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61. Affairs in Scinde and Elsewhere
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- Abstract: This part of the volume consists of Enclosures to a Despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 72 of 1841, dated 1 September 1841. The enclosures are dated 30 March to 1 September 1841, and mostly relate to Scinde [Sindh, also spelled Sinde].The enclosures mostly consist of correspondence, and the following: précis of Intelligence from the Upper Scinde Agency; memoranda of occurrences at the Lower Scinde Agency; and newsletters from the Assistant Secretary to the Government of India.The main correspondents include: the Secretary to the Government of Bombay and the Acting Secretary to the Government of Bombay; the Secretary to the Government of India; the Political Agent, Lower Scinde [Sindh]; the Military Board; the Political Commissioner for Guzerat [Gujarat]; and the Quarter Master General of the Army.The enclosures include correspondence regarding: information requested by the Government of India on the medical statistics of the various stations of the troops employed to the Westward, and especially of Shaul, Cutchee, and Upper Scinde; the claim for compensation by the contractor of camels obtained at Pahlunpoor [Palanpur, also spelled Pahlunpore] in 1839 for use in Sinde; and other matters.The newsletters from the Assistant Secretary to the Government of India report on news relating to places in India and elsewhere, including: the North West Frontier; Peshawur [Peshawar]; Upper Sinde; Lower Sinde; Gwalior; Cashmere [Kashmir]; Afghanistan, including Candahar [Kandahar]; Aden; Kokund [Kokand]; Persia [Iran], including Ispahan [Isfahan]; Baghdad; Muscat; Nepal (also spelled Nepaul); and China.Physical description: There is an abstract of contents of the despatch, numbered 1-60, on folios 454-464. These numbers are repeated for reference on the last verso of each enclosure. Enclosures 3-5, 49, and 53-58, listed in the abstract of contents, are not included in the volume.
62. Affairs in India, Persia, the Persian Gulf and Zanzibar
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- Abstract: Enclosure nos. 2-54 to a despatch from the Secret Department, Government of Bombay [Mumbai], dated 30 November 1841. The enclosures are dated 6 June-29 November 1841.The enclosures consist of copies of correspondence relating to affairs in India, Persia [Iran], the Persian Gulf and Zanzibar, including:Unrest in the Persian provinces of Kerman and Yezd [Yazd]A diplomatic mission to Hyderabad by a representative of the Imaum [Imam] of MuscatThe seizure of a ship at Zanzibar suspected of being involved in the trade in enslaved personsCases of fraud and false identities in Bushire [Bushehr], Calcutta [Kolkata] and MuscatAttempts to determine the fate of the cargo of a ship that was wrecked on the island of Kishm [Qeshm] and to gain compensation for any property that may have been plunderedA proposed tour of the Gulf by the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf to deliver gifts to various Gulf rulers that were unable to be given at the time of his appointmentObstructions against British traders at Zanzibar, allegedly orchestrated by the American ConsulThe murder and robbery of a British subject at Mombassa [Mombasa].The primary correspondents are: the Political Resident; the Native Agent, Muscat; the Imam of Muscat; the Collector of Customs, Bombay; and the Government of India.Physical description: 1 item (119 folios)
63. Ext 243/47 'Lives and property of Persian nationals resident in Bombay; claims against Persian Government'
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- Abstract: This file contains documents that discuss various financial claims of the British Government of India and the Government of Iran against one another. Most of the claims were made between 1942 and 1948. The claims are the result of loss of either lives or property of Iranians living in India or British-Indian subjects living or working in Iran. However, the majority of the papers relate to a particular episode of violence against the Iranian community in Bombay during 1946, and include two letters from the Iranian Consul General in India and the Iranian Ambassador to the UK.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 70; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
64. PZ 5708/37 'Claim for compensation in respect of losses sustained in the Great War: Mrs Aga Faruksha'
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- Abstract: The file consists of correspondence concerning a compensation claim for the murder of Aga Farrukh Shah (also spelt Agha Farrukhshah) at Kerman during the First World War. Aga Farrukh Shah was supposedly working in the interest of the British Government at the time of his death, and the first claim made by Mrs Aga Faruksha in 1919 was for a pension from the Government of India. This being denied it was forwarded to prefer a claim on the Persian Government. Copies of the original claim are included. With no further answer, and following the death of Mrs Aga Faruksha, the claim was raised by her daughter Bibi Shah Sultana in 1937, and again in 1940.Correspondents include: the Government of Bombay, Political and Services Department; the Government of Bombay, Political and Reforms Department; the Government of India, External Affairs Department; and A A Khan, Advocate, High Court, Poona.The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 13; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
