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1. ‘Bussorah. Euphrates Flotilla. Claims advanced for rent for premises for buildings appropriated to the use of.’
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- Abstract: The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence, minutes and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, an extract Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, dated 30 November 1847.The item relates to two separate claims by Colonel Robert Taylor, former Political Agent, Turkish Arabia. The first claim concerns a deduction of his allowances for the month of November 1843, which he argues should be cancelled as he remained in post as Political Agent until the beginning of December 1843. The second claim, presented by Remington & Co on Taylor’s behalf, concerns rent owed to him by the Government of Bombay due to properties that he owned at Bussorah [Basra] and Baghdad being used as depots for the Euphrates Flotilla between 1839-42. In particular, the claim focuses on Taylor’s properties at Margheil [Al Ma‘qil, also rendered in text as Maghill and Margheel].The item contains the responses of the governments of Bombay and India to these claims. In particular, a minute by the Governor of Bombay (folios 911-915) provides an outline of the history of the second claim and his recommendations for a response.The title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Bombay Political Department’, ‘Draft N. 152/48’, ‘Collection No. 6 of No. 150’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 899, and terminates at f 921, 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.
2. ‘Arabian Gulf. Piracy by the Mahara Arabs in 1836 of a Native vessel called the “Bhowany Pursad”.’
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- Abstract: The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, an extract from a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] to the East India Company Court of Directors, dated 31 December 1845.The item relates to the fate of the Bhowany Pursad[ Bhavani Parsad], a ‘native’ [non-European] vessel which sailed under British colours and was seized by the Mahara [Al-Mahrah] tribe of Wadee [Wadi] in 1836. The item consists of correspondence between the Government of Bombay, the Court of Directors, and Stafford Bettesworth Haines, Political Agent at Aden. They discuss what has happened to the vessel since its capture, in particular:The effects of failed attempts to recapture the vesselClaims for compensation made by the firm Dhurmsey Luckmeedass [Dharmse Lakhmidas], who own the vesselThe sale of vessel at MochaThe perceived waste of money spent maintaining the vessel before its sale.The title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Bombay Political Department’, ‘P.C. [Previous Communication] 5191, Draft 282/46’, ‘Collection N. 2 of N. 149’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 98, and terminates at f 116, 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. ‘Persian Gulf and Aden. Claim of the owner of the Bugla “Futhool Kheir” to the balance of freight due to him for the conveyance of Government stores to Aden.’
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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/4/2416/130506. It is the thirteenth in a series of twenty-eight items on the Persian Gulf.The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf; Major David Davidson, Commissary General of the Army, Bombay; Captain Elgate Whichelo, Deputy Commissary General, Bombay; Captain George James Duncan Milne, Sub-Assistant Commissary General at Aden; Captain Stafford Bettesworth Haines, Political Agent at Aden; and Khojah Heskael [Khawājah Ḥizqīl bin Yūsuf], Native Agent at Muscat.The item concerns a claim made by Mahomed bin Salim [Muḥammad bin Sālim], the owner of the vessel Futeh-ool Kheir[ Fatḥ al-Khayr. Multiple spellings for this name are present in the item]. Mahomed bin Salim’s claim is for the balance of freight due to him for the conveyance of Government stores to Aden, and the amount of expenses incurred by him in landing the stores at Muscat, where he was detained for several months due to the weather conditions. The Government of Bombay makes enquiries into the details of the voyage made by the Futeh-ool Kheirand of the cargo it transported. The item contains letters and reports submitted by the Government of Bombay Military Board, the Army Commissariat Department at Bombay, the Native Agent at Muscat, and British officials at Aden.The item contains a table of contents (ff 554-556), and the title page (f 553) contains the following references: ‘Dft. No. 424 of 1851’, Collection No. 1, Vol. 13’, and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 553 and terminates at f 584, 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. ‘Persian Gulf. Wreck of the bugla “Futtey ool Rahman”, belonging to Aga Ali Akber Kazranee, off Capes Bahmadee and Jask’
