, dated 15 January 1846 and found at f 146, concerns a recent mission to the Somali Coast undertaken by Assistant Lieutenant [at Aden] Charles John Cruttenden. Enclosures to this letter, which relate to its contents, can be found at IOR/F/4/2142/102305.The third letter, dated 14 February 1846 and found at ff 148-149, concerns construction projects taking place in Aden. Enclosures to this letter, which relate to its contents, can be found at IOR/F/4/2142/102306 and IOR/F/4/2142/102307.The fourth letter, dated 2 March 1846 and found at ff 150-151, concerns the annual report on crime at Aden and an update on the wreck of the Company schooner, Memnon. Enclosures to this letter, which relate to its contents, can be found at IOR/F/4/2142/102308 and IOR/F/4/2142/102309.The item contains language which is considered offensive today.The title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Bombay Political Department’, ‘P.C. [Previous Communication] 5264, Draft 494/46’, ‘Collection No. 8, Volume 1’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 144, and terminates at f 151, 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. ‘Affairs at Aden’
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- Abstract: Enclosure nos. 2-7 to a despatch from the Secret Department, Government of Bombay [Mumbai], dated 1 January 1848. The enclosures are dated 4 December 1851-3 January 1852.The enclosures consist of copies of correspondence relating to affairs in Aden, particularly the search for the murderer of Captain Milne and another crew member of the East India Company ship Auckland, and the closure of Berbera to trade due to the unsettled state of affairs there.The primary correspondent is the Political Agent, Aden.Physical description: 1 item (12 folios)
6. ‘Aden. Report on Crime and the administration of Civil Justice at- during the years 1844 and 1845.’
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- Abstract: The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence and minutes, which form partial enclosures to a letter from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] to the East India Company Court of Directors, dated 2 March 1846. A copy of this letter can be found at IOR/F/4/2142/102302, alongside details of further enclosures.The item relates to the annual report on crime, offences, and the administration of civil justice, at Aden for the years 1844-45, submitted to the Government of Bombay by Stafford Bettesworth Haines, Captain in the Indian Navy and Political Agent at Aden. Haines’s report includes his general remarks as well as several tables of statistics on criminal cases (folios 192-193) and civil cases (folios 193-194) at Aden. The item also contains the Government of Bombay’s response to Haines’s report, including suggestions for how he should report such information.The title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Bombay Political Department’, ‘P.C. [Previous Communication] 5264, Draft 494/46’, ‘Collection N. 8 of N. 32, Vol: 7’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 189, and terminates at f 197, 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.
7. Affairs in India, Persia, the Persian Gulf and Zanzibar
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- Abstract: Enclosure nos. 2-54 to a despatch from the Secret Department, Government of Bombay [Mumbai], dated 30 November 1841. The enclosures are dated 6 June-29 November 1841.The enclosures consist of copies of correspondence relating to affairs in India, Persia [Iran], the Persian Gulf and Zanzibar, including:Unrest in the Persian provinces of Kerman and Yezd [Yazd]A diplomatic mission to Hyderabad by a representative of the Imaum [Imam] of MuscatThe seizure of a ship at Zanzibar suspected of being involved in the trade in enslaved personsCases of fraud and false identities in Bushire [Bushehr], Calcutta [Kolkata] and MuscatAttempts to determine the fate of the cargo of a ship that was wrecked on the island of Kishm [Qeshm] and to gain compensation for any property that may have been plunderedA proposed tour of the Gulf by the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf to deliver gifts to various Gulf rulers that were unable to be given at the time of his appointmentObstructions against British traders at Zanzibar, allegedly orchestrated by the American ConsulThe murder and robbery of a British subject at Mombassa [Mombasa].The primary correspondents are: the Political Resident; the Native Agent, Muscat; the Imam of Muscat; the Collector of Customs, Bombay; and the Government of India.Physical description: 1 item (119 folios)
8. File 4330/1920 ‘Revenue Secretariat, Baghdad. MONTHY REPORTS OF POLITICAL OFFICERS IN THE OCCUPIED TERRITORIES OF IRAQ. for the month of February, 1920.’
