Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, minutes, resolutions, and consultations cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. The correspondents are the Government of Bombay and Hoosen bin Alee Kuwas [Ḥusayn bin ʿAlī Quwās], an Agent of Abbas Pacha [‘Abbās Ḥilmī Pāshā I], Viceroy of Egypt.The item concerns a request by Hoosen for money to continue his journey from Bombay [Mumbai] to Bussorah [Basra] and Bagdad [Baghdad] as ordered by Abbas Pacha.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]: 12’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 387, and terminates at f 392, 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 file relates to British policy regarding economic, agricultural and industrial development in the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman. It begins with proposals from the Political Agent and Consul at Muscat for investigations into the possibilities of industrial development in three key areas: fisheries, cotton production, and cement production. The correspondence goes on to discuss the possibilities of development in these and other areas.Related matters covered in the correspondence include the following: the conclusion of a consulting engineer that the conditions for the establishment of a cement industry in Muscat are not favourable; the visit to the Sultanate of former Chief Fishery Adviser in Palestine, Dr George Colin Lawder Bertram, in January 1948, for the purpose of producing an investigative report on its fisheries and their possible development; a similar visit by Brian Joseph Hartley, Director of Agriculture, Aden, to report and advise on the possibilities of sugar cane development in the Sultanate; the question of expenses for Bertram's trip.The principal correspondents are the following: the Political Agent and Consul, Muscat; the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; the Secretary to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; the Governor of Aden; the Sultan of Muscat and Oman [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd]; Dr Bertram; officials of the British Government of India's External Affairs Department, the India Office, the Commonwealth Relations Office, the Colonial Office, and the Foreign Office.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 140; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-137; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
Abstract: This file relates to the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman's former Administrator at Gwadur [Gwadar], Abdur Rahman Qureshi, who was on deputation from Baluchistan from 1946 until 1949. The correspondence covers the settlement of Abdur Rahman's pay, leave salary, and 'transfer travelling allowances' for his return to Baluchistan. Notable correspondents include the following: the Political Agent and Consul, Muscat; the Secretary to the Agent to the Governor General and Chief Commissioner in Baluchistan; the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman's Minister for Foreign Affairs; the Government of Pakistan's Assistant Accounts Officer.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 36; 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.
Abstract: Continuing on from the previous file (IOR/R/15/6/276), this file concerns the appointment of the Minister for Foreign Affairs for Muscat. The correspondence mainly concerns travel expenses for the newly appointed Basil Woods Ballard's journey from London to Muscat, via Bahrain. Also discussed is Woods Ballad's contract of employment. The file's principal correspondents are the following: the Political Agent and Consul, Muscat; the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; the Foreign Office; the Sultan of Muscat and Oman [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd].Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 19; 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 between ff 5-18, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
Abstract: This part of the volume consists of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 51 of 1841, dated 18 June 1841. The enclosures are dated 14 May to 18 June 1841, and mainly consist of correspondence, regarding the mission to the King of Shoa [Shewa] under Captain William Cornwallis Harris.The main correspondents are as follows: the Secretary to the Government of Bombay, John Pollard Willoughby; Captain Harris; and the Political Agent at Aden, Captain Stafford Bettesworth Haines.The correspondence discusses matters including: arrangements for the mission, including the views of the Government of India on the selection of Captain Harris as head of the mission, and of the selection of other members of the mission, and the expenses of the mission; the pay and allowances of Captain Harris and the other officers of the mission; the intended departure from Aden to Tadjoura of the mission; the Governor of Bombay’s disapproval at Haines attaching Lieutenant Barker of the Indian Navy, and Dr Impey, to the mission without his sanction; the arrival at Aden of Captain Harris; news of the arrival of the mission at Tadjoura [Tadjourah], and the reception it met with; and the Political Agent at Aden being authorised to draw bills on the General Treasury at Bombay for the supply of his Treasury during the monsoon.Physical description: There is an abstract of contents of the despatch, numbered 1-7, on folio 40. These numbers are repeated for reference on the last verso of each enclosure.
