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13. ‘Persian Gulf. Further proceedings relative to the plunder of two boats by the Chief of Junna in September 1851.’
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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 to the East India Company Court of Directors. The political letters appear in IOR/F/4/2550/149197. It is the second in a series of sixteen items on the Persian Gulf. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf; and Hajee Jassem [Ḥājjī Jāsim], British Agent at Bahrein [Bahrain].The item concerns the alleged plunder of two boats by Hummud bin Mujuddil [Ḥamad bin Majdal al-‘Umayrī. Multiple spellings for this name are present in the item] of Junnah [Jana], also referred to as ‘the Amaieer [‘Amāyir] Chief’. The attack took place in September 1851, but the Court of Directors have requested that further investigation be made, and in particular that the fates of the people taken captive are ascertained, and redress made. The item includes a statement of sale produced by Hajee Jassem with details of the sales of the prisoners captured by Hummud bin Mujuddil, as well as a letter from Kemball to Sheikh Mahomed ben Khuleefa, Chief of Bahrein [Shaikh Muḥammad bin Khalīfah Āl Khalīfah, Ruler of Bahrain].The item contains a table of contents (f 443), and the title page (f 442) contains the following references: Draft N[umber] 358 - 1854’, ‘Collection No. 10 of No. 84 of 1853. Vol. 2’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 442 and terminates at f 457, 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.
14. ‘Persian Gulf. Bahrein. Visit of the special Agent from the Sheik of steps taken to levy a fine on certain places on the Gutter Coast – Vol: 7’
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- Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, consultations, and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, a political letter from the Government of Bombay, which appears in IOR/F/4/2445/134344. The main correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Political Agent in the Persian Gulf; Commander John Porter, Senior Naval Officer in the Persian Gulf; and Lieutenant Frederick Erskine Manners, commanding the East India Company brigantine Tigris. It is the seventh in a series of twenty-one items on events in the Persian Gulf.The item concerns:The movement of people from Wukrah [Al Wakrah] and Fowarit [Fuwairit] to Bahrein [Bahrain] and El Biddah [al-Bid’] on the orders of Mahomed bin Khuleefa [Shaikh Muḥammad bin Khalīfah Āl Khalīfah of Bahrain]Mahomed bin Khuleefa’s decision to pay the fine the British were imposing on Doah [Doha], Wukrah, and Fowarit because of the ‘piracy’ of Soheil bin Ateish [Suhayl bin ‘Uṭaysh]Plans to seize Soheil bin AteishVisits of British ships to the Guttur [Qatar] Coast and El Adeed [Khawr al ‘Udayd]British surveys of the harbour of El Biddah and the shoals outsideThe movements of Ameer Fysul [Amīr Fayṣal bin Turkī bin ‘Abdullāh Āl Sa‘ūd, ruler of the Second Saudi State].The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft N 34 – 1852’, and ‘Collection No 32’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 176, and terminates at f 197, 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.
15. ‘Persian Gulf. Bahrein. Affairs of the Chief of.’
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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/4/2174/105546. It is the thirty-sixth in a series of forty-five items on the Persian Gulf.The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay and Major Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf.The item concerns the payment of an amount recovered from the Sheik of Bahrein [Shaikh of Bahrain] to ‘a Banian named Khooshal [Khvushḥāl]’ whose property was plundered in Bahrein harbour.The item contains a table of contents (f 636), and the title page (f 635) contains the following references: ‘P C [Previous Communication] 5507, Coll. 7, Vol. 33’, ‘D/t 197/47’, ‘Collection No. 2 of No. 119’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 635 and terminates at f 638, 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.
16. ‘Persian Gulf. Piracy.’
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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/4/2174/105546. It is the fourteenth in a series of forty-five items on the Persian Gulf. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; the Government of India; and Major Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf.The item concerns Hennell’s efforts to obtain redress for an act of ‘piracy’ said to have been committed by a subject of Shaik Mahomed bin Khaleefa [Shaikh Muḥammad bin Khalīfah Āl Khalīfah] of Bahrein [Bahrain], named Mayoof [Ma‘yūf].There is also a letter from the Government of India acknowledging receipt of a despatch from the Government of Bombay relating to the ‘hostile intentions recently evinced by the Wahabee Chief [Emir of Najd] against the possessions of the Imaum [Imām] of Muscat.’The item contains a table of contents (f 387), and the title page (f 386) contains the following references: ‘P C [Previous Communication] 5507, Coll. 7, Vol. 14’, ‘D/t 197/47’, ‘Collection No. 2 of No. 53’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 386 and terminates at f 391, 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.
