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13. ‘Persian Gulf. Batta granted to Mr Midshipman Heathcote Employed on the detached duty. Vol: 31’
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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 main correspondents are the Government of Bombay and Commander John Croft Hawkins, Senior Naval Officer in the Persian Gulf. It is the thirty-first in a series of fifty-one items on the Persian Gulf.The item concerns the return of Midshipman Heathcote and the batta [allowance] to be paid to him for travelling to Batavia [Jakarta] on the Dutch brig Lorkasat the request of Hawkins. This was due to a dispute between the owner and Captain of the vessel. The item also contains a description by Hawkins of the movement of the Persian Gulf Squadron and the conditions of the vessels.Further information on the Lorkascan be found at IOR/F/4/2260/114578 and IOR/F/4/2325/120980.The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Collection No 10 of No 169’, ‘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 563, and terminates at f 578, 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.
14. ‘Persian Gulf. Table money on account of Major Hennell and his Monshee while on Board the Hon’ble Company’s Sloop “Clive”. – Vol: 11’
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- Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, consultations, resolutions, 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; and Lieutenant-Colonel George Moore, Military Auditor General. It is the eleventh in a series of twenty-four items on events in the Persian Gulf.This item concerns Captain Hawkins’ account of table money for accommodation afforded on board East India Company sloop Clivefrom 16 April to 5 May 1848 to Hennell and his Moonshee [munshi].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 10 of No 95’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 261, and terminates at f 265 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.
15. ‘Persian Gulf. Deficiency of Cash in the Bushire Residency, in delivering over charge of the – by Captn Hardy in 1823.’
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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 [Mumbai]. The correspondents include: the Government of Bombay; Government of India; Accountant General of Bombay Charles Morley; the Resident in the Persian Gulf, Samuel Hennell. The appendix to this item is contained in item IOR/F/4/2020/90762.The item concerns an alleged deficiency of 2272 Persian rupees, 52 rials in the accounts of the Bushire [Bushehr] Residency when Captain Henry Hardy handed the Residency over to Ephraim Gerrish Stannus in 1823. Hardy is asked to account for this money, which appeared to have been drawn by George Willock at Tabreez [Tabriz].The item includes a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft 813, P.C. [Previous Communication] 4122, [Season] 1843’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 4 and terminates at f 30, 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.
16. ‘Persian Gulf. Contingent Bill for sundries Vol: 16’
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- Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, minutes, resolutions, memoranda, and consultations cited in, or enclosed with, a political letter from the Government of Bombay, which appears in IOR/F/4/2445/134344. The correspondents are the Government of Bombay and Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf. It is the sixteenth in a series of twenty-one items on events in the Persian Gulf.The item concerns a request by Hennell for reimbursement for purchase of four large jars and a supply of water, purchased while Bushire [Bushehr] was under threat of siege.The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft N 34 – 1852’, and ‘Collection No 32’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 253, and terminates at f 255, 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.
17. ‘Persian Gulf. Lieutenant Rennie’s claim for table expenses incurred by him on account of Count de Medeni and suite while on their passage from Bushire to Bussorah in the Honourable Company’s Schooner “Constance”.’
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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/4/2174/105546. It is the forty-fifth in a series of forty-five items on the Persian Gulf.The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Major Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf; Captain Sir Robert Oliver, Superintendent of the Indian Navy; and Major General David Barr, Military Auditor General.The item concerns the claim made by Lieutenant Rennie for the expenses incurred in accommodating the Count de Medem [Count Aleksandr Medem], formerly Russian Ambassador to the Court of Persia [Iran], on board the Honourable Company’s schooner Constanceduring its journey from Bushire [Bushehr] to Bussora [Basra].The item contains a table of contents (ff 709-710), and the title page (f 708) contains the following references: ‘P C [Previous Communication] 5507, Coll. 7, Vol. 45’, ‘D/t 197/47’, ‘Collection No. 14 of No. 119’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 708 and terminates at f 719, 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.
