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1. '[Letter] from Brigadier-General C H U Price, Political Resident, Aden, to the Secretary to Government, Political Department, Bombay'
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- Abstract: This file contains a letter by Brigadier-General Charles Henry Uvedale Price in which he forwards a report on a visit to the Idrissi [Idrisi] Saiyid by Major Charles Richard Bradshaw, General Staff, Aden, to the Secretary to Government, Political Department, Bombay. The documents discuss the campaign in South Arabia during the First World War which involved fighting between the Arab-Turk army and the Idrissi and his forces and largely centred around the port city of Aden. The correspondence details the need for the British to supply the Idrissi with suitable ammunition if he is to have any chance of defeating the invading Turkish army.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at f 33, and terminates at f 35, as it is part of a larger physical volume; 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; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
2. ‘Persian Government. Application from Messrs Dirom Hunter & Co. for permission to re-ship for Bushire certain Muskets for the use of the – Vol: 9’
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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. These political letters appear in IOR/F/4/2302/118727. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; the Court of Directors of the East India Company; and Messrs Dirom Hunter & Co. It is the ninth in a series of fifty-one items on the Persian Gulf.The item concerns a request by Messrs Dirom Hunter & Co to export 500 muskets with bayonets on behalf of Messrs Sterling & Co, Sheffield from Bombay [Mumbai] to Bushire [Bushehr]. The company has the permission of the Court of Directors of the East India Company and Her Majesty’s Envoy at the Court of Tehran.The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Collection No 8 of No 129’, ‘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 388, and terminates at f 395, 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.
3. ‘Vol: V. Persian Gulph [Gulf]’
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- Abstract: The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence, minutes, resolutions and memorandums cited in, or enclosed with, extracts of the Government of Bombay Political Consultations. The item is concerned with multiple issues pertaining to the political situation in the Persian Gulf, in particular:The Imaum [Imam] of Muscat’s failed expedition to Bahrein [Bahrain], the Chief of Bahrein’s intention to attack Muscat in retaliation and his request to Major David Wilson, Resident at Bushire [Būshehr], for assistanceWilson’s instructions for Captain Thomas Elivon of the East India Company’s sloop Amherstand Commodore Philip Maughan, Commanding Squadron in the Persian Gulf, regarding marine signals, the Imaum’s expedition against Bahrein and the delivery of letters to numerous places in the GulfThe capture of a man suspected to be Obed or Abdoolla ben Muhunnuh [Ubayd bin Muhanna, also rendered as Abd Allah bin Muhanna], an alleged pirate leader and the subsequent investigation in Bahrein to confirm his identityAn attack on Bushire by Prince Timor Meerza [Timūr Mīrzā Qājār], son of Hoossain Ali Meerza [Ḥusayn ‘Alī Mīrzā Farmānfarmā] the Prince of Sheeraz [Shiraz], and the ensuing communications between Wilson and the Prince of Sheeraz regarding punishment of Prince Timor and appropriate restitution for the damage caused by the attackWilson’s thoughts on the political powers of the provinces in Persia and the importance of maintaining a friendly relationship with Hoossain Ali Meerza in the event of him succeeding his father as the Shah of PersiaThe purchases of arms from the Company by Hoossain Ali Meerza and Abbas Meerza [‘Abbās Mīrzā Nāyib al-Salṭana Qājār] and the Government of Bombay’s different attitudes to the Princes based on their statusPort duties charged to the Imaum of Muscat at the port of Bombay and the suggestion by Wilson to supply water free of charge as a favour to the Imaum.The correspondence mainly consists of letters between Wilson and the Chief Secretary to the Government of Bombay. Other correspondents include: numerous officers in the Company’s Marine; Secretaries to the Bengal and Madras Governments and the Acting Persian Secretary; Native Agents at Mocha and Bahrein; the Envoy at the Court of Persia; the Rulers of Muscat, Bushire, Bahrein, Sheeraz, and the Chief of the Buniboo Alli [Banī Bū ‘Alī] tribe.The title page of the item contains the following references: 'P.C. [Previous Communication] 783, Draft 477, 1829/30' and 'Examiner's Office 1830'.Physical description: The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the item. The item also features a Contents page (f 156) noting ‘Page’, ‘Date’, ‘From’, ‘To’ and ‘Date of Consultation’.