17. ‘Persian Gulf. Relative to an act of piracy committed on the African coast by a Ras-el-Khymah boat.’
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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 to the East India Company Court of Directors. These political letters appear in IOR/F/4/2550/149197. It is the fifteenth in a series of sixteen items on the Persian Gulf.The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; the Government of India; Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf; Major Atkins Hamerton, HM Consul and the Company’s Agent in the Dominions of the Imam of Muskat [Muscat]; and Sheikh Sultan ben Suggar, chief of Rusulkhymah [Shaikh Sulṭān I bin Ṣaqr al-Qāsimī, Ruler of Ra’s al-Khaymah].The item concerns:The efforts to obtain reparations for ships seized by the people of Charrack [Bandar-e Charak]The failure of an attempt by a group of men from the Tungistoon [Tungistan] tribe to rescue their chief, Bauker Khan [Bāqir Khān Tangistānī], who is being held prisoner in Bushire [Bushehr]The effects of the recent earthquake in Sheeraz [Shiraz], and the resignation of Feerooz Mirza [Fīrūz Mīrzā Nuṣrat-al-Dawlah, text includes multiple spellings], the Prince Governor of FarsA ‘piracy’ committed near to Zanzibar, and the question of whether Sheikh Sultan ben Suggar is liable to pay compensation.The item contains a table of contents (f 635), and the title page (f 634) contains the following references: Draft Number ‘358 - 1854’, ‘Collection No. 10 of No. 109 of 1853. Vol. 15’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’. The collection number was originally given as ‘3’ but this has been crossed out and replaced with ‘10’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 634 and terminates at f 654, 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.
18. ‘Persian Gulf. Relative to the direct payment to the injured persons by the British functionaries of all monies recovered as compensation.’
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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 to the East India Company Court of Directors. The political letters appear in IOR/F/4/2550/149197. It is the fifth in a series of sixteen items on the Persian Gulf.The correspondents are: the Court of Directors; the Government of Bombay; and Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf.The item concerns Kemball’s objection to the Court of Director’s earlier instruction that monies recovered as compensation for victims of ‘piracies’ should be paid directly to the victims and not to the rulers whose dependents they are. It includes a letter from Kemball regarding money given to Sheikh Sultan bin Suggur, the Joasmee ‘Chief’ [Shaikh Sulṭān I bin Ṣaqr al-Qāsimī, Ruler of the Qawāsim] to disburse as compensation for plundered property, and a letter from one of the claimants, Tuker Teeruthdass Khoosaldass [Thākur Tīrthdās Khusāldās, also referred to as ‘Faroo’ in the item] confirming his receipt of the amount owed, in the form of credit.The item contains a table of contents (f 490), and the title page (f 489) contains the following references: Draft Number ‘358 - 1854’, ‘Collection No. 10 of No. 84 of 1853. Vol. 5’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’. The collection number was originally given as ‘4’ but this has been crossed out and replaced with ‘10’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 489 and terminates at f 495, 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.
19. ‘Persian Gulf. Relative to interview of the Resident with the Chief of Shargah and Amulgavine and the disposal of 100 German Crowns withheld from Sheik Sultan bin Suggur.’
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- 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, 3 December 1852, and found at IOR/F/4/2504/142185. Further enclosures to the letter can be found at IOR/F/4/2504/142190, IOR/F/4/2504/142191, and IOR/F/4/2504/142193. The item is the eighth in a series of sixteen items about the Persian Gulf.The item contains correspondence between: the Court of Directors; the Government of Bombay; and Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf. The correspondence relates to the Company policy of paying money acquired as compensation for 'piracy' and homicide, directly to the affected persons rather than through their 'chiefs'. A particular case involving Sheik Sultan ben Suggur, Sheik of Ruzul Khymah and Sharga [Shaikh Sulṭān I bin Ṣaqr al-Qāsimī, Shaikh of Ra’s al-Khaymah and Sharjah], is discussed as Kemball's predecessor, Samuel Hennell, had previously informed this Sheik that he would receive compensation money to distribute to his subjects.The item also contains an extract of a letter from the Court of Directors to the Government of Bombay on this point.The title page of the item contains the following references: 'Bombay Political Department', 'Draft No. 350 of 1853', 'Collection No. 1 of No. 121 of 1852', 'Vol: 8', and 'Examiner's Office'. Originally, the Collection number was given as '3' but this has been crossed out.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 1190, and terminates at f 1198, 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.