18. ‘Persian Gulf Disbursement on account of a new door to the Residency Treasury, Sanctioned ~’
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- Abstract: The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence, memorandums, and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, 12 September 1856. A copy of this letter can be found at IOR/F/4/2661/176320, alongside details of further enclosures. The item is the fifteenth in a series of fifteen items on events in the Persian Gulf during 1855-56. The eighth item in the sequence is not present.The item relates to requests by Commander Felix Jones, Acting Resident Persian Gulf, to the Government of Bombay, to reimburse the expenses he has paid for improvements made to the Residency Treasury. He includes a report from a Committee set up to identify defects in the Treasury, which recommends installing a new door and purchasing stronger storage chests and a new set of scales.The Government of Bombay approve the reimbursement and forward Jones's correspondence on to the Civil Auditor, Bombay, and to Colonel David Davidson, Commissary General, Bombay. The item also includes Davidson's response, which contains a letter from Major George Pope, Deputy Commissary General, confirming that the chests and scales have been dispatched to Jones.The title page of the item contains the following references: 'Bombay Political Department', Draft Number '52 [18]57', 'Collection No. 6', 'Vol: 15', and 'Examiner's Office'. Originally, the Collection number was written as 'Collection No. 10 of No. 71 of 1856.' but the '10' was replaced with '6' and 'of No. 71 of 1856.' has been crossed out.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 23, and terminates at f 31, 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.
19. ‘Dr McNeill – Compensation for losses sustained by’
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- Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence and consultations cited in, or enclosed with, letters from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] and the East India Company Court of Directors.The item concerns the amount of compensation to be paid to Dr John McNeill for the expenses incurred during his journey from Tabreez [Tabriz] to Bushire [Bushehr] and back, a journey made as a result of his abortive appointment as Resident at Bushire.The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay, the Court of Directors, and Dr McNeill.The item contains a table of contents (f 377), and the title page (f 376) contains the following references: ‘P C [Previous Communication] 2196, No. 5, Draft 573-1838, Collection No. 3 of No. 32’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 376 and terminates at f 380, 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 volume also contains an original pagination sequence.
20. 'Vol: IV. Persian Gulph [Gulf]'
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- Abstract: The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence, minutes and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, Extracts of Bombay Political Consultations from the Government of Bombay. The item is concerned with multiple issues pertaining to the political situation in the Persian Gulf. The two main topics of discussion in the item are:An expedition against Bahrein [Bahrain] by the Imaum [Imam] of Muscat and the possible involvement of Shaik Tahnoon [Ṭaḥnūn bin Shakhbūṭ Āl Nahyān], Chief of Aboothabee [Abu Dhabi], and Shaik Sooltan bin Suggar [Shaikh Sulṭān bin Ṣaqr Āl Qāsimī], Ruler of Sharjah. Samuel Hennell, Assistant Resident in the Persian Gulf, requests that the East India Company’s cruiser Antelopebe sent to Muscat in order to transmit the most up-to-date information.Acts of 'piracy' lately committed in the neighbourhood of Bahrein by two boats manned by individuals from the Bunyas [Bani Yas] and Monasir [al-Manāṣīr] tribes. Hennell instructs the Company ships Nautilusand Amherstto proceed to Bahrein and the Persian Coast to conduct inquiries and dispatches the Cooke to Aboothabee.The item also refers to:Research by Major David Wilson, Resident in the Persian Gulf, on various stations suitable for establishing the Residency if it needs to be removed from Bushire [Būshehr], with the island of Kharruck [Jazīreh-ye Khārk] highlighted as the most suitableDiscussions of numerous policies applicable to the Residency at Bushire, including the punishment of alleged pirates, refraining from interference in local disputes, presents for local chieftains, and intercourse with the Prince of Shiraz and other local authorities in PersiaDiscussions of the Resident's expenses and proposals to abolish the position of Assistant to the Resident and the positions of two Native AgentsPetitions and reports relating to alleged acts of piracy and ill treatment.The main correspondents are John Bax, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, the Resident in the Persian Gulf, and the Assistant Resident in the Persian Gulf. Other correspondents include numerous officers within the Government of Bombay and the rulers of Muscat, Bahrein, Aboothabee and Sharjah.The title page of the item contains the following references: 'P.C. [Previous Communication] 783, Draft 477, 1829/30' and 'Examiner's Office 1830'.Physical description: The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the item. The item also features a Contents page (f 6) noting ‘Page’, ‘Date’, ‘From’, ‘To’ and ‘Date of Consultation’.
21. ‘Mission of Cornet Hamilton to Persia with the Asiatic Society’s Diploma for Prince Abbas Meerza.’
