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25. ‘Vol 4 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 fourth in a series of eleven items about the Persian Gulf (the others are IOR/F/4/2050/93533, 93534, 93535, 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 strength and intentions of Ameer Fysul [Amīr Fayṣal bin Turki bin ‘Abdullāh Āl Sa‘ūd]The intentions of Sheikh Jabir [Shaikh Jābir I bin ‘Abdullāh Āl Ṣabāḥ] to mediate between Abdulla bin Ahmed [Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Aḥmad Āl Khalīfah], former Shaikh of Bahrein [Bahrain] and Mahomed bin Khuleefa [Shaikh Muḥammed bin Khalīfah Āl Khalīfah], Shaikh of BahreinThe wreck of the Mary Mullaby[ Mary Mallaby] off Bunder Abbass [Bandar-e ʻAbbās] by Captain Charles FisherThe conduct of Meerza Mahomed Ali [Mīrza Muḥammed ‘Alī], British Agent at Bahrein, in surrendering the dependents of Humood Oomere [Ḥamūd ‘Umayr], who were under his protection, to Abdullah bin AhmedMovements of ships in the GulfThe Government’s reimbursement of the costs incurred in raising the Honourable Company’s Schooner Emilyin April 1842, after sinking it to destroy the vermin on board.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 500 and terminates at f 581, 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.
26. ‘Vol 6 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 sixth in a series of eleven items about the Persian Gulf (the others are IOR/F/4/2050/93533, 93534, 93535, 93536, 93537, 93539, 93540, 93541, 93542, and 93543). The principal correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Officiating Resident in the Persian Gulf; Captain Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf.The item concerns:Attempts at mediation between Abdullah bin Ahmed [Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Aḥmad Āl Khalīfah], former Shaik of Bahrein [Shaikh of Bahrain], and Mahomed bin Kalipha [Shaikh Muḥammed bin Khalīfah Āl Khalīfah], Shaik of Bahrein, by Jabbir [Shaikh Jābir I bin ‘Abdullāh Āl Ṣabāḥ], Shaik of Koweit [Kuwait]The strength and ambitions of Ameer bin Physal [Amīr Fayṣal bin Turki bin ‘Abdullāh Āl Sa‘ūd], including his demand for tribute from Mahomed bin KaliphaA discussion of the history of Mohumrah [Khorramshahr] and whether it has ever been subject to Persia [Iran]An investigation into the wreck of the Mary Mullaby[ Mary Mallaby] off Bunder Abbass [Bandar-e ʻAbbās] by Captain Charles Fisher, and alleged plunder from the ship.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 658 and terminates at f 735, 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.
27. ‘Vol 8 Persian Gulf - Brig Mary Mullaby-’
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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 eighth in a series of eleven items about the Persian Gulf (the others are IOR/F/4/2050/93533, 93534, 93535, 93536, 93537, 93538, 93539, 93541, 93542, and 93543). The principal correspondents are the Government of Bombay and P W LeGeyt, Senior Magistrate of Police in Bombay.The item concerns the wreck of the Brig Mary Mullaby[ Mary Mallaby] and the recovery of two boxes alleged to have contained treasure which were found to contain either copper dross or black pebbles.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 793 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 volume also contains an original pagination sequence.
28. ‘Vol 9 Persian Gulf Wreck. Brig “Mary Mullaby” & Gooncha “Narrayen Pursad”’
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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 ninth in a series of eleven items about the Persian Gulf (the others are IOR/F/4/2050/93533, 93534, 93535, 93536, 93537, 93538, 93539, 93540, 93542, and 93543). The principal correspondents are the Government of Bombay and Rubil bin Uslan [Rubik bin Aslan], Native Agent at Muscat.The item concerns the wreck of the Brig Mary Mullaby[ Mary Mallaby] and the recovery of two boxes alleged to have contained treasure which were found to contain copper dross. It also concerns an alleged case of fraud connected to the gooncha [ghanja] Narrayen Pursad[ Nārayaṇa Parsād].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 826 and terminates at f 847, 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.