Abstract: Enclosures nos. 2-43 to a dispatch from the Secret Department, Bombay [Mumbai] Castle, dated 29 January 1840. The enclosures are dated 23 April 1839-24 January 1840. The enclosures consist of copies of correspondence relating to affairs in Aden, including:The appointment of Lieutenant Jenkins as Assistant Political Agent and of Lieutenant Western as Executive EngineerAn attack on Aden by members of the Fouthelee [Fadhli] and Abdalee [Abdali] tribes on 11 November 1839, which was repulsed without British losses, a blockade of Shugra [Shuqrah] in retaliation, and plans for reinforcements in case of another attackPublic health issues and plans to relieve the 24th Regiment Native Infantry due to sickness in the ranksAgency expenses, including salary and allowances for the Political Agent, and stipends and pensions given to rulers in the area around Aden.The primary correspondents are: the Political Agent, Aden; the Government of India; M Houssain bin Fudthal [Sultan Muḥsin bin Faḍl al-'Abdalī], Sultan of Lahedge [Lahej]; and various officers serving at Aden.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 35, and terminates at f 160, 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.
Abstract: Dispatch No. 17 from the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, to George Swinton, Chief Secretary to the Government of Bengal, dated 21 September 1826.Macdonald Kinneir forwards a letter from his assistant Lieutenant John Campbell for the attention of the Governor-General (not enclosed) asking for an increased allowance.This document was originally enclosed, numbered 1, in Macdonald Kinneir’s dispatch No. 37 to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company (IOR/L/PS/9/71/297).Physical description: 1 item (1 folio)
Abstract: An extract of a letter from Andrew Stirling, Acting Secretary to the Government of Bengal, to the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, dated 22 March 1827.The letter states that Lieutenant John Campbell’s application for an increased allowance has been submitted for consideration.This document was originally enclosed, numbered 2, in Macdonald Kinneir’s dispatch No. 37 to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company (IOR/L/PS/9/71/297).Physical description: 1 item (1 folio)
Abstract: Dispatch No. 80 from the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, to George Swinton, Chief Secretary to the Government of Bengal, sent from Deheraghan [Azarshahr] and dated 10 February 1828.The letter concerns the claim of Macdonald Kinner’s assistant Captain John Campbell for an increased allowance, forwarding a letter from Campbell for the attention of the Governor-General (not enclosed).This document was originally enclosed, numbered 3, in Macdonald Kinneir’s dispatch No. 37 to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company (IOR/L/PS/9/71/297).Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
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; Captain Stafford Bettesworth Haines, Political Agent at Aden; Lieutenant John Adee Curtis, Executive Engineer; the Military Board of Bombay.The item concerns the expenses, success, and future of the experimental vegetable garden at Aden.The title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Collection No. 1, Draft 474, P.C. [Previous Communication] 3947, [Season 18]43’ and ’13 January 1843’Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 450 and terminates at f 455, 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.
Abstract: Letter and Enclosure to HM Secretary of State for India, dated 20 December 1871.The papers concern the adjustment of Rs. 8000 by the Government of India, which had been advanced by HM Minister at Teheran [Tehran] to Major-General Sir Frederick John Goldsmid, as a political charge on the Government of India accounts for 1871-72.Physical description: 1 item (4 folios)
Abstract: This part of the volume consists of copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 34 of 1850, dated 25 June 1850. The enclosures are numbered 3-8 and are dated 11 April to 13 June 1850.Most of the item consists of an account of a journey undertaken by Commander James Felix Jones of the Indian Navy, for determining the tract of the ancient Nahrwan [Nahrawan] Canal in Turkish Arabia [Ottoman Iraq, also written as Arabia Irak in this item], dated 20 September 1849, enclosed in a letter from the Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Navy, Commander Stephen Lushington, to the President and Governor in Council of Bombay, Viscount Falkland (enclosure No. 3). The maps, plans and illustrations mentioned in the letter are not included in this item. Lushington also encloses a Contingent Bill of the expenses incurred by Commander Jones during his visit to the Nahrwan Canal.The account is comprised of two sections:‘Preliminary remarks on the Nahrwan Canal with a glance at the past history of its province’, which discusses matters including: conjectures about the origin and cause of the construction of the canal; the derivation of the name; and a general geological and geographical description of the tract watered by the combined streams of the Katul al Kesrawi [al-katul al-Kisrawi] and Nahrwan‘Narrative of a journey undertaken for determining the track of the Ancient Nahrwan Canal’, undertaken in Spring 1848.Enclosure Nos. 4-8 consist of a related minute of the Government of Bombay and brief correspondence between the following: the Secretary to the Government of Bombay, Henry Edward Goldsmid; the Chief Engineer, Bombay, Lieutenant-Colonel George Ritso Jervis; the Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Navy; and the Secretary to the Government of India with the Governor-General, Sir Henry Elliot. The correspondence discusses matters including Jones’s narrative being presented to the Bombay Geographical Society.Physical description: 1 item (97 folios)