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1. 'Messrs Gray Paul and Company's claim against Muhammad Ibrahim ibn Saif'
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- Abstract: The volume comprises letters and correspondence relating to debt owed by Muhammad Ibrahim bin Saif to a number of debtees including Gray Mackenzie and Company. The discussion in the volume relates to the circumstances of the debt and bankruptcy, and the resolution of the amount to be repaid.The file includes ten letters in Arabic and their translations as well as a list of debts and assets (folio 2). The main correspondents include: the Chief Political Officer, Basrah (Percy Zachariah Cox); the Ruler of Kuwait (Shaikh Salim bin Mubarak); and the Political Agent, Kuwait (Robert Edward Hamilton, Percy Gordon Loch); the Ruler of Najd (Ibn Sa'ud).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 33; 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in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.Pagination: the file also contains a pagination sequence written in blue crayon.
2. ‘Persian Gulf & Muscat. Petition from Hajee Oosman Voydina – preferring a pecuniary claim against the Government Native Agent at. – ’
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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. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; the Government of India; Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; Kojeh Hiskail [Khawājah Ḥizqīl bin Yūsuf], British Agent at Muscat; and Hajee Oosman Voydina [Ḥājjī ‘Uthmān], a merchant at Bombay [Mumbai].The item concerns two claims by Hajee Oosman:That he is owed money by Hiskail, who took charge of money belonging to Hajee Oosman after a shipwreck in 1846That he has been wrongfully asked to pay double duty on goods imported at Muscat.The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft No 626’, ‘1852’ and ‘Collection No 10 of No 51’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 334, and terminates at f 348, 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. Relative to the recovery of the Amount for which the Chief of Bahrein became Security on behalf of the Chiefs of the Guttur Coast.-’
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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, 31 March 1852, and found at IOR/F/4/2475/138723. It is the fourth in a series of eight items about the Persian Gulf.The item relates to a report from Lieutenant James Tronson, Commanding Officer of the Company brigantine, Tigris, regarding his recent trip to collect money owed by Sheik Mahomed ben Khuleefa, Sheik of Bahrein [Shaikh Muḥammad bin Khalīfah Āl Khalīfah, Shaikh of Bahrain]. Sheik Mohamed owed the money as he was acting as security on behalf of the rulers of the Guttur [Qatar] coast. Tronson's report includes Sheik Mahomed's excuse for not paying the full amount, which relates to a loss of subjects as the inhabitants of Wookrah [Al Wakrah, also rendered in text as Wukrah] recently moved to Katiff [Al-Qatif], at the invitation of Ameer Fuzel ben Turkey [Amīr Fayṣal bin Turkī bin ‘Abdullāh Āl Sa‘ūd].Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, sends a copy of the report to the Government of Bombay, along with his comments. The item also includes a minute by the Governor of Bombay.The title page of the item contains the following references: 'Bombay Political Department', 'Draft No. 733 of 1852', 'Collection No 7', 'Vol: 4', and 'Examiner's Office'. Originally, the Collection number was given as '4 of No. 35' but this has been crossed out.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 950, and terminates at f 957, 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. Relative to the request preferred by Meerza Mahomed Reza for the interference of Government with a view to the recovery of certain monies alleged to have been extorted from him while in the service of the Indor Durbar. Vol: 20’
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- Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, consultations, and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. These political letters appear in IOR/F/4/2349/123808. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Major Samuel Hennell, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; Meerza Mahomed Reza [Mīrzā Muḥammad Reżā]; and Robert North Collie Hamilton, British Resident at Indore. It is the twentieth in a series of twenty-four items on events in the Persian Gulf.The item concerns a request by Meerza Mahomed Reza for the British Resident at Indore to help him to obtain restitution for money taken from him and money owed to him while he was employed at the court of Hari Rao Holkar IX.The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft no 334 of 1850’, ‘Coll[ection] 4’, and ‘Collection No 5 of No 127’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 377, and terminates at f 382 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. Visit to Bushire of Sheik Ally bin Khuleefa brother of the chief of Bahrein – Vol: 43’
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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/4/2302/118727. The correspondents are the Government of Bombay and Major Samuel Hennell, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf. It is the forty-third in a series of fifty-one items on the Persian Gulf.The item concerns a visit by Sheik Ally bin Khuleefa [Shaikh ‘Alī bin Khalīfah Āl Khalīfah], a brother of the ruler of Bahrein [Bahrain], to Hennell. Sheik Ally’s purpose was to persuade Hennell to induce the Chief of Lingah, Sheik Saeed ben Guzeeb [Shaikh Sa‘īd bin Qāzib of Bandar-e Lengeh], to allow the al boo Someit [Āl Bū Ṣamad] tribe to leave Lingah and settle at Bahrein without the Shaikh of Bahrein having to first pay off all their debts.The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Collection No 5 of No 4’, ‘Coll[ection]: 17’ and ‘Draft no 465 of 49’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 652, and terminates at f 657, 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. 'The Persian Debt to the Government of India and His Majesty's Government.'
