Abstract: This item consists of copies of a Political Despatch from the Government of India Foreign Department to the Secretary of State for India, dated 4 August 1873 and received by the India Office Secret Department on 3 September 1873, forwarding a copy of a letter from the Officiating Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, relating to the settlement of all outstanding claims of British subjects against the Persian [Iranian] Government. Enclosed are copies of the Officiating Political Resident's letters to: the Secretary to the Government of India, Foreign Department; HM Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at the Court of Persia, Teheran; HRH the Prince Governor of Bushire [Bushehr]; and the Agent of the Persian Foreign Office, Bushire. The despatch is with reference to correspondence ending with Political No. 20 of 24 January 1873.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 91, and terminates at f 95a, 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. The sequence contains five foliation anomalies: f 91a, f 92a, f 93a, f 94a, and f 95a.
Abstract: This item consists of copies of a Political Despatch from the Government of India Foreign Department to the Secretary of State for India, dated 6 March 1874 and received by the India Office Political Department on 30 March 1874, forwarding a copy of a letter from the Chief Commissioner of British Burmah [Burma], and enquiring whether the formation of Persian [Iranian] vice-consulates at Rangoon [Yangon] and Moulmein [Mawlamyine] has been agreed to by HM Government.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 23 and terminates at f 26, 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. The sequence contains two foliation anomalies: f 23a and f 25a.
Abstract: This item consists of copies of a General Despatch from the Government of India Foreign Department to the Secretary of State for India, dated 20 March 1874 and received on 13 April 1874, forwarding for information copies of despatches from HM Minister at Teheran [Tehran] to Lord Granville, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, regarding recent changes in the Persian [Iranian] Government.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 213 and terminates at f 219b, 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. The sequence contains six foliation anomalies: f 213a, f 215a, f 217a, f 218a, f 219a, and f 219b.
Abstract: This item comprises a copy of an enclosure to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 134 of 1846, dated 14 November 1846. The enclosure is dated 8 September 1846.The enclosure consists of a copy of a despatch from Major Henry Creswicke Rawlinson, Political Agent in Turkish Arabia [Ottoman Iraq], to Henry Wellesley, HM Minister Plenipotentiary at Constantinople [Istanbul], relating to affairs in the Bagdad Pachalic [Baghdad Pashalik]. The despatch is copied to the Governor and President in Council, Bombay, and the Governor-General of India, for information.Rawlinson forwards to Wellesley copies of two letters received from Nejib Pasha [Muḥammad Najīb Pāshā], Governor of Bagdad, which the latter wishes to be transmitted to HM Envoy and Minister at the Court of Tehran. In the letters, Nejib Pasha solicits the Envoy’s co-operation in persuading the Persian Government to: issue orders for the removal of ‘rebel’ subjects Ahmed Pasha former ruler of Sulimanieh [Aḥmad Pāshā Bābān of Sulaymaniyah] and Russool Pasha [Rasūl Pāshā], former Governor of Rowanduz [Ruwandiz or Rawandiz], from the Persian frontier town of Ooshney [Oshnaviyeh?]; and to arrange for the appropriate punishment of Abdullah Beg, Sharaf Baini [‘Abdullāh Beg of the Sharaf Baynī tribe, also spelled Sharriff in this item], a Persian subject who previously joined with Ahmed Pasha in attacking Sulimanieh and who has committed many ‘outrages’ in Turkish [Ottoman] territory in the past few years.Physical description: 1 item (13 folios)
