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25. ‘Persian Gulf. Piracy committed on the Fatel Kear. Vol: 6’
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- Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, consultations, memoranda, resolutions, and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai]. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Captain Samuel Hennell, Officiating Resident in the Persian Gulf; Reuben bin Aslan, British Agent at Muscat; Rear Admiral Charles Malcolm, Superintendent of the Indian Navy; and Commander Thomas Rogers of the East India Company sloop of war Amherst. It is the sixth in a series of ten items on the Persian Gulf (the others are IOR/F/4/1767/72461, IOR/F/4/1767/72462, IOR/F/4/1767/72463, IOR/F/4/1767/72464, IOR/F/4/1767/72465, IOR/F/4/1767/72467, IOR/F/4/1767/72468, IOR/F/4/72469, and IOR/F/4/1767/72470).The item concerns an act of ‘piracy’ carried out on the buggalow [baglah] Fatelkear[ Fateh al Khair] by the inhabitants of Zoor [Sur], including a description of the items plundered and the items restored.The item contains a contents page, and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft 550, 1839, P.C. [Previous Communication] 2491’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 821 and terminates at f 831, as it was originally 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. ‘Persian Gulf. Bahrein Affairs Vol: 1’
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- Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, consultations, and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Major Samuel Hennell, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; Moollah Houssein [Mullā Ḥusayn], British Agent at Shargah [Sharjah]; Ameer Fysul [Amīr Fayṣal bin Turkī bin ‘Abdullāh Āl Sa‘ūd]; and Hajee Jassem [Ḥājjī Jāsim], British Agent at Bahrein [Bahrain]. It is the first in a series of six items on the Persian Gulf.The item concerns:The relocation of four influential merchants from Bahrein to Kenn [Kish Island, also referred to as Gez], and the fears of Mahomed bin Khuleefa [Shaikh Muḥammad bin Khalīfah Āl Khalīfah] that they will attack BahreinAn attempt by Abdullah ben Ahmed [Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Aḥmad Āl Khalīfah] to persuade the Imam of Muscat [Sayyid Sa‘īd bin Sulṭān Āl Bū Sa‘īd] to help him to regain possession of BahreinThe collection of a coalition of pro-Wahabee [Wahhābī] shaikhs [those allied to the Second Saudi State] consisting of Sheik Sultan ben Suggur, Chief of Rasul Khyma [Shaikh Sulṭān I bin Ṣaqr al-Qāsimī, Shaikh of Ra’s al-Khaymah], Sheik Mukhtoom of Debaye [Maktūm I bin Buṭṭī Āl Bū Falāsah, Shaikh of Dubai], and Saaed ben Mootleek [Sa‘d bin Muṭlaq] to attack Sheik Saeed bin Tanoon, Chief of Aboothabee [Shaikh Sa‘īd bin Ṭaḥnūn Āl Nahyān, Shaikh of Abu Dhabi] at Brymee [Al Buraymi]Ameer Fysul’s claim to Oman and his friendly relations with the Ottoman PorteThe arrival of the ‘pirate’ Khuleefa [Khalīfah bin Mukhāshin] at Bahrein after he attacked a boat belonging to the Mohurbah tribe [al-Maḥāribah].The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft no 776/49’, ‘Coll[ection] 13’, and ‘Collection No 1 of No 29’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 929, and terminates at f 973 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.
27. ‘Persian Gulf. Affairs.’