20. ‘Persian Gulf. Relative to the plunder at Shargah of the wrecked Nowree called the “Cullian Pursand”.-’
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- Abstract: The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, 12 September 1856. A copy of this letter can be found at IOR/F/4/2661/176320, alongside details of further enclosures. The item is the seventh in a series of fifteen items on events in the Persian Gulf during 1855-56. The eighth item in the sequence is not present.The item relates to the recent plunder of a ship, the Cullian Pursand[ Kalyān Parsād], by Wahabee [Wahhābī] inhabitants of Shargah [Sharjah]. In particular, it covers:Methods of repaying the stolen cargo's value by Sheikh Sultan bin Sugur bin Rashed bin Mutur Alkasmee, 'Chief' of Rasel Khymah [Shaikh Sulṭān I bin Ṣaqr al-Qāsimī, Shaikh of Ra's al-Khaymah], including the use of jewellery as security until full repayment can be madeValuation of the jewellery offered as securityStatements made by Khimjee Gopaldass [Khemjī Gopāldās] and Fazull Bulloo detailing the amount, value, and ownership of the stolen cargoReports on the situation by: Sheikh Sultan; Lieutenant Carpendale, Commanding the Company schooner Constance; Commander Felix Jones, Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf; and Commodore Richard Ethersey, Commanding the Persian Gulf Squadron.Carpendale's letter also notes general updates from the southern end of the Gulf relating to a conflict at newly-discovered pearl banks and 'slave trade' [trade in enslaved people] activity involving ships from Rasel Khymah and Amulgavine [Umm al-Qaywayn].As well as the above, correspondents include: William Crawford, Senior Magistrate of Bombay, Bombay; the Court of Directors; and the Government of Bombay.The item contains multiple spellings for multiple personal and place names. The Cullian Pursandand Khimjee Gopaldass may be the same ship and person mentioned in IOR/F/4/2641/169201 ( Kallionand Kemjee Cossal respectively).Sheikh Sultan is also referred to as the Sheikh of Shargah.The title page of the item contains the following references: 'Bombay Political Department', Draft Number '52 [18]57', 'Collection No. 6', 'Vol: 7', and 'Examiner's Office'. Originally, the Collection number was written as 'Collection No. 5 of No. 71 of 1856.' but the '5' was replaced with '6' and 'of No. 71 of 1856.' has been crossed out.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 1057, and terminates at f 1081, 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.
21. ‘Persian Gulf. Payment by the Amaeer chief of the value of the property plundered by him from a Kharrack boat in March last.’
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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/4/2174/105546. It is the fifth in a series of forty-five items on the Persian Gulf. The correspondents are the Government of Bombay and Major Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf.The item concerns the visit of Sheikh Humud bin Mujdel [Shaikh Ḥamad bin Majdal, also referred to in the item as Humud bin Mujjadul], Chief of Amaeer [al-‘Amāyir] tribe to the Residency in order to redeem a bugla [buggalow] previously given up as a pledge for the payment of compensation for an attack carried out by him on a ship from Karrack [Jazireh-ye Khark]. Shaik Humud also provides details of several claims of his own, and his perspective on an altercation with Jassim bin Soleyman [Jāsim bin Sulaymān] of Koweit [Kuwait].The item contains a table of contents (f 313), and the title page (f 312) contains the following references: ‘P C [Previous Communication] 5507, Coll. 7, Vol. 5’, ‘D/t 197/47’, ‘Collection No. 4 of No. 20’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 312 and terminates at f 318, 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.
