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1. ‘Persian Gulf – Muscat – Affairs – Vol: 13’
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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 [Mumbai]. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Heskeal Yusoof [Ḥizqīl bin Yūsuf], Acting British Agent at Muscat; and Syud Thooenee [Sayyid Thuwaynī bin Sa‘īd Āl Bū Sa‘īd, Governor of Muscat]. It is the thirteenth in a series of fifteen items on the Persian Gulf (the others are IOR/F/4/2131/101199, IOR/F/4/2131/101200, IOR/F/4/2131/101201, IOR/F/4/2131/101202, IOR/F/4/2131/101203, IOR/F/4/2131/101204, IOR/F/4/2131/101205, IOR/F/4/2131/101206, IOR/F/4/2131/101207, IOR/F/4/2131/101208, IOR/F/4/2131/101209, IOR/F/4/2131/101210, IOR/F/4/2131/101212 and IOR/F/4/2131/101213).The item concerns a dispute between the authorities at Muscat and a merchant from Mandavee [Māndvi], Shed Herjee bin Hussonjee [Shed Hīrjī bin Husonjī], who was contracted to farm the customs at Muscat, but was removed from his position and asked for Heskeal Yusoof’s help in reclaiming his expenses from the Government of Muscat.The item contains a contents page, and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft 252/46, P.C. [Previous Communication] 5171, Collection No 2 of No 133’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 753, and terminates at f 763, 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.
2. ‘Persian Gulf. Energetic measures adopted by the Governor of Muskat to quell the refractory spirit exhibited by the inhabitants of Soor – Vol: 26’
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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. These political letters appear in IOR/F/4/2302/118727. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Major Samuel Hennell, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; and Khojah Hiskael [Khawājah Ḥizqīl bin Yūsuf], British Agent at Muscat. It is the twenty-sixth in a series of fifty-one items on the Persian Gulf.This item concerns the visit of Syed Soweynee [Sayyid Thuwaynī bin Sa‘īd Āl Bū Sa‘īd], Governor of Muscat, to Soor [Sur] and his bombardment of a town until the inhabitants promised to pay him tribute and demolish two forts. He also imprisoned two sheiks [shaikhs] of the Huwajeer tribe [al-Hawājir].The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Collection No 5 of No 169’, ‘Coll[ection]: 17’ and ‘Draft no 465 of 49’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 537, and terminates at f 541, 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.
3. ‘Persian Gulf. Proceedings relative to the trial of the Pirate Ahmed Dad Kurreem by the Muskat authorities.’
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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; the Court of Directors of the East India Company; Major Samuel Hennell, British Resident in the Persian Gulf; and Khojah Hiskael [Khawājah Ḥizqīl bin Yūsuf], British Agent at Muscat (also written Muskat).The item concerns the trial and execution of Ahmed Dad Kurreem [Aḥmad Dād Karīm] by Syed Soweenee [Sayyid Thuwaynī bin Sa‘īd Āl Bū Sa‘īd, Governor of Muscat]. Kurreem was convicted of burning the vessel which was employing him as nakhoda [nakhuda], murdering some of the crew, and stealing the treasure on board the ship.The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft no 567/49’, ‘Coll[ection]: 2’, and ‘Collection No 5 of No 35’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 803, and terminates at f 811 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.
4. ‘Persian Gulf. Regarding the intention of His Highness Syed Soweynee, the Govr of Muscat to attack the Ports belonging to the Chiefs of Rasel Khyona and Debaye. – Vol: 10’
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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. These political letters appear in IOR/F/4/2376/126162. The correspondents are the Government of Bombay and Major Samuel Hennell, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf. It is the tenth in a series of fifteen items on the Persian Gulf.The item concerns the intention of Syed Soweynee [Sayyid Thuwaynī bin Sa‘īd Āl Bū Sa‘īd], Governor of Muscat, to attack Rasel Khyma [Ra’s al-Khaymah] and Debaye [Dubai] by sea, and Hennell’s attempt to dissuade him from this course of action.The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft no 745 of 1850’, and ‘Coll[ection] No 5’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 132, and terminates at f 136 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. ‘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.
