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37. Persian Affairs
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- Abstract: This part of the volume consists of a copy of an enclosure to a despatch from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 96 of 1847, dated 13 November 1847. The enclosure is numbered 3 and is dated 14 September 1847. The enclosure consists of a letter from HM Minister Plenipotentiary at the Court of Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel Justin Sheil, to the Chief Secretary to the Government of Bombay, forwarding under flying seals copies of despatches addressed by him to HM Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Viscount Palmerston, and letters to HM Minister Plenipotentiary to the Ottoman Empire, Lord Cowley, dated 12 August to 4 September 1847.These despatches and letters concern matters including:The Treaty of Erzeroom [Erzurum] between Persia and the Ottoman Empire, including: Sheil’s attempts to persuade the Persian Prime Minister Hajee Meerza Aghassee [Ḥājī Mīrzā (ʿAbbās Īravānī) Āqāsī] of the expediency of Persia establishing a tariff with Turkey; Sheil's efforts to persuade the Persian ministers to accompany the ratification of the treaty with a confirmation of the explanations of certain points given by the representatives of the mediating powers, including the explanation relating to the construction of fortifications on the opposite banks of the Shatt-Ool-Arab [Shatt al Arab]; and ‘the breach of promise contemplated’ by Nejeeb Pasha [Gürcü Mehmet Necip Pasha, or Muḥammad Najīb Pāshā, Wali or Governor of Baghdad] in relation to the removal of war ships from the vicinity of Mohemmera [Khorramshahr]The ‘spirit of insubordination’ amongst the Persian troops, and the revolt in Khorassan [Khorasan], including: an incident in which a ‘considerable body of troops’ had forced their way into Hajee Meerza Aghassee’s house and demanded their pay, and another incident in which a body of troops had surrounded his house and not allowed him to leave; the troops refusing to march without payment of their arrears, and the ‘great disorganisation’ in their ranks; Hajee Meerza Aghassee extracting 70,000 tomans left in the treasury by the late Shah to pay the soldiers; 4,000 Persian infantry and six guns marching towards Khorassan, with about 1,500 being expected to be despatched in the next few days, to join the previous detachment at Bestam [Bastam]; news that the 2,000 troops sent in advance to Bestam had made a forward movement to Kalpoosh [Kalpush], where ‘an action’ had taken place, resulting in the troops of Jaffer Koolee Khan [Jaʿfar Qulī Khān] retreating, and the opposing troops taking possession of his position; Hajee Meerza Aghassee and the Shah’s rejections of Sheil’s proposal to intervene between the Government and the Salar [Moḥammad-Ḥasan Khān Sālār] and Jaffer Koolee Khan, in an attempt to settle the revoltSheil’s success in settling with the Persian ministers the claim of Hajee Nooroodeen [Ḥājī Nūr al-Dīn], a British subject, against the Persian Government, with the Governor of Fars agreeing to pay Hajee Nooroodeen 8,000 tomans in instalmentsThe Resident in the Persian Gulf, Major Samuel Hennell, informing Sheil that he had learnt that it was the intention of the Governor of Bender Abbas [Bandar ‘Abbas], Shaikh Syd [Shaikh Saʿīd] (an official of the Imaum [Imam] of Muscat, with the latter renting the port and the adjoining district from Persia), to blockade the Persian ports of the Persian Gulf, ‘under the pretext of retaliating injuries suffered by him from the Governor of Fars, but in reality for various frivolous [and] insufficient reasons’ Sheil asserts, and Sheil’s recommendation to Hennell that he should use every legitimate means in his power to prevent this from happeningSheil’s report that further to his despatch No. 67 of 29 June regarding the ‘misconduct’ of the Governor of Asterabad [Gorgan], Suleiman Khan [Sulaymān Khān], the latter had been brought to Tehran and apologised to Sheil for his treatment of the Khan of Khiva’s servant and admitted stealing his property; that Hennell had received 350 tomans from the Persian Government on this account which he had paid to the servant; and that despite his very negative opinion of Suleiman Khan, Hennell had yielded to the appeals of the Persian Government and signified to the latter that he would not oppose the resumption of Suleiman Khan’s GovernmentSheil’s lack of success in his attempts to persuade the Shah to abolish the ‘traffic’ in enslaved African people by sea through the Persian ports of the Persian Gulf.Enclosure No. 3 includes enclosed correspondence between Sheil and Hajee Meerza Aghassee.The enclosure also includes a letter from Sheil to the Secretary to the Government of India with the Governor-General (dated 14 September 1847), requesting to be informed as to what privileges or protection the Governor-General considers a Persian, or other foreign vessel, carrying English colours [a British flag] should be entitled to claim.Physical description: 1 item (39 folios)
