Abstract: The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence, minutes and resolutions 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 thirty-fourth in a series of fifty-nine items on events in the Persian Gulf.The item relates to the recent declaration by Sheik Saed ben Guzeeb, Sheik of Lingah [Shaikh Sa‘īd bin Qaḍīb, Shaikh of Bandar-e Lengeh], that all vessels from his port which travel to India should be treated as Persian [Iranian] and therefore granted the benefits given to Persian subjects under the current treaties existing between Great Britain and Persia. He states that all vessels from his port will be given a register with his seal as proof of identity.The item contains the Government of Bombay’s response to this news and their subsequent instructions to Major Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, and to the Collector of Customs.The item also contains a copy of the rukum supplied by the Governor of Shiraz to Sheik Saed, dated April 1847, confirming that he should be granted the same privileges as a Persian subject (folios 437-438).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 435, and terminates at f 439, 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, 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 fifty-seventh in a series of fifty-nine items on events in the Persian Gulf.The item relates to a letter, dated 14 September 1847, from Lieutenant-Colonel Justin Sheil, Her Majesty’s Minister at the Court of Tehran, to Major Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf. The letter confirms that the Government of India’s Act No. 19 of 1838 does not give the same duty privileges for registered vessels belonging to British subjects residing at Bombay [Mumbai], to Persian [Iranian] subjects residing at Bombay. This is forwarded on to the Government of Bombay, which instructs copies to be sent out to other offices within the Company.The item also contains a minute by Lestock Robert Reid, Council Member of the Government of Bombay, explaining the relevant wording of Act No. 19.The title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Bombay Political Department’, ‘Draft No. 345/48, Coll: 2, Vol: 57’, ‘Collection No. 13 of No. 21’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’. The title page also contains a note that relevant correspondence can be found in Collection No. 15 accompanying despatch from the Government of Bombay, 15 April and 2 December 1846, N[umber]s. 41 and 145.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 608, and terminates at f 613, 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 August 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 twelfth in a series of fifty-nine items on events in the Persian Gulf.The item relates to a request made by Sookram [Sukh Rām], a Hindoo [Hindu] merchant from Scinde [Sindh] residing in Bunder Abass [Bandar-e ʻAbbas], to Major Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf. Sookram’s request is for all Scinde merchants residing at Bunder Abass to be granted trading privileges there as British subjects, citing a similar arrangement in Muscat. The item also includes the Government of Bombay’s response, in which they refer to a previous decision made by the Government of India concerning privileges for Scinde merchants at Bahrein [Bahrain].Hennell’s letter includes a list of the Scinde merchants residing at Bunder Abass, which can be found at folio 327.The title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Bombay Political Department’, ‘Draft No. 345/48’, ‘Collection No. 2 of No. 107, Vol: 12.’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 324, and terminates at f 330, 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 file contains correspondence related to assistance provided by the Political Agent, Kuwait, and other Government of India offices to the Shaikh of Kuwait. The correspondence is mostly between the Political Agent, Political Residency in the Persian Gulf, Government of India (Political Department), Political Offices in Basra and Baghdad, and the succeeding Shaikhs of Kuwait (Mobarak [Shaikh Mubarak bin Ṣabāḥ Āl Ṣabāḥ], Jabir [Shaikh Jābir II al-Mubārak Āl Ṣabāḥ], Salim [Shaikh Sālim bin Mubārak Āl Ṣabāḥ], and Ahmed [Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ]). Further correspondence is from the Revenue and Judicial Commissioner in Baluchistan, Office of the Comptroller at the India Treasuries, Basra Customs House, Civil Transport Officer at Basra, High Commissioner for Iraq, British Legation in Tehran, Political Agent, Bahrain, several Kuwaiti merchants, and a number of British firms wishing to sell their products to the Shaikh.The file contains the following:papers concerning the destruction of locusts, including 'Memorandum on the Destruction of Locusts', 12 June 1902, by Major J Ramsay, Political Agent and Deputy Commissioner, Quetta-Peshin (folios 6-9)papers connected to assistance given to the Shaikh for the manning, repairs, and purchase of parts for his boatspapers concerning the loan of vessels to people close to the Shaikhpapers related to the arrangements for loans from the Government of India to the Shaikhpapers connected to assistance given to the Shaikh for the purchase of a variety of things, such as hawks, motor cars, garden produce, and paintcorrespondence, customs receipts, and export statements connected to the regular check that imports from Fao were for the Shaikh's personal use (and thus exempt from duty) as declaredpapers connected to assistance given to Kuwaiti merchants in India and Persiapapers concerning the exemption from Indian custom duty given to the Sultan of Muscat and the Shaikhs of Kuwait, Bahrain, and Qatarcatalogues from various British firms hoping to conduct business with the Shaikhpapers connected to the case of stolen camels and the effort to track them down.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 623; 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 2-355; these numbers are also written in pencil or crayon, but are not circled. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
Abstract: The file contains a request for customs facilities to be extended to J W Meldrum, Secretaryto the High Commissioner for India, for an upcoming visit 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 5; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.