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1. ‘Persian Gulf. Proceedings connected with the dispatch of a portion of the squadron in the – to Mohumrah, at the requisition of the Political Agent in Turkish Arabia. – Vol: 8’
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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. These political letters appear in IOR/F/4/2349/123808. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Major Samuel Hennell, British Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; and the Government of India. It is the eighth in a series of twenty-four items on events in the Persian Gulf.This item concerns Hennell’s acquiescence to the request of Major Henry Rawlinson, Political Agent in Turkish Arabia [Ottoman Iraq], to send some vessels of the Persian Gulf squadron to Mohumrah [Khorramshahr] without receiving instructions to do so from Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Farrant, Her Majesty’s Chargé d’Affaires at Tehran, and the Governments of Bombay and India’s opinions on the matter.The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft no 334 of 1850’, ‘Coll[ection] 4’, and ‘Collection No 7 of No 95’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 236, and terminates at f 244 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. 'File 1/6C Gazetted Officers: Next of Kin'
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- Abstract: Lists of next of kin of officers of the Indian Political Service and Agency Surgeons serving under the Political Agency, Bahrain, (including the post of Political Officer, Trucial Coast, Sharjah) with associated correspondence stating that this information was required each year by the Government of India. The file also includes a list of names and addresses of next of kin of the ministerial staff of the Agency (including staff of the English Section, Vernacular Section, Temporary War Establishment and Publicity Office, December 1940), and Government of India instructions for the recording of particulars of next of kin, October 1943.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation system in use commences at 1 on the front cover and continues through to 48 on the back cover. The sequence appears written in pencil, enclosed in a circle, in the top right hand corner of the recto page each folio. The following folio has to be folded out to be read: f. 42. A second sequence commences at 194 on f. 2 and continues through (with gaps) to 256 on f. 15. A third sequence commences at 1 on f. 6 and continues through to 36 on f. 41. Both these sequences are written in pencil and appear in the same area of the relevant folios as the system in use.
3. 'File 1/46 Recess: Gazetted Officers; Circulars'
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- Abstract: The file relates to the recess (that is the suspension of official duties, including court business, usually through grant of leave of one form or another) of Gazetted Officers [of the Government of India]. The papers fall into two categories:correspondence and related papers concerning the recess of Gazetted Officers of the Political Agency, Bahrain (including holders of the post of Political Officer, Trucial Coast), including addresses of officers while on recess; arrangements for covering the absences of officers; travel arrangements; and travel allowancescirculars recording the absences on recess of the Political Agent, Bahrain and other senior British officials in the Persian Gulf (including the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation system in use commences at 1 on the front cover, and continues through to 75 on the back cover. The sequence is written in pencil, enclosed in a circle, and appears in the top right hand corner of the recto page of each folio. A second foliation system, numbered 2-66 and containing some anomalies, runs between ff. 3-66. This sequence is also written in pencil, but is not enclosed in a circle, and appears in the same position as the main sequence.
4. ‘Persia & Kurdistan. Relative of a journey thro’ parts of – undertaken by Commander Jones of the Indian Navy, & Major Rawlinson C. B. Political Agent in Turkish Arabia – Vol: 1’
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- Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, minutes, memoranda, and consultations cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Captain Lynch, Officiating Superintendent of the Indian Navy; and Commander Felix Jones. It is the first in a series of two items on Jones’s travels.The item concerns Jones’s account of his travels accompanying Major Henry Rawlinson, Political Agent in Turkish Arabia [Ottoman Iraq] from Baghdad to Sulemaneyeh [Sulaymaniyah] via Kirmanshah [Kermanshah] and their separate return to Baghdad, to investigate the border between the Persian [Iranian] and Ottoman Empires prior to the Second Treaty of Erzroum [Erzurum]. The account includes frequent latitude and longitude bearings, observations of the temperature, and exact timings, as well as remarks on local history, the people Jones met, and descriptions of ancient ruins and inscriptions with etymological and historical conjectures. A detailed description of the Behistan [Behistun] Inscription appears on folios 670-675, and the Tak-i-Bostan [Taq-e Bostan] sculptures are described on folios 679-681. The item does not contain a copy of the map which Jones created.The places visited include:The River Diyleh [Diyala]Village of Bakuba [Baqubah]Shehraban [Al Miqdadiyah]The Holwan River [Nahr Alwand]Kasri Shirim [Qasr-e Shirin]Sar-puli-Zohab [Sarpol-e Zahab]Sar-mil [Sarmil]Kirrind [Kerend-e Gharb]Kirmanshah [Kermanshah]Mahidasht [Mahi Dasht]Halebjah [Halabja]Sulemaneyeh [Sulaymaniyah].The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft no 586/49’, ‘Coll[ection]: 3’, and ‘Collection No 1 of No 139’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 630, and terminates at f 706 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. ‘Execution of Court’s orders directing the abolition of the Agency establishment at Mocha, suspended on the recommendation of the Supreme Government.’
