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1. ‘Persian Gulf. Proceedings relative to the trial of the Pirate Ahmed Dad Kurreem by the Muskat authorities.’
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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. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; the Court of Directors of the East India Company; Major Samuel Hennell, British Resident in the Persian Gulf; and Khojah Hiskael [Khawājah Ḥizqīl bin Yūsuf], British Agent at Muscat (also written Muskat).The item concerns the trial and execution of Ahmed Dad Kurreem [Aḥmad Dād Karīm] by Syed Soweenee [Sayyid Thuwaynī bin Sa‘īd Āl Bū Sa‘īd, Governor of Muscat]. Kurreem was convicted of burning the vessel which was employing him as nakhoda [nakhuda], murdering some of the crew, and stealing the treasure on board the ship.The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft no 567/49’, ‘Coll[ection]: 2’, and ‘Collection No 5 of No 35’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 803, and terminates at f 811 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.
2. ‘Persian Gulf. Affairs of the – ’
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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 main correspondents are the Government of Bombay; Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, British Resident in the Persian Gulf; Meerza Mahmood [Mīrzā Muḥammad], British Agent at Shiraz; Bahram Mirza [Bahrām Mīrzā Mo‘ezz-al-Dawlah], Prince-Governor of Fars; and Colonel Justin Sheil, HM Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at the Court of Tehran.The item concerns:Attempts by the Prince-Governor of Fars to levy a fine of 300 tomans on the nakhuda of a Dashtee [Dashti] vessel for importing enslaved people into Bushire [Bushehr]5% customs duties levied on sugar from Java arriving at Bushire, compared to the previous rate of 1.25%, and discussions by Hennell about whether he should intervene to ask the Prince-Governor of Fars to exempt these Bushire traders affected from inland transit dutiesRequests for assistance made to Hennell by people who have had property stolenMilitary conflicts between Bakir Khan [Bāqir Khān Tangistānī] and Sheik Nasir [Shaikh Nāṣir II Āl Madhkūr], Governor of Bushire, and between Bakir Khan and the Prince-Governor of FarsThe replacement of Bahram Mirza as Prince-Governor of Fars, and Kurrem Khan [Karīm Khān] as Governor of Behbehan [Behbahan]Unrest in the province of FarsThe imprisonment of Mirza Alli Mahomed [Mīrzā ‘Alī Muḥammad], the Bab [Báb], and an order for his executionThe effects of locusts on food pricesSheik Nasir’s reluctance to go to Shiraz as he owed the Prince-Governor of Fars tributeEnquiries into the conduct of Mirza Mahomed due to complaints against him, including that he stole a gold watch from the late Mr Tasker, claims which are refuted by HennellDefeat of the Babees [Bábis], who had been causing disturbances by the SirbazThe execution of Syed Yahyah [Sayyid Yaḥyá], a follower of the Bab.The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft No 91 of 1851’ and ‘Coll[ection]: 18’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 568, and terminates at f 675, 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. The Execution of a Persian Subject by the Ottoman Authorities at Baghdad
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- Abstract: Letter and Enclosure to HM Secretary of State for India, dated 13 December 1871, concerning the capture and execution by the Ottoman authorities at Baghdad of Shah Riza, a Persian subject, on a charge of brigandage on Ottoman territory.The Enclosure is a letter from Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Herbert, Consul-General at Baghdad, dated 16 August 1871. This letter encloses transcripts of statements concerning the case; letters of protest from the Persian Consul-General; and a letter in response from Midhut Pasha, the Governor of Baghdad. Herbert's view was that the execution resulted from the irritation of the Ottoman authorities at cross-border raiding from Persia, and might lead to reprisals.Physical description: 1 item (10 folios)
4. Seizure and Execution of Messenger at Bahrain
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- Abstract: Letter and Enclosures to HM Secretary of State for India, dated 31 October 1871.The papers concern the seizure and execution of a messenger from the 'pirate', Nassir bin Mobarik, to Jassim bin Mahomed bin Thani [Shaikh Jāsim bin Muḥammad Āl Thānī] of Gwuttur [Qatar], at Bahrein [Bahrain], and the seizure of letters he was carrying. The messenger was said to have been responsible for the murder of the father of the Ruler of Bahrain, and the letters included some from the Ottoman Pasha at El Hassa [Hasa]. British officials feared that the execution might provide a pretext for interference in Bahrain by the Ottoman Government. The correspondence also provides some military intelligence on Turkish operations in Nejd.The main correspondent is Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Herbert, Political Agent in Turkish Arabia.The Enclosures are dated 1 September - 30 October 1871.Physical description: There is an Abstract of Contents on folios 503-504, numbered 1-12.