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- Abstract: The item consists of extracts from a Government of Bombay Political Letter, extracts from the Government of Bombay Political Consultations, and copies of correspondence and minutes regarding the transmission to Persia [Iran] of a diploma constituting Abbas Meerza [Abbas Mirza Qajar], the Prince Royal of Persia, an honorary member of the Royal Asiatic Society. The primary subjects are:• Instructions given to Cornet (later Lieutenant) Thomas Baillie Hamilton of the 1st Regiment Bombay Light Cavalry, who was selected to transmit the diploma, and arrangements for Hamilton’s travel and expenses• The extra expenses incurred by Hamilton as a result of ill health, which forced him to extend his time in Persia, and losses caused by a shipwreck in the Gulf during his return voyage to Bombay [Mumbai].The correspondence also mentions intelligence of Russian activity in Turkish Armenia, brought by Hamilton in the course of his journey to Persia.The primary correspondents are: Sir John Malcolm, Governor of Bombay; William Newnham, Chief Secretary, Government of Bombay; and Cornet Hamilton.The item also contains a contents page (f 15) listing the collected documents and giving their page numbers within the item.The title page (f 14) of the item contains the following references: ‘P. C. 783’, ‘Draft 477’, ‘Collection No. 4’, and ‘Examiner’s Office, 1830’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 14, and terminates at f 45, 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 volume also contains an original pagination sequence.
22. 'MESOPOTAMIA: RETURN OF BAGHDADI OFFICERS & FAMILIES FROM SYRIA'
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- Abstract: This part of the volume is concerned with the repatriation expenses of Mesopotamian [Iraqi] officers expelled from Syria, and their families [based in Damascus, Beirut and Jerusalem] who are unable to make their own arrangement to return to Iraq. In particular, it is concerned with: the number of the expelled officers; the number of those threatened with expulsion; the reasons for their expulsion; the total costs incurred or proposed to be incurred; discussion of whether the French authorities will share in the expense of the repatriation; and discussion of whether the British Government will pay for the return from the military, imperial or Mesopotamia funds.Also discussed are: the question of which route to use for the repatriation of the officers; the number and identity of those receiving free passages; the news of certain officers writing letters to those returning to Iraq urging them to refuse service under the British Mandate; and the news that some of the Iraqi officers left in Syria have joined the Turkish army against the French.The principal correspondents are: the Colonial Office, Downing Street; the High Commissioner for Mesopotamia [Iraq]; the Secretary of State for the Colonies; the High Commissioner, Egypt; the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs; the Under Secretary of State, India Office; the War Office; Noury Said [Nuri Pasha al-Said]; the Army Council; the British Ambassador, Rome; the High Commissioner, Jerusalem; the Political Resident, Aden; the General Headquarters, Egypt; and the Treasury Chambers.Physical description: 1 item (159 folios)
23. 'Mr W. C. Bunce appointed Resident at Muscat and granted an extra allowance of 150 R p m [Rupees per mensem] towards enabling him to maintain a yacht'
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- Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. The correspondents are the Government of Bombay and the British Resident in Muscat, William Chichely Bunce.The item concerns the appointment of Bunce as British Resident at his own urging, and paying him an extra allowance to allow him to maintain a yacht. This is because of the unhealthy climate of Muscat, which has contributed to the deaths of the previous Residents. The death of Bunce is recorded. A search for a new site for the Residency has been started.The title page of this item contains the following references: 'Political No. 13, Draft 33, Season 1812/3, Examiner's Office February 1811'.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 87, and terminates at f 95, 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 volume also contains an original pagination sequence.
24. ‘Reports on the Establishments in the Persian Gulph & arrangements consequent thereon’
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- Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, consultations, and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. All the documents are from the Government of Bombay.The item briefly traces the development of the establishments in the Arabian Gulf, giving the starting points of the Residencies in Bussora [Basra], the Gulph of Persia [Arabian Gulf], and Bushire [Būshehr]. The discussion covers the merging of the Muscat Residency with Bushire, and the proposed position of Political Agent in the Gulph of Persia, to be filled by William Bruce, with Robert Taylor as the Assistant to the Agent, reflecting the change in East India Company roles in the Gulf from commercial to political. A dragoman will remain at Bagdad [Baghdad], a commanding officer at Kishm [Qeshm], and Native Agents elsewhere. The item also discusses the salaries to be paid to all the Agents and Residents, and the state of British trade with the Ottoman Empire including tariffs and duties paid.The item includes a contents page, and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Political No. 855, Draft 106, P.C. 200, Season 24/5, Examiner’s Office March 1824’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 74, and terminates at f 97, 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 file also contains an original pagination sequence.