4. 'File 26/94 (F 26) Mohammerah; Shaikh Khazal's offer re: building of Ahwaz Consulate'
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- Abstract: The volume contains correspondence relating to plans and a proposal to build a British consulate at Ahwaz. The correspondents include: Percy Cox, Political Resident at Bushire; David Lorimer and Lieutenant James Gabriel Lancaster Ranking, Vice-Consul and Acting Vice-Consul for Arabistan at Ahwaz, respectively; William McDouall, Consul for Arabistan at Mohammerah [Korramshahr]; Arthur Hardinge, British Minister at Tehran; and the Foreign Department of the Government of India.The documents cover a prolonged discussion over the details of the plans for the site, including responsibility for the building and financing of the project, rent, and a claim by Moin ut-Tujjar that the land belongs to him. Also contained in the volume is the response to Sheikh Khazal's [Khaz‘al Āl Ka‘bī] request to purchase rifles from the British government.Folios 16 and 125a are sketch plans of the proposed site.Physical description: Foliation: The volume is foliated from the front cover to the inside back cover, using circled pencil numbers positioned in the top-right corner of each recto. An original pagination system runs through the volume, which uses blue/black pencil numbers in the top-left corners of versos and the top-right corners of rectos.The following foliation anomalies occur: 1a, 1b, 1c, 41a, 103a, 103b, 103c, 105a, 125a, 130a, 130b. Folio 110 is missing.Foldouts: folios 16, 26.
5. ‘File 41/1 Licences for Arms carried by Nakhudas’
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- Abstract: The file comprises correspondence relating to licences for arms carried by the nakhudas of boats on the Arab coast of the Gulf. Correspondents in the file include the Political Agent at Bahrain, and the Rulers of Abu Dhabi, Kalba, Qatar, Ra’s al-Khaymah and Umm al-Qaywayn.The file includes:a request from the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Lieutenant-Colonel Arnold Crawshaw Galloway, to his Political Agents, dated October 1945, that the rulers on the Arab coast of the Gulf be requested to instruct their subjects to obtain permits for the carrying of arms at sea (ff 2-3);correspondence between the Officiating Political Agent and the Acting Adviser to the Government of Bahrain, relating to the policy for arms licences in Bahrain (ff 4-5), and including a copy of the Arms Ordinance for Bahrain, dated 29 December 1936 (f 21);copies of letters (English and Arabic) from the Political Agent at Bahrain, Lieutenant-Colonel Arnold Crawshaw Galloway, dated 23 December 1945, to the Sheikhs of Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Qatar, Ra’s al-Khaymah and Umm al-Qaywayn, and the Regent of Kalba, making the formal request for arms licences to be carried by nakhudas (ff 6-15);replies to the Political Agent’s letter from: Sheikh Khalid bin Aḥmad Āl Qāsimī, Regent of Kalba (ff 16-17); Sheikh Sulṭān bin Sālim Āl Qāsimī, Ruler of Ra’s al-Khaymah (f 18); Sheikh Aḥmad bin Rashid Al Mu’alla, Ruler of Umm al-Qaywayn (ff 19-20); Sheikh ‘Abdullāh bin Jāsim Āl Thānī, Ruler of Qatar (ff 24-25);further letters from the Political Agent at Bahrain to the various rulers along the Arab coast, dated 4 September 1946, reminding them of their obligations under the Prohibition of Traffic of Arms Act of 1902 (ff 27-33) and, in the case of the Ruler of Qatar, the 1916 Treaty with Great Britain (f 35); replies from Sheikh Shakhbūṭ bin Sulṭān Āl Nahyān, Ruler of Abu Dhabi (ff 36-37), the Regent of Kalba (ff 38-39), the Sheikhs of Qatar (ff 40-41) and Umm al-Qaywayn (ff 42-43) are also included;correspondence relating to an instance of arms dealing reported at Doha, Qatar, in October 1946 (ff 44-46);correspondence, dated 1949, relating to proposals for an arms permit system in the Gulf (ff 47-50).Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the back cover with 56; 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 also present in parallel between ff 2-35; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.
6. ‘Relative to the rates at which stores are to be supplied to the Persian Government by the Company.’
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- Abstract: This item consists mostly of copies of correspondence and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, letters to and from the governments of Bombay and Bengal. It concerns the rates at which goods are supplied to the Persian Government by the East India Company. The main subjects are:Details of the military stores and woollens ordered by Sir Harford Jones, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Persia [Iran], on behalf of the government of PersiaThe concerns of Sir Gore Ouseley, Ambassador at the Court of Persia, at the advance charged on goods supplied to the Government of PersiaThe justification provided by the Government of Bombay for the charges made in supplying the goods to Persia, and the fixing of the rates at which stores in future are to be suppliedThe question of why muskets supplied from Bengal are charged at a higher rate than those supplied from Bombay and Madras.The title page (f 78) of the item contains the following references: ‘Bombay Political No. 14, Season 1814/15, Draft 190’; and ‘Examiner’s Office, January 1815’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at 78, and terminates at 100, 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. ‘Persia. Exportation of certain arms from Bombay to. Vol: 34’
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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. These political letters appear in IOR/F/4/2302/118727. The correspondents are the Government of Bombay and Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Farrant, HM Chargé d’Affaires at the Court of Persia [Iran]. It is the thirty-fourth in a series of fifty-one items on the Persian Gulf.The item concerns the importation of muskets into Persia from England via Bombay [Mumbai] by Messrs Hector & Co.The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Collection No 13 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 589, and terminates at f 592, 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.
