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; Major Samuel Hennell, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; Moollah Houssein [Mullā Ḥusayn], British Agent at Shargah [Sharjah]; Ameer Fysul [Amīr Fayṣal bin Turkī bin ‘Abdullāh Āl Sa‘ūd]; and Hajee Jassem [Ḥājjī Jāsim], British Agent at Bahrein [Bahrain]. It is the first in a series of six items on the Persian Gulf.The item concerns:The relocation of four influential merchants from Bahrein to Kenn [Kish Island, also referred to as Gez], and the fears of Mahomed bin Khuleefa [Shaikh Muḥammad bin Khalīfah Āl Khalīfah] that they will attack BahreinAn attempt by Abdullah ben Ahmed [Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Aḥmad Āl Khalīfah] to persuade the Imam of Muscat [Sayyid Sa‘īd bin Sulṭān Āl Bū Sa‘īd] to help him to regain possession of BahreinThe collection of a coalition of pro-Wahabee [Wahhābī] shaikhs [those allied to the Second Saudi State] consisting of Sheik Sultan ben Suggur, Chief of Rasul Khyma [Shaikh Sulṭān I bin Ṣaqr al-Qāsimī, Shaikh of Ra’s al-Khaymah], Sheik Mukhtoom of Debaye [Maktūm I bin Buṭṭī Āl Bū Falāsah, Shaikh of Dubai], and Saaed ben Mootleek [Sa‘d bin Muṭlaq] to attack Sheik Saeed bin Tanoon, Chief of Aboothabee [Shaikh Sa‘īd bin Ṭaḥnūn Āl Nahyān, Shaikh of Abu Dhabi] at Brymee [Al Buraymi]Ameer Fysul’s claim to Oman and his friendly relations with the Ottoman PorteThe arrival of the ‘pirate’ Khuleefa [Khalīfah bin Mukhāshin] at Bahrein after he attacked a boat belonging to the Mohurbah tribe [al-Maḥāribah].The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft no 776/49’, ‘Coll[ection] 13’, and ‘Collection No 1 of No 29’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 929, and terminates at f 973 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: 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 main correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Major Samuel Hennell, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; and Hajee Jassem [Ḥājī Jāsim], British Agent at Bahrein [Bahrain]. It is the nineteenth in a series of twenty-four items on events in the Persian Gulf.The item concerns:The arrival of Sheik Mubarek bin Abdoollah [Shaikh Mubārak bin ‘Abdullāh Āl Khalīfah] at Kenn [Kish Island, also referred to as Ges] and his ambition to attack BahreinRelations between Mahomed ben Khuleefa [Shaikh Muḥammad bin Khalīfah Āl Khalīfah, Shaikh of Bahrain] and the Howajeer Tribe [al-Hawājir], including Hennell’s attempts to make Mahomed ben Khuleefa take responsibility for the tribe’s actions.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 4 of No 127’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 355, and terminates at f 376 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: This item consists of copies of correspondence, consultations, and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai]. The main correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Major Samuel Hennell, British Resident in the Persian Gulf; Haji Jassim [Ḥājī Jāsim], British Agent at Bahrain; and Moollah Houssein [Mullā Ḥusayn], British Agent at Sharjah. It is the second in a series of twenty items on the Persian Gulf (the others are IOR/F/4/2180/106055, IOR/F/4/2180/106057, IOR/F/4/2180/106058, IOR/F/4/2180/106059, IOR/F/4/2180/106060, IOR/F/4/2181/106061, IOR/F/4/2181/106062, IOR/F/4/2181/106063, IOR/F/4/2181/106064, IOR/F/4/2181/106065, IOR/F/4/2181/106066, IOR/F/4/2181/106067, IOR/F/4/2181/106068, IOR/F/4/2181/106069, IOR/F/4/2181/106070, IOR/F/4/2181/106071, IOR/F/4/2181/106072, IOR/F/4/2181/106073, and IOR/F/4/2181/106074).The item concerns:The hostilities between the Wahabee [Wahhābi] Governor of Kateef [Qatif], Saad bin Abdullah Moodawee [‘Abdullāh bin Sa‘d al-Mudāwī], and the Sheik of Bahrein [Shaikh Muḥammed bin Khalīfah Āl Khalīfah, Shaikh of Bahrain], including a brief description of two battles which took place near Tirhoot [Tarout], and a description of the blockade of Kateef enforced by the Sheik of Bahrein and Esa bin Tareef [Shaikh ‘Īsá bin Ḥamad bin Ṭarīf Āl Bin ‘Alī al-‘Utbī]Entry of Samaad Aga [Ṣamad Āghā] into Bushire [Bushehr], and relations between Sheik Nasir, Governor of Bushire [Shaikh Nāṣir