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1. 'Vol 174 1851/52 General or Miscellaneous and Packets'
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- Abstract: The volume contains correspondence to and from the Resident of the Persian Gulf (Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell) during 1851. The first part of the file (ff 2-29) relates to miscellaneous issues of a largely domestic nature arising at the Residency. The second part of the file (ff 31-76) contains copies of correspondence exchanged between the Commanding Officers of the Honourable Company's [East India Company] ships in the Gulf and the Residency, concerning the disputes occuring at the time between the Wahhabi and Qatari tribes and the Sheikh of Bahrain, and correspondence relating to coastal towns of Guttur [Qatar].Physical description: Foliation: There is an incomplete pagination sequence and a complete foliation sequence. The foliation sequence is written in pencil, in the top-right corner of each folio. It begins on the front cover, on number 1, and runs through to 84, ending on the inside of the back cover of the file. Foliation errors: f 27 missing.Condition: Some of the papers in the file have deteriorated significantly at the edges and show signs of significant insect damage, both of which affect the legibility of some parts of their text.
2. 'Vol 195 1854/55 Bahrain; Arab Coast and Muscat; Slave Trade'
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- Abstract: The volume’s correspondence covers three subjects, as follows:Affairs at Bahrain (folios 2-165): the hostilities between Shaikh Muḥammad bin Khalīfah, the Ruler of Bahrain, and Shaikh Muḥammad’s estranged relatives based at Dammām, in cohort with Fayṣal ibn Turki’s forces at Al-Qaṭīf; naval operations against the fugitive Humud bin Mujdell off the coast of Al-Qaṭīf;Arab Coast and Muscat (folios 166-298): including sporadic incidents of maritime hostility on the Arab coast; rumours of a tax on British subjects at Muscat; the shipwreck and plunder of a ship carrying coal off the coast at Ra’s al Ḥadd; the preparation of maps of the Arab coast with Arabic place names; reports on the people and places of the Persian Gulf, and in particular the Arab coast; allocation of the Persian Gulf squadron’s naval resources.Slave Trade (folios 299-388): the import of slaves into the ports of the Persian coast, in particular Charrack [Bandar-e Chārak], Kelat and Lingah [Bandar-e Lengeh]; fines levied against the shaikhs of the ports of the Persian coast; measures to suppress the slave trade between Zanzibar and the Gulf.Physical description: Foliation: The letterbook, which is split into two volumes, is foliated from the first subject cover sheet to the last letter, using circle numbers in the top-right corner of each recto. There is an earlier pagination system, using numbers written in ink, running through both volumes. The first volume of the letterbook ends on folio 204. The second volume of the letterbook begins on folio 205. The front cover, front three flyleaves, rear flyleaf and inside back cover of the first volume of the letterbook are unfoliated. The front cover, front flyleaf, rear flyleaf and inside back cover of the second volume are unfoliated. The following foliation anomalies occur: 1A, 1B, 173A, 173B, no 173.
3. ‘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.