22. ‘Persian Gulf. Compensation to parties who suffered loss on account of the plunder and destruction of their property by the inhabitants of Kenn on the occasion of the wreck of the schooner “Emily” in 1845 off that Island.’
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- 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, 13 November 1847. 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-first in a series of fifty-nine items on events in the Persian Gulf.The item relates to claims for compensation in relation to the plunder of the Company schooner Emily, by inhabitants of the island of Kenn [Kish] in March 1845. One claim is made by Mr J Essai, on behalf of his wife, Mrs Catherine Essai, and his sister, Mrs Mary Johannes Carrapiet (also appears in text as Carapit). Another claim is made by W[illiam?] H Litchfield, Commander of the Sir Charles Forbesand former acting Master of the Emily. Compensation taken from the Sheik [Shaikh] of Kenn is divided up by Major Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, as shown in a statement found at folios 477-478.As well as the above, correspondents include the Government of Bombay.The title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Bombay Political Department’, ‘Draft No. 345/48’, ‘Collection No. 2 of No. 139, Vol: 41.’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’. The title page also contains a note that relevant correspondence can be found in Collection No. 7 accompanying despatch from the Government of Bombay, 1 April No. 49 of 1847.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 467, 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.
23. ‘Persian Gulf. Kharruck. Recovery of money from the Shaik of - for payment to the Nakhoda of the Mutasuheil Bugla.’
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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/4/2416/130506. It is the sixteenth in a series of twenty-eight items on the Persian Gulf. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay and Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf.The item concerns a sum of money paid by the Sheik [Shaikh] of Charrack [Bandar-e Charak] for the value of some dates which were taken from the vessel Mutasuheil[ Mutasahhil] when on shore off Charrack. Hennell asks for the sanction of the Government of Bombay for the amount to be paid to Mollah Mahomed [Mullā Muḥammad], the nakhoda [nakhuda] of the vessel.The item contains a table of contents (f 606), and the title page (f 605) contains the following references: ‘Dft. No. 424 of 1851’, Collection No. 1, Vol. 16’, and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 605 and terminates at f 608, 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.
24. ‘Persian Gulf. Affairs.’
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- Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, minutes, and consultations cited in, or enclosed with, a political letter from the Government of Bombay.The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay and Major Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf.The item concerns five letters from Hennell regarding various incidents in the Gulf. These are:A request from Khooshal [Khvushḥāl], a native of Tatta [Thatta] in Sinde [Sindh], for protection for himself and his compatriots residing at Bahrein [Bahrain], who he claims are subject to the exactions of the followers of Mahomed bin Khuleefa [Shaikh Muḥammad bin Khalīfah Āl Khalīfah], the Ruler of Bahrein. Included is a ‘list of the Hindoos residing in Bahrein with the place of their birth’A claim from Khooshal for compensation for his cargo which was plundered in Bahrein harbourA dispute between Syed Sooweney [Sayyid Thuwaynī bin Sa‘īd Āl Bū Sa‘īd, also rendered as Syed Soowenee], the Governor of Muscat, and Shaik Sultan bin Suggur the chief of Ras el Kheymah [Shaikh Sulṭān I bin Ṣaqr al-Qāsimī, Ruler of Ra’s al-Khaymah and Sharjah] regarding the ownership of the fort of Kussaab [Khasab]A copy of instructions issued by Hennell to Lieutenant Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Assistant Resident in the Persian Gulf, for his forthcoming trip to the Arabian coast of the Gulf. These mostly relate to the conflict that has broken out as a result of the erection by Shaik Sultan bin Suggur of a fort at Khan [Al Khan], contrary to an earlier promise he made to suspend its constructionA report that Houssein Khan [Muḥammad Ḥusayn Khān Muqaddam Marāgha’i], the Governor of Fars, has sent a force to Bunder Abass [Bandar-e ʻAbbas], and that the Governor of Bunder Abass, Shaik Syf [Shaikh Sayf bin Nabhān al-Ma‘walī], has appealed to Syed Soowenee for help.The item contains a table of contents (ff 399-400), and the title page (f 398) contains the following references: ‘P C [Previous Communication] 5507, Coll. 7, Vol. 16’, ‘D/t 197/47’, ‘Collection No. 4 of No. 53’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 398 and terminates at f 412, 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.