8. ‘Complaint preferred by the Persian Government, that Persian Merchants have been prevented by the authorities in India from purchasing military stores’
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- Abstract: Enclosure nos. 2-7 to a despatch from the Secret Department, Government of Bombay [Mumbai], dated 30 November 1844. The enclosures are dated 3 August-5 November 1844.The enclosures consist of copies of correspondence relating to a complaint by the Foreign Minister of Persia [Iran] that authorities in Bombay prevented the purchase of arms by Persian merchants, and evidence proffered by the Collector of Customs, Bombay, that suggests the accusation to be baseless.As well as the Foreign Minister and the Collector of Customs, the correspondents are HM Chargé d’Affaires, Tehran, and the Government of India.Physical description: 1 item (13 folios)
9. ‘Relative to advances made on account the Persian Government.’
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- Abstract: This item consists of copies of recommendations of the Committee of Correspondence, and extracts of political letters from the East India Company Court of Directors to the Government of Bengal.The item concerns:A claim made by the Persian Ambassador to the UK (Mīrzā Abū al-Ḥasan Khān Shīrāzī) regarding the outstanding amount still owed of a subsidy paid by Britain to Persia from 1809-14, along with other ‘pecuniary claims’ relating to arms supplies, and a request for the Government of Bengal to calculate what is owed and to arrange paymentThe arrival in England of Meerza Mahomed Saleh [Mīrzā Ṣāliḥ Shīrāzī], the ‘accredited agent’ of Abbas Merza [ʿAbbās Mīrzā Qājār] the Prince Royal [Crown Prince] of Persia, and his request for part of what is owed of the subsidy to be issued to him for the purchase of arms and ammunition for the Persian Government.The title page contains the following references: ‘1822/3, Dr[a]ft 365’, ‘Collection to P.C. [Previous Communication] No. 88’, and ‘Auditor’s Office 25th June 1823’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 128 and terminates at f 141, 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.
10. 'Treaty with the Idrisi Saiyid. No 33A of 1915. Government of India Foreign and Political Department'
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- Abstract: This file contains a 'Treaty of Friendship and Goodwill' and is signed by David George Levigne Shaw, the Political Resident in Aden, on behalf of the British Government, and by Saiyid Mustafa bin Saiyid Abdu'l 'Ali on the part of His Eminence Saiyid Muhammad bin Ali bin Muhammad bin Ahmed bin Idris, the Idrisi Saiyid and Amir of Sabia and its environs. The document is also signed by Harold Fenton Jacob, First Assistant Resident in Aden. The Treaty seeks to unite the British Government and the Idrisi Saiyid against Turkish [Ottoman] incursions in Aden and Yemen more generally. Though the main focus of the document is the provision of diplomatic and moral support, paragraph 7 of the Treaty confirms that the British Government will support the Idrisi against Turkey through the supplication of 'funds and munitions'.The Treaty is prefaced by two letters: one signed by various government officials including the Viceroy of India, and one written by David George Levigne Shaw. Both letters provide their opinions on the Treaty.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at f 114, 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 top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
11. 'File 61/14 IX (D 56) Relations between Nejd and Iraq'
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- Abstract: The volume consists of letters, telegrams, reports, and memoranda relating to affairs between Najd and Iraq. The majority of the correspondence is between the Political Residency in Bushire, James More (later Harold Dickson), Political Agent in Kuwait, Gilbert Clayton, High Commissioner in Baghdad, Cyril Barrett, Political Agent in Bahrain, John Glubb, Administrative Inspector in Iraq, the Colonial Office in London, the British Agency in Jeddah, the Foreign Department of the Government of India in Delhi, and Ibn Sa'ud himself.Most of the documents relate to the execution of rebel leader Dhaidan Ibn Hithlain and the subsequent rebellion by his tribe, the 'Ajman. Various issues are raised:the whereabouts of the rebels and there attempts to enter Kuwait;whether the Sheikh of Kuwait is harbouring rebels in his territory and/or supplying them with equipment and provisions;Ibn Sa'ud's request from the British Government for a troopship, guns and ammunition and whether to provide them for him;the presence of another rebel leader, Ibn Mashhur, in Kuwait, and reports of his defeat and death