4. ‘Letters inward; `diaries of Captain Hamerton’s proceedings at Sharjah’’
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- Abstract: The file contains correspondence and other papers received by the Residency in the Persian Gulf during 1840. The principal correspondents are Commodore George Barnes Brucks, Commanding the Naval Squadron in the Persian Gulf, Commander Anthony H Nott of the Honourable Company’s Brigantine Tigris, and Captain Atkins Hamerton, Political Agent at Muscat from May 1840.Key subjects covered by the correspondence are:Captain Hamerton’s reconnaissance to Bryeemee [Al Buraymī] in January 1840. This includes diary entries for the period 27 November 1839 to 6 January 1840, covering Hamerton’s preparations for his trip at Sharjah (folios 1-10), and a report on Hamerton’s trip to Sharjah, Al Buraymī and Saha [Sohar?], containing descriptions of Al Buraymī, its fort, defences, population, resources, communications (folios 28-39);Discussions between British officials and naval officers relating to the mooring of vessels in the Bushire roads, the recruitment of pilots at Karrack [Jazīreh-ye Khārk] and rates of pay for pilots;Affairs and incidents at Bahrain (spelt Bahrein throughout) and the Arab coast, reported by Brucks;Correspondence from Hamerton, now in his post as Consul and Political Agent at Muscat, on proposals for cooperation between the British fleet in the Persian Gulf, and the Imam of Muscat’s [Sa‘id bin Sulṭān] fleet, including a description of the Sa‘id bin Sulṭān’s fleet (folios 48-51);Correspondence relating to the slave trade in the Persian Gulf, including ‘reports of guard’, forwarded by Commander Nott of the Tigris, containing details of the slave found on vessels flying under the Muscat or Arab flag, with details of the numbers of slaves found, gender and age, their origins, price, the duty paid on them, and profits made from the slave trade at Muscat, Bushire and Bussorah [Basra] (folios 80, 86-90, 100-06).Physical description: Foliation: There is a foliation sequence, which is circled in pencil, in the top right corner of the recto of each folio. It begins on the first folio after the front cover, on number 1, and ends on the last folio before the back cover, on number 109. Foliation anomalies: f 3 is followed by f 3A; f 8 is followed by f 8A; f 44 is followed by f 44A; f 82 is followed by f 82A.Pagination: There is an incomplete pagination sequence, which is written in ink, in the top right corners of the rectos and in the top left corners of the versos.
5. Book 96: Letters Inward 1837
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- Abstract: The file contains correspondence sent during 1837 to Captain Samuel Hennell, the Officiating Resident in the Persian Gulf. It primarily concerns the operations of the Indian Navy in the Persian Gulf; the movement of ships, the transfer of officers, and the payment of allowances. Major topics covered include reports on the suitability of Bussora [Basra], and Mahamerah [Khorramshahr] as sites for coal depots; and an experiment to measure the consumption rate of two types of wood — as fuel — by the steamer Hugh Lindsay.The Euprhates Expedition is also a significant topic in the file; this concerns instructions related to moving the steamer Euphratesto either Mahamerah, or Muscat so that it may be towed back to Bombay by the Hugh Lindsay. The expedition is also attempting to raise the steamer Tigris, which sank in the Euphrates river.Intermixed with the correspondence is a list of books left with Captain Hennell at Bushire, a list of instruments at Bushire, a list of stores aboard the Euphrates, and a receipt for 2500 German crowns from Syed bin Selim, Vikeel of Aboothabee [Sa‘īd bin Salīm, Wakīl of Abu Dhabi]. The latter being the result of claims made by the British Government against the Daria Dowlat for acts of piracy.Reports concerning the political affairs of Bahrain, the Arabian Coast, and the movements Arab tribes are also included. However, these topics are not heavily represented in this file.The principle correspondents are John Pepper, Commander of the Indian Naval Squadron in the Persian Gulf; and Sir Charles Malcolm, Superintendent of the Indian Navy.The file also includes letters from the following: Francis Rawdon Chesney, Commander of the Euphrates Expedition; James Bucknall Bucknall-Estcourt, Third in Command of the Euphrates Expedition; John Croft Hawkins, Commander of the Clive; Alexander Hector at Baghdad; William Igglesden, Commander of the Tigris; Henry Nelson Poole, in Charge of the Clive; John Sawyer, Commander of the Amhurst[ Amherst]; Charles Sharpe, Commander of the Elphinstone; Robert Taylor, Political Agent in Turkish Arabia; Joseph H Rowband, Commander of the Hugh Lindsay; Alfred S Williams, Assistant Superintendent of the Indian Navy; and Edward M Wood, Secretary to the Bombay Government.Physical description: Foliation: The foliation sequence commences at the cover and terminates at the last folio; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and can be found in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: An original incomplete pagination sequence in ink is also present in the volume between ff. 2-45. There are a number of gaps in this sequence.
