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 seven items about the Persian Gulf (the others are IOR/F/4/1912/81793, 81794, 81795, 81797, 81798, and 81799). The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Samuel Hennell, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; Commodore George Barnes Brucks, Commander of the Indian Naval Squadron in the Persian Gulf; and Commander John Croft Hawkins of the Honourable Company’s Sloop of War
Clive.This item concerns Shaik Jubara [Shaikh Jubara II bin Muḥammed Āl Nasuri], Chief of Congoon [Kāngān] and his generosity in giving a spar to the
Clive. Since he refused payment, the Government of Bombay sent him presents equal to its value. A list of presents appears on folio 364.The item includes a contents page, and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Col [Collection] 12, Draft 713, P.C. [Previous Communication] 3227, [Season 18]41’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 356 and terminates at f 368, 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.
Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, consultations, and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai]. These political letters appear in IOR/F/4/2203/108134. The correspondents are the Government of Bombay and Major Samuel Hennell, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf. It is the fifth in a series of thirty items.The item concerns the shooting of Sheik Mahomed ben Yoosoof, Chief of Nukheeloo [Shaikh Muḥammad bin Yūsuf, Shaikh of Nakhilu], by Sheik Houssein ben Jabarrah, Chief of Congoon [Shaikh Ḥusayn bin Jubārah, Shaikh of Kangan], and Hennell’s intention to consequently make Sheik Houssein liable for the compensation due from Sheik Mahomed to the British on account of seizing money from the agent of a British merchant.The item contains a contents page, and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft 700/47, Coll[ection]: 18, Collection No 4 of No 37’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 651, and terminates at f 655 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.
Abstract: The file consists of correspondence sent to and from the Bushire Residency; the principal correspondents being Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, and Justin Sheil, HM Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Persia. The main subject covered is therefore the internal political affairs of southern Persia, and its internal power struggles.Other subjects covered includes a couple of reported incidents of piracy, a struggle over the control of Bahrain among members of the Āl Khalīfah family, and incidents affecting trade in the Gulf. The operations of the Persian Gulf Squadron of the Indian Navy are also briefly covered.Physical description: Foliation: The foliation sequence commences at the cover and terminates at the last folio; these numbers are written in pencil, and can be found in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: An original pagination sequence in ink is present in the file between ff 3-69.
Abstract: This volume is a letter book which is comprised of contemporaneous copies of letters received at the Residency at Bushire between 1779 and 1787. Most of the letters are from East India Company officials at Bussora [Basra] and Bombay. Many of the letters from Bombay also include enclosed letters from the Court of Directors, London. In addition, there are several letters from various ship captains, plus a limited number of translated letters from local rulers. The letters cover a wide range of topics including: trade, financial and administrative matters; political developments in Baghdad and Bussora; competition with the French in the Gulf and at Muscat.Physical description: 1 volume in one slipcasePagination: There is a pagination system which is written in pencil, in the top right-hand corner of each page.Folation: There is a foliation system which is written in pencil, in the bottom right-hand corner of the recto of each folio. This is the system used by this catalogue to reference items within the file.