Abstract: Two confidential reports and two maps, describing military operations taking place in Europe (Bulgaria and Romania) and Asia (Turkey) during the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-78.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 57; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: the file also contains an original printed 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, 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 Heskeil bin Yusoof [Ḥizqīl bin Yūsuf], British Agent at Muscat. It is the sixth in a series of fifty-one items on the Persian Gulf.The item concerns:The movements of Syud Thooenee [Sayyid Thuwaynī bin Sa‘īd Āl Bū Sa‘īd, Governor of Muscat]An account of theft at MuscatNegotiations between Muscat and neighbouring tribesA battle at Wasit, Oman, between Syud Hamood bin Uzan [Sayyid Hamūd bin ‘Azzan Āl Bū Sa‘īd] and Mahomed bin Suif Ijajee [Muḥammad bin Sayf al-‘Ajjājī]The capture of Braimee [al Buraymi] by Syud Suif [Sayyid Syf bin Hamūd Āl Bū Sa‘īd].The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Collection No 5 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 371, and terminates at f 380, 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: 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; Major Samuel Hennell, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; Khojah Heskael [Khawājah Ḥizqīl bin Yūsuf] British Agent at Muscat; and Mollah Houssin [Mullā Ḥusayn], British Agent at Shargah [Sharjah]. It is the eighteenth in a series of fifty-one items on the Persian Gulf.The item concerns:Reports of the defeat of a body of Wahabee [Wahhābī] troops sent by Saeed bin Mootluk [Sa‘d bin Muṭlaq] under the command of Mahomed bin Syful Ujajee [Muḥammad bin Sayf al-‘Ajjājī] at the hands of Sheikh Syf bin Humood [Sayyid Syf bin Hamūd Āl Bū Sa‘īd], Chief of Sohar [Suhar]The resultant weakening of Wahabee [Second Saudi State] influence in OmanAlliances between shaikhs of the GulfReports concerning Sheikh Sultan bin Suggur [Shaikh Sulṭān I bin Ṣaqr al-Qāsimī of Ra’s al-Khaymah], who is rumoured to be preparing to support Mahomed bin Syful UjajeeReports concerning Sheikh Saeed bin Tahnoon [Shaikh Sa‘īd bin Ṭaḥnūn Āl Nahyān of Abu Dhabi], who is rumoured to be preparing to attack Mahomed bin Syful Ujajee.The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Collection No 1 of No 144’, ‘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 466, and terminates at f 479, 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: Translation of a letter from Hussan Khan Sirdar [Ḥasan Qulī Khān Qājār] to the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, dated 8 Ṣafar [AH 1243] [31 August 1827]. Hussan Khan Sirdar reports the victory won by the Heir Apparent [Crown Prince of Persia, ʿAbbās Mīrzā Qājār] and Hoossein Khan, the Sirdar of Erivan [Sardar of Iravan or Yerevan, Ḥusayn Qulī Khān Qājār], over the Russians (see IOR/L/PS/9/71/39). He also requests that Macdonald Kinneir provide him with a portable spyglass, as the one that he had previously given him has broken.The letter also includes a note, presumably added by the translator, clarifying the names of the two brothers, Hoossein Khan and Hussan Khan. It indicates that Hoossein Khan is the Sirdar of Erivan, who had remained inside Erivan during the recent Russian siege of the city, and that Hussan Khan, his younger brother, had commanded troops outside of the city.This document was originally enclosed, in dispatch No. 63, in Macdonald Kinneir’s letter to the Secret Committee of the East India Company of 5 September 1827 (IOR/L/PS/9/71/38).Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
Abstract: Translation of a letter from the Commander-in-Chief of the forces of Abbas Meerza [ʿAbbās Mīrzā Qājār, Crown Prince of Persia], Mahomed Khan [Muḥammad Mīrzā?], to Major Isaac Hart, a British officer who has been helping to train Abbas Meerza’s army. The letter concerns the ongoing war between Persia [Iran] and Russia [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828]. Mahomed Khan describes the recent battle near Eutch Keleesia [an Armenian religious site, possibly at present-day Vagharshapat], detailing the events of the battle, including Abbas Meerza’s unsuccessful attempt to ambush Russian troops. He also details the casualties sustained by Russian forces, supplies seized and prisoners captured (some of whom were executed), and directs Major Hart to inform Dr John Cormick of the particulars of the battle.This document was originally enclosed, numbered 1 in dispatch No. 66, in the letter of the East India Company Envoy to Persia, Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, to the Secret Committee of the East India Company of 22 September 1827 (IOR/L/PS/9/71/50).Physical description: 1 item (4 folios)