6. Vol 166: 1850 Persia
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- Abstract: This file contains letters written and received by Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire. Most of the letters written by Hennell are addressed to His Excellency Lieutenant-Colonel Justin Sheil CB, Her Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Persia, Tehran. In addition, there are the following items: a small number of letters addressed by Hennell to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary to the Government, Bombay, in which Hennell forwards copies of his letters to Sheil; a couple of letters from Hennell to Commodore John Patterson Porter, Commander of the Indian Naval Squadron in the Persian Gulf; a letter from Hennell to James McAlister, Civil Surgeon at Bushire; a letter from Hennell to the Assistant Collector at the Stationery Department, Bombay; and a letter from Hennell to J Malcolm, Armenian Merchant, Bushire. The received letters consist entirely of Sheil's responses to Hennell. The letters from Hennell to Sheil report on recent events in Bushire and the surrounding area. Hennell also forwards enclosures from the British Agent at Shiraz, which describe in detail events in and around Shiraz. Subjects covered in Hennell's and Sheil's letters include: a recent incident in which slaves were imported into Bushire; several acts of piracy committed in the Persian Gulf; the removal of Sheik Nasir Khan from his position as Governor of Bushire; Sheil's suspicions regarding the conduct of the British Agent at Shiraz, Mirza Mahmood.Physical description: There is an original pagination sequence and a foliation sequence.Pagination: The pagination sequence is written in ink, in the upper left hand corner of each page. It begins on the first page after the title page. The sequence skips pages where no text is present and pages which contain only abstracts of letters and original reference numbers. The sequence repeats numbers 60-79 so these appear twice; it also skips 266.Foliation: The foliation sequence is written in pencil, in the top right corner of each folio. It begins on the title page, on number 1; then 2-88; 89A and 89B; and ends on the last folio of writing, on number 225. Due to a foliation error, there is no number 157 in this sequence. This is the sequence that has been used for cataloguing this file.
7. Vol 166: 1850 Squadron, Persian Gulf
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- Abstract: The file contains letters relating to the Indian Naval Squadron of the Persian Gulf. The three main correspondents are the following: Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire; Commodore John Patterson Porter, Commander of the Indian Naval Squadron in the Persian Gulf; and Lieutenant James Tronson, Commander of the HC Brig Euphrates. Most of the correspondence is between Hennell and Porter; however, a small number of the letters received by Hennell and Porter respectively are written by Tronson. Two additional correspondents appear in a couple of the enclosed letters in this file: Lieutenant Frederick Erskine Manners and Captain Archibald MacDonald. The two main subjects of the letters in this file are the relations between the various chiefs of the Arab coast and the whereabouts of the pirate, Saheil ben Ateish. Many of the letters addressed to Hennell relay information obtained from the Native Agent at Sharjah, Mullah Husain.Physical description: This volume has an original pagination sequence and a foliation sequence:Pagination: The pagination sequence runs from 1 to 154. The sequence is complete, although not every page is numbered.Foliation: The foliation sequence is written in pencil, in the top right corner of the recto of each folio. It begins on the front cover of the file, on 1A, and runs through to the final page of the file, ending on number 47. It should be noted that 1A is followed by 1B and that folio number 9 is followed by 10A and 10B. This is the sequence used by this catalogue to reference items within the file.
8. Vol 179 1852/53 Squadron, Persian Gulf
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- Abstract: This file contains letters, both inward and outward, relating to the Indian Naval Squadron in the Persian Gulf (also referred to as the Persian Gulf Squadron). Most of the correspondence is between the Commander of the Persian Gulf Squadron and the Resident in the Persian Gulf. At the beginning of 1852, the Resident in the Persian Gulf was Samuel Hennell, who is the recipient of the first two letters in this file. In March 1852, Hennell was succeeded by Arnold Burrowes Kemball, who appears as both correspondent and recipient. The other officers who appear as both correspondent and recipient are John Patterson Porter, Commander of the Persian Gulf Squadron, and his successor, George Robinson. In addition to the letters between the aforementioned offices there are four letters, addressed to the Commander of the Persian Gulf Squadron, which were originally enclosed with other letters (not present in this file) from the Commander of the Persian Gulf Squadron to the Resident in the Persian Gulf. The correspondents of these letters are: Lieutenant George William Leeds, Commander of the Honourable Company's schooner Constance; Lieutenant James Longden Stevens, Commander of the Honourable Company's sloop Clive; Lieutenant James Tronson, Commander of the Honourable Company's brigantine Tigris.Much of the correspondence in the file includes intelligence received from the Native Agent at Sharjah, Hadji Yacoob. Subjects covered include: an attack against the Banī Qitab tribe, reportedly launched by Shaikh Said bin Tahnun Al Nahayan of Abu Dhabi; reported acts of piracy off the Arabian coast; the whereabouts of the plundered cargo of the merchant ship, the Centaur; reports of slaves being imported from Zanzibar.Physical description: Pagination: There is an incomplete pagination sequence, which is written in ink, in the top right corners of the rectos and in the top left corners of the versos. The sequence runs from 16 to 187 and has many gaps.Foliation: There is a foliation sequence, which is circled 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 30. This is the sequence that has been used by this catalogue to reference items within the file.