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- Abstract: This item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, letters to and from the governments of Bengal and Bombay [Mumbai].The item relates to the question of maintaining a Political Agent at Mocha. The East India Company Court of Directors expresses its opinion that, due to the failure to develop trade with Abyssinia [Ethiopia] and of the costs of procuring coffee from Mocha, maintaining a Political Agent in that port is not justified. In response, the Government of Bombay presents arguments in favour of keeping a Political Agent, and discusses how coffee might be procured on more advantageous terms.The title page (f 47) of the item contains the following references: ‘Bombay Political No.3, 1817/18, Draft 127’ and ‘Examiner’s Office, March 1817’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at 47, and terminates at 65, 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.
6. 'Monograph on the Aden Hinterland as touching the States of Dthala, Yafa', Alawi, etc., by Major H F Jacob, late Political Agent, Dthala.'
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- Abstract: Monograph on the Hinterland of Aden as touching the states of Dthala, Yafa', Haushabi and Alwai; The Turkish Frontier; The transborder people: together with a few remarks on hinterland policy, written by Captain Harold Fenton Jacob, formerly Political Agent at Dthala, 6 December 1907.The monograph focuses primarily on the Amir of Dthala [Aḑ Ḑāli‘] (Amir Shaif) and his relations with his own tribes and subjects, as well as other neighbouring tribes and the British Government. Also discussed are relations between the Halmin, Al Afud [Radfān], Mifari, Mihrabi [Mihrābī], Humedi [Ḩumaydī] and Jabal Jihaf [Jabal Jiḩāf] tribes.The monograph also discusses the following topics:the inter-tribal relations of the Amir of Dthala and how they affect him;British relations with the Amir through the Political Agent at Dthala. Included within this is discussion of the invaluable work of the Dispensary at Dthala and of the work undertaken by the dispensary's staff in visiting villages to provide medical assistance;The tribal structure of the region focusing on the role of the 'Saiyid' priestly class; the position of women within the society and the potential role that education of future tribal chief's could play;the system of payment of stipendiaries to local chiefs and rulers to gain access to an area of the surrounding country; and the value, or not, of such a process;The Turkish border and its influence on Dthala politics and the Amir. Included within this is discussion regarding the border tribes, their lack of interest or meaning in a demarcation of the border, and their allegiances across both sides of the border;Haushabi affairs and British relations with the tribe;relations with the Alawi tribe, including an overview of Alawi-Kotaibi [Quṭaybī] relations;the arms trade in the area;affairs in the vicinity of Yafa' [Yafa'a], including the areas referred to by the British as Upper Yafa', Lower Yafa', and Yafa'-as-Sufāl.The monograph was printed at the Government Central Press, Bombay, 1908 on the recommendation of Major-General Ernest DeBrath, Political Resident at Aden.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 22; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
7. ‘Aden. Complaint preferred by Captain R. Cogan, late of the Indian Navy against Captain Hains, Political Agent at Aden.’
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- Abstract: The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence cited in, or enclosed with, an extract Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, dated 30 November 1847.The item relates to a complaint made by Captain Robert Cogan, formerly of the Indian Navy, against Captain Stafford Bettesworth Haines, Political Agent at Aden, in October 1847. The Government of Bombay reports that the Governor-General of India has confirmed that he agrees with their judgement on the matter.The title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Bombay Political Department’, ‘Draft N. 152/48’, ‘Collection No. 1 of No. 150’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 822, and terminates at f 825, 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.
8. ‘Proceedings regarding the proposed arrangement of substituting for the Resident in the Persian Gulf an Assistant under the Envoy at Tehraun – Channel of his correspondence – Reduction in the Residency Establishment and appointment of Major Morison to the Office of Resident.’
