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1. ‘The Euphrates Steam Flotilla’
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- Abstract: Enclosure nos. 2-14 to a despatch from the Secret Department, Government of Bombay [Mumbai], dated 29 November 1841. The enclosures are dated 13 August-29 November 1841. The enclosures consist of copies of correspondence relating to continuing surveys by steam boat of the River Euphrates to determine its navigability, particularly their financing and accounts. The correspondents are Lieutenant Henry Blosse Lynch, Commander of the Surveys, and the Government of India.Physical description: 1 item (24 folios)
2. ‘The Euphrates Steam Flotilla’
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- Abstract: Enclosure nos. 2-10 to a despatch from the Secret Department, Government of Bombay [Mumbai], dated 30 December 1841. The enclosures are dated 25 March-30 December 1841. The enclosures consist of copies of correspondence relating to continuing surveys by steam boat of the River Euphrates to determine its navigability, particularly their financing and accounts, and the state of repair of the steam vessels Euphratesand Nimrod. The correspondents are: Lieutenant Charles Dugald Campbell, commanding the surveys during the absence of Lieutenant Henry Blosse Lynch; the Superintendent of the Indian Navy; and the Government of India.Physical description: 1 item (24 folios)
3. ‘Recovery of a part of the Property plundered from on board the Country Ship Hector by the Shaikh of Busheab’
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- Abstract: The item consists of extracts of Political Letters, Political Consultations and Public Consultations from the Government of Bombay regarding the seizure of the country ship Hectorby Shaikh Rehma [Shaikh Rahma bin Muḥammad al-Mu'ini] of Busheab [Jazīreh-ye Lāvān], who is alternatively referred to as the Shaikh of Nuckhuloo [Nakhilu]. In particular the item concerns:The measures undertaken by the East India Company to recover the property stolen from the ship Hector, including the detention of all ships that might be found in the province belonging to the Shaikh of BusheabThe possibility, suggested by Captain Charles Pasley, Chargé d’Affaires to the Court of Persia, of making Persia responsible for the restitution of the stolen property rather than Shaikh RehmaThe likelihood, according to Pasley, of the Persian Court taking action to retrieve the stolen property and to punish Shaikh RehmaThe successful expedition to recover some of the property launched by Shaik Nusser [Shaikh Nasir Khan], Governor of Bushire, to Busheab on the orders of the Sheraz [Shiraz] Government, during which the son of Shaikh Rehma was taken as security for the remaining payment owedThe death of the son of Shaikh Rehma due to smallpox, and the unlikelihood of Persia launching a second expedition to Busheab and consequently the unlikelihood of further restitutions for the stolen propertyAccounts of the stolen goods that have been recovered, compiled by the Acting Resident at Bushire.The item also contains the translation of an extract from the journal of Moonshee Mahomed Hussan [Munshi Muḥammad Hasan] who reports on his discussions with Cheragh Alee Khan [Chiragh ‘Ali Khan Nava’i, Vizier of Fars] regarding the Persian Court's intentions to recover the stolen goods. Additionally, the item contains a list of the stolen goods that have been divided out by Shaikh Rehma amongst different individuals (ff 40 verso - 41 verso).Correspondents include: Government of Bombay; Samuel Manesty, Resident at Bussora [Basra]; James Augustus Grant, Secretary to Government of Bombay; Captain Charles Pasley, Chargé d’Affaires to the Court of Persia; Neil Benjamin Edmonstone, Secretary to Government in the Secret, Political and Foreign Department, Fort William; David Seton, Resident at Muscat; Charles Marquis Cornwall, Governor-General; British Resident at Bagdad; William Bruce, Acting Resident at Bushire; Sheikh Nasser; Jonathan Duncan, Governor of Bombay; Cheragh Alee Khan; Aka Mahomed Behlance [Agha Muḥammad Bihlani].Shaikh Rehma is alternatively referred to as: Shaikh Rema; Rama; Rama Eben Ben Surnud; Rahma; Raham; Rhemah; Rehmah; Rama Ebie Benpennud; Ruhum; Rukinee; Rhema; Ruhma of Nukheloo; Rehma Bin Mohammed Bin Sunneed. The area which he ruled over is alternatively referred to as: Busheab; Nuckhuloo; Nukheeloo; Nukheloo; Nackheloo; Nakhiloo; Nakhilo; Nakhiloa; Nakhelow; Nackhelow; Rackhdoo; Rackheloo; Island of Shaikh Sheib.The title page of the item contains the following references: 'Political No. 1' and 'Examiner's Office September 1806'.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 5, and terminates at f 47, 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. ‘Accounts’