9. Vol 187 1853/54 Persia; Squadron
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- Abstract: This file is divided into two sections. The first section (folios 2-21) consists of fourteen letters from Bushire to Tehran, two letters from Bushire to Baghdad and two letters from Tehran to Bushire. The letters from Bushire are written by Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to one of the following: His Excellency Colonel Justin Sheil CB, Her Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Persia, Tehran; William Taylour Thomson, Her Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires at the Court of Persia, Tehran; Colonel Henry Creswicke Rawlinson, Political Agent in Turkish Arabia, Baghdad. In addition, there are two letters from William Taylour Thomson to Arnold Burrowes Kemball. Subjects covered in the first section include: British relations with the Persian Government; the state of affairs in Tangestān and Bandar-e 'Abbās; the retrieval of consignments of indigo, which formed part of the plundered cargo of the Centaur. The second section (folios 24-59) consists of fourteen letters from Commodore George Robinson, Commander of the Persian Gulf Squadron, to Kemball and eight letters addressed by Kemball to Robinson. Many of Robinson's letters include enclosed copies of letters from various officers of the Naval Squadron (namely Lieutenants James Tronson, Robert Anstice Stradling, Charles Golding Constable and David Rose Dakers), which include not only accounts of duties carried out in the lower end of the Gulf but also reports of intelligence received from the native agents at Sharjah and Bandar-e Lengeh respectively. Subjects covered include: attempts made by Faisal bin Turki bin Abdullah Āl Sa‘ūd, ruler of the Second Saudi State, to obtain a tribute from the Governor of Muscat, Sayyid Thuwaynī bin Sa‘id al-Sa‘id, for the Al-Bāṭinah coast; the various duties carried out by officers of the Squadron, such as seizing boats that have imported slaves into ports along the Arab coast.Physical description: Pagination: There is an original pagination sequence which is written in ink, in the top right corners of the rectos and in the top left corners of the versos. The sequence is consistent, although not all of the pages have been paginated.Foliation: There is a foliation sequence, which is written in pencil, in the top right corner of the recto of each folio. This sequence begins on the third folio after the front cover, on number 1A, and ends on the inside of the back cover, on number 62. It should be noted that the sequence begins on f 1A and is followed by f 1B and f 2. This is the sequence used by this catalogue to reference items within this file.