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- Abstract: The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence, minutes and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, 3 July 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 eighth in a series of fifty-nine items on events in the Persian Gulf.The item contains letters from the Government of Bombay to Major Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, responding to his earlier reports on his tour of the Gulf.The item also contains correspondence regarding:Commanding Officer of the Company ship, Mahi, Lieutenant Macdonald's intervention in a ‘piratical’ attack against a bugla by members of the Chaab [Banū Ka‘b] tribePotential inconveniences of affording assistance to British subjects who loan money to local authorities and governors in Persia [Iran], as discussed by Hennell and Lieutenant Colonel Sheil, HM Minister at the Court of TehranRequests by merchants of Bombay [Mumbai] for protection of their merchant ships when travelling to Bahrein [Bahrain], copies of which can be found at folios 289-290 and 291-292Discussions between Hennell and the Government of Bombay with regards to arrangements for the trial of Ahmed Dad Kurreem [Aḥmad Dād Karīm], and in particular whether he should be tried by the authorities in Muscat or tried in Bombay at the High Court of Admiralty.Copies of the above correspondence are forwarded by the Government of Bombay to the Government of India, along with Hennell’s proposal that Lieutenant Arnold Burrows Kemball should replace Major Rawlinson during his temporary absence from the Baghdad Residency.The title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Bombay Political Department’, ‘Draft No. 345/48’, ‘Collection No. 2 of No. 87, Vol: 8.’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 272, and terminates at f 304, 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.
28. ‘Persian Gulf. Piracy of the Cotteya Luxsooma Persad, a vessel under British colors. Vol: 5’
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- Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, consultations, resolutions, and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai]. The main correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Captain Samuel Hennell, Officiating Resident in the Persian Gulf; and Mahomed ibn Ali ibn Humood Alawee [Muhammad bin ‘Ali al-Jaylani], Shaikh of Jaalan [Jalan Bani Bu Ali]. It is the fifth in a series of ten items on the Persian Gulf (the others are IOR/F/4/1767/72461, IOR/F/4/1767/72462, IOR/F/4/1767/72463, IOR/F/4/1767/72464, IOR/F/4/1767/72466, IOR/F/4/1767/72467, IOR/F/4/1767/72468, IOR/F/4/72469, and IOR/F/4/1767/72470).The item concerns:An act of ‘piracy’ carried out on the cotteya [kuttiya] Luxoomee Pursad[ Lakshman Parsad], also referred to as a ‘nowry’ [nauri], at Rasel Hudd [Ra’s al Hadd], while sailing under British coloursAn inquiry into whether the Beni Boo Ally [Bani Bu Ali] tribe or the inhabitants of Zoor [Sur] were the perpetratorsAttempts to reclaim the cargo of rice.The item contains a contents page, and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft 550, 1839, P.C. [Previous Communication] 2491’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 804 and terminates at f 820, as it was originally 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.
29. ‘Joasmee and Wahabee Pirates’
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- Abstract: This item consists mostly of copies of correspondence, minutes and consultations cited in, or enclosed with, letters to and from the Government of Bombay. The primary subjects are:The recent measures taken by the Government of Bombay to counter the alleged piratical activities of the Joasmee [Qawasim], including an expedition carried out against them in 1809, and the deployment of ships to patrol the coast between India and the GulfA request from the Amirs of Scind [Sindh] to the Government of Bombay for assistance in dealing with Joasmee piracyThe efforts of William Bruce, the Resident at Bushire, to negotiate agreements with the following: Abdulla ben Soud [‘Abdullāh bin Sa‘ūd Āl Sa‘ūd], Emir of Diriyah [referred to as the Wahabee Chieftain]; Hussan bin Rahmah [Ḥasan bin Raḥmah al-Qāsimī], Ruler of Ra's al-Khaymah; and Shaikh Rahmah bin Jauber [Shaikh Raḥmah bin Jābir Āl Jalāhimah]; that the tribes under their influence will not attack British vesselsThe capture by Shaikh Rahmah bin Jauber of a ship from Bussora [Basra], his conveying of the horses found on the ship to Bombay, and details of the property from the ship that remains unaccounted for.The primary correspondents are: Abdulla ben Soud; Hussan bin Rahmah; Shaikh Rahmah bin Jauber; William Bruce, Resident at Bushire; and Evan Nepean, Governor of Bombay.The title page (f 212) of the item contains the following references: ‘Bombay Political No. 3’; and ‘Examiner’s Office, February 1816’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at 212, and terminates at 285, 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 volume also contains an original pagination sequence.