29. ‘Vol: 2. Persian Gulf – A Bugla stranded off Kishm’
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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 [Mumbai]. It is the second in a series of three items about the Persian Gulf (the others are IOR/F/4/1929/82843 and IOR/F/4/1929/82845). The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Captain Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf; Captain George Barnes Brucks, Commander of the Indian Navy in the Persian Gulf; Lieutenant John Stephens, Commander of the East India Company Schooner Emily; Thomas MacKenzie, Acting Assistant Resident in the Persian Gulf.The item concerns the salvage of the Bugla [Baghla] Futchool Khya[ Fateh ul Khyr], which ran aground on Kishm [Qeshm], and its cargo, by the East India Company Schooner Emily. The Bugla and cargo were taken to Karrack [Jazīreh-ye Khārk] and a list of the cargo auctioned is present on folio 391.The item includes a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Collection No. 13 of No. 50, Draft 31, P.C. [Previous Communication] 3302, [Season] 1842’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 370 and terminates at f 392, 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.
30. ‘Regarding the wreck of the Buggalow “Tyree” near Cape Guardufoy.’
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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. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; the Court of Directors of the East India Company; Captain Stafford Bettesworth Haines, Political Agent at Aden; Lieutenant Christopher, commanding the East India Company man of war Tigris; and Captain Atkins Hamerton, British Consul and Agent in the Dominions of the Imaum of Muscat.The item concerns the wreck of the bugalow [baghlah] Tyreeoff Hafoon [Ras Hafun] near Cape Guardufoy [Ras Asir], and the suspicions of Haines that the wreck was deliberately arranged by the nacodah [nakhuda] on the orders of the Shaikh of Hafoon, both of whom are alleged by the supercargo to have plundered the wreck. The item also mentions two cases of suspected slaving vessels.The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft 727/43’ and ‘Coll[ection] No: 4’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 489, and terminates at f 526 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.
31. ‘Mission of Cornet Hamilton to Persia with the Asiatic Society’s Diploma for Prince Abbas Meerza.’
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- Abstract: The item consists of extracts from a Government of Bombay Political Letter, extracts from the Government of Bombay Political Consultations, and copies of correspondence and minutes regarding the transmission to Persia [Iran] of a diploma constituting Abbas Meerza [Abbas Mirza Qajar], the Prince Royal of Persia, an honorary member of the Royal Asiatic Society. The primary subjects are:• Instructions given to Cornet (later Lieutenant) Thomas Baillie Hamilton of the 1st Regiment Bombay Light Cavalry, who was selected to transmit the diploma, and arrangements for Hamilton’s travel and expenses• The extra expenses incurred by Hamilton as a result of ill health, which forced him to extend his time in Persia, and losses caused by a shipwreck in the Gulf during his return voyage to Bombay [Mumbai].The correspondence also mentions intelligence of Russian activity in Turkish Armenia, brought by Hamilton in the course of his journey to Persia.The primary correspondents are: Sir John Malcolm, Governor of Bombay; William Newnham, Chief Secretary, Government of Bombay; and Cornet Hamilton.The item also contains a contents page (f 15) listing the collected documents and giving their page numbers within the item.The title page (f 14) of the item contains the following references: ‘P. C. 783’, ‘Draft 477’, ‘Collection No. 4’, and ‘Examiner’s Office, 1830’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 14, and terminates at f 45, 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.
32. ‘Socotra. An Arab vessel with one hundred and twenty five pilgrims on board founders near the island of -.’