Abstract: This item comprises a copy of an enclosure to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 25 of 1856, dated 14 April 1856. The enclosure is dated 18 February 1856.The enclosure consists of a copy of despatch from Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Political Agent in Turkish Arabia [Ottoman Iraq], to Viscount Stratford de Redcliffe, HM Ambassador at the Porte [Government of the Ottoman Empire], Constantinople [Istanbul], and the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, London, forwarded for the information of the Government of Bombay and Government of India. The despatch notably concerns the following matters:The measures of the Persian [Iranian] Government to induce Prince Abbas Meerza [‘Abbās Mīrzā Mulk Ārā Qājār], brother of the Shah of Persia, to return to Persia; the Prince’s association with a relation of the Sudder Azzam [Ṣadr A‘ẓam, minister to the Shāh] and avoidance of communication with his mother and with Kemball; the refusal by Kemball of authorize an escort for the Prince to Samarrah [Samarra]; and the request of the Prince’s mother that British and Ottoman authorities prevent his return to Persia without her consentClaims that the Shah has sent a deputation to Tabreez [Tabriz] to foster a reconciliation with the recently departed British MissionRumours of a Persian occupation of an island near Mohamrah [Khorramshahr, formerly Mohammerah] and plans to build a fort there, and Kemball’s persuasion of the Governor of Baghdad not to send troops to forcibly eject them.Physical description: 1 item (8 folios)
Abstract: This item comprises a copy of an enclosure to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 91 of 1846, dated 4 August 1846. The enclosure is dated 28 May 1846.The primary document is a despatch from Major Henry Creswicke Rawlinson, Political Agent in Turkish Arabia [Ottoman Iraq], forwarding, for the information of the Government of Bombay and the Governor-General of India, copies of his communications to Sir Stratford Canning, HM Ambassador at Constantinople [Istanbul], reporting on affairs in the Baghdad Pachalic [Baghdad Pashalik, also spelled Pashalic in this item].The papers notably cover the following matters:The agreement negotiated by Canning relating to the rights of Britain to navigate the ‘Rivers of Mesopotamia [Iraq]’ (the Tigris and Euphrates) under its own flag and subject only to anchorage fees, and Rawlinson’s expectation that this will encourage the use of steam vessels and stimulate British trade with the Turkish [Ottoman] EmpireTensions between Persian [Iranian] and Turkish tribes on the Turco-Persian frontier at Kermanshah, plans for mediation by Rawlinson of the differences between the tribes, and Rawlinson’s description (f 14) of two ‘serious outrages’ committed by Persian tribes against the property of Turkish tribes and his fears of possible retaliationA meeting between Najib Pasha [Muḥammad Najīb Pāshā, Governor of Baghdad] and the Persian Consul Moolah Abdool Azeez [Mullā ‘Abd al-‘Azīz, also referred to as the Persian Agent] regarding the various complaints of the Consul against the Turkish authorities relating to: import and export duties; alleged fees for interment at Nejjef [Najaf, also spelled Nejif in this item]; ferry tolls required to cross a canal between Nejjef and Kufa; passport regulations affecting Persian citizens resident in Baghdad; and the inability of Persian citizens to obtain restitution following the ‘plunder’ of their property in the vicinity of BaghdadRawlinson’s mediatory role following two recent incidents at Kerbela [Karbala], namely: the affair of Hajee Medhi [Ḥājī Mahdī] who was sent to Kerbela by the Persian Consul on private business but presented himself as a Government Agent independent of the local government, and the question of Turkish and Persian jurisdictional rights regarding his punishment; and the affair of the Persian Army soldiers on official business who refused to deposit their arms, forced the gates and assaulted the guards, and the postponement of their punishment pending the decision of the Turkish and Persian governmentsRawlinson’s report of the discontent over taxation among ‘the Arabs of this Pashalic’, and his concern that increased tensions and acts of defiance will lead to constant conflict and disorderInformation received by Rawlinson alleging the erection of fortifications at Zahab [Sarpol-e Zahab] and Mohamrah [Khorramshahr, also spelled Mahomrah in this item] and the denial of the Persian Prime Minister, as conveyed by HM Minister in Tehran, of plans to erect any fortifications on the Persian frontier.Physical description: 1 item (20 folios)
Abstract: This item comprises enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] Secret Department to the Secret Committee [Bombay Secret Letter], No. 16 dated 2 February 1856. The enclosures are dated 24 December 1855-12 February 1856.The principal document is a copy of a despatch from Commander James Felix Jones, Indian Navy, Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire [Bushehr], to the Secretary to the Government, Bombay, reporting that a letter from Charles Augustus Murray, HM Envoy in Persia [Iran], indicates that the dispute between the Imam of Muscat and the Persian Government regarding Bunder Abbas [Bandar Abbas] has been settled, and enclosing a translated copy of the terms the Imam has subscribed to.Physical description: 1 item (4 folios)