38. Ext 3518/43 'Pol. Resident's Request for Photograph of himself'
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- Abstract: This file consists of letters between Graves Law, Ministry of Information, Roland Tennyson Peel and E W R Lumby, and the India Office which discuss photographing Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Geoffrey Prior, the Public Relations Officer in the Persian Gulf.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 10; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
39. Ext 1368/47 'Col Hay, Political Resident, Persian Gulf: leave and deputation 1947'
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- Abstract: This file consists of a letter, telegrams, and notes between officials of the Government of India, India Office, and the Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations regarding the deputation of Lieutenant-Colonel William Rupert Hay, Political Resident in Persian Gulf.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 19, these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
40. Letter from HM Chargé d'Affaires to Persia, Henry Willock, in camp near Ahar, to the Secret Committee of the East India Company
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- Abstract: Letter from HM Chargé d’Affaires to Persia [Iran], Henry Willock, in camp near Ahar, to the Secret Committee of the East India Company, of 12 September 1826, which was received on 25 November 1826. The letter originally enclosed a copy of a letter from Willock to the Governor of Bombay [Mumbai], Mountstuart Elphinstone, praising the Resident at Bushire [Būshehr], Colonel Ephriam Gerrish Stannus (now catalogued as IOR/L/PS/9/70/128).Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
41. Letter from the East India Company Envoy to Persia, Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, in camp at Oojan, to the Secret Committee of the East India Company
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- Abstract: Letter from the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, in camp at Oojan [Ujan], to the Secret Committee of the East India Company, of 25 June 1827, which was received from the Foreign Office on 29 August 1827. Macdonald Kinneir reports his recent communications with the Shah of Persia [Fatḥ-‘Alī Shāh Qājār], in which the Shah expressed his feelings of frustration, dismay and abandonment at the fact that Persian requests for assistance in the war against Russia [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828] have not been answered by the British Government. He also reports that the former Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Ephriam Gerrish Stannus, who is returning to Britain, has been charged with a message for the British Government from the Shah, so as to avoid the dispatch of a Persian envoy to Britain. Macdonald Kinneir indicates that the failure by the British Government to reply has caused the Shah and the Prince Royal [Crown Prince of Persia, ʿAbbās Mīrzā Qājār] to question the sincerity of Britain’s ‘friendship’ with Persia, and points to the seriousness of the situation regarding the war with Russia, indicating that ‘a crisis seems to be near at hand’.This document also originally enclosed a copy and a translation of a note from the Persian Minister for Foreign Affairs to Macdonald Kinneir (now catalogued as IOR/L/PS/9/71/18-19).Physical description: 1 item (6 folios)
42. PZ 3162/31 'Persian Gulf: Political Resident's Interview with Secty of State'
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- Abstract: The file contains papers regarding a meeting between Lieutenant-Colonel Hugh Vincent Biscoe, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, and William Wedgwood Benn, Secretary of State for India. The meeting was at the Resident’s request and took place in London in June 1931. The main topics of conversation were the proposed relocation of the Residency from Bushire to Bahrain, and the potential purchase of a ship for the Resident’s use. The primary correspondent is the India Office.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 482, and terminates at f 513, 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.