65. Political No. 49 of 1873, Forwarding Papers Reporting the Payment of Compensation of a Dhow Captured by HMS Daphnein 1869, and Captain Prideaux’s Mission to Maculla and Shuhur; and Deferring the Renewal of Treaties with those Places
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- Abstract: This item consists of copies of a Political Despatch from the Government of India Foreign Department to the Secretary of State for India, dated 21 March 1873, forwarding papers reporting the payment of compensation for a dhow captured by HMS Daphnein 1869, and Captain Prideaux’s Mission to Maculla and Shuhur [Makalla and Shihr]; and deferring the renewal of treaties with those places until the result of Sir Bartle (Compton Arthur) Frere’s mission is known.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 201, and terminates at f 205, 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.The sequence contains one foliation insertion anomaly: f 201a.
66. Political No. 97 of 1874, Forwarding Two Original Certificates of the Payment Made to the Mijjertyn Chief as Compensation for a Dhow Destroyed by HMS Daphne
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- Abstract: This item consists of copies of a Political Despatch from the Government of India Foreign Department to the Secretary of State for India, dated 9 June 1874 and received by the India Office Political Department on 8 July 1874, forwarding two original certificates of the payment made to the Mijjertyn [Majeerteen] Chief as compensation for a dhow destroyed by HMS Daphne.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 140 and terminates at f 145, 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. The sequence contains three foliation anomalies: f 140a, 142a, and 144a.
67. Persian Gulf Affairs
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- Abstract: This part of the volume consists of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 18 of 1841, dated 26 March 1841. The enclosures are dated 10 August 1840 to 27 March 1841. They mainly consist of copies of correspondence sent and received by the Government of Bombay, relating to the Persian Gulf and Zanzibar.The correspondence is mostly between the following: the Secretary to the Government of Bombay (John Pollard Willoughby); the Secretary to the Government of India (Thomas Herbert Maddock); the Resident in the Persian Gulf (Samuel Hennell); the British Agent at Muscat (Captain Atkins Hamerton); the Superintendent of the Indian Navy (Captain Robert Oliver); and Commodore G B Brooks, Commanding the Indian Naval Squadron in the Gulf of Persia.The correspondence discusses matters including:The claim for compensation by Hajee Mahomed Ally Suffur (also spelled Hajee Mahomed Aly Jaffer) against the Shaikh of Kishm [Qishm, also spelled Kishin] for a quantity of sugar belonging to him, said to have been taken from the wreck of the buggalow Futeh Ool Ruhman(also spelled Futteh Ool Rahimanin this part) on the Island of QishmCaptain Hamerton proceeding on a mission to Zanzibar, and a deputation allowance of ten Rupees per day being granted to himThe suggestion of the Resident in the Persian Gulf that some small vessels should be attached to the Indian Naval Squadron in the Gulf, for the conveyance of important despatches to the Government of Bombay received via the Persian Gulf routeIntelligence received from Shiraz, including an account by the News Writer at Shiraz (Mirza Reza) of the ‘great disturbances’ which had recently taken place in the city, and news from other parts of Persia [Iran], including Kerman [Kirmān],Tehran, and Bushire [Būshehr]The proceedings of the Resident in the Persian Gulf in regard to the piracy stated to have been committed by Jubbur Rugragee (also spelled Jubber Ragragee) upon a boat belonging to Rasel Khyma [Ras Al Khaimah]The measures adopted by the Resident in the Persian Gulf for settling demands made against the Chief of Debaye [Dubai, also spelled Debayee], Shaikh Mookhtoom [Shaikh Maktoum bin Bati ibn Suhayl, also spelled Muckhtoom in this part], on account of the reported infractions of the maritime truce by his subjectsThe proceedings of the Indian Naval Squadron in the Persian GulfThe commanders and crews of the Imaum [Imam] of Muscat’s ships Carolineand Peidmontesebeing rewarded for the assistance they provided to the East India Company’s schooner Emilyin March 1840, when it was in danger of being shipwrecked in Muscat CoveDr Thomas Mackenzie, the Civil Surgeon of the Residency in the Persian Gulf, being granted permission to proceed to Europe on furlough, and Assistant Surgeon Andrew Weatherhead being appointed to succeed him as Civil Surgeon.This part also includes enclosures relating to Oman, Bahrien [Bahrain, also spelled Bahrein in this part], and the Nejddee Country [Nejd, also spelled Nejdee in this part].Physical description: There is an abstract of contents of the despatch, numbered 1-40, on folios 391-397. These numbers are repeated for reference on the last verso of each enclosure.