Abstract: This item comprises copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 41 of 1856, dated 10 June 1856. The enclosures are dated 10-19 April 1856.The enclosures relate to the differences between the Imaum [Imām] of Muscat and the Persian [Iranian] Government over the Imaum’s claims to the port of Bunder Abbas [Bandar Abbas] on the Persian coast, his threats to descend on Lingah [Bandar Lengeh] and Bushire [Bushehr], and Persian aims to place a garrison on Kishm [Qeshm] and the Island of Ormuz [Hormuz].The papers notably include:A report from the Native Agent at Lingah, to Commander Felix Jones, Acting Resident, Persian Gulf, on a meeting at Kishm between the Imaum’s representatives and a Persian envoy, and Persian attempts to solicit the support of the sheikhs [shaikhs] of Lingah and Rasulkymah [Ra’s al-Khaymah, also spelled Rusul Kheymah in this item] in the event of the Imaum refusing to allow the garrisoning of Kishm and OrmuzA letter from Jones to Sheikh Sultan ben Suggur [Shaikh Sulṭān I bin Ṣaqr al-Qāsimī] of Rasulkymah, urging him not to give assistance to Persian vessels and to ignore the expensive gifts from the Shah [Shāh] of Persia.Physical description: 1 item (6 folios)
Abstract: This item is comprised of copies of secret letters, despatches, memoranda, translations of letters, and intelligence reports relating to events in Persia [Iran].Topics discussed include the relations of the Imam of Muscat with the Government of Persia in connection with Bandar Abbas.Correspondents include: Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Creswicke Rawlinson, Political Agent in Turkish Arabia; H L Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay [Mumbai]; Earl of Clarendon, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, London; the Political Agent, Muscat; the Political Agent, Lingah [Bandar-e-Lengeh].Physical description: 1 item (21 folios)
Abstract: This item consists of a copy of a General Despatch from the Government of India Foreign Department to the Secretary of State for India, dated 11 August 1874 and received by the India Office Political Department on 7 August 1874, inviting the attention of HM Government to Article II of the Telegraph Convention with the Persian [Iranian] Government, concluded on 2 December 1872, and expressing a hope that the Persian Government may be moved to take steps to ensure due protection of British officers employed in Persia. The Despatch is in reference to a letter of 12 June 1874 addressed by the Director-in-Chief of the Indo-European Government Telegraph Department to the Under-Secretary of State for India, regarding murderous attacks on employees of the Telegraph Staff in Persia.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 364, and terminates at f 364a, 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. The sequence contains one foliation anomaly, f 364a.
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 Tabriz and dated 12 November 1823.The letter reports Willock’s resumption of his duties as Chargé d’Affaires from his brother Major George Willock. It also discusses the issue of delayed subsidy payments to Persia and forwards a dispatch on the subject from the Supreme Government of India (IOR/L/PS/9/69/139).The letter was enclosed in Willock’s letter to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company dated 12 November 1823 (IOR/L/PS/9/69/137).Physical description: The letter was perforated in an attempt to prevent the spread of disease.
Abstract: An extract of a letter from George Swinton, Chief Secretary of the Supreme Government of India, to Major George Willock, Acting Chargé d’Affaires in Persia [Iran], sent from Fort William [Kolkata] and dated 21 February 1823.The letter concerns delayed subsidy payments to Persia, informing Willock that a final decision on the issue from the Supreme Government of India can be expected soon.The letter was enclosed in the letter of Henry Willock, HM Chargé d’Affaires in Persia, to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company dated 12 November 1823 (IOR/L/PS/9/69/137).Physical description: The letter was perforated in an attempt to prevent the spread of disease.