30. 'Book No 271' [Resident's Tour: Reports for 1858 and 1859]
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- Abstract: The volume contains official tour reports of the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Captain (James) Felix Jones, with supporting correspondence and papers, for the years 1858 and 1859. There is a title page within the volume stating : 'Head IX. Subject 2, Part 1. Resident's Tour. Reports for the years 1858 & 1859' (folio 1). The volume also contains correspondence and papers concerning the tours of 1860 and 1861. This section is introduced by a second title page stating 'Head IX. Tour Reports. Subject 2, Part 2. Tour reports for 1860 ad 1861' (folio 91).The 1858 report covers the tour of Jones aboard the HC (Honourable Company's) steam frigate Assayeto Bahrein [Bahrain], Abothubee [Abu Dhabi], Debai [Dubai], Shargah [Sharjah], Amulgawein [Umm al Qaywayn], the Pirate Coast, Bunder Abbass [Bandar-e ʻAbbās], Bassidore [Bāsa‘īdū], Lingeh [Bandar-e Lingeh], Maghoo [Bandar-e Moghūyeh], Charrack [Bandar-e Chārak], and Congoon [Bandar e-Kangan]. Issues covered include:the treatment of Mahomed ben Abdullah [Muḥammad bin ‘Abdullāh] of Demam [Dammām] by Mahomed ben Khaleefa [Muḥammed bin Khalīfah], Chief of Bahrain (folios 4-6);the suppression of slavery;piracy;the pearl trade;the conduct of local rulers;account of internal dissensions in Shargah (folio 8);the imposition of penalties on the Joasmee [Āl Qāsimī] tribe for infractions of maritime peace (folios 8-9);reports of conversations with the Imam of Muscat [Thuwaynī ibn Saʻīd Āl Sa‘īd] at Bunder Abbass, including the conclusion of an agreement between the Resident and Imam on the complete suppression of slavery (folios 11-14; copies of the agreement in Arabic and English follow the report on folios 21-22);the poor condition of the naval station at Bassidore (folios 14-15; related correspondence: folios 24-29);the importance of the Resident's making his tour in the Assaye, as means of impressing the maritime tribes and settling local disputes (folios 2, 19-20);instructions for HajeeYacoob [Ḥājī Ya‘qūb], Agent at Shargah, left by the Resident on 31 May 1858.The 1859 report covers Jones's tour aboard HM steam frigate Zenobiato Aboothabee [Abu Dhabi], Debaye [Dubai], Shargah, Ejmaun [Ajman], Amulgavine [Umm al Qaywayn], Ras ul Khymah [Ras al-Khaymah] and Joasmee Chief, Sheeheyheen [Sharqiyin] Ports, Muscat, Bassidore, Lingah [Bandar-e Lingeh], Charrack, Asseloo [Bandar-e `Asaluyeh], and Bahrein. Issues covered include:internal dissensions in Shargah and the activities of the Wahabees [Wahhabis] in the area (folios 43-47);the Resident's censure and fining of Sheikh Abdullah ben Rashid [Abdullah I bin Rashid Al Mu`alla] of Amulgavine, whom he accused of fomenting the troubles at Shargah and committing other offences (folios 48-51);remarks on the pearl fishery of Bahrein and Socotra [Suqutrá] (folios 66-67);slavery;piracy.The papers relating to the tour reports of 1860 and 1861 include correspondence (June 1860-March 1863) between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf and Henry Lacon Anderson, Secretary to Government, Bombay; statement of outstanding fines adjusted by the Political Resident, Persian Gulf during tour of 1860 (folios 94-95); statement of fines etc. carried to the credit of the Government in cash accounts rendered from the Residency in the Persian Gulf between April 1858 and June 1860 (folios 100-101); and statement of complaints adjusted by HBM's Political Resident in the Persian Gulf during the tour of the Persian Gulf in 1861. Jones remarks in his correspondence with Anderson on the 'perfect tranquillity' that prevailed in the Persian Gulf in those years.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at 1 on the second folio after the cover and terminates at 114, the last folio before the back cover. The numbers are written in pencil, are enclosed in a circle, and appear in the top right corner of the recto page of each folio. This is the system used to determine the order of pages.Pagination: there is also a local pagination sequence numbered 1-54 (folios 41-67).