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- Abstract: This file consists of a memorandum describing the historical background to the Persian debt to the Government of India and to the British Government. The memorandum records a number of proposals for debt relief put forward by the Government of India, the Foreign Office and the Chancellor, made on the basis firstly that the majority of the debt consisted of war loans against which it was feared the Persian Government might have grounds for a counter-claim, and secondly that a number of concessions might thereby be won. The memorandum was written by John Gilbert Laithwaite, India Office.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 6; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
7. 'Vol 44 Native letters outward'
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- Abstract: This volume contains copies of letters outward from the two successive Residents in the Persian Gulf at Bushire; Colonel Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, from April 1826 to March 1827, and Captain (later Major) David Wilson, from March 1827 to January 1829. There are also letters written by the Acting Resident Lieutenant Samuel Hennell between June and October 1828, a period when Wilson was in Bombay visiting Sir John Malcolm.The letters are addressed to notable figures in the Gulf region, including the Prince of Shiraz, the Imam of Muscat, the Prince of Fars and Agents in Bushire, Bahrein [Bahrain], Shiraz, Mogoo [Bandar-e Moghūyeh], Sharga [Sharjah] and other areas of the Gulf. The majority of letters begin by enquiring after the health and wellbeing of the recipient, and many letters extend offers of friendship and offer assistance in negotiating and maintaining peace between two parties. Subjects include an incident between Arrathoon Malcolm and his nephew, the habitation of Derah by the Soceedan Tribe, periods of conflict between Shaikh Tanoon [Ṭaḥnūn bin Shakhbūṭ Āl Nahyān] ruler of Aboothabee [Abu Dhabi] and Sultan bin Sugger [Sulṭān bin Saqr] ruler of Sharjah, Stannus's resignation as Resident and events preceding it, the matter of the Dumookh Tribe, the debt of Ibrahim the Shroff, several acts of piracy and the attempts made by the Resident and his Agents to seek the perpetrators and the calls to capture and punish offenders, cossids [official messengers] and their work and pay, and Wilson's voyage to Bombay with events that occurred in his absence.Physical description: Foliation: This item has two different foliation sequences. The first is part of an original foliation sequence which was applied to the whole volume. It is written in ink and appears at the top right (recto) or top left (verso) corner of the folio. The second number is a small pencil number enclosed in a circle which also appears in the top right corner (recto) only and starts at the front cover and terminates at the back cover; this is the foliation number that has been used in referencing this item. The original foliation sequence starts at number 21, indicating that the first ten folios are missing.Condition: The item has suffered from insect damage and is difficult to read in places as parts of the text are missing. The front cover is badly damaged by insects and detached, and many pages in the volume are loose. There are large holes through the first 13 folios, and text is missing. There are smaller holes throughout the remainder of the text, although this does not impede the reading of it. A few pages towards the end suffer from bleedthrough, but not enough to obscure the text. The edges of the pages are fragile.
8. ‘Persia Claim of the Government of- to certain property in the custody of Hajee Mahomed Sadik a Persian Merchant in Bombay-’
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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, 28 January 1854.The item relates to a claim against Hajee Mahomed Sadick [Ḥājjī Muḥammad Ṣādiq] by Mirza Mahomed Houssin Khan [Mīrzā Muḥammad Ḥusayn Khān], Persian [Iranian] Consul at Bombay, on behalf of the Persian Government. The claim is for money owed to the Government by Hajee Mahomed Sadick's father, Hajee Haschum [Ḥājjī Hāshim], a merchant of Ispahan [Isfahan], whose death has rendered his son responsible for payment. The item contains:Details of the claimRequests for help in the affair by representatives of the Persian Government to the British Foreign Office and to the Government of BombayResults from a search for relevant correspondence by the Government of BombayInstructions from the Foreign Office to the Board of Control and Court of Directors to help Mirza Mahomed Houssin KhanLegal advice from Augustus Smith Le Messurier, Advocate-General, and William Acland, Company Solicitor, BombayDetails about a competing claim against Hajee Mahomed Sadick by Meerza Dawood [Mīrzā Dāʾūd], who is represented by Acland at the request of Colonel Justin Sheil, English Representative in Persia.The final legal advice given by Le Messurier is passed on to Mirza Mahomed Houssin Khan by the Government of Bombay.Correspondents: Mirza Agha [Mīrzā Āqā Khān Nūrī], Persian Prime Minister; Mirza Mahomed Houssin Khan; Le Messurier; Acland; Foreign Office; Court of Directors; and the Government of Bombay.The item contains multiple spellings of multiple personal names and place names.The title page of the item contains the following references: 'Bombay Political Department', Draft Number '744 [18]54', 'Collection No. 4', and 'Examiner's Office'. Originally, the Collection number was written as 'Collection No. 1 of No. 5 of 1854.' but the '1' was replaced with '4' and 'of No. 5 of 1854.' has been crossed out.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 226, and terminates at f 244, 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.The sequence contains one foliation anomaly, f 239a.Pagination: the item also contains an original pagination sequence.
9. 'Persia. Note on the memorandum by Sir M Durand on the situation in Persia - HC 1274 of 1895 [L/PS/3/349].'
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- Abstract: This note on the memorandum produced by Sir Henry Mortimer Durand, Minister Plenipotentiary to Tehran 1894-1900, was written by Sir William Lee-Warner and focuses on various issues relating to the current situation in Persia. These include:the issue of the Regie debt;concerns over the succession of the Vali Ahd to power following the death of the Shah;the delimitation of the Perso-Baluch frontier;Anglo-Russian relations and actions in Persia;Russian influence over the region and over the Vali Ahd;considerations over how English finances and personnel could be better managed in the region.The document concludes with notes from 'E N' and 'G H'. The identities of these authors are unknown.Physical description: 2 folios
10. 'P. 2. 2410/1903. Persia:- Financial Situation. Loans.'
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- Abstract: The volume comprises correspondence, telegrams, despatches, notes and memoranda relating to financial loans made by the Governments of Great Britain and Russia to the Government of Persia from 1901 to 1905; and potential loans to be made during 1906 and 1907.The volume discusses the failure of the Persian Government to meet repayment schedules for existing loans and the securities such as customs revenue and concessions which the loans were guaranteed against.Also discussed in the volume are a possible joint Anglo-Russian loan to the Persian Government, which was eventually dismissed owing to the illness and subsequent death of the Shah (Muẓaffari’d-Dīn Shāh Qājār) in January 1907.The principal correspondents in the volume are the British Ambassador to Persia (Sir Cecil Spring Rice), the British Ambassador to Russia (Sir Arthur Nicolson), the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Sir Edward Grey), and representatives of the India Office, Foreign Office, and Treasury.Other correspondents include the Chargé d’Affaires for the British Legation at Tehran (Evelyn Grant Duff), the Russian Imperial Minister for Foreign Affairs (Count Alexander Petrovich Izvolsky) and his Assistant Minister (Count Alexander Petrovich Izvolsky), and the Secretary of State for India (Sir John Morley). Also included is correspondence with the Manager (George Newell) and Chairman (Sir Lepel Griffin) of the Imperial Bank of Persia through whom British loans to the Persian Government had been arranged.The volume is part 2 of 4. Each part includes a divider which gives the subject and part numbers, year the subject file was opened, subject heading, and list of correspondence references contained in that part by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 527; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
11. ‘Case of the Persian Nobleman Agha Khan Mehlatee. Vol: 4’
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- Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, minutes, resolutions, memoranda, and consultations cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. These political letters appear in IOR/F/4/2388/127592. The main correspondents are: the Government of India; the Government of Bombay; and Agha Khan Mehlatee [Āqā Khān I]. It is the fourth in a series of four items on Agha Khan Mehlatee.The item concerns:Financial affairs of Agha Khan, including: the payment of his stipend from the Government of India; rent payments for his houses in Bombay [Mumbai]; collections of money donations from his followers in Cutch [Kutch]; and the management of his and his family’s debts in Baghdad and in Persia [Iran]Preparations for Agha Khan’s return to Persia from Bombay, delays to his return, and political information from Persia leading to his continued stay in India.The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following reference: ‘Draft no 22 of 1851’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 807, and terminates at f 991 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.
12. 'Liabilities of Persia.'
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- Abstract: The file consists of a printed document entitled 'Liabilities of Persia', which contains a transcription of a letter from the India Office to the Foreign Office. The letter is from John Evelyn Shuckburgh, India Office, to the Under Secretary of State, Foreign Office in response to proposals made by Sir Percy Zachariah Cox, High Commissioner for Mesopotamia, for the liquidation of Persia's debt to the Imperial and Indian Exchequers (British and Indian Governments). The letter encloses a statement prepared by the Accountant-General of the India Office of Persia's estimated liabilities on 8 March 1921, and four calculations of possible methods of liquidation.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at 1 on the first folio and terminates at 2 on the last folio. The numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and appear in the top right corner of the recto page of each folio.Pagination: the file also has an original printed pagination sequence, numbered 2-4 (folios 1-2).
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