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- Abstract: The file comprises papers concerning the finances of the Political Office in Doha, Qatar. The papers chiefly concern the second quarter of 1950, but extend to December 1950 and up until March 1951. Most of the papers were prepared by the Political Officer at Doha, Arthur John Wilton.The first paper in the file is titled ‘Account current of His Majesty’s Political Officer at Doha, Qatar, for the quarter ended 30th June 1950’, and contains details of local currency held by the office, a list of receipts, subheads and payments, and a certificate of account, signed by Wilton.Other papers in the file include:schedule of payments (for example, clerk’s wages, car hire, candles, typewriter repairs);trial balance;statements and details of suspense account;schedules of registration for British subjects for April, May and June 1950;statements for the passport and visa office, with details of fees levied and stamps issued.At the end of the file is a handwritten balance sheet, dated March 1951 on its cover (ff 29-30).Monetary values stated in the file are given in Indian rupees, annas and pies (Rs), or in English pounds, shillings and pence.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 30; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
5. ‘Balance due by Captain Hardy on Account of Deficiency in the Bushire Treasury’
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- Abstract: The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence enclosed within a letter from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] to the East India Company Court of Directors.The item relates to an investigation by the Government of Bombay in 1834-35 into the amount of 2778 rupees owed to the Company by Captain Henry Hardy, based on a deficiency in the treasury from Hardy's time as Resident of Bushire [Būshehr] in 1823. Most of the item’s contents date from 1834-35 with the exception of a letter from Colonel Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Hardy's successor, which provides information on the deficiency and is dated 12 June 1826.The title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Bombay Political Department’, ‘Coll[ection] No 12’, ‘P.C. [Previous Communication] 1721, Draft 266, 1836’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 392, and terminates at f 398, 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. ‘Postponement of the Abolition of the Bussora Agency.’
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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 situation of the Bussora [Basra] Agency. The primary subjects are:• The question of reducing or abolishing the Bussora Agency, and the decision to delay doing this as a result of the war between Russia and the Ottoman Empire• The incomplete state of the Agency accounts, and requests from the Government of Bombay for an explanation for the large sums that have been disbursed.The correspondence also includes notifications from Major Robert Taylor, Political Agent at Bussora, and Barseigh Johanness [Khōjah Parseigh Johannes], Native Agent at Bussora, that Taylor has left Bussora for Baghdad, leaving Johanness in charge of the Bussora Agency.The primary correspondents are: William Newnham, Chief Secretary, Government of Bombay; and John Wedderburn, Civil Auditor, Government of Bombay.The item also contains a contents page (f 47) listing the collected documents and giving their page numbers within the item, and an ‘Audit on the Disbursements of the Political Agent at Bussora from 31st July 1826 to 30th April 1827’ (ff 54-57).The title page (f 46) of the item contains the following references: ‘P. C. 783’, ‘Draft 477’, ‘Collection No. 5’, and ‘Examiner’s Office, 1830’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 46, and terminates at f 60, 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.
7. ‘Mr Manesty’s explanation respecting the pecuniary Advances made by him to Individuals from the Public Treasury at Bussorah.’
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- Abstract: The item consists mostly of copies of correspondence cited in, or enclosed with, letters to and from the Government of Bombay. It relates to the attempts of Samuel Manesty, Resident at Bussora [Basra, also occasionally referred to as Bussorah], to transfer to the East India Company’s account the debts due to him as a result of loans made to individuals in Bussora. Manesty seeks to justify the loans he made, mentioning in particular a loan made as part of broader support offered to Abdulla Aga [Abd Allāh Āghā], former Mutasallim of Bussora. This is documented in correspondence covering a period from 3 July 1805 to 31 July 1807. Manesty also cites earlier correspondence with the Government of Bombay, claiming that it provides permission for his actions. Copies of this correspondence, dating from 13 April 1795 to 25 May 1798, are also included.The primary correspondents are: the Court of Directors of the East India Company, the Government of Bombay, and Samuel Manesty.The title page (f 221) of the item contains the following references: ‘Political No. 11, Season 1808/09, Draft 178, Para. 44’; and ‘Examiner’s Office, August 1808’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 221, and terminates at f 263, 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.
8. ‘Affairs of the Persian Gulf. Vol: III.’