5. Ext 338/44 'Ill treatment of Persian pilgrims at Mecca'
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- Abstract: The file contains correspondence regarding the execution without trial of a Persian pilgrim, accused of defiling the Great Mosque of Mecca, and ensuing agitation amongst Persian and other Shiah Muslims. The primary correspondents are: British Legation, Tehran; British Legation, Baghdad; British Legation, Jeddah; Foreign Office.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 7; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
6. Response of the Ottoman Authorities following the Murder of a Messenger at Bahrain
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- Abstract: Letter and Enclosures to HM Secretary of State for India, dated 20 December 1871.The papers concern the response to the seizure and execution at Bahrein [Bahrain] of a messenger from the 'pirate', Nassir bin Mobarek, who wished to communicate with Guttur [Qatar], and the seizure of letters the messenger was carrying. The messenger was said to have been responsible for the murder of the father of the Ruler of Bahrain [‘Īsá bin ‘Alī Āl Khalīfah], and the letters included some from the Ottoman military commander in the area.The Enclosures include reports of the incident, including one from the commander of HM Gunboat Hugh Rose; correspondence from Lieutenant-Colonel Lewis Pelly, the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; correspondence from the Viceroy; a request from Midhut Pasha, the Ottoman Governor at Baghdad for reparation over the incident; the British wish to avert the threat of Turkish interference in Bahrain; reports of the escape of Abdullah [Abdallah ibn Faisal ibn Turki Āl Sa‘ūd] from Lahsa [Hasa]; and reports of the expression by the Ruler of Bahrain of regret over the messenger's murder.The Enclosures are dated 27 October - 1 December 1871.Physical description: There is an Abstract of Contents on folios 570-571, numbered 1-23.
7. PERSIA FACTORY RECORDS: LETTERS FROM BASRA, 1753-1773, PT 1
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- Abstract: This item contains correspondence sent to and received from the East India Company Factory at Bussora [Basra] from 17 January 1753 to 19 April 1765. It contains correspondence relating to the following:The Mussaleem of Bussora’s [Mutasallim of Basra] arrest of the Dutch Resident [Tiddo Frederik van] Kniphausen on the orders of Soliman Bashaw [Sulaymān Abū Laylā, Pāshā of Baghdad, also written here as Solyman Bashaw]The death of William Fytche and succession of Roger Drake as Governor of BengalThe order given by Soliman Bashaw for the execution of his brother-in-law, Achmed Aga [Aḥmad Āghā], for alleged ‘intrigues’ carried out against him at the Ottoman PorteThe appointment of William Shaw and Alexander Douglass to take charge of the East India Company agencies at Bussora and Gombroon [Bandar ‘Abbas] respectivelyThe delayed response to the ‘encouragement & invitations’ of Mir Nasir [Mīr Nāṣir bin Ḥamad al-Zu’ābī, also written here as Meir Nassir, Mir Nassir and Mir Nasser] to the East India Company to send a servant to Bunderick [Bandar-i Rig, also written here as Bundereeck]The departure of Soliman Bashaw from Bagdat [Baghdad] with an army of fifteen thousand against ‘a people situated northward of Mussaul [Mosul]’ and his ravaging of the countryThe withdrawal of the Dutch Factory at Bussora to Bushire [Bushehr], by order of their superiors at Gombroon, and the possible cost of the Factory’s relocation and re-establishmentThe grant of a Phirmaund [farmān] from the Grand Senor [Sulṭān Maḥmūd I] confirming Soliman Bashaw in ‘all the governments he formerly held’ together with a gift of a sword and sable coat of honourThe clashes between Careem Caun [Karīm Khān Zand, Vakīl of Persia] and Azat Caun an offgoon [Āzād Khān Ghiljā’ī, also known as Āzad Khān Afghān, self-declared Ruler of Azarbaijan], and the latter’s support for a claimant calling himself Shaw Sulṭan Hossein [Shāh Sulṭān Ḥusayn], a son of Shaw Thomas [Shāh Tahmāsb], who had recently returned from Muscovy [Russia]The Governor-General of Batavia’s [Jacob Mossel] dispatch of Kniphausen back to