near the end of the volume;Faisal al-Dawish's recovery from serious injuries inflicted at the Battle of Sabila, and his alliance with the 'Ajman rebels;how the British should respond to the 'Ajman rebels should they (or should they not) enter Kuwaiti territory;al-Dawish's attempts at communicating with Sheikh Ahmed of Kuwait and the British Government.Other subjects that are raised within the volume are:which channels of communication are to be used for contact with Ibn Sa'ud;intelligence on the movements and activities of several other tribes and people, including the 'Anaze, Awazim, Dhafir, Harb, Mutair and Shammar;the whereabouts, thoughts, and expected actions of Ibn Sa'ud;Ibn Sa'ud's suspected seduction of the Dhafir tribe;the deployment of Iraq or British police cars to protect Iraqi shepherd tribes during their migration in Kuwait;Ibn Sa'ud's brother, Mohammed, escaping from custody and joining the 'Utaibah;pearl divers in Hasa being temporarily prevented from leaving port and accessing the pearl banks due to insecurity;the request from Iraq for compensation for their tribes for losses incurred in raids, including a detailed list of these (folios 296-7).Notable within the volume are the confidential memoranda by the newly-appointed Harold Dickson as the Political Agent in Kuwait. They cover three subjects: Sheikh Ahmed's personal thoughts and opinions of Ibn Sa'ud (folios 304-6); the smuggling of supplies to the rebels from Kuwait (folios 307-10); and the Sheikh's objection to Iraqi police cars entering Kuwaiti territory (folios 311-314).At the end of the volume (folios 331-40) are internal office notes.Physical description: Foliation: the sequence starts on the first page and runs through to the inside back cover. The numbering is written in pencil, circled and positioned in the top right corner of the recto of each folio. There are the following irregularities: 2, 2A, and 2B. There is a second, inconsistent sequence. It is also written in pencil, but is not circled.Condition: folio 296 is cut in half lengthways; only the right half of the folio remains and is folded.
12. 'File 61/14 VII (D 51) Relations between Nejd and Iraq'
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- Abstract: The volume consists of letters, telegrams, and reports relating to affairs between the British Mandate of Iraq and the Kingdom of Najd. The majority of the correspondence is between Leo Amery, Secretary of State for the Colonies, Austen Chamberlain, Foreign Secretary (both in London), Henry Dobbs, High Commissioner in Iraq, Lionel Haworth, Political Resident in Bushire, Cyril Barrett, Political Agent in Bahrain, James More, Political Agent in Kuwait, Ibn Sa'ud, King of Hejaz-Najd and its Dependencies, John Glubb, Administrative Inspector in Iraq, Gerald De Gaury, Special Service Officer in Kuwait, and the Government of India.The volume covers the period of unrest after a revolt by the Ikhwan during which there was a perceived threat of attacks against Iraq and Kuwait. The causes of and solutions to the crisis are suggested and debated amongst the different offices and departments of the British Government. Subjects raised are:intelligence of tribal movements and activities, particularly those of the Ikhwan tribes of Mutair, 'Ajman, and 'Utaibah, and the threat and occurrence of cross-border raids, all gathered from reports by John Glubb, as well as local rumour and reports;issues concerning the defence of Kuwait (naval protection, air reconnaissance and bombing, a land force);the friction between civil and military authorities;the second meeting (August 1929) between Gilbert Clayton and Ibn Sa'ud to try and reach an agreement;the thoughts, motivations, and capabilities of Ibn Sa'ud;a second meeting between Ibn Sa'ud and Ikhwan leaders in Riyadh to try and resolve the crisis;the idea of a blockade of Hasa ports to force the Najdi tribes into submission.Other subjects included are:the sale of arms to Kuwait;Sa'id al-'Aiyash, a Damascus journalist who plans to travel to Riyadh.Physical description: This volume comes in two parts: the first part is a bound volume; the second part is a small file.Foliation: The sequence starts on the volume's title page and continues through to the inside back cover. It resumes on the front cover of the file and continues through to the inside back cover. The numbering is written in pencil, circled, and positioned in the top right corner of each folio. There are the following anomalies: 1A-1C; 114A; 182A-182D; and 191A. There is a second, incomplete sequence that is also written in pencil in the same place, but is uncircled.Condition: folio 150 bottom right corner torn away, obscuring some text.
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