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- Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, minutes, consultations, and resolutions, 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 fourteenth in a series of twenty-eight items on the Persian Gulf. The main correspondents are: the Government of Bombay and Major Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf.The item concerns several petitions presented to the Governor of Bombay by Aga Ali Akbar Kazranee [Āqā ‘Alī Akbar Kāzirunī, also rendered as Agha Ally Akbar Cazeroony in the item] regarding his vessel Futhool Rahmon[ Fatḥ al-Raḥmān. Multiple spellings for this name are present in the item], which ran aground near Jask in May 1848. Aga Ali Akbar Kazranee accuses Meer Hajee [Mīr Maʿṣūm, popularly known as Mīr Ḥājjī], the Governor of Jask, of carrying away the cargo and stores of the vessel. Hennel investigates, and decides there are not sufficient grounds to make a claim. The item includes letters to Hennell from Sheik Syf ben Nubhan [Shaikh Sayf bin Nabhān al-Mu‘awali], Governor of Bunder Abbas [Bandar-e ʻAbbas], and Ally ben Houssein [‘Alī bin Ḥusayn], nakhoda [nākhudā] of the Futhool Rahmon.The item contains a table of contents (f 586), and the title page (f 585) contains the following references: ‘Dft. No. 424 of 1851’, Collection No. 1, Vol. 14’, and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 585 and terminates at f 600, 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.
5. ‘Persian Gulf. Affairs of.’
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- Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence and consultations cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. These political letters appear in IOR/F/4/2174/105546. It is the thirtieth in a series of forty-five items on the Persian Gulf.The correspondents are: the Government of India and Major Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf.The item concerns:The claims of Hajee Mahomed Ally Suffur [Ḥājjī Muḥammad ‘Alī Ẓafar] against the Chief of Kishm [Qeshm], and Hennell’s efforts to bring about a settlementThe receipt by the Government of India of a report by Hennell on the state of affairs on the Arabian coast of the Gulf.The item contains a table of contents (f 548), and the title page (f 547) contains the following references: ‘P C [Previous Communication] 5507, Coll. 7, Vol. 30’, ‘D/t 197/47’, ‘Collection No. 6 of No. 75’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 547 and terminates at f 550, 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. ‘Unfriendly Conduct of the Sheriffe of Mecca, in enforcing inordinate duties on the Woollens sent to Judda for Sale and which rendered their sale impracticable’
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- Abstract: The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence, minutes and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, letters from the Government of Bombay. The item relates to the 'unfriendly conduct' towards the East India Company by the Sheriffe [Sharif] of Mecca. In particular, the item is concerned with:Two separate incidents at Judda [Jeddah] during which 27 pieces of broad cloth which belonged to the Company were taken from the brig Fattah Mobarukand customs duties were charged to John Benzoni, Assistant to the British Agent in the Persian Gulph [Gulf], on goods which he left at Judda and later collectedThe Government of Bombay's attempts to ascertain the standard customs duties exacted on goods at Judda and whether the Sheriffe has deviated from these regular ratesAccounts and reports provided by Benzoni, the Sheriffe of Mecca, the Nakhoda [Captain] of the brig Fattah Mobarukand J [Humruss], a man who has knowledge of the customs duties at Judda and is called upon by the Customs Master at Surat to provide information on this topicThe conflicting reports of Benzoni and the SheriffeThe possible punishments that the Government of Bombay could apply to the Sheriffe as a consequence of his conduct.Benzoni's correspondence also refers briefly to a draft Treaty relating to trade that he has concluded with the Pasha of Egypt.Correspondents: Government of Bombay; Captain Henry Rudland, Agent in the Gulph of Arabia; Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to Government of Bombay; Richard Thomas Goodwin, Secretary and Translator in the Office of the Country Correspondence; Nathan Crowe, Chief at Surat; George Cumming Osborne, Secretary to Government of Bombay; John Benzoni, Assistant to the British Agent in the Persian Gulph; D C Ramsay, Custom Master at Surat; James Farish, Deputy Secretary to Government of Bombay; J [Humruss], Merchant(?); Sheriffe Ghalib of Mecca [Ghālib ibn Musā’id al-Hāshimi, Sharīf of Mecca]; Jonathan Duncan, Governor of Bombay.Rudland is alternatively referred to within the item as the Political Agent at Mocha and the British Agent in the Persian Gulph.The title page of the item contains the following references: 'Political No. 21, Season 1814/15, Draft 20' and 'Examiner's Office November 1812'.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 112, and terminates at f 144, 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 file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
7. ‘Persia. Final orders issued for the settlement of the pecuniary claim advanced by Mr Sarkies Satoor at Tehran against Mrs Shee, widow of the late Lieutenant Colonel Shee, formerly Commanding the British Deatchment in Persia.’
