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.
Abstract: The volume consists of letters sent out by Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, the Resident in the Persian Gulf, and James Pringle Riach, the officer placed in charge of the Bushire Residency during his absences; the Resident is required to make a number of trips to the Arabian Coast during the period covered by this volume.The subject matter covered includes political activity in Persia principally relating to Shaikh ‘Abd al-Rasūl Khān, the Shaikh of Bushire, and Ḥusayn ‘Alī Mirzā, the Prince at Shiraz; this includes some discussion concerning a possible Persian expedition to retake Bahrain, and the insecure position of Shaikh ‘Abd al-Rasūl Khān at Bushire. The impact and consequences of an earthquake, which occurred at Shiraz are also reported.A great deal of correspondence is related to the Resident's role in enforcing the General Treaty with the Arab Tribes of the Persian Gulf 1820, which aims to curb piracy in the Gulf. There is therefore a great deal of material relating to mediating a dispute between the dependants of Sa‘īd bin Sultān Āl Sa‘īd, the Imam of Muscat (principally Shaikh Ṭaḥnūn bin Shakhbūṭ Āl Nahyān), and Sulṭān bin Saqr. There is also some material concerning the arrangement of transportation for the Resident's trips to the Arabian coast.Captain William Owen's efforts to suppress the slave trade in East Africa are covered to a degree by the correspondence; the Captain's authorised declaration of a British Protectorate over Mombasa is reported, along with his threats against other dependencies of the Government of Oman (for example, Zanzibar). There is also a limited amount of material concerning the Imam of Muscat's threats to blockade the port of Basra.Physical description: Condition: The front cover of the volume is detached from the binding, which is itself in poor condition, and many sections are loose. Much of the body of the volume is in good condition, but care must be taken as some of the folios are very fragile.Foliation: The foliation sequence commences at the front cover and terminates at the back cover; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and can be found in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.The volume contains the following amendments to the foliation; 1, and 1A; 20, and 20A; 90, and 90A.Pagination: The volume contains an original pagination sequence written in ink between ff 2-140; these numbers are located in the top centre of each page.
Abstract: The file contains correspondence concerning the 1939 Turkish earthquake. It largely consists of: copies of letters from the Under Secretary to the Government of India, External Affairs Department, to the Counsellor, British Embassy, Angora [Ankara], Turkey, forwarding enclosed correspondence regarding expressions of sympathy and contributions towards the relief fund from various Indian municipal committees and councils, the Arya Samaj of Peshawar Cantonment, and Muslims of Navalgund and surrounding villages; and letters in response from the British Embassy, Angora.It also includes a copy of a telegram from HM Consul-General, Lourenço Marques [Maputo], Mozambique, to the Foreign Office [?], and a letter to the Turkish Ambassador from Philip Nichols, Foreign Office, regarding a donation from Muslim Indians at Lourenço Marques to be transmitted to the Turkish Relief Fund.The file includes copies of a letter in French from the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs to the British Ambassador to Turkey, 6 March 1940 (folios 19 and 31).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 59; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: This item comprises copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 2 of 1847, dated 2 January 1847. The enclosures are dated 10 December 1846-2 January 1847.The correspondents are: Stafford Bettesworth Haines, Political Agent at Aden; the Secretary to the Government, Bombay; and the Under-Secretary to the Government of India. The item also contains a minute of the President and Governor and the members in Council, Bombay.The papers notably cover the following matters:The reported ‘tranquility’ among the Arab tribes in the neighbourhood of Aden and consequent open roads and flourishing marketsThe attitude of rapprochement between the recently ‘quarrelling’ Abdali [‘Abdalī] and Foutheli [Faḍlī] chiefsThe report that the ships
Larkinsand
Elizawith the wing of HM’s 94th Regiment on board have been detained by strong currents to the westward of Aden, and report of the return of the ship
Recoveryto Aden HarbourHaines’s report that he has sent the HC [Honourable Company’s] schooner of war
Constancefrom Aden to the Zebayr [Zubayr] Islands in the Red Sea to observe any changes since the volcanic eruption on one of the islands and the results of the earthquake felt at Mocha and Hodeida [Al Hudaydah] for many miles distant at the time; the ship is then to go to Mussowah [Massawa] to investigate a ‘misunderstanding’ between a British Indian merchant and the Turkish [Ottoman] authoritiesThe view of the Government of India that it would be inexpedient to use coercive measures against the Foutheli tribe for their ‘continued acts of aggression towards Aden’ (f 27).Physical description: 1 item (14 folios)
Abstract: A copy of a letter from Henry Willock, HM Chargé d’Affaires in Persia [Iran], to George Canning, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, sent from Abher [Ābhar] and dated 11 August 1824.The letter concerns:Internal affairs at the Court of Persia, reporting on a meeting between the Shah [Fath-‘Ali Shāh Qājār] and Princes at Sultanieh [Soltānīyeh]The appointment of Meerza Abul Hassan [Mīrzā Abūl Hassan] Khan as Foreign MinisterThe situation in Khiva following the death of Mahomed Raheem Khan [Muhammad Rahīm Bahādur Khān I]An earthquake in Cazroon [Kāzerūn]A proposed expedition by the Prince of Shiraz [Husayn ‘Ali Mīrzā Farmānfarmā, Prince-Governor of Fārs] against Bahrein [Bahrain].The letter was enclosed in Willock’s letter to the Court of Directors of the East India Company dated 14 August 1824 (IOR/L/PS/9/69/209).Physical description: The letter was perforated in an attempt to stop the spread of disease.
Abstract: A copy of a letter from Henry Willock, HM Chargé d’Affaires in Persia [Iran], to George Canning, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, sent from Sultanieh [Soltānīyeh] and dated 8 July 1824.Subjects covered in the letter include:Events in KhorasanThe rumoured death of the Khan of Khiva Mahomed Raheem Khan [Muhammad Rahīm Bahādur Khān I]The dismissal of Mahomed Reza Mirza [Muhammad Rezā Mīrzā] as Governor of GilanAn earthquake on 2 June which caused extensive damage in Cazroon [Kāzerūn] and elsewhereA reported act of ‘piracy’ in the Gulf originating from Sharga [Sharjah]Conflict in Arabia between the Wahabees [Wahhabis] and the forces of Mahomed Ali Pasha [Muhammad ‘Ali Pasha, Wāli of Egypt].The letter was enclosed in Willock’s letter to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company dated 14 July 1824 (IOR/L/PS/9/69/186).Physical description: The letter was perforated in an attempt to stop the spread of disease.
Abstract: A copy of a letter from Henry Willock, HM Chargé d’Affaires in Persia [Iran], to George Canning, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, sent from Tehran and dated 18 October 1824.The letter reports on internal affairs in Persia, including:The departure of Ameen ud Dowleh [‘Abdullah Khān Amīn al-Dawlah, Prime Minister] to attend to affairs in Isphahan [Esfahān]Rivalry between Abbas Meerza [‘Abbās Mīrzā, Crown Prince], and Abdulla Meerza [‘Abdullah Mīrzā] which has led to violenceThe effects of an earthquake around Sheeraz [Shīrāz] and Cazeroon [Kāzerūn]The abandonment of the proposed expedition against Bahrein [Bahrain] by the Prince of Sheeraz [Husayn ‘Ali Mīrzā Farmānfarmā, Prince-Governor of Fārs].The letter was enclosed in Willock’s letter to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company dated 18 October 1824 (IOR/L/PS/9/69/222).Physical description: 1 item (4 folios)