the Gulf, the latter’s arrival at Carrack [Kharg], ‘a small island contiguous to Bundereeck’, and the attempts of Mir Nasir to mediate between the Dutch and the MussaleemThe interception of a packet from the Agent at Bussora to the Consul at Aleppo, Alexander Drummond, by ‘one Mutti a Venetian Merchant’ and the Dutch Consul at AleppoThe threat from Soliman Bashaw against Mir Nasir, Governor of Bunderick and Shaik Nassir, Governor of Bushire [Shaikh Nāṣir Khān Abū Muhayrī], to ‘chastise them severely’ for continuing to harbour KniphausenThe execution of Mir Nasir, Governor of Bunderick, by his youngest son, Mir Mahanna [Mīr Muḥannā, also written here as Meer Mahanna], and the flight of the latter’s elder brother to the Dutch in the ‘adjacent Country’The victory of Careem Caun over Azat Caun near Shyrash [Shiraz], and the possibility that both might submit to Ahmed Shaw, King of the Offgoons [Aḥmad Shāh Durrānī], who has already taken part of Khorason [Khurasan]The surprise attack by Meer Husson [Mīr Ḥasan bin Nāṣir al-Zu’ābī], eldest son of Mir Nasir, on his brother Mir Mahanna, and the binding of the latter in chains, although it is believed he will not easily quit his ‘pretensions’The arrival of a French Commissary on the Coromandell Coast and his dismissal of Governor Duplex [Joseph François Dupleix] and three of his councillors for their ‘Imprudent Conduct’The Grand Senior’s [Sulṭān Osmān III] appointment of Ally Basha [Silāḥdār Bıyıklı ‘Alī Pāshā] as Grand Vizier, and the latter’s enmity towards Soliman BashawThe battle fought by Colonel [Eyre] Coote against Monsieur Laly [Thomas Arthur, Comte de Lally] and his Moratta [Maratha] allies commanded by Innis Cawn [Yūnūs Khān], the Chief Officer of Mororow [Murari Rao Ghorpade] at Wandiwash [Vandavasi]The raising of an army by the Mugull Sha Zada [Mughal Shāhzādah, or Crown Prince, ‘Alī Gawhar, the future Shāh ‘Ālam II] and rumours that he had taken PatnaThe death of Soliman Bashaw and the unanimous appointment of the ‘King’s Treasurer’ by Government officials and the ‘whole body’ of the Janissaries in BagdatThe attainment by Carim Caun of such a degree of power as to keep his rivals in the ‘utmost awe and submission’ and ensure his position as the ‘sovereign power’ in Persia [Iran]The terms of the agreement between Saddooc Caun [Sādiq Khān Zand], Governor of Shyrash, and William Andrew Price of the East India Company for the latter’s assistance against Mir MahannaThe plunder of the English factories at Patna, Dacca [Dhaka], and Cassimbuzar [Kasim Bazar] by Cossim Ally Caun the Nabob of Bengall [Mīr Qāsim ‘Alī Khān Najafī, the Nawwāb of Bengal], the proclamation of Jaffer Ally Caun [Mīr Ja‘far ‘Alī Khān Najafī] as Nabob, and the latter’s taking of the field against Cossim Ally Caun, together with the forces of the English East India CompanyThe Articles of Agreement made and concluded between William Andrew Price, Agent for the affairs of the British Nation in the Gulf of Persia, on behalf of the Honourable United English East India Company, and Shaik Saddoon of Bushire [Shaikh Sa‘dūn bin Madhkūr Abū Muhayrī of Bushehr], 12 April 1763 (f 97)The imprisonment of Hodgee Esoof Delal Bashee [Hājī Yūsuf Dallāl Bashī], his execution by strangulation, and the discovery of his body at the ‘Corn Market’ in BussoraThe Company’s appeal to the Mussaleem not to dispose of Hodgee Esoof’s large estate, ‘particularly in Lands & Houses’, before his debts to them have been settledThe retreat of the Nabob Cossim Ally Caun beyond Patna and the massacre of the English gentlemen and soldiers by Sumroos [Walter Reinhardt Sombre] on 6 October 1763The victories of the King of Candia [Kirti Sri Rajasinha, King of Kandy] against the Dutch at Ceylon [Sri Lanka], despite their reinforcement with ‘ships and men from Batavia’The encampment of Carim Caun’s army at Havisa [Hoveyzeh] and their crossing of the river to attack Shaik Soliman, the latter being indebted to him ‘for a large Tribute’, and Mir Mahanna’s coordinated dispatch of his gallivats to prevent the Chaub [Banū Ka‘b] from escapingThe killing of Captain Herbert Sutherland and his officers by Arab lascars aboard TheIslamabad, and the seizure of four lach [lakh] Rupees in pearls and treasure.Physical description: 1 item (180 folios)
