Abstract: The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence, minutes and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, letters from the governments of Bombay [Mumbai], Fort St George [Madras, i.e. Chennai], and the East India Company Court of Directors.The item relates to proposals by the Court of Directors to change the position of ‘Resident at Bushire’ ([Būshehr], also called the Resident in the Persian Gulf) to ‘Assistant to the Envoy at Tehran’. The Government of Bombay and the Resident, David Anderson Blane, provide their detailed opinions on this proposal and the Court of Directors respond. The main points of discussion are: the experience and diplomatic skills required by the Resident to effectively manage relations with nearby rulers and suppress acts of ‘piracy’; potential reductions in the Residency’s expenses; and an earlier plan to move the Residency from Bushire to the nearby island of Kharrack [Jazīreh-ye Khārk]. Copies of earlier (1828) minutes by the Governor of Bombay regarding the purpose of the Resident at Bushire and the Residency's expenses are included.The item also refers to proposals by the Government of India to separate the governments of Bengal ([Calcutta], also called Fort William) and Agrah [Agra] and to transfer political authority from the subordinate governments of Bombay and Fort St George to the Government of India. A lengthy minute (ff 120-135) by the Governor of Bombay detailing his opposition to the latter proposal is included, along with multiple tables (ff 140-174) setting out the different relationships that the Government of Bombay holds with ‘local chieftains’ in the areas surrounding Bombay, notably Guzerat [Gujarat] and Kattywar [Kathiawar]. Some of these tables date back to 1820. The direct reporting of the Political Agent in Turkish Arabia and the Resident in the Persian Gulf to the Government of India, as opposed to the Government of Bombay, is also discussed.To a lesser extent, the item also relates to the appointment of Major James Morison to the position of Resident in the Persian Gulf, an event complicated by the disclosure that Morison has been granted permission to return to Europe due to poor health.Multiple spellings of numerous place names are present in the item. The majority of the item’s contents date from 1834-35.Principal correspondents include: the governments of India, Fort St George, and Bombay; the Court of Directors; and Blane.The title page of the item contains the following references: 'Coll[ection] No. 15’, ‘P.C. [Previous Communication] 1721, Draft 266, 1836’, ‘Collection N. 1 [crossed out] of N. 33’, ‘Bombay Political Department’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 50, and terminates at f 208, 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, minutes and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, letters from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai], Captain Robert Cogan of the Indian Navy, and the Court of Directors of the East India Company.The item relates to whether the Government of Bombay should allow Cogan to transport the Imaum [Imam] of Muscat’s ship, the
Liverpool, to London, as the Imaum wishes to gift the ship to the King of England [King of the United Kingdom]. The issue of who will pay for the return of the ‘native’ crew members to India is also discussed.In addition, the item refers to the previous refusal to transport the ship by Captain Hart of HM Naval Forces in India, for diplomatic reasons concerning a treaty between the Imaum of Muscat and the United States of America. The communication between Hart and the Imaum is criticised by the Secret Committee of the East India Company and the Commissioners for the Affairs of India, who emphasise that communication with ‘states’ such as Muscat should only be undertaken through the Governor-General of India.Other principal correspondents include: Lord William Cavendish Bentinck, Governor-General of India; Vice-Admiral Sir John Gore, Commander in Chief of HM Naval Forces in India; and Captain Sir Charles Malcolm, Superintendent of the Indian Navy.The title page of the item contains the following references: 'Coll[ection] No. 13’, ‘P.C. [Previous Communication] 1721, Draft 266, 1836’, ‘Collection N. 1 of N. 29’, ‘Bombay Political Department’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 4, and terminates at f 37, 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 file consists of two letters. The first letter is written by Mr H K Jones of Hawker Siddeley Aircraft Co Ltd to Harold Anthony Caccia about arrangements for communication between them through the usual channels. The second letter is between an employee from the Foreign Office and H A F Rumbold regarding the sending of confidential letters between Jones of Hawker and the company’s former employees who have left Tehran.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 4; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.