II Āl Mazkūr] and the Governor of Fars [Muḥammad Ḥusayn Khān Muqaddam Marāgha'i]A dispute over a debtor from Debaye [Dubai] who was planning to take refuge at Shargah [Sharjah]Preparations for hostilities by the shaikhs of Aboothabee [Sa‘īd bin Ṭaḥnūn Āl Nahyān, Shaikh of Abu Dhabi] and Ras el Khyme [Shaikh Sulṭān I bin Ṣaqr al-Qāsimī, Shaikh of Ra’s al-Khaymah] against Debaye and Amulgavine [Umm al-Qaywayn]Naval assistance given by Commodore Hawkins to the Governor of Fars to exact compensation from the chiefs of Asseloo [Bandar-e Asaluyeh], Nukheeloo [Bandar-e Nakhilu], and Cheroo [Bandar-e Chiru’iyeh] for their subjects’ actions in multiple ‘piracies’.The item contains a contents page, and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft 282/47, P.C. [Previous Communication] 5573, Coll[ection]: 10, Collection No 2 of No 140’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 887, and terminates at f 927, 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. These political letters appear in IOR/F/4/2324/120974. The main correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Major Samuel Hennell, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; and Hajee Jassim [Ḥājjī Jāsim], British Agent at Bahrein [Bahrain]. It is the sixth in a series of six items on the Persian Gulf.The item concerns:Hennell’s tour of the Trucial Coast and conversations with the shaikhs of Bahrein, Rasel Khymah [Ra’s al-Khaymah], Amulgavine [Umm al-Qaywayn], Debaye [Dubai], Ejmaun [Ajman], and Aboothabee [Abu Dhabi], including their relations with each other and accusations of minor incidents both of trading enslaved people and detaining vessels in their ports unlawfullyThe secession and subsequent reconciliation of four influential merchants from Bahrein who went to Kenn [Kish Island] and Hennell’s role in mediating the dispute between them and the Sheik of Bahrein, Mahomed bin Khuleefa [Shaikh Muḥammed bin Khalīfah Āl Khalīfah]False reports of the death of Captain Atkins Hamerton, British Consul and Agent in the Dominions of the Imam of Muscat.The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft no 776/49’, ‘Coll[ection] 13’, and ‘Collection No 1 of No 78’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 8, and terminates at f 36 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: 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 Major Samuel Hennell, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf. It is the twenty-third in a series of fifty-one items on the Persian Gulf.This item concerns:The arrival of Mahomed Ul Ujajee [Muḥammad bin Sayf al-‘Ajjājī] at Bahrein [Bahrain]Letters written by Mahomed bin Khuleefa [Shaikh Muḥammad bin Khalīfah Āl Khalīfah of Bahrain] to Ameer Fysul [Amīr Fayṣal bin Turkī bin ‘Abdullāh Āl Sa‘ūd] offering to join him in an attack on Oman.The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Collection No 2 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 520, and terminates at f 525, 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: 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/4/2416/130506. It is the fourth in a series of twenty-eight items on the Persian Gulf.The main correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf; and Hajee Jassem [Ḥājjī Jāsim], Agent at Bahrein [Bahrain].The item concerns the plunder of a boat belonging to the people of Karrak [Jazireh-ye Khark, also rendered as Karrack in the item], by a group from the Huwajir [al-Hawājir, also rendered as Huwajee and Howejier in the item] tribe. Hennell demands compensation from Sheik Mahomed ben Khuleefa [Shaikh Muḥammad bin Khalīfah Āl Khalīfah], the Ruler of Bahrein, who he deems to be responsible for the group who carried out the attack. The item includes a statement by Abdool Rahman [‘Abd al-Raḥmān], the nakhoda [nakhuda] of the plundered boat, and a letter from Sheik Mahomed ben Khuleefa.The item contains a table of contents (f 464), and the title page (f 463) contains the following references: ‘Dft. No. 424 of 1851’, Collection No. 1, Vol. 4’, and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 463 and terminates at f 480, 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: 