Abstract: Translation of a letter from the Persian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Meerza Abool Hussan Khan [Mīrzā Abū al-Ḥasan Khān Shīrāzī], to the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir. Meerza Abool Hussan Khan indicates that the King [Shāh of Persia, Fatḥ-‘Alī Shāh Qājār] has directed him to report the recent Persian victory over Russia near Eutch Keleesia [an Armenian religious site, possibly at present-day Vagharshapat] to Macdonald Kinneir, enclosing a letter from the Prince Royal [Crown Prince of Persia, ʿAbbās Mīrzā Qājār] on the subject (not included in this item). He also requests that Macdonald Kinneir send his assistant, Dr John McNeill, to the King’s camp to give medical aid to one of his wives, the Tauj oo Dowleh [Ṭāvūs Khānom, Tāj al-Dawlah].This document was originally enclosed, numbered 4 in dispatch No. 64, in Macdonald Kinneir’s letter to the Secret Committee of the East India Company of 5 September 1827 (IOR/L/PS/9/71/38). This document also includes a note indicating that enclosure No. 5 in dispatch No. 64, from the Moatumud oo Dowleh [Mīrzā ‘Abd al-Wahhāb Nishāṭ Iṣfahānī, Mu‘tamid al-Dawlah] is to the same effect.Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
Abstract: Translation of a letter from Hussan Khan Sirdar [Ḥasan Qulī Khān Qājār] to the Prince Royal, Abbas Meerza [Crown Prince of Persia, ʿAbbās Mīrzā Qājār]. The letter concerns the ongoing war between Persia [Iran] and Russia in the Caucasus [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828], detailing a battle between Hussan Khan Sirdar’s troops and an army led by the Russian General [Konstantin Khristoforovich] Benkendorf. Hussan Khan Sirdar describes the battle and the events preceding it, and reports that the Persian forces were victorious.This document was originally enclosed, numbered 1, in the letter of the East India Company Envoy to Persia, Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, to the Secret Committee of the East India Company of 22 June 1827 (IOR/L/PS/9/71/1).Physical description: 1 item (3 folios)
Abstract: Translation of a letter from the Prince Royal [Crown Prince] of Persia [Iran], Abbas Meerza [Mirza], to HM Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Persia, Sir Harford Jones, of 26 October 1810. The letter gives an account of a successful Persian attack upon a Russian post at Kara Kilesia [Kara Kilise].The letter was enclosed in the secret letter of Jones, of 5 November 1810, which was received on 11 March 1811.Physical description: 1 item (3 folios)
Abstract: Translation of a letter from Hajee Ali Asker [Hāj ʿAlī Aṣghar Shaykh al-Islām], in Khoee [Khoy], to the Kaim Mukam [Vizier of the Crown Prince of Persia, Mīrzā Abū al-Qāsim Farāhānī, Qā'im-Maqām], in the month of Shawal [Shawwāl, c May 1827]. The letter concerns the ongoing war between Persia [Iran] and Russia [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828], detailing the defeat of the army of Hussan Khan [Ḥasan Qulī Khān Qājār] and the retreat of the Khoee Horse, who Hajee Ali Asker reports will be returned to Hussan Khan.This document was originally enclosed, numbered 4 in dispatch No. 49, in the letter of the East India Company Envoy to Persia, Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, to the Secret Committee of the East India Company of 22 June 1827 (IOR/L/PS/9/71/1).Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
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 correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Major Samuel Hennell, British Resident in the Persian Gulf; and Lieutenant John Stephens, commanding the East India Company sloop of war
Clive. It is the first in a series of twenty items on the Persian Gulf (the others are IOR/F/4/2180/106056, 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 generally peaceful aspect of the GulfThe hostilities between the Wahabee [Wahhābi] Governor of Kateef [Qatif] [‘Abdullāh bin Sa‘d al-Mudāwī] and the Sheik of Bahrein [Shaikh Muḥammed bin Khalīfah Āl Khalīfah, Shaikh of Bahrain]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 [Dubai] and Amulgavine [Umm al-Qaywayn]A request for compensation by the British from the chiefs of Asseeloo [Bandar-e Asaluyeh] and Nukheelve [Bandar-e Nakhilu]The movement of East India Company ships in the GulfEntry of Samaad Aga [Ṣamad Āghā] into Bushire [Bushehr]The punishment of those involved in the outrage perpetrated on Shaik Yoosuf bin Suggur [Shaikh Yūsuf bin Ṣaqr], commander of a British merchant shipAccusations by Saeed bin Tahnoon [Sa‘īd bin Ṭaḥnūn Āl Nahyān], later withdrawn, that the British Agent at Sharjah, Moolla Hossein [Mullā Ḥusayn], had been taking bribes to suppress informationA complaint made by Lieutenant Stephens against the British Agent at Bahrain, Hajee Jassim [Ḥājī Jāsim], about a breach of etiquette.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]: 9, Collection No 1 of No 136’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 872, and terminates at f 886, 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.