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- Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, minutes, and consultations cited in, or enclosed with, a political letter from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai].The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Arthur Malet, Political Agent in Katteewar [Kathiawar]; Edward Lyon, Chairman of the Bombay Chamber of Commerce; the Government of the North-Western Provinces; and Philip William Le Geyt, Senior Magistrate of Police, Bombay.It concerns the sinking of a ship near Socotra, which is described in a report by Syud Ahmed bin Abdoolla Hydroos [Sayyid Aḥmad bin ‘Abdullāh Ḥaydarūs], and the efforts of Captain D C Graham, Acting Superintendent of Police, to identify the passengers who died, who were pilgrims from Benares [Varanasi], Allehabad [Allahabad] and the zillah [district] of Azimghur [Azamgarh].The item contains a table of contents (ff 713-714), and the title page (f 712) contains the following references: ‘P C [Previous Communication] 5108’, ‘D/t 77/46’, ‘Collection No. 15 of No. 109’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 712 and terminates at f 724, 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. 'Affairs of the Persian Gulf'
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- Abstract: Enclosures nos. 2-106 to dispatch no. 107 from the Secret Department, Bombay Castle, dated 31 December 1841. The enclosures are dated 9 March-31 December 1841.The enclosures consist of copies of correspondence relating to affairs in the Persian Gulf, including:A proposed extension to a British-enforced Maritime Truce between the Gulf chiefs by between two and five years, and a complaint from Shaik Sultan been Suggar [Sultan bin Saqr] of the Joasmee [Al-Qasimi] that the truce hampers his ability to retaliate against land attacks from Shaik Kaleefa bin Shakhboot [Khalifa bin Shakhbut Al Nahyan] of Aboothebee [Abu Dhabi]Alleged acts of piracy in the GulfA tour of Gulf ports by HMS EndymionA disagreement with Shaikh Nasir, Governor of Bushire, over a customs payment and his ensuing refusal to allow the Senior Naval Officer in the Persian Gulf to land at Bushire [Bushehr]A shipwreck on the Island of Karrack [Kharg] of a boat carrying the widow and two sons of the late Firman Firma [Husayn Ali Mirza Farmanfarma, Prince-Governor of Fars]A proposed survey of the Karoon [Karun] riverThe intention of Ameer Khaled [Khalid ibn Saud ibn Abd al Aziz, Emir of Nejd] to invade Oman, the despatch of a British officer to dissuade him, and a proposal to supply arms to chiefs willing to resist his advanceThe temporary retirement of Captain Samuel Hennell as Political Resident in the Persian Gulf because of ill health and appointment of an Acting ResidentA commercial treaty between Persia [Iran] and the UK and the effects of the agreement, including the return of a British Ambassador to Tehran and the withdrawal of the Political Residency from KarrackArrangements for withdrawing from Karrack and considerations of the effect the withdrawal will have on the island’s residentsDiscussions of the need for a permanent Assistant Resident position.The primary correspondents are: the Political Resident; the Government of India; the Senior Naval Officer; and HM Ambassador, Tehran.The item contains a single enclosure in French, a letter from the Russian Ambassador in Tehran.Physical description: 1 item (309 folios)
34. ‘Affairs of Aden’
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- Abstract: Enclosure nos. 2-13 to a despatch from the Secret Department, Government of Bombay [Mumbai], dated 29 October 1844. The enclosures are dated 8 September-28 October 1844.The enclosures consist of copies of correspondence relating to affairs in Aden and East Africa, including:Reports that the Imam of Sana [Sana’a] has recovered the city from rebelsA visit by Edward Law, Lord Ellenborough, on his return to England after serving as Governor-General of IndiaA planned tour of the coast of East Africa by the Assistant Political Agent, Aden, in part to investigate: the trade in enslaved persons; the situation in Berbera between the Aial Ahmed and Aial Unus [Reer Ahmed Nur and Reer Yunis Nur, sub-clans of the Habr Awwal], and whether action is needed to protect British merchants there; and the possible recoverability of the cargo of a ship wrecked at Ras Assyryow [Cape Guardafui]Support for labourers injured working for the Engineer’s Department at Aden.The primary correspondent is the Political Agent, Aden.Physical description: 1 item (23 folios)
35. ‘Affairs at Aden’
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- Abstract: Enclosure nos. 2-10 to a despatch from the Secret Department, Government of Bombay [Mumbai], dated 17 February 1852. The enclosures are dated 3 January-11 February 1852.The enclosures consist of copies of correspondence relating to affairs in Aden, including: reports of a grounded vessel in the vicinity and a boat sent out to assist being unable to locate it; the arrival, for use as ballast, of stones from the destroyed fortifications in Berbera of Sheik Shermarkhi Ali [Ḥājjī Sharmārkī ‘Alī Ṣāliḥ], the former Governor; and a request from Ali M Houssain [‘Alī I bin Muḥsin al-‘Abdalī], Sultan of Lahidge [Lahej], for a supply of fuses.The primary correspondents are the Political Agent, Aden, and the Government of India.Physical description: 1 item (15 folios)
36. ‘Aden. Wreck of the Buggla “Tyree”’
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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 correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; the Court of Directors of the East India Company; Captain Stafford Bettesworth Haines, Political Agent at Aden; and Captain Atkins Hamerton, British Consul and Company Agent in the Dominions of the Imam of Muscat.The item concerns the wreck of the baghlah Tyreeoff Cape Guardafoy [Ras Asir] and suspicions of the people at Aden that the wreck was deliberate.The item includes a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft 291/45, P.C. [Previous Communication] 4747, Collection No 4 of No 101’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 1044 and terminates at f 1052, 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.