31. 'Book No 281'
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- Abstract: This volume contains administrative reports and historical sketches concerning Persian Gulf affairs. The volume also contains a number of letters between Henry Lacon Anderson, Secretary to the Government, Bombay; A Hinlock Forbes, Acting Secretary to the Government, Bombay; and Captain Felix Jones, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf. The correspondence relates to the reporting of this information (folios 3-5 and 77-79). The historical reports themselves were prepared by Herbert Frederick Disbrowe, Assistant Resident.The volume contains reports covering two reporting periods:1 May 1858 to 31 May 1859 (folios 2-75): Joasmee [Āl Qaswāsim] (folios 6-19); Beniyas [Banī Yās] (folios 20-25); Debaye [Dubai] and Ajmaun [Ajman] (folio 26); Amulgavine [Umm al-Qaywayn] (folios 27-30); Wahabee [Wahhabi, Najd] (folios 31-33); Uttoobee [al-‘Utūb, Bahrain] (folios 34-50); Muscat (folios 51-63); and Persian Coast (folios 64-75);1 June 1859 to 31 May 1861 (folios 76-173): Joasmee (folios 80-86); Bokha [Bukhā] (folios 87-89); Himreeah [Ḥimrīyah] (folios 90-91); Beniyas (folios 92-93); Boo Felasa [Bū Falāsah] (folios 94-105); Ajmaun and Amulgavine (folios 106-107); Wahabee (folios 108-115); Uttoobee (folios 116-157); Muscat (folios 158-161); and Persian Coast (folios 162-173)The reports concern British relations with various Persian Gulf and Arabian rulers, including: Sa‘īd bin Taḥnūn Āl Nahyān, former ruler of Abu Dhabi; Zāyid bin Khalīfah Āl Nahyān, ruler of Abu Dhabi; Sa‘īd bin Buṭṭī Āl Maktūm and Shaikh Ḥashr bin Maktūm Āl Maktūm, rulers of Dubai; Sulṭān bin Ṣaqr Āl Qāsimī, ruler of Sharjah; ‘Alī bin ‘Abdullāh Āl Mu‘allā, ruler of Umm al-Qaywayn; Ḥumayd bin Rāshid Āl Nu‘aymī, ruler of Ajman; Amīr Fayṣal bin Turkī Āl Sa‘ūd, Wahhabi chief; Muḥammad bin Khaīfah Āl Khalīfah, ruler of Bahrain; Syed Soweynee [Sayyid Thuwaynī bin Sa‘īd Āl Bū Sa‘īd], Sultan of Muscat and Oman; and Sayyid Mājid bin Sa‘īd Āl Bū Sa‘īd, ruler of Zanzibar. Mention is also made of the Chief of Damaum [Damām], Seikh Mohomed bin Abdullah [Muḥammad bin ‘Abdullāh] (folio 34); the Sheikh [Muḥamad bin Thānī] of Biddah [al-Bida‘] on the Gutter [Qatar] coast (folio 36); and chiefs of Lingah [Bandar Lengeh] and Mogoo (folio 67), as well as Charrack (folio 68).The reports cover the following subjects: visits and interviews of the Political Resident and other British officials, including Commodore Jenkins and Commander Balfour, with local rulers; the slave trade; piracy and the upholding maritime peace; pearl diving and trade; judicial matters affecting British subjects (Banyans), as well as details concerning their status; native Residency Agents at Sharjah and Bahrain; smallpox outbreak; the death of Shaikh Sa‘īd bin Buṭṭī and the succession of Shaikh of Ḥashr bin Maktūm; the Perpetual Truce of Peace and Friendship (1861) between Britain and the ruling Āl Khalīfah family of Bahrain; relations and conflicts between local rulers, notables, merchants and the British; and relations with the Amir Faysal, the Imam of Muscat, the Persian Government and the Ottoman Empire.Marginal notes refer to various correspondence. In addition, annotations in pencil appear throughout the volume (particularly folios 103-105, 141-145, 157) and the front cover is marked 'Done' in blue.Physical description: Foliation: Foliation is written in pencil, in the top right corner of the recto of each folio. It begins on the front cover, on number 1, and ends on the inside of the back cover, on number 176.Foliation errors: folio 1 is followed by folio 1A; folio 75 is followed by folio 75A.