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- Abstract: The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence, minutes and resolutions, cited in, or enclosed with, an extract from a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, 23 June 1849.The item relates to a claim for 286 tomans against Mrs Takwee [Taguhi] Shee, widow of the late Colonel Basil Shee, by an Armenian merchant named Sarkis Satoor [also rendered in text as Sarkeis and Sarkies]. Mrs Shee is owed money from the Persian [Iranian] Government, as her husband’s pay was in arrears at the time of his death. The item contains discussions about the validity of Mr Satoor’s claim and the validity of Mrs Shee's counter-claim that she had previously left him with articles for sale worth 231 tomans.Principal correspondents include: Gilbert James Blane, Acting Accountant General; Colonel Francis Farrant, HM Chargé d’Affaires at Teheran [Tehran]; Augustus Smith Le Messurier, Advocate General; the Court of Directors; and the governments of Bombay and India.All of the material in the item dates from 1848-49, except from an extract of a letter from the Court of Directors which is dated 22 July 1846.The title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Bombay Political Department’, ‘Draft No. 714/49’, ‘Collection No. 17 of No. 56’, and ‘Examiner’s Office’. The collection number was originally ‘29’, but this has been crossed out and replaced with ‘17’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 553, and terminates at f 570, 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. ‘Persia. Mr Larkies Satoor, Armenian merchant at Tehran. Pecuniary Claim against Mrs Shee widow of Lieut[enant] Colonel Shee.’
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- Abstract: The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence, minutes and resolutions, cited in, or enclosed with, an extract of a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, 30 October 1850.The item relates to an ongoing financial claim made by Sarkees Satoor, an Armenian merchant at Tehran, against Mrs [Taguhi] Shee, widow of the late Colonel Basil Shee. An update regarding payments made in favour of Sarkees Satoor is provided by Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Farrant, HM Chargé d'Affaires at Tehran, to the Government of Bombay. The Government consequently provides further instructions for processing this payment to Edward Eden Elliot, Accountant General, and also furnishes the Government of India with copies of the above correspondence.Sarkees Satoor is also rendered in text as Sarkies Satoor, Sartoor Sorkees, and Sartoor Sarkees. Farrant is also referred to as HM Envoy to Persia [Iran].The title page of the item contains the following references: 'Bombay Political Department', 'Draft No. 106 of 1851', 'Collection No 8 of No 94', and 'Examiner's Office'.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 368, and terminates at f 372, 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. ‘Persia. Claims of British Officers against the Government of.’
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- Abstract: The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence, minutes and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, an extract of a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] to the East India Company Court of Directors, dated 31 March 1846.The item relates to the settlement of claims due to British officers from the Persian [Iranian] Government. In particular, the item includes:Details of the officers in question and the amounts owed to their estatesDetails on the amount transferred by the Persian Government directly to the Court of Directors in LondonReports on the progress made by John Williams, General Paymaster, in settling the claimsA letter from a Mr Elander, clerk and draftsman, who requests the money owed to the estate of Richard Gibbons (ff 581-582).Particular attention is also paid to claims made by Tagubee [Taguhi] Shee, widow of Lieutenant-Colonel Benjamin Bazil Shee, who supplies copies of statements and acquittance rolls as evidence, but whose claims are complicated by a claim made against her by an Armenian merchant at Tehran. A copy of Tagubee Shee’s petition can be found at folios 559-560.Correspondents include: Tagubee Shee; Williams; Lieutenant-Colonel Justin Sheil, HM Chargé d’Affaires at Tehran; the Court of Directors; the [provincial] Government of Scinde [Sindh]; and the governments of Bombay and India.Tagubee is also rendered in the text as: Sagubee; Saguhee; and Taquhee.The title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Bombay Political Department’, ‘P.C. [Previous Communication] 5287, Draft 503/46’, ‘Coll[ection] 23’, ‘Collection N. 35 of N. 41’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 551, and terminates at f 595, 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.