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- Abstract: The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence, minutes and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, extracts from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] Political Consultations. It is the third in a series of three items on general affairs in the Persian Gulf (the others are: IOR/F/4/1435/56726 and IOR/F/4/1435/56727).The first half of the item (folios 8-76) relates to administrative matters at the Residency in the Persian Gulf (also called the Residency at Bushire [Būshehr]), in particular:Allowances for the Resident and the Residency household, including employees’ salaries and pensionsEstimates for repairs to the Residency houseThe purchase of vessels for use by the ResidentDetails of two robberies carried out on the Residency in 1832 and 1833, including losses sustained and efforts to trace the perpetratorsRequests for medical suppliesProposals by David Anderson Blane, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to establish a Native Agent at Aboothabee [Abu Dhabi].The second half of the item (folios 77-115) relates to administrative matters at the Political Agency in Turkish Arabia (also called the Political Agency at Bussora or Bussorah [Basra]), in particular:Accounts relating to the Agency, including an increase in salary for the Political Agent and the appointment of two Writers [clerks]Allowances and compensation awarded to John Ross, Assistant Surgeon at the Agency, for property lost in a shipwreckRequests for medical supplies for the Agency by RossRequests for medical supplies by Robert Taylor, the Political Agent, on behalf of a charitable group of English gentlemen based in Bagdad [Baghdad].The item also includes requests by the Native Agent at Muscat (also called the Government Agent at Muscat and the Broker at Muscat) to be appointed to a different location.The principal correspondents of the item are: Blane, Taylor, and various secretaries to the Government of Bombay. Additional correspondents include: James Farish, Civil Auditor (Bombay); James McAdam, Secretary to the Medical Board (Bombay); and the Native Agent at Muscat.The title page of the item contains the following references: 'Bombay Political Department’, ‘P.C. [Previous Communication] 1339, Draft 435, 1834’ and 'Examiner's Office'.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 4, and terminates at f 115, 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. ‘Payments on behalf of P.R.O. Bushire etc – Absentee statements – cash account’
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- Abstract: The file comprises papers relating to the financial operation of the Political Agency in Bahrain, including the Public Relations Office (PRO) and, for most of the months represented in the file, contain the following:cash accounts for the Political Agency for each month, with a summary of the month’s receipts and payments, followed by lists of the particulars of receipts and payments;absentee statements, providing details of absentees, their rate of pay, nature of absence, and details of the officiating government servant;detailed pay bills, including those for the Public Relations Officer;fully vouched contingent bills, covering petroleum products, costs related to the running of the PRO (rent of the office, reading room electricity and coffee, salaries, cinema running costs), freight charges, Cable & Wireless cable charges;treasury vouchers, including advances for remittance to the Residency Agent in Sharjah, for costs incurred on the Trucial Coast, and other travel costs;travel allowance bills;details of payments on Indian military, family and uncovenanted pensions;vouchers relating to office allowances, motor launch grants and central contract grants.Included amongst the paperwork are numerous handwritten notes made by staff at the Political Agency, some correspondence discussing financial matters in the Agency, and some monthly lists, compiled by Cable & Wireless, indicating telegrams sent by the Bahrain Agency, including destination, class, word count and cost (ff 24-25, ff 117-121, ff 281-283, ff 480-482).Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 546; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
10. 'File 17/23 Indents for Military forms'
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- Abstract: This file concerns annual indents for military forms for the Political Agency, Bahrain. It consists of brief letters and memoranda between the Political Agent, Bahrain, and the Deputy Assistant Controller of Military Accounts and Pensions, Lahore, in which the former informs the latter whether or not military forms are required for the following financial year, and if so, which kind and how many.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 14; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-13; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
11. 'File 4/35 Accounts of the Kuwait Municipality, Health, Food Supply and Revenue Departments'
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- Abstract: This file contains copies of the annual accounts of the Kuwait Municipality and the Government of Kuwait's Department of Health, Department of Food Supply and Department of Finance. In addition to these accounts, the file also contains related correspondence between officials at the Kuwait Political Agency and the Political Residency in Bahrain.The majority of the accounts are copies translated into English, but some are the originals that are printed in Arabic (folios 45-51, 76-81, 120-131).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 162; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between folios 2-32; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled. A previous foliation sequence, which is present between folios 107-161 and is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
12. ‘Foreign Office budget for the year 1949-50 and six monthly expenditure etc.’
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- Abstract: The file comprises papers relating to the accounts (actual expenditure and estimated budget) of the Political Agencies at Bahrain and Sharjah:a copy of a circular written by Ernest Bevin, then Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, dated 18 July 1946, requesting returns from overseas agencies of their expenditure for the period April to September 1946, and enclosing specimen forms (ff 3-7, with duplicates at ff 10-14);a copy of a second circular from Bevin, dated 30 April 1948, acknowledging the difficulties and delays in receiving accounts of expenditure for 1946, and stressing the need for accurate and prompt accounts for the period 1948-1949, with a revised form for returns enclosed (ff 8-9);compiled budget estimates for the Political Agency at Bahrain, and for the Sharjah and Dubai Agencies, for the financial year 1949-50 (ff 16-26);further specimen forms for annual returns of expenditure, listed under various subheadings (public information services, consular establishments, diplomatic establishments, commercial diplomatic establishments) (ff 31-37);the annual return of expenditure and receipts for the Political Agency in Bahrain for the period 1 April to 30 September 1948, with financial estimates for the subsequent eighteen months (ff 39-50).Financial figures are given in a mixture of British sterling and Indian rupees, with conversion rates indicated (for example, 1 pound sterling being equivalent to 13.26 rupees, f 39).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 52; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.Condition: Water damage to the file notes (f 51) has obliterated a large portion of the handwritten notes on this folio.
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