32. ‘Vol 1 Affairs of the Persian Gulf’
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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. It is the first in a series of eleven items about the Persian Gulf (the others are IOR/F/4/2050/93534, 93535, 93536, 93537, 93538, 93539, 93540, 93541, 93542, and 93543). The correspondent is the Government of Bombay.The item concerns:Incidents of ‘piracy’ across the Persian GulfRelations between sheiks Mahomed bin Khuleefa [Shaikh Muḥammed bin Khalīfah Āl Khalīfah], Essa bin Tareef [Shaikh ‘Īsá bin Ḥamad bin Ṭarīf Āl Bin 'Alī al-'Utbī], and Abdullah bin Ahmed [Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Aḥmad Āl Khalīfah]Relations between the Wahabee [Wahabi] ruler Ameer Fysul [Amir Fayṣal bin Turki bin Abdullāh Āl Sa‘ūd], and Syed Soweynee [Sayyid Thuwaini bin Sa‘īd Āl Bū Sa‘īd], acting for the Imaum [Imam] of Muscat [Sayyid Sa‘īd bin Sulṭān Āl Bū Sa‘īd]The wreck of the brig Mary Mullaby[ Mary Mallaby] and a possible robbery or insurance fraud connected with the wreckThe conduct of Mirza Mahomed Ali [Mīrza Muḥammed ‘Alī], the Native Agent at Bahrein [Bahrain] with regard to interfering in the politics of BahreinThe evacuation of the island of Kharrack [Jazīreh-ye Khārk] by its inhabitantsThe number and quality of vessels deployed in the Persian Gulf and the Red SeaA possible fraud connected with the vessel Narrayen Pursud [Nārayaṇa Parsād].The papers which were enclosed in the letters are in the other volumes in the series. The item includes a contents page, and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Coll No [Collection Number] 1, Draft 558, P.C. [Previous Communication] 4291, [Season 18]44’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 251 and terminates at f 314, 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 volume also contains an original pagination sequence.
33. ‘Vol 2 Persian Gulf’
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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. It is the second in a series of eleven items about the Persian Gulf (the others are IOR/F/4/2050/93533, 93535, 93536, 93537, 93538, 93539, 93540, 93541, 93542, and 93543). The principal correspondents are the Government of Bombay and Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Officiating Resident in the Persian Gulf.The item concerns:The desire of Esai bin Tarif [Shaikh ‘Īsá bin Ḥamad bin Ṭarīf Āl Bin 'Alī al-'Utbī] to settle at Bidda [Al Bidda]A prolongation of the Maritime Truce, and interpretation of its termsThe refusal by Abdoolla bin Rashid [Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Rāshid al-Mu’allā], Shaik of Amulgavine [Umm al-Qaywayn], to destroy his towers in connection with his dispute with Sooltan bin Suggur [Shaikh Sulṭān I bin Ṣaqr al-Qāsimī], Shaik of Ras-ul-Khyma [Ra's al-Khaymah]A report by two Hindu merchants that their goods were plundered by men of the Huwajeer [al-Hawajir] and Saloota [Salūtah] tribes at Monamah [Al-Manāmah]Disputes between: Khuleefa bin Shakboot [Shaikh Khalīfah bin Shakhbūṭ Āl Nahyān], the Shaik of Abothabee [Shaikh of Abu Dhabi]; Muktoom [Maktūm I bin Buṭṭī Āl Bū Falāseh], Shaik of Dubaye [Dubai]; and Sooltan bin Suggur and his son Suggur bin Sooltan [Ṣaqr bin Sultān al-Qāsimī]A misunderstanding resulting in violence between a boat from Karrack [Jazīreh-ye Khārk, also known as Khark, Kharg] and a boat from AmulgavineA dispute between Mahomed bin Khuleefa [Shaikh Muḥammed bin Khalīfah Āl Khalīfah], Shaik of Bahrein [Shaikh of Bahrein], and Abdullah bin Ahmed [Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Aḥmad Āl Khalīfah], former Shaik of BahreinPlunder at Bahrein of a ship belonging to Shaik Dhyee bin Aoon [Dhāḥī bin A‘ūn], an Arab merchant in Bombay [Mumbai]Punishment of a man who was violent towards the Residency’s horse keeper in Bushire [Bushēhr].The item includes a contents page, and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Coll No [Collection Number] 1, Draft 558, P.C. [Previous Communication] 4291, [Season 18]44’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 315 and terminates at f 395, 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 volume also contains an original pagination sequence.