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- Abstract: The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence, minutes and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, letters from the governments of Bombay [Mumbai], Fort St George [Madras, i.e. Chennai], and the East India Company Court of Directors.The item relates to proposals by the Court of Directors to change the position of ‘Resident at Bushire’ ([Būshehr], also called the Resident in the Persian Gulf) to ‘Assistant to the Envoy at Tehran’. The Government of Bombay and the Resident, David Anderson Blane, provide their detailed opinions on this proposal and the Court of Directors respond. The main points of discussion are: the experience and diplomatic skills required by the Resident to effectively manage relations with nearby rulers and suppress acts of ‘piracy’; potential reductions in the Residency’s expenses; and an earlier plan to move the Residency from Bushire to the nearby island of Kharrack [Jazīreh-ye Khārk]. Copies of earlier (1828) minutes by the Governor of Bombay regarding the purpose of the Resident at Bushire and the Residency's expenses are included.The item also refers to proposals by the Government of India to separate the governments of Bengal ([Calcutta], also called Fort William) and Agrah [Agra] and to transfer political authority from the subordinate governments of Bombay and Fort St George to the Government of India. A lengthy minute (ff 120-135) by the Governor of Bombay detailing his opposition to the latter proposal is included, along with multiple tables (ff 140-174) setting out the different relationships that the Government of Bombay holds with ‘local chieftains’ in the areas surrounding Bombay, notably Guzerat [Gujarat] and Kattywar [Kathiawar]. Some of these tables date back to 1820. The direct reporting of the Political Agent in Turkish Arabia and the Resident in the Persian Gulf to the Government of India, as opposed to the Government of Bombay, is also discussed.To a lesser extent, the item also relates to the appointment of Major James Morison to the position of Resident in the Persian Gulf, an event complicated by the disclosure that Morison has been granted permission to return to Europe due to poor health.Multiple spellings of numerous place names are present in the item. The majority of the item’s contents date from 1834-35.Principal correspondents include: the governments of India, Fort St George, and Bombay; the Court of Directors; and Blane.The title page of the item contains the following references: 'Coll[ection] No. 15’, ‘P.C. [Previous Communication] 1721, Draft 266, 1836’, ‘Collection N. 1 [crossed out] of N. 33’, ‘Bombay Political Department’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 50, and terminates at f 208, 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.
9. ‘Major Todd’s Memorial’
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- Abstract: Enclosure nos. 2-6 to a despatch from the Secret Department, Government of India, dated 20 August 1841. The enclosures are dated 18-19 August 1841, and contain for reference material dated 15 May 1839-2 July 1841.Enclosure no. 3 (ff 401-615) comprises the majority of this item, and consists of a memorial by Captain Elliot D’Arcy Todd (sometimes referred to as ‘Major Todd’, a temporary rank he had previously held while serving in Persia [Iran]) outlining his service and achievements as Political Agent at Herat, and arguing for his reinstatement to that position. The memorial is followed by fourteen appendices containing correspondence and other papers included in support of Todd’s position. In addition to Todd the correspondents include: Yar Mahomed Khan [Yār Muḥammad Khān ‘Alī Kūzāy], Vuzeer [Vizier] of Herat; the Government of India; and various Indian Army officers.Enclosure nos. 4-6 (ff 616-22) contain responses to Todd’s memorial from the Governor-General of India and members of the Council of India.Physical description: 1 item (205 folios)
10. 'Slave-dealing and Slave-holding by Kutchees in Zanzibar'
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- Abstract: This file contains a selection of correspondence, extracts and reports regarding the involvement of British subjects from the Princely State of Kutch [Cutch] in the slave trade in Zanzibar and attempts by the British Government to end this involvement.Much of the correspondence is from Britain's Political Agent in Zanzibar, Henry Adrian Churchill and Britain's Political Agent in Kutch, Major Alexander Young Shortt. This includes translated copies of correspondence between Churchill and the Sultan of Zanzibar, Seyd [Sayyid] Majid bin Said.On folio 128, the file contains a proclamation issued by the ruler of Kutch, the Maharaja Dhiraj Mirza Maha Rao Shree Praguruljee, that warns his subjects in Kutch of the penalties of being engaged in the slave trade in general and specifically in Zanzibar.Physical description: Condition: the file is contained within a bound volume that contains a number of other files.Foliation: The foliation for this description commences at f 107, and terminates at f 134, 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. An additional foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 5-134; these numbers are written in pencil, but are not circled, and can be found in the same position as the main sequence.