68. Persian Gulf Affairs
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- Abstract: This item comprises copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 110 of 1846, dated 30 September 1846. The enclosures are dated 14 May-29 September 1846.The principal correspondents are: Major Samuel Hennell, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; the Secretary to the Government, Bombay; and the Under-Secretary to the Government of India. Also included are minutes of the Governor and President and members in Council, Bombay.The papers cover and include the following matters:Proceedings regarding the settlement of the British Government’s claims, on behalf of British subjects and of Persian subjects, upon the Shaik [Shaikh, also spelled Sheik in this item] of Kenn [Kish, also referred to as Ges in this item], on account of the property ‘plundered’ by inhabitants of the island from the wreck of the HC [Honourable Company’s] schooner Emilyin 1845 (a large portion of which is alleged to have come into the possession of the Sheik of Kenn). Included are copies of Hennell’s letter to the Governor of Fars, the statement of Hajee Jacoob [Ḥājjī Ya‘qūb], the Government Pilot sent to investigate the whereabouts of the ‘treasure’, and correspondence between the Sheik of Kenn and Commodore John Croft Hawkins, in relation to the payment, by instalments, of compensation (ff 392-397)Copper sheathing recovered by ‘salvors’ [divers] of Debaye [Dubai] from a location where HMS Foxran aground in January, the Bahrein [Bahrain] Native Agent’s detention of the metal and prevention of its sale in Bahrein, its conveyance to Bushire [Bushehr] for sale by Hennell and division of the profits between the salvors and the British GovernmentA copy of Hennell’s report to HM Minister at the Court of Persia [Iran], forwarded for the information of the Government of Bombay, on the prospective early return to Bushire of Shaik Nasir [Shaikh Nāṣir II Āl Madhkūr] and containing his views on Houssein Khan [Ḥusayn Khān], Ruler of Fars, and the general character of his Government (ff 409-411)The placing, by Hennell, of the HC schooner Constanceat the disposal of Commodore Hawkins for despatch to the Presidency of BombayIntelligence reports, sent by Heskeal bin Yusoof [Ḥizqīl bin Yūsuf], Acting Native Agent at Muscat, to the Persian Secretary to Government (ff 416, 419-420, 425, 428, 430-431, 433-434), covering affairs in Muscat, notably political matters, conflicts between inhabitants and tribes, killings and disturbances. The reports mention the bugla [buggalow] Futhool Moobaruckwhich left Bombay in May running aground near Jazir, whose crew were allegedly refused assistance by the inhabitants and robbed of their clothes (f 420), and the fate of Thomas Brookman, an English traveller in Oman (f 434).Physical description: 1 item (55 folios)
69. General No. 35 of 1874, Regarding the ‘Wilful Damages’ Done to the English Line of Telegraph in Persia, and the Non-Payment of Compensation by that Government, and Drawing Attention to the Importance of the Subject
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- Abstract: This item consists of copies of a Political Despatch from the Government of India Foreign Department to the Secretary of State for India, dated 27 November 1874, submitting papers relating to the ‘wilful damages’ done to the English line of telegraph in Persia [Iran], and the non-payment of compensation by that Government, and drawing attention to the importance of the subject.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 327, and terminates at f 340a, 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. The sequence contains six foliation anomalies: f 327a, f 328a, f 333a, f 334a, f 335a, and f 340a.