34. ‘Vol 204 1855/56 Slave Trade; Bahrain, Arabian Coast and Muscat; Accounts and General’
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- Abstract: The volume comprises correspondence exchanged between the Resident in the Persian Gulf (Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball until August 1855, Lieutenant Herbert Disbrowe in the capacity as Assistant Resident in Charge between August and September 1855, and Commander James Felix Jones from September 1855) and Henry Lacon Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay.Correspondence included in each of the volume’s subjects cover the following topics:Slave trade (folios 2-37): chiefly, the Resident’s explanation of contrasting successes in the suppression of the slave trade on the Arab and Persian coasts of the Gulf; protection offered to Indian naval crew members who were previously enslaved;Bahrain (folios 39-68): relations between the Shaikh of Bahrain, his estranged relatives at Dammām, and Fayṣal ibn Turki Āl Sa‘ūd; incidents of maritime piracy;Arabian coast and Muscat (folios 70-168): reports of acts of maritime piracy and plunder; compensation for acts of piracy and plunder; the abdication of Shaikh Sa’id bin Tahnun of Abu Dhabi;Accounts and general (folios 170-93): letters relating to Commander Felix Jones’s previous post as Political Agent and Consul-General at Baghdad; consular jurisdiction of the Resident in Bushire.Physical description: Foliation: Foliation begins on the volume’s first page of text and ends on the volume's last page of text, using uncircled pencil numbers in the top-right corner of each recto. The front cover of the volume, two front flyleaves, two rear flyleaves and inside back cover are unfoliated.Pagination: An original pagination sequence runs through the volume between ff 3-193; these numbers are written in ink and they can be found in the top-left or the top-right corners of the verso and recto side of each folio respectively.
35. ‘Vol 250 Wrecks, Maritime outrages’
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- Abstract: The volume contains correspondence relating to nine cases of shipwreck, plunder, piracy, or other maritime outrage, each assigned in the volume under the ‘Heading VIII: Wrecks, maritime outrages, etc.’ and each taking place during the period 1857 to 1861. Correspondence includes the original reports of each case, the Resident’s instructions to naval officers in the Gulf to investigate the incident, and to retrieve stolen property, identify the culprits, or obtain compensation, where appropriate, the Resident’s report of the incident to the Bombay Government, and the Bombay Government’s response, frequently containing extracts of resolutions or official notes relating to the incident. The chief correspondents in the volume are Captain (James) Felix Jones, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Henry Lacon Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, and various officials of the Persian Gulf Squadron.The cases are numbered as subjects 10 to 19, and are summarised on the cover sheet that precedes each set of correspondence, as follows:10: ‘Illegal intention of an Aboothabee [Abu Dhabi] vessel by the Al Ali chief’ (folios 1D-27);12: ‘A boat belonging to a subject of Congoon [Bandar-e Kangan] chief wrecked in Dec/57 near Somaysmah on Guttur [Qatar] coast, & plundered. The Chief of Bahrain, on Resident's requisition, made over to Resident 1000 M. S. [Muhammad Shah] Rs [rupees] as an indemnity to the sufferers’ (folios 28-32);13: ‘Regarding an Asseloo Ghoncha [boat] plundered off Dihiffar near