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- Abstract: The volume mostly consists of monthly reports (also titled political diaries) by political officers in the territories of Iraq under British occupation, for the month of February 1920, forwarded by the Acting Civil Commissioner in Mesopotamia [Iraq], to the Under-Secretary of State for India.It includes:Reports from divisional political officers for the following divisions: Baghdad; Diyalah [Diyala]; Shamiyah [Al-Shamiya]; Hillah; Kut; Mosul; Sulaimania [Sulaymaniyah]; Kirkuk; and Arbil [Erbil] and Rawanduz.Reports from district assistant political officers for the following districts: Eastern Shamiyah; Kufah [Kufa]-Najaf; Western Shamiyah; Ramadi; Basrah [Basra]; Qurnah [Al-Qurna]; Amarah [Amara] Municipality; Northern District, Amarah; Mosul; Aqra [Aqrah or Akre]; Dohuk; Tel Afar; Zakho; and Koi Sanjaq [Koysinjaq or Koy Sanjaq] (this report covers 16 January to 15 February 1920).The reports are divided into sections on different subjects under headings such as: tribal [affairs]; law and order and condition of district; gendarmes; levies; police; agriculture; weather; revenue; municipal [affairs]; tapu [relating to land privately held by the title deed system]; waqf [relating to land allocated for religious or charitable endowment]; education; hospitals and dispensaries; tours of political officers and assistant political officers; frontier questions; irrigation and bunds [embankments]; and questions affecting military authorities.The volume also includes the following reports for the month of February 1920:Progress Report from the Municipal Commissioner, BasrahReport of Works in the Civil Works Division from the Officiating Executive Engineer, Civil WorksAdministration report of the Basrah Civil Jail from the Superintendent of the Civil JailReport of the First Class Magistrate, Basrah DivisionReport from the Civil Base Depot, BasrahDiary of the Assistant Commissioner of Police, Amarah.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 191; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
9. File 4330/1920 Revenue Secretariat Baghdad ‘Monthly Reports of Political Officers of the Occupied Territories. March 1920’
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- Abstract: The volume mostly consists of monthly reports (also titled political diaries) by political officers in the territories of Iraq under British occupation, for the month of March 1920, forwarded by the Civil Commissioner, Baghdad, to the Under-Secretary of State for India.It includes:Reports from divisional political officers for the following divisions: Baghdad; Samarra; Diyalah [Diyala]; Diwaniyah; Shamiyah [Al-Shamiya]; Hillah; Basrah [Basra]; Kut; Mosul; Sulaimania [Sulaymaniyah]; Kirkuk; Arbil [Erbil] and Rawan [Rawanduz]Reports from district assistant political officers for the following districts: Eastern Shamiyah; Western Shamiyah; Kufah [Kufa]-Najaf; Basrah; Qurnah [Al-Qurna]; Amarah [Amara] Municipality; Northern District, Amarah; Qalat-Sikar [Qalat Sukkar]; Suq Al Shuyukh [Suq Al-Shoyokh] and Hammar; Shatrah [Al-Shatrah]; Nasiriyah; Zakho; Dohuk; Tel Afar; Aqra [Aqrah or Akre]; and Koi Sanjaq [Koysinjaq or Koy Sanjaq].The reports are divided into sections on different subjects under headings such as: tribal [affairs]; law and order and condition of district; gendarmes; levies; police; agriculture; weather; revenue; municipal [affairs]; tapu [relating to land privately held by the title deed system]; waqf [relating to land allocated for religious or charitable endowment]; education; hospitals and dispensaries; tours of political officers and assistant political officers; frontier questions; irrigation and bunds [embankments]; and questions affecting military authorities.The report from the Military Governor and Political Officer, Baghdad, includes appended reports of the Acting Medical Officer of Health, Baghdad, and the Land Settlement Officer, Baghdad, for the month of March 1920.The report by the Assistant Political Officer (Town), Amarah, is followed by the diary of the Assistant Commissioner of Police, Amarah, for the Month of March 1920.The reports from the Assistant Political Officers for Basrah and Qurnah are enclosed in the report of the Military Governor and Political Officer, Basrah, along with reports for the month of March from the following:The Deputy Commissioner of Police, Basrah (this report covers February and March)The Municipal Commissioner, BasrahThe Officiating Executive Engineer, Civil Works DivisionThe First Class Magistrate, BasrahThe Civil Transport Officer, BasrahThe Superintendent, Civil Jail, BasrahThe Civil Base Depot, Basrah.The volume includes an index to monthly reports of Political Officers for March 1920 on folio 6; however, there are not separate reports included in the volume for every division and district listed.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 221; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. Multiple intermittent additional foliation sequences are also present.
10. File 4330/1920 Revenue Secretariat Baghdad ‘Monthly Reports of Political Officers of the Occupied Territories. January 1920’
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- Abstract: The volume mostly consists of monthly reports (also titled political diaries) by political officers in the territories of Iraq under British occupation, for the month of January 1920.It includes:Reports from divisional political officers for the following divisions: Arbil [Erbil] and Rawanduz, Kirkuk, Sulaimania [Sulaymaniyah], Mosul, Kut, Basrah [Basra], Dulaim [Al Anbar], Hillah, Shamiyah [Al-Shamiya], Diyalah [Diyala], Samarrah [Samarra], and BaghdadReports from district assistant political officers for the following districts: Koi Sandaj [Koysinjaq or Koy Sanjaq], Mosul, Tel Afar, Zakho, Suq Al Shuyukh [Suq Al-Shoyokh] and Hammar, Shatrah [Al-Shatrah], Qalat-Sikar [Qalat Sukkar], Northern Amarah [Amara], Qurnah [Al-Qurna], Basrah, Kufah [Kufa] – Najaf, Eastern Shamiyah, and Western Shamiyah.The reports are divided into sections on different subjects under headings such as: tribal [affairs]; law and order and condition of district; gendarmes; levies; police; agriculture; weather; revenue; municipal [affairs]; tapu [relating to land privately held by the title deed system]; waqf [relating to land allocated for religious or charitable endowment]; education; hospitals and dispensaries; tours of political officers and assistant political officers; frontier questions; irrigation and bunds [embankments]; and questions affecting military authorities.The volume also includes the following reports for the month of January 1920:Report from the Officiating Superintendent of the Civil Jail, MosulAdministration report of the Basrah Civil Jail from the Superintendent of the Civil JailReport on the ‘Amara MunicipalityProgress Report from the Municipal Commissioner, BasrahReport of works in the Civil Works DepartmentReport from the Officer Commanding the Political Base Depot, BasrahReport from the First Class Magistrate, Basrah DivisionProgress Report from the District Irrigation Officer, Shamiyah.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 191; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.