11. 'File 1/42 Political Officer, Trucial Coast'
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- Abstract: The file relates to the appointment and service of the holders of the post of Political Officer, Trucial Coast, who reported to the Political Agent, Bahrain.The papers consist of correspondence, charge certificates (recording the handover of duties between Political Officers), telegrams, draft gazette notifications, claims for payment of overseas pay in England, other forms, memoranda, last pay certificates, personal letters, bills of lading, and sanction orders.The papers cover the following topics: correspondence concerning charge certificates, notifications, last pay certificates, and charge reports; pay and allowances; leave and leave salary; appointments, transfer, and termination of appointment; travel arrangements, expenses and allowances; accommodation and servants; letter recording reward for obtaining second class interpretership in Arabic, October 1939; correspondence concerning arrangements for meetings with the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; letter containing a definition of the term 'Trucial Coast', and stating the location of the headquarters of the Political Officer, Trucial Coast, for the information of the Government of India, October 1939; banking arrangements; income tax; transport of personal effects; transport of packages; Indian Military Widows and Orphans Fund; return of papers issued in error, August 1940; accounting matters; permission for Political Officer, Trucial Coast to take charge at Bahrain, not Sharjah, for administrative reasons, December 1940 to February 1941; certificate concerning the need to possess a motor car; General Provident Fund; death of Political Officer's brother while on active service, April 1943; and certificates of status as Political Officer and Government servant.The Arabic language content of this file consists of correspondence, with English translation, between the Political Agent, Bahrain and the Ruler of Qatar concerning transport arrangements for a visit by the Political Officer to Bahrain via Dohah [Doha] and Zekrit, December 1940, and arrangements (subsequently cancelled) for the Political Officer to travel overland through Qatar, March to April 1942.The main covering dates of the papers in this file are 8 October 1939 to 9 December 1944; there is, however, one item at the rear of the file (a transcript of a telegram) dated 26 February 1950.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation system in use commences at 1 on the front cover, and continues through to 365 on the back cover. The sequence is written in pencil, enclosed in a circle, and appears in the top right hand corner of the recto page of each folio. Foliation anomalies: ff. 89A, 89B. The following folios need to be folded out to be read: ff. 231 and 312-314. A second foliation sequence is also present throughout much of the file: these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and can be found in the same position as the main sequence.
12. 'File 1/42 Political Officer, Trucial Coast'
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- Abstract: The file records the appointment and service of those holding the position of Political Officer, Trucial Coast, Sharjah. Much of the correspondence is between the Political Officer and the Political Agent, Bahrain (under whose authority the Political Officer lay).The papers include papers relating to travel arrangements, travel expenses, and leave; charge certificates certifying the handing over of duties from one Political Officer to another as a result of appointments, transfers, and leave, with associated memoranda; papers relating to domestic arrangements arising from posting to Sharjah (including the need for one new Political Officer to bring bed linen, clothes, food and servants amongst other items from India, as it was 'impossible to purchase very much in Bahrain or on the Trucial Coast' - letter from Political Agent, Bahrain, February 1945); certificates confirming that the holder was a Government servant; last pay certificates and related correspondence; papers relating to pay and allowances; papers relating to attendance at summer school and Arab Centre lectures, May 1945; papers relating to shipping of car, May 1945; papers relating to payment of war allowance, January to July 1945; requests for advances of salary; copies of Government of India notifications of appointments/postings/leave; papers relating to the transport of personal effects; schedule of tours of Political Officer, Trucial Coast, November 1947 to March 1948, listing date, departure, arrival, transport used, and purpose; sanction orders relating to travel and allowances; receipted bills for travel from agents; letter from the Political Officer reporting the mistaken impression of an official of the Foreign Office that the Political Officer, Trucial Coast was a Political Agent on a par with those of Bahrain, Kuwait and Muscat, March 1949; correspondence relating to the shipment of seven cases of wine, March 1950; correspondence concerning a letter by the Political Officer to the Political Agent, Bahrain stating that the administrative departments of the Foreign Office were incorrectly referring to the 'Political Agency Sharjah' instead 'British Agency' Sharjah, and pointing out the need to indicate to them that Sharjah was a subordinate post to Bahrain, September to October 1950; and various Agency accounts, November 1950.The date of the final piece of correspondence in this file is 20 November 1950. The overall date range is supplied by an entry in the notes at the rear of the file.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation system in use commences at 1 on the front cover, and continues through to 371 on the back cover. The sequence is written in pencil, enclosed in a circle, and appears in the top right hand corner of the recto page of each folio. A second foliation sequence, also written in pencil, but not enclosed within a circle, and appearing in the same portion of the relevant folios, is numbered 1-218 and runs between ff. 2-229.
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