6. ‘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.
7. ‘Persian Gulf. Proceedings of Her Majesty’s Ships “Fox” and “Pilot” in the -’
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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. These political letters appear in IOR/F/4/2174/105546. It is the fourth in a series of forty-five items on the Persian Gulf. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Major Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf; and Commodore Sir Henry Martin Blackwood.The item concerns the visit to the Gulf of HM ship Foxand sloop Pilotunder the command of Commodore Blackwood. It contains information provided by Hennell as to the state of affairs in the Gulf and the ports he might visit, and Blackwood’s report submitted on his return to Bombay. Topics covered include:The situation in Aboothabee [Abu Dhabi]A request made to Commodore John Croft Hawkins, Commanding the Indian Naval Squadron in the Persian Gulf, for him to accompany BlackwoodThe proposal for Blackwood to visit Sohar to make a demonstration of force for the notice of Saad bin Mootluk [Sa‘d bin Muṭlaq al-Muṭayrī], and a later report that Saad bin Mootluk has left Beyreymee [al-Buraymi]The alleged insulting of Khajah Heskal [Khawājah Ḥizqīl bin Yūsuf], the Native Agent at Muscat, by a servant of the Imam of MuscatThe grounding of the Foxon Seir Aboneid [Sir Bu Nu‘ayr] islandThe visit of Blackwood to Shargah [Sharjah], and his meetings with the Shaik of Debai [Shaikh Maktūm I bin Buṭṭī Āl Bū Falāsah, Ruler of Dubai] and Shaik Sultan bin Sugger of Ras el Khymah [Shaikh Sulṭān I bin Ṣaqr al-Qāsimī, Ruler of Ra’s al-Khaymah]Blackwood’s efforts to mediate between Sultan bin Sugger and Syed Soweney [Sayyid Thuwaynī bin Sa‘īd Āl Bū Sa‘īd], the Governor of Muscat, including the translation of a letter sent to Syud Soweney.The item contains a table of contents (f 298), and the title page (f 297) contains the following references: ‘P C [Previous Communication] 5507, Coll. 7, Vol. 4’, ‘D/t 197/47’, ‘Collection No. 3 of No. 20’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 297 and terminates at f 311, 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. ‘Persian Gulf. Muscat. Intelligence communicated by the Native Agent at – Vol: 6’
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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. These political letters appear in IOR/F/4/2302/118727. The correspondents are the Government of Bombay and Heskeil bin Yusoof [Ḥizqīl bin Yūsuf], British Agent at Muscat. It is the sixth in a series of fifty-one items on the Persian Gulf.The item concerns:The movements of Syud Thooenee [Sayyid Thuwaynī bin Sa‘īd Āl Bū Sa‘īd, Governor of Muscat]An account of theft at MuscatNegotiations between Muscat and neighbouring tribesA battle at Wasit, Oman, between Syud Hamood bin Uzan [Sayyid Hamūd bin ‘Azzan Āl Bū Sa‘īd] and Mahomed bin Suif Ijajee [Muḥammad bin Sayf al-‘Ajjājī]The capture of Braimee [al Buraymi] by Syud Suif [Sayyid Syf bin Hamūd Āl Bū Sa‘īd].The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Collection No 5 of No 129’, ‘Coll[ection]: 17’ and ‘Draft no 465 of 49’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 371, and terminates at f 380, 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. 'Vol 166 1850 Muscat'
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- Abstract: Correspondence between the Resident in the Persian Gulf (Major, then Lieutenant-Colonel, Samuel Hennell), his native Agents at Muscat and Sharjah, and the Government of Bombay. The correspondence in the file reports on the hostilities taking place between the Governor of Muscat, Thuwaini bin Said, and the Chief of Suhar, Said Hamood bin Azan, and the Bombay and India Governments' responses to the crisis.Physical description: Foliation: The file is foliated from the front cover to the last page of correspondence, with a pencil number in the top-right corner of each recto. The inside back cover is unfoliated.Condition: Close-cropping of pages during a earlier binding/preservation, has resulted in some words at the edges of the page being truncated. There is also evidence of insect damage on some pages. Neither of these issues affect the legibility or understanding of items in the file.