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 Major Samuel Hennell, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf. It is the twenty-fifth in a series of fifty-one items on the Persian Gulf.This item concerns the mediation by Shaik Soobah of Koweit [Shaikh Sabāh II bin Jābir I Āl Sabāh of Kuwait] between Shaik Mahomed bin Khuleefa [Shaikh Muḥammad bin Khalīfah Āl Khalīfah], the current ruler of Bahrein [Bahrain] and his great-uncle Shaik Abdoollah bin Ahmed [Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Aḥmad Āl Khalīfah], the ex-ruler of Bahrein. Shaik Mahomed rejects the offer of reconciliation but offers to provide for Shaik Abdoollah on condition that he stay in Koweit.The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Collection No 4 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 533, and terminates at f 536, 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: 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; Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; and Hajee Jassem [Ḥājjī Jāsim], British Agent at Bahrein [Bahrain]. It is the first in a series of three items about the Persian Gulf.The item concerns:A visit by Ameer Fysul [Amīr Fayṣal bin Turkī bin ‘Abdullāh Āl Sa‘ūd] to Lahsah [Al Hasa]A rumoured expedition by Abdullah ben Fysul [‘Abdullāh bin Fayṣal], son of Ameer Fysul, to OmanPayment of zikat [zakat] by Mahomed ben Khuleefa [Shaikh Muḥammad bin Khalīfah Āl Khalīfah of Bahrain].The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft No 350-1853’, ‘Collection No. 1 of No. 16 of 1853’, and ‘Supplementary Volume 1’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 4, and terminates at f 7, 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 item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence and minutes 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 forty-seventh in a series of fifty-nine items on events in the Persian Gulf.The item relates to reports by Hajee Jassem [Ḥājjī Jāsim], Native Agent at Bahrein [Bahrain], on the recent battle near Foweyrat [Fujairat] between the forces of Sheik Esai ben Tareef of Biddah [Shaikh ‘Īsá bin Ṭarīf, Ruler of al-Bid] and Sheik Mahomed ben Khuleefa [Shaikh Muḥammad bin Khalīfah Āl Khalīfah], Chief of Bahrein. Hajee Jassem’s reports include details of the troops sent from numerous places to reinforce both sides and the consequences of the battle. The item contains the reactions of Major Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, and the Government of Bombay to the news that Sheik Esai ben Tareef was killed during the battle.The item contains multiple spellings for individuals and places.The title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Bombay Political Department’, ‘Draft No. 345/48, Coll: 2, Vol: 47’, ‘Collection No. 3 of No. 21’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 538, and terminates at f 546, 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 relates to Sheikh Ali bin Ahmed Al Khalifah (also referred to as Ali bin Ahmad), nephew of the Ruler of Bahrain, Sheikh Esa bin Ali Al Khalifa [Sheikh ‘Īsá bin ‘Alī Āl Khalīfah]. The file includes correspondence from the Government of India, the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, the Political Agent, Bahrain, the Ruler of Bahrain (in Arabic with English translations), and Sheikh Ali himself (also in Arabic with English translations). The file includes:papers relating to the exile of Sheikh Ali from Bahrain [frequently referred to in the file in the spelling Bahrein], the question of whether the Government of India or the Ruler of Bahrain should pay the costs of his maintenance allowance during his exile in India, and the amount of that payment, May - October 1905;papers relating to the question of the future adminstration of Manama and Bahrain, September - October 1905;papers recording the payment of Sheikh Ali's maintenance allowance on a monthly basis by the Ruler of Bahrain, 1906-1909;papers concerning the possibility of the return of Sheikh Ali to Bahrain, July 1906 - December 1907;papers concerning the proposed occupation of Sheikh Ali's former house in Bahrain by the Ruler's son, Sheikh Hamad [Sheikh Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah], September 