8. PERSIA FACTORY RECORDS: LETTERS FROM BASRA, 1753-1773, PT 3
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- Abstract: This item contains correspondence sent to and received from the East India Company Factory at Bussora [Basra] from 2 September 1765 to 17 August 1773. It contains correspondence relating to the following:The destruction of nine Turkish galleys sent against them by the Chaub [Banū Ka‘b], including that of the Captain Bashaw [Kapūdān Pāshā], with stores of gunpowder and ammunition, and a Turkish counterattack, that drove the Chaub into their fort, ‘after making great slaughter’The attempt by Captain John Brewer to take the Chaub’s redoubt and a sally by the latter’s cavalry, leading to the death of Brewer and loss of all his ‘Field Peices and Ammunition’An express message from Carim Caun [Karīm Khān Zand] demanding the Anglo-Turkish force raise the siege, since ‘the Chaub [Shaikh Salmān bin Sulṭān al-Ka‘bī] & his People were Persian Subjects’, otherwise he would dispatch an ‘innumerable Army’ and make war on the Turks and the EnglishThe capture and execution of Meer Mahanna [Mīr Muḥannā] by the Mussaleem [Mutasallim of Basra] on the orders of the Pasha, ostensibly to avoid harbouring him or having to surrender him to Carim CaunThe overthrow of Shaik Ghanum [Shaikh Ghānim bin Salmān al-Ka‘bī] by his brother Daoud [Dawūd bin Salmān al-Ka‘bī] as Shaikh of the Chaub, on account of the former’s adherence to his father’s [Shaikh Salmān] policy of ‘professing subiection to both Turks and Persians, and by that means paying obedience to neither’The arrival of William Eaton at Bussora as factor of David Hays of the Levant Company in Aleppo, the third such factor to be dispatched by Hays as observed by the East India CompanyThe ‘great preparations’ made by Carim Caun for going to war, including his taking charge of an additional army of 30,000 horsemen and 20,000 footmen, and which might be intended to deter the Russians, Turks, or Achmed Shaw the Offghoon [Aḥmad Shāh Durrānī the Afghān]The capture of the ship The Tygerby the gallivats of Bunderick [Bandar-i Rig], which were said to be cruising off Bussora Harbour to intercept any commercial vessels coming from Bengal.Physical description: 1 item (191 folios)
9. PZ 6249/32 Arabia: Theft of Relics from the Holy Cube at Mecca
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- Abstract: Thefile contains correspondence regarding the theft of holy relics from the HolyCube in Mecca and the confession, sentencing and execution of the culprit. Thefile also mentions the ceremonial returning of the relics to the Holy Cube byIbn Saud. The primary correspondent is Cecil Gervase Hope Gill, HM Chargéd’Affaires to Jeddah.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 106, and terminates at f 111, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
10. Coll 6/59 'Saudi-Arabia: Alleged execution of the State Prisoners handed over after Akhwan rebellion in 1929 (Naif ibn Hithlain, Sultan ibn Hamaid and Ibn Lami)'
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- Abstract: This file concerns rumours that prisoners handed over by His Majesty's Government following the Akhwan rebellion of 1929/1930 have been executed by the Saudi authorities, in spite of promises reportedly made by King Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] to the British Government that the men's lives would be spared.The rumours, which concern three Saudi state prisoners named Naif ibn Hithlain, Ibn Lami and Ibn Humaid, are reported in extracts from intelligence summaries from the Kuwait Political Agency, dated October and November 1933.A letter dated 25 January 1934, from His Majesty's Minister at Jedda (Sir Andrew Ryan) to the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Sir John Simon), relays an assurance from Ibn Saud that the men are still alive, but an extract from a later Kuwait intelligence summary, dated 30 November 1935, appears to confirm the deaths of the three men.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 14; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.