43. Persian Gulf Affairs
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- Abstract: The item comprises:Two letters from Thomas Henry Maddock, Secretary to the Government of India with the Governor-General, to John Pollard Willoughby, Secretary to the Government, Bombay [Mumbai], notably relating to: British policy regarding the potential conflict between the Sheik of Bahrein [Shaikh of Bahrain] with the ‘fugitive’ subject Esa bin Tareef [Shaikh ‘Īsá bin Ḥamad bin Ṭarīf Āl Bin ‘Alī al-‘Utbī]; the threatened invasion of Bahrein by Khoorshid Pasha, [Khūrshid Pasha], Commander of Egyptian Forces in Nejde [Najd, also known as Nejd]; and the Governor-General’s objection to a suggestion,by the Resident in the Persian Gulf at Karrak [Kharg, also known as Khark] to blockade the port of Bushire [Bushehr]The substance of a letter from the Native Agent at Muscat to the Persian [Iranian] Secretary to the Government, notably relating to: the policy of the Imaum [Imam] of Muscat regarding the territorial encroachments of Khoorshid Pasha in the Persian Gulf; the Imaum’s refusal to provide the assistance demanded by Khoorshid Pasha; and the activities of Saad Bin Mutluck [Sa‘d bin Muṭlaq al-Muṭayrī], who claims he has been appointed Governor of Oman by Khoorshid Pasha and has demanded tribute to be paid to the latter by the principal sheiks [shaikhs] in the Persian Gulf which had formely been paid to Fysul [Amir Fayṣal bin Turki bin Abdullāh Āl Sa‘ūd].Physical description: 1 item (5 folios)
44. 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 [Mumbai] Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 98 of 1847, dated 15 November 1847. The enclosures relate to Persian Gulf affairs. They are numbered 3-6 and are dated 15 September to 4 November 1847.Enclosure No. 3 is a letter from the Chief Secretary to the Government of Bombay, Arthur Malet, to the Resident in the Persian Gulf, Major Samuel Hennell, approving of his proceedings reported in certain despatches addressed by him to HM Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel Justin Sheil, connected with Persian Gulf affairs.Enclosure No. 4 is a letter from Hennell to Malet, forwarding copies of correspondence between Sheil and himself, regarding the question of the degree of responsibility the Chief [Governor] of Asseeloo [Asaluyeh, also spelled Assaloo in this item] should bear for the ‘piratical’ destruction of a bugla [baghlah] belonging to a dependent of the British Government by the residents of the inland town of Khirrah [Kheyaru? Also written as Khiva in this item], in November 1845.Enclosure No. 5 is a letter from Malet to the Secretary to the Government of India with the Governor General, submitting a copy of No. 4.Enclosure No. 6 is a letter from Malet to Sheil, providing instructions for his guidance with reference to the proceedings of certain Turkish [Ottoman] functionaries in the Persian Gulf.Physical description: 1 item (11 folios)
45. India, Aden and 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 [Mumbai] Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 100 of 1847, dated 30 November 1847. The enclosures are numbered 3-16 and are dated 6 October to 26 November 1847.The enclosures consist of resolutions of the Government of Bombay on despatches from the Secret Committee, and letters from the Chief Secretary of the Government of Bombay, Arthur Malet, forwarding copies of despatches from the Secret Committee and copies of other letters, to the following recipients: the Secretary to the Government of India with the Governor-General, Henry Miers Elliot; the Resident in the Persian Gulf, Major Samuel Hennell; the Acting Political Agent in Turkish Arabia [Ottoman Iraq], Lieutenant Arnold Burrowes Kemball; and HM Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at the Court of Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel Justin Sheil.Enclosure Nos. 3-5 listed in the abstract of contents are not included in this item (a note dated 30 October 1906 states that they are missing). They are listed as being: a resolution on a despatch from the Secret Committee; a letter from Malet to the Political Superintendent of Sawunt Warree [Savantvadi or Sawantwadi], requesting his opinion on the subject of extending to the refugee 'insurgents' now in Goa territory the clemency applied for on their behalf by the Government of Portugal; and a letter from Malet to Elliot, forwarding copies of the despatch from the