Makullah [Al-Mukallā] east of Aden’ (folios 33-46);14: ‘No vessel available to recover fines from Aboothabee. Tigrisand Constanceat last afforded’ (folios 47-61);15: ‘Three Nejdees [Najdis] thrown overboard by nakhuda Oobeyah of Debaye [Dubai] & others in his boat. Two drowned, one saved who became informer’ (folios 62-108);16: ‘Alleged outrage on a wrecked vessel by the inhabitants of Bokha [Bukhā]. The Chief of Bokha & his people exonerated by Lieut[enant] Dyer Commanding Tigris’ (folios 109-14);17: ‘Seizure by Sheikh of Mohumrah [Khorramshahr] of a Sharjah vessel by way of retaliation for fraudulent act committed by a native of Sharjah who carried off to Sharjah a vessel & property confided to his charge by the Sheikh of Mohumrah. Mutual restitution effected at last’ (folios 115-27);18: ‘Regarding plunder of the town of Limah by several boats from Ras el Khymah [Ra’s al-Khaymah], killing several men. Inaccuracies of Gulf charts’ (folios 128-41)19: ‘Piratical outrage perpetrated by Raschid i. Dubbanee of Ras el Khymah’ (folios 142-47)Subject 11, which precedes subject 10, has a cover sheet, entitled ‘Piracy on a Hindyan boat by divers from Bahrein [Bahrain]’, but contains no papers.Physical description: Foliation: The main foliation sequence commences at the front cover and terminates at the back cover; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and can be found in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. Foliation anomalies: 1, 1A, 1B, 1C and 1D; 23 and 23A; 46 and 46A; 63 and 63A; 141 and 141A.
36. ‘Vol 3 Persian Gulf – Affairs of – ’
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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. It is the third in a series of eleven items about the Persian Gulf (the others are IOR/F/4/2050/93533, 93534, 93536, 93537, 93538, 93539, 93540, 93541, 93542, and 93543). The principal correspondents are the Government of Bombay and Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Officiating Resident in the Persian Gulf.The item concerns:Kemball’s official appointment as Officiating Resident in the Persian Gulf until Samuel Hennell’s returnA misunderstanding between the captain of the merchant ship Fyzul Barryand its ownerAn application by Sheikh Subah of Koweit [Shaikh Jābir I bin ‘Abdullāh Āl Ṣabāḥ of Kuwait] for a safe conduct pass for a merchant to travel to Bahrein [Bahrain] and Katiffe [Qatif]Disputes in Bahrein between: Abdullah bin Ahmed [Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Aḥmad Āl Khalīfah]; Mahomed bin Khuleefa [Shaikh Muḥammed bin Khalīfah Āl Khalīfah]; and Esai bin Tarif [Shaikh ‘Īsá bin Ḥamad bin Ṭarīf Āl Bin 'Alī al-'Utbī]Discussion of the plunder of goods belonging to: Dhyee bin Aoon [Dhāḥī bin A‘ūn]; two Hindu merchants; and a ship under British colours carrying medical suppliesEsai bin Tarif’s desire to settle at Bidda [Al Bidda]A dispute between Abdoolla bin Rashid [Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Rāshid al-Mu’allā], Shaik of Amulgavine [Umm al-Qaywayn] and Sooltan bin Suggur [Shaikh Sulṭān I bin Ṣaqr al-Qāsimī], Shaik of Rassul Khyma [Ra's al-Khaymah]Deployment of British ships in the GulfThe strength and influence of Fysul [Amīr Fayṣal bin Turki bin ‘Abdullāh Āl Sa‘ūd].The item includes a contents page, and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Coll No [Collection Number] 1, Draft 558, P.C. [Previous Communication] 4291, [Season 18]44’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 396 and terminates at f 499, 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 volume also contains an original pagination sequence.