1906;papers concerning the terms of a proposed agreement for the return of Sheikh Ali to Bahrain before the expiry of his term of banishment, including details of properties and allowances in cash assigned by Sheikh Esa for the maintenance of Sheikh Ali, December 1907 - May 1908;papers concerning the return of Sheikh Ali to Bahrain, July 1908 - February 1909;subsequent reports and correspondence about Sheikh Ali, including note of his death, September 1912 - January 1917.The date of the first original piece of correspondence in the file is 22 August 1905. The file also contains copies of correspondence printed by the Government of India dating from 20 May 1905.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at 1 on the front cover and terminates at 315 on the back cover. These numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and can be found in the top right hand corner of the recto page of each folio. A second sequence, comprising a combination of pagination and foliation, numbered 1-343, can be found between ff. 2-314. These numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and can be found in either the top left or top right hand corners of the verso or recto page of each folio respectively.
Abstract: The file contains letters received by Captain Samuel Hennell, British Political Resident in the Persian Gulf at Bushire, from the Government of Bombay, between 1843 and 1848. Some correspondents address him as Major Hennell rather than Captain Hennell. A few of the letters received in 1843 are addressed instead to Lieutenant Arnold Burrowes Kemball, the Assistant British Political Resident in charge of the Persian Gulf Residency, during the absence of Captain Hennell.Most letters received between 1846 and 1848 are from Arthur Malet, Secretary to the Government of Bombay. Letters received between 1843 and 1846 are from J P Willoughby and other secretaries to the Government of Bombay.The letters contain information, guidance and instructions from the Governor in Council of Bombay. The letters often contain or enclose separately, copies of pertinent correspondence between other British officials, including: the Governor General of India in Council, Calcutta; Captain Atkins Hamerton, British Political Agent for the dominions of the Imam of Muscat, based in Zanzibar; the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company, London; Lord Aberdeen and his successor Lord Palmerston, as British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, London.All file correspondence is in English, except for one letter from the Imam of Muscat to the Governor General of India, dated January 1846, for which there is an Arabic copy as well as an English translation (folios 32-34).The letters and their enclosures discuss events in East Africa and the Persian Gulf between 1843 and 1848 and the implications for British foreign policy, relations and interests in the region. The main topics discussed are the suppression of the maritime slave trade, the actions of the Imam of Muscat and the Chief of Bahrain and the territorial ambitions of Turkey and Persia, as follows:Legal opinion about the liability of British subjects to incur penalties for entering into slave transactions in Muscat, under the anti-slavery provisions in the treaties of 1822 and 1839 between Great Britain and the Imam of Muscat, 1843 (folios 2-7);Measures by the Imam of Muscat to prohibit the African slave trade between his East African ports and his ports in the Persian Gulf, 1846-1847 (folios 35-37);British response to the plans of the Imam of Muscat to invade Bahrain, 1845 (folios 19-21), blockade the Persian port of Bushire, 1846-1847 (folios 31-34, 38-39, 51-53) and take retaliatory measures against Persian ports and vessels, following Persian oppressions against his Governor of Bunder Abbas and other of his dependencies in Persia, 1848 (88-92, 95-99, 110);British cooperation with Turkey and Persia for the suppression of the maritime slave trade, following the prohibition by their rulers, on the importation of African slaves into the Persian Gulf ports under Turkish and Persian control respectively, 1847-1848 (folios 49-50; 74-78; 82, 101-105);Legal