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25. 'Memorandum taken at the desire of Sir Harford Jones Baronet by Mr D Morier'
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- Abstract: Copy of a memorandum detailing the views of the Prince Royal [Crown Prince] of Persia [Iran], Abbas Mirza, expressed to Sir Harford Jones, HM Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Persia, on the night on 31 May 1810. The Prince Royal mainly expressed views concerning Russo-Persian armistice negotiations and Ottoman-Persian relations including:The breakdown of the armistice negotiations and renewal of war between the Russians and Persians over the sole issue of the defence of the Ottoman frontierPersian-Ottoman cooperation in the defence of the frontierThe perceived shortcomings of the Ottoman defensive arrangements at the frontierSuggestions for the appointment of a new Seraskier [Serasker] to the frontier by the Ottomans.The memorandum also details the Prince Royal's frustrations at his having received payments of tobacco and sugar from the British for the war with Russia, rather than money or war matériel.The memorandum was an enclosure in Jones's letter to Earl Bathurst, enclosed in Jones's secret letter of 4 June 1810, which was received on 4 October 1810.Physical description: 1 item (4 folios)
26. 'Memorandum'
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- Abstract: A memorandum with a cover note, in which the Political Resident and Consul General at Baghdad, Trevor John Chichele Plowden, writes to the Political Secretary, India Office, Sir Owen Tudor Burne, suggesting that clarification be sought from the Turkish Porte regarding their permission for the British to replace the Cometat Baghdad with a new steamer; consideration should also be given to the new ship's armament and to the composition of the crew. The author also mentions the expediency of giving the Resident in Turkish Arabia an assistant.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at folