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 thirty-ninth in a series of fifty-nine items on events in the Persian Gulf.The item contains a letter from Major Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to the Government of Bombay, dated 31 July 1847, which itself contains translation of a letter from the agent at Muscat to Hennell, dated 28 June 1847. The agent reports on an interview he conducted with Ibrahim [Ibrāhīm] and Moola Mahomed [Mullā Muḥammad], two men detained at Muscat on suspicion of being accomplices of Ahmed bin Dad Kurreem [Aḥmad bin Dād Karīm], the suspected leader of a group that murdered the crew of a British bugla. Details of the crime, including names of victims and suspected accomplices, and what Ibrahim and Moola Mahomed did afterwards, are included in the agent's letter. Hennell’s letter contains a request for instructions in how to proceed.The item also contains a response to Hennell from the Government of Bombay, pointing to a previous dispatch which contained instructions.The item contains multiple spellings for individuals’ names.The title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Bombay Political Department’, ‘Draft No. 345/48’, ‘Collection No. 2 of No. 139, Vol: 39.’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’. The title page also contains a note that relevant correspondence can be found in Collection No. 1 accompanying despatch from the Government of Bombay, 3 July No. 87 of 1847.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 457, and terminates at f 462, 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 [Mumbai], 18 June 1845. The recipient, unnamed in the item, is most likely the East India Company Court of Directors.The item relates to actions taken by Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, following a report that treasure and property, both public and private, have been stolen from the wreck of the Company schooner, the
Emily. Following the gathering of depositions, accusations of ‘inhospitable’ behaviour and theft are made against the inhabitants of Kenn (also rendered Kinn [Kish]), with the recommendation by the Governor of Bombay that the matter should be referred to the Persian [Iranian] government. Accusations of theft and misconduct also being made against several members of the
Emily’s crew, the Governor of Bombay recommends that the depositions be forwarded to the Advocate General, the Senior Magistrate of Police, and the Commander in Chief [of the Indian Army].A list of the missing treasure can be found at folios 659-660. The list details the name of the related owner or merchant as well as the quantities and types of coins missing.The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Hennell; Augustus S Le Messurier, Advocate General; and Philip William Le Geyt, Senior Magistrate of Police.The title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Bombay Political Department’, ‘P.C. [Previous Communication] 5061, Draft 29/46’, ‘Collection 26’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 653, and terminates at f 665, 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, dated 31 January 1850, and found at IOR/F/4/2442/134094. It is the second in a series of five items relating to the 'slave trade' [trade in enslaved people] in the Persian Gulf and on the Arabian Peninsula.The item relates to the results of a recent mission to Juddah [Jeddah] by Lieutenant G N Adams, Commanding the Company schooner
Constance. It includes:Details about his investigation into the alleged sale of enslaved people at Juddah organised by Haj Rijeb Ali [Ḥājjī Rajab ‘Alī al-Hirātī], a shopkeeper in Bombay [Mumbai], and carried out by this man's agent, Syud Abdulla [Sayyid ‘Abdullāh]Names and status of the people alleged to have been sold, as well as transcripts of interviews with them and with Syud AbdullaStatements provided by witnesses in Bombay and Juddah, including Mahomed ibn Abdool Russool [Muḥammad bin ‘Abd al-Rasūl]Instructions sent by Haj Rijeb Ali to Syud AbdullaDetails about Adams's investigation into complaints made by British Indian merchants regarding their poor treatment at the hands of the Turkish [Ottoman] authorities at JuddahDiscussions regarding the failure of the Turkish Government at Juddah to return the salute of a Company steamerSummaries of conversations Adams had with Alexander Ogilvie, the British Vice Consul at Juddah, and Hasyb Mohamed Pashah [Ḥasīb Muḥammad Pāshā], Governor of the Hedjaz [Hejaz], as well as copies of their correspondenceConcerns that the enslaved people interviewed were coached by Syud Abdulla and that Hasyb Mohamed Pashah was given money by a broker involved in the alleged saleBrief updates on Mocha.The item also contains:Comments on Adams's reports by the Government of Bombay and by Stafford Bettesworth Haines, Captain in the Indian Navy and Political Agent at Aden, who had originally requested naval officers to investigate the above casesGovernor of Bombay's instructions to the Senior Magistrate of Police, Bombay, to pursue further lines of enquiry into the alleged sale and requesting details about the process of examining vessels before their departure from BombayGovernor of Bombay's request to the Commodore and Commander-in-Chief, Indian Navy, that naval officers' political reports should be sent direct to political, rather than naval, authorities.As well as the above, correspondents include: Shaim Ackmut Effendi [Chaim or Ḥāyyīm Aḥmad Effendī], Officiating Governor at Juddah; Khawaja Thomas [Khawājah Tūmā Mekalakki?], merchant; and Charles Augustus Murray, HM Consul General in Egypt.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 No. 17 of 1852', 'Collection', Vol: 2', and 'Examiner's Office'. Originally, the reference read 'Collection No 1 of No 9', but 'No 1 of No 9' has been crossed out.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 668, and terminates at f 698, 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, extracts from a Government of Bombay Political Consultation, 8 July 1849.The item relates to the deposition of Rehun Toolah [Raḥmat Allāh], a mussulman [Muslim] inhabitant of Cutch [Kachchh], in which he admits that he purchased a 'Seedie' [Sīdī, also rendered in text as Sedee and Seedee] woman at Muscat and has subsequently married her. He also states that there are other members of his caste who have done the same. The deposition is forwarded by Thomas Ogilvy, Political Agent in Cutch, to the Government of Bombay. The Governor of Bombay orders the matter to be brought to the attention of the Rao of Cutch and Captain Atkins Hamerton, HM Consul and the East India Company's Agent in the Dominions of the Imam [Imām] of Muscat. The latter is instructed to report the above to the Imam with a view to preventing future cases.The title page of the item contains the following references: 'Bombay Political Department', 'Draft No. 189 of 1850', 'Vol: 7', 'Collection No 6 of No 125', and 'Examiner’s Office'.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 169, and terminates at f 173, 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 item consists of copies of a Political Despatch from the Government of India Foreign Department to the Secretary of State for India, dated 21 November 1873 and received by the India Office Political Department on 15 December 1873, forwarding copies of papers relating to the suppression of the trade in enslaved persons and the general condition of affairs in Zanzibar. The enclosures chiefly comprise copies of letters and reports of John Kirk, Political Agent and HM Consul in Zanzibar, including: reports on the geography and navigability of Latham Island and the Lufigi [Rufiji] River Delta; a description of Kilwa Kivingi [Kilwa Kivinje], the 'headquarters of the Zanzibar slave trade' (f 71); and a deposition and information elicited from a number of 'freed' or 'liberated' African men and women, received from HMS
Britonat D'Urban [Durban], Natal [KwaZulu-Natal], and taken down by various officials at that place.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 66, and terminates at f 84a, 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 66a, f 67a, f 75a, f 76a, and f 84a.
Abstract: The item comprises batches of printed correspondence relating to political and economic affairs in Persia [Iran]. The batches were sent as enclosures by the Government of India, Foreign and Political Department, to the India Office, London. The printed correspondence is principally between officials at the British Legation, Tehran, the Foreign Office, London, and the Government of India, Foreign and Political Department, and dates from 24 October 1925 to 5 August 1926.The papers cover a wide range of subjects, including:The dissolution of the Kadjar [Qājār] dynasty and the accession to the throne of Reza Shah [Reżā Shāh Pahlavī], and amendments to the constitutional law to reflect these changesMatters relating to trade, particularly with RussiaDiplomatic affairs, including recognition of the new regime by foreign diplomatic powers in PersiaRusso-Persian relations, including disputes over Caspian fisheries and Britain's concerns over Bolshevik [Soviet] influence in PersiaGovernmental and legislative matters including ministerial changes, elections to the Majlis [legislative assembly], and the passing of billsUnrest and outright rebellion within the Persian Army owing to suspected corruption among military leaders, particularly in Khorasan and Azerbaijan provinces.Additional correspondence, included as enclosures, originates from: British political, military and diplomatic officials from throughout Persia and the surrounding region; British diplomatic representatives in Europe; and Persian Government officials.The French language material consists of correspondence to and from Persian Government officials.Physical description: 1 item (168 folios)