70. General No. 6 of 1873, Forwarding Copies of Papers Regarding the Attack on the Steam-ship Cashmere
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- Abstract: This item consists of copies of a General Despatch from the Government of India Foreign Department to the Secretary of State for India, forwarding copies of papers regarding the attack on the steam-ship Cashmere, in continuation of Despatch No. 39 of 10 October 1872, and with reference to the letter from the Secretary in the Secret and Political Department, No. 117 of 11 October 1872, offering an opinion in regard to the propriety of asking the Turkish [Ottoman] Government to compensate the persons injured when the attack occurred.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 657, and terminates at f 669a, 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. The sequence contains five foliation anomalies: f 657a, f 658a, f 663a, f 664a, and f 669a.
71. Coll 30/198 ‘Persian Gulf Defence : - ABADAN.’
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- Abstract: The file contains papers mostly relating to the defence of Abadan (and to a lesser extent other areas of Persia [Iran] and Bahrein [Bahrain]) during the Second World War.It includes papers concerning the following: the defence of oil installations of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company (AIOC) at Abadan from air attack and sabotage; an order (Regulation 29 BB of the Defence (General) Regulations, 1939) requiring British subjects and British protected persons in Persia to perform civil defence duties at Abadan, in the oilfields and at Kermanshah; the question of the application of the Regulation to Indian and Dominion British subjects; arrangements for the payment of compensation for war injuries to British subjects and British protected persons in Persia engaged in civil defence duties; and the question of compensation for war injuries for Indian employees of the AIOC in Persia.The papers consist of correspondence and other papers including:Minutes of the Security Executive Conference on security of oil installations at Abadan, 19 August 1942, and note by the Chairman, 18 August 1942Minutes of a meeting held at the Foreign Office on 31 December 1943 to discuss the application of Regulation 29 BB to PersiaA copy of an instrument delegating to HM Minister at Tehran powers of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs under Regulation 29 BBA memorandum of instructions for HM Minister at Tehran on the operation of Defence Regulation 29 BB.The main correspondents are as follows: the Government of India, External Affairs Department; the Ministry of Fuel and Power, Petroleum Division (formerly the Petroleum Department); the Foreign Office; the Minister of State, Cairo [Minister of State Resident in the Middle East]; and HM Minister, Tehran.The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 115, these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
72. Coll 28/42 ‘Persia. Motor-car Registration in East Persia. Issue of Driving Licenses and Visas to British & Persian subjects; Indian lorry drivers in Persia.’
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- Abstract: Papers concerning the issue of licenses and visas for Persian and Indian lorry drivers operating between Duzdap [Zahedan] in the East Persian province of Sistan, and Nok Kundi in British Baluchistan [in present-day Pakistan]. The licenses were issued by the Governments of Persia [Iran] and India.The correspondence includes: reports of social unrest in the border region between Persia and British Baluchistan from 1934 to 1936; the Persian military’s commandeering of lorries driven by Indians for the purposes of transporting Persian troops and provisions; reports of the ‘ill-treatment’ of some Indian drivers by the Persian military; compensation claims made by the British Government against the Persian Government, on behalf of Indian drivers who were injured or killed while driving through dangerous areas; discussion between the British and Persian Governments about the Anglo-Persian Treaty of 1857, and the entitlement of British subjects in Persia to ‘most-favoured nation treatment’.The file’s principal correspondents include: HM’s Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at Tehran, Reginald Hervey Hoare, Hughe Montgomery Knatchbull-Hugesson; the British Consul at Sistan and Kain [Ka’īn], Clive Kirkpatrick Daly; the Foreign Department of the Government of India; the Governor General and Chief Commissioner in Baluchistan.The file contains several items of correspondence and newspaper cuttings in French, and a single item in Persian.The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 213; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.