10. Vol 192: Letters Outward (Squadron, Persian Gulf)
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- Abstract: This file consists almost entirely of letters written by the Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire, to the Commander of the Indian Naval Squadron in the Persian Gulf, Bassidore [Bāsa‘īdū]. The Resident at this time was Arnold Burrowes Kemball; the Commander of the Indian Naval Squadron in the Persian Gulf during this period was Commodore George Robinson.In addition, this file includes a small number of letters addressed by Kemball to the following East India Company ship commanders: Lieutenant William Balfour, Commander of HC steam frigate Acbar; Lieutenant David Rose Dakers, Commander of the HC brigantine Tigris; Captain William Charles Barker, Commander of HC steam frigate Ajdaha; Captain John William Young, Commander of HC steam frigate Queen. Some of these letters appear as enclosures to Kemball's letters to Robinson; other letters appear as letters in their own right.Other enclosures within the principal letters include translations of letters received from the following correspondents: Sheikh Sultan ben Suggur [Sulṭān bin Saqr Āl Qāsimī], Chief of Rasul Khymah [Ra's al-Khaymah]; Hajee Yacoob [Hajji Yaqoob], Agent at Shargah [Sharjah]; Moolla Ahmed, Agent at Lingah [Bandar-e Lengeh]; Hajee Haji Jassim [Hajji Jasim, also referred to in secondary sources as Hajji Abu'l Qasim]. There are also a small number of enclosed letters which are written by Herbert Frederick Disbrowe, Assistant Resident in the Persian Gulf.Subjects discussed in correspondence include: the movements of East India Company ships within the Gulf; Britain's political relations with Persia; the alleged misappropriation of monies recovered from offenders by Hajee Yacoob, Native Agent at Shargah; relations between rulers along the Arab coast; a siege on Bunder Abbas [Bandar-e ʻAbbās] by Persian forces; the liberation of slaves imported from Africa into various ports in the Gulf; the shipping of liberated slaves from Bassidore to the Bombay Presidency; hostilities between the Chiefs of Bahrein [Bahrain] and their relatives residing at Demaum [Ad-Dammān]; British responses to acts of piracy.Physical description: Condition: The first five folios of this file have suffered from severe insect damage, which has resulted in some of the text being lost. Some of the folios later on in the file have suffered from water damage, which has made some of the text illegible.Foliation: There is a foliation sequence, which is written in pencil, in the top right corner of the recto of each folio. It should be noted that the following anomalies are present in the sequence: f 1 is followed by f 1A; f 111 is followed by f 111A; f 112 is followed by f 112A. Also present are letters and numbers written in blue crayon, which belong to an internal referencing sequence. The aforementioned foliation sequence is the sequence which has been used by this catalogue to reference items within the file.
11. Vol 214 Persian Expeditionary Force: Cpt Felix Jones' Memorial and miscellaneous papers
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- Abstract: The file contains correspondence written during and just after the Anglo-Persian War of 1856-57. The correspondents include: James Felix Jones, Political Resident at Bushire; Henry Lacon Anderson, Secretary to Government at Bombay; Captain Dunsterville, Assistant Commissary-General to the Persian Expeditionary Force; John Hill; Brigadier-General John Jacob, a commander of the Persian Expeditionary Force; James Outram, Commander-in-Chief of the Persian Expeditionary Force; George Frederick Edmonstone, Secretary to the Government of India; Rear Admiral Henry John Leeke, Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Navy; Major Green, Assistant Adjutant General of the Persian Expeditionary Force; G J Robinson, Commander of the Tigris; R W Houner, Commander of British Forces at Karrack [Kharg]; Ahmad Khan, Governor of Bushire; the Foreign Office; the Khan of Kelat [Kalat]; Sultan Mahomed Najjaff Meerza, Prince of Jahanabad; an unnamed 'native agent' at Bushire; Meerza Mahomed [Mirza Mohammed] Khan, Commander of the Persian forces; Shuja al-Mulk, a commander of Persian forces at Borazjoon [Borazjan]; and Charles Augustus Murray, British Minister at Tehran.The file is in two parts. The first pertains to a memorial (a kind of petition) from Felix Jones to the British Government following the omission of his name from a list of promotions and recipients of the Order of the Bath.The second covers a number of miscellaneous subjects, including:the idea to present two captured guns to Queen Victoria, as a gift;a detailed list of presents sent to Bushire to be used for gift exchanges;intelligence on Persian forces in the Bushire region;a request from the British to Shuja al-Mulk to purchase horses;the closure of the postal establishment at Bushire;the evacuation of Karrack [Kharg] Island by British forces as part of the conditions of the Anglo-Persian Peace Treaty.Folios 66-67 are instructions for the garrison and gate guards during the British military occupation of the town of Bushire.Physical description: Foliation: The foliation sequence commences at the cover and terminates at the last folio; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and can be found in the top centre of the recto side of each folio. There are the following irregularities: 25 and 25A; 63 and 63A; 64 and 64A; 67 and 67A.
