Abstract: This item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence, minutes and consultations cited in, or enclosed with, letters to and from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai].The item relates to the seizure of a ship, the
Sulimanny, accused of involvement in the slave trade, and the request of the Pacha [Governor] of Bagdad [Baghdad] that the property on board the ship be returned to the merchants in Bussorah [Basra] to whom it belongs. The item also contains an extract relating to the preparations of the Imam of Muscat to lead a force against Bahrain.Correspondents include: William Bruce, Resident at Bushire; Claudius James Rich, Political Agent in Turkish Arabia; and the Pacha of Bagdad.The title page (f 5) of the item contains the following references: ‘Political No. 4, 1819/20, Draft 100’ and ‘Examiner’s Office July 1818’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at 5, and terminates at 17, 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.