10. ‘Affairs of the Persian Gulf.’
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- Abstract: This item consists of copies of political letters from the Government of Bombay to the Court of Directors of the East India Company. The enclosures to these letters are contained in the subsequent items. It is the first in a series of twenty-eight items on the Persian Gulf.The item contains summaries of the enclosures to the political letters, mostly concerning:Alleged acts of ‘piracy’ in the Gulf, and actions taken to obtain redress and apprehend participantsEvents on the Arabian Coast of the Gulf, including the relations between Debaye [Dubai] and Aboothabee [Abu Dhabi], and an attack by a party of the Beniyas [Banī Yās] tribe on two boats from Himreya [Al Hamriyah]The activities of the vessels serving in the Indian Navy Squadron in the Gulf, and arrangements for relieving those whose period of service is endingClaims made to the Government of Bombay for assistance in recovering losses incurred while trading or conveying goods in the GulfThe removal of Shaik Nasir [Shaikh Nāṣir II Āl Madhkūr] as Governor of Bushire [Bushehr]Reports from Muscat and OmanEvents in Bahrein [Bahrain].The title page (f 418) contains the following references: ‘Dft. No. 424 of 1850’, Collection No. 1 in 28 Vols.: Vol. 1’, and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 418 and terminates at f 426, 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.
11. 'Official Note addressed by His Britannic Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires, to His Excellency Mirza Sheffee Sudr Aazim'
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- Abstract: Copy of an official note by HM Chargé d'Affaires to Persia [Iran], Henry Willock, to the Sudr Aazim [Sadr-i A’zam, Prime Minister] of the Shah of Persia, Mirza Sheffee [Mirza Muḥammad Shafī‘ Māzandarānī]. The letter concerns the Persian claim for payment of the sum of 84,000 tomans, on account of the subsidy previously paid by the East India Company to Persia. Willock refutes the claim, explaining that money had been deducted from the subsidy on account of the affair concerning the debts and imprisonment of Mahomed Nabee Khan [Muḥammad Nabī Khan], the former Vizier of the Governor of Fars, in which the Acting Resident at Bushire, William Bruce, had intervened (see IOR/L/PS/9/68/136).The letter was enclosed in Willock’s letter to HM Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Viscount Castlereagh, of 4 December 1818 (see IOR/L/PS/9/68/179), which was received on 29 April 1819.Physical description: 1 item (4 folios)
12. 'File D/1 Miscellaneous Correspondence with Baghdad (Iraq).'
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- Abstract: This file is largely formed of miscellaneous correspondence between the Political Agent, Bahrain, and the British Embassy, Baghdad (also spelled Bagdad in the file). Several items of correspondence are written in Arabic.The file contains translations of letters and memoranda from the Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in which requests are made for the Embassy's (and by extension, the Agency's) assistance in matters regarding former residents of Iraq (most of whom are also Iraqi citizens) who are thought to be living and working in Bahrain. Most of the requests are for legal documents (some of which are judicial summons) to be issued to Iraqi employees in Bahrain so that they may be signed, countersigned, and returned.The file also includes translated copies of letters, addressed to the British Consuls at Baghdad and Basra respectively, from Iraqi residents requesting assistance in the recovery of debts and maintenance payments from relatives and acquaintances who are now residing in Bahrain. In response to these requests the Political Agent advises that those seeking remittance should be instructed to file a regular suit in the Bahrain Agency Court, either in person or through an accredited agent.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 107; 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 12-88; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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