opinions and naval instructions 1847-1848, about the powers of British naval ships and courts in India to seize, condemn and confiscate African slave ships intercepted in the ports and seas of East Africa, the Indian Ocean and the Persian Gulf, under the terms of the treaties concluded by the British Government with the Imam of Muscat in 1845 and the Arab Chiefs of the Trucial Coast in 1847 (folios 54-57, 63-65, 69-73, 84-87, 106-109);British intentions to negotiate new trade and anti-slavery treaties, 1847-1848, with the Arab Chiefs of Bahrain (folios 76, 82, 93-94) and Sohar (folio 100) in the Persian Gulf;British suspicions about Turkish ambitions to supremacy over Bahrain and other Arab sheikdoms on the Trucial Coast, 1847 (folios 62, 74-78), British resistance to Persian involvement in the disputes between the rival Arab chiefs claiming sovereignty of Bahrain, 1844 (folios 11-18), an English translation of the claim advanced by the Persian Government to the sovereignty of Bahrain and an assessment of its legal validity by the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company in London, 1845 (folios 22-30);Opinion of Lord Palmerston, British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, London that British naval ships operating in the Persian Gulf do not have the right to pursue and seize pirates beyond the Restrictive Line, into the Euphrates and other rivers in Turkey, or to detain them in the open sea for offences committed within Turkish limits, 1847-1848 (folios 45-48; 58-62; 74-78);Approval by Lord Palmerston, British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, London given for the use of British naval ships to defend Bahrain, at the request of its chief, Sheik Mahomed bin Khuleefa, in the event of an attack by disaffected members of the Uttobee tribe, who had left Bahrain and sought refuge on the island of Kenn, near the Persian coast, 1847-1848 (folios 66-68, 79-81, 83).Physical description: Foliation: numbered 2 to 112, from the front to back of the file. The numbering is written in pencil on the recto, in the top right corner and encircled. The front of the file cover is numbered 1. The back of the file cover is unnumbered.Present in the file are remnants of earlier foliation and pagination sequences, written in ink. Most folios have been numbered twice, usually on both the recto and verso, in the top right or left hand corner respectively. The main numbering system runs from 15 to 356, with gaps, from the front to the back of the file. The other main numbering system is made up of multiple sequences between 100 and 500, in no particular order. The blank verso of any folio is usually unnumbered.
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 first in a series of eleven items about the Persian Gulf (the others are IOR/F/4/2050/93534, 93535, 93536, 93537, 93538, 93539, 93540, 93541, 93542, and 93543). The correspondent is the Government of Bombay.The item concerns:Incidents of ‘piracy’ across the Persian GulfRelations between sheiks Mahomed bin Khuleefa [Shaikh Muḥammed bin Khalīfah Āl Khalīfah], Essa bin Tareef [Shaikh ‘Īsá bin Ḥamad bin Ṭarīf Āl Bin 'Alī al-'Utbī], and Abdullah bin Ahmed [Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Aḥmad Āl Khalīfah]Relations between the Wahabee [Wahabi] ruler Ameer Fysul [Amir Fayṣal bin Turki bin Abdullāh Āl Sa‘ūd], and Syed Soweynee [Sayyid Thuwaini bin Sa‘īd Āl Bū Sa‘īd], acting for the Imaum [Imam] of Muscat [Sayyid Sa‘īd bin Sulṭān Āl Bū Sa‘īd]The wreck of the brig
Mary Mullaby[
Mary Mallaby] and a possible robbery or insurance fraud connected with the wreckThe conduct of Mirza Mahomed Ali [Mīrza Muḥammed ‘Alī], the Native Agent at Bahrein [Bahrain] with regard to interfering in the politics of BahreinThe evacuation of the island of Kharrack [Jazīreh-ye Khārk] by its inhabitantsThe number and quality of vessels deployed in the Persian Gulf and the Red SeaA possible fraud connected with the vessel
Narrayen Pursud [Nārayaṇa Parsād].The papers which were enclosed in the letters are in the other volumes in the series. 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 251 and terminates at f 314, 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.