10. ‘Slave Trade’
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- Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, consultations, minutes, and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai]. The main correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Lieutenant Arnold Burrows Kemball, Assistant Resident in the Persian Gulf; Reuben Aslan, Native Agent at Muscat. It is the fifth in a series of five items concerning the trade in enslaved people (the others are IOR/F/4/2033/92119, 92120, IOR/F/4/2034/92121, and 92122).The item concerns:Reuben Aslan’s rescue of an Indian woman, two Indian children, and a Somalee [Somali] child at Muscat, and their statementsThe uncooperative attitude of Syed Soowenee [Sayyid Thuwaini bin Sa’id Al Bu Sa’id, Acting Governor of Muscat] towards Reuben Aslan and his attempts to emancipate enslaved peopleThe rescue of an Indian boy at Judda [Jeddah]The rescue of a Hyderabadi girl and a discussion of ways to eliminate the trade in kidnapped children from that area to the GulfThe sudden imposition of an import levy on goods landed from Arab ships at MauritiusThe wreck of the Sir James Cockburnand the hospitality shown to the crew by Syed SooweneeThe legality of purchasing enslaved people for the purpose of emancipation.The item includes a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft 253, P.C. [Previous Communication] 4278, [Season 18]44’, ‘Vol: 5’, and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 88 and terminates at f 186, 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.
11. ‘Muscat. Latest Intelligence from-’
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- Abstract: The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence cited in, or enclosed with, a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, 31 January 1848. A copy of this Political Letter can be found at IOR/F/4/2238/112322, alongside details of further enclosures. The item is the fifty-third in a series of fifty-nine items on events in the Persian Gulf.The item contains substances of seven letters, dated between 17 August and 26 September 1847, from Heskeal bin Yusoof [Ḥizqīl bin Yūsuf], Acting Native Agent at Muscat, to the Government of Bombay. The letters contain news from Muscat and numerous places in the surrounding region. In particular, they relate to:Attacks by Suif bin Hamood bin Uzan [Sayf bin Hamūd bin ‘Azzan] and his relatives on Sohar [Suhar], Khaboora [Al Khaburah], and Rustak [Rustaq]Conflicts between the people of Nukhil [Nakhal] and the Budoos [Bedouins], including details of supporting tribes and populations on each sideConflict at Huye Assein [Hayy ‘Asim?] and Sumael [Sama’il]Interventions of Syud Thooenee [Sayyid Thuwaynī bin Sa‘īd Āl Bū Sa‘īd], Governor of Muscat, in the above affairsArrival of numerous ships at MuscatLoans demanded from ‘Banian’ merchants at Sohar.The title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Bombay Political Department’, ‘Draft No. 345/48, Coll: 2, Vol: 53’, ‘Collection No. 9 of No. 21’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 577, and terminates at f 590, 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.
12. ‘Muscat. Intelligence from.-’
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- Abstract: The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence cited in, or enclosed with, a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, 16 June 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 seventh in a series of fifty-nine items on events in the Persian Gulf.The item relates to a report from Hoskut bin Yusoof [Ḥizqīl bin Yūsuf], Acting Native Agent at Muscat, to the Persian [Iranian] Secretary, dated 17 May 1847. His report provides details on a recent dispute between inhabitants of Nukul [Nakhal] and Lajal [Al Lajal], and the subsequent intervention of the Governor of Muscat, Syud Thoonee [Sayyid Thuwaynī bin Sa‘īd Āl Bū Sa‘īd]. The report also mentions intelligence received from Judda [Jeddah] regarding the activities of Shuiff Mahomed bin Oun [Sharīf Muḥammad bin ‘Abd al-Mu‘īn bin ‘Awn] and Mahomed Ally Pasha [Muḥammad ʻAlī Pāshā].The title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Bombay Political Department’, ‘Draft No. 345/48’, ‘Collection No. 2 of No. 78, Vol: 7.’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 267, and terminates at f 271, 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.
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