Secret Committee and the letter to the Political Superintendent of Sawunt Warree.Enclosure Nos. 6-16 relate to the following:The Secret Committee informing the Government of Bombay that the Sublime Porte [the Government of the Ottoman Empire] has abandoned all intention of enforcing the ‘objectionable’ passport regulations recently promulgated in the Pachalic of Bagdad [Pashalik of Baghdad] towards British ‘Mahomedan’ [Muslim] subjects arriving at Bagdad, and the Government of Bombay requesting the Acting Political Agent in Turkish Arabia to state whether or not it is the intention of the Turkish Government to enforce these regulations in the case of ‘Hindoo’ [Hindu] or other British subjects who are not ‘Mahomedan’ travelling from India to Turkish ArabiaThe Secret Committee stating that it is their intention to pass no decision upon the proposed change to the future administration of Aden until they hear further from ‘His Lordship’ [the Governor-General of India?] on the subjectA conference between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf and the Sheik of Bahrein [Shaikh of Bahrain], Mahomed bin Khuleefa [Muḥammad bin Khalīfah Āl Khalīfah], in May 1847, regarding the latter’s fear of an attack from a number of disaffected subjects who had settled on the Island of Kenn [Kish] on the Persian Coast, and Major Hennell soliciting authority, in case of necessity, to intimate to the Uttoobee [Banī ʿUtbah] settlers in Kenn that any attack made by them from that island upon the islands of Bahrein would be resisted by the British Naval Force in the Persian Gulf.Physical description: 1 item (20 folios)
46. General No. 32 of 1873, Forwarding Copies of Papers Indicating that the Government of India Forgoes the Claim upon the Sultan of Zanzibar for Re-Payment of the Sums Advanced by the Resident at Aden for the Maintenance of the Shipwrecked Crew of the Ship El Majidi
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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 16 October 1873 and received via Brindisi on 10 November 1873, forwarding copies of papers from which it will be seen that the Government of India have consented to forego the claim upon the Sultan of Zanzibar for re-payment of the sums advanced by the Resident at Aden for the maintenance, etc., of the survivors of the shipwrecked crew of His Highness's ship El Majidi(formerly Sea King). The enclosures comprise copies of a letter from the Political Agent and Consul at Zanzibar to the Under-Secretary to the Government of India, Foreign Department, and the latter's reply.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 195, and terminates at f 197a, 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 insertion anomalies: f 195a, f 196a, and 197a.
47. Enclosure in Letter from Major George Willock to the Secret Committee of 26 Oct 1823
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- Abstract: A copy of a letter from Colin Mactavish, Assistant Surgeon at the Bushire [Būshehr] Residency, to Major George Willock, Acting Chargé d’Affaires in Persia [Iran], sent from Bushire and dated 21 September 1823.The letter reports the death of Captain John MacLeod, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, and Mactavish’s temporary assumption of his duties.The letter was enclosed in Willock’s letter to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company dated 26 October 1823 (IOR/L/PS/9/69/135).Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
48. Enclosure in Letter from Henry Willock to the Secret Committee of 14 Jul 1824
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- Abstract: A copy of a letter from Henry Willock, HM Chargé d’Affaires in Persia [Iran], to George Canning, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, sent from Sultanieh [Soltānīyeh] and dated 7 July 1824.The letter concerns trade between the port of Bushire [Büshehr] and India, forwarding a trade report from Ephraim Stannus, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (IOR/L/PS/9/69/191).The letter also contains tables showing imports of Indian and European goods and imports of specie and pearls from India and Arabia to Bushire from 1817 to 1823 in new Persian rupees.The letter was enclosed in Willock’s letter to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company dated 14 July 1824 (IOR/L/PS/9/69/186).Physical description: The letter was perforated in an attempt to stop the spread of disease.