12. Vol 65: Letters Inward
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- Abstract: This file consists of correspondence relating to the Indian Navy in the Persian Gulf. Most of the correspondence is addressed to Major David Wilson, Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire, by the Commanding Officer of the Indian Navy in the Persian Gulf, William Sowden Collinson. In addition, there are several letters addressed to Wilson by other marine officers, plus copies of correspondence between Collinson and some of his fellow marine officers. A significant amount of the correspondence in this file exists in the form of reports of the general proceedings of individual East India Company ships. Each report is divided into two columns: the first column, which has the heading 'Orders Received', consists of instructions issued to the ship's commanding officer, either by the Senior Marine Officer or by the Resident in the Persian Gulf; the second column, which has the heading 'Detail of Execution', contains the commanding officer's account of how the orders have been carried out. The first of these reports (see ff 4-8), which concerns the Honourable Company's surveying ship, the Benares,commanded by Stafford Bettesworth Haines, ranges in date from 30 June 1829 to 14 August 1829. The first set of orders, which appears in the left-hand column, is issued by Thomas Elwon, Senior Marine Officer; the remaining orders are given by Major David Wilson, Resident in the Persian Gulf. Haines's responses to these orders appear in the right-hand column. The next report (see ff 26-27), which relates to the general proceedings of the Honourable Company's brig of war, the Tigris,commanded by John Sawyer, ranges from 12 to 27 March 1830. In addition, there are similar reports for the Euphrates,commanded by William Denton (see f 35 and ff 46-47, dated 30 May-3 June and 15 June-2 July 1830 respectively), and the Elphinstone,commanded by William McDonald (see ff 38-41, dated 13 March-26 May 1830). Other marine officers who feature in this file as correspondents include William Lowe, Henry Windham, Edward Wyburd and John Sawyer. Most of the correspondence is concerned with relations between local Arab rulers. The letters received from the various marine officers consist of accounts of their visits to the Arabian coast. Details found in these letters include:News of fortifications being built at Manamah [Al-Manāmah] and Maharraq [Al-Muḥarraq], Bahrain;References to letters addressed by David Wilson to Abdoolah Ben Ahmed [Shaikh Abdullah ibn Aḥmad Āl Khalīfah] of Bahrain, requesting that the latter relinquish property which has purportedly been taken by his men from vessels belonging to the Chief of Moobat;Reports on relations between the Imam of Muscat [Sa‘īd bin Sultān Āl Bū Sa‘īd] and Abdoolah Ben Ahmed;News of a peace having been concluded between Sooltan Ben Sugger [Sulṭān bin Saqr Āl Qāsimī, ruler of Ra's al-Khaymah and Sharjah] and Sheik Thanoon [Tahnun bin Shakhbut Āl Nahyān, Shaikh of Abu Dhabi];Speculation that the predatory incursions of some Bedouin tribes into the territories of the Imam of Muscat are being encouraged both by Sooltan Ben Sugger and by the opposite branch of the Imam's own family;Reports on the growing power of the Wahabee [Wahabi] Chieftain, Toorkee Ben Sood [Turki bin Abdullah bin Muhammad Āl Sa‘ūd, founder of the Second Saudi State];News of an attack by the Imam of Muscat on the town of Sohar [Ṣuḥār].In addition, there are two letters addressed to Wilson which are not written by marine officers. The first is a letter signed by a number of Armenians from Julfa [Jolfā], in Ispahan [Eşfahān], in which the Resident is thanked for having sent a vaccin inoculator [ sic] to that place. The second item is a statement, addressed to the Bushire authorities by Alexander Ogilvie, Chief Officer of the Poop(and signed by a number of witnesses), in which Ogilvie complains of having been subjected to abusive language by one of the ship's passengers.Physical description: Foliation: There is an incomplete foliation sequence and a complete foliation sequence. The complete foliation sequence is circled 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 last folio of writing, on number 47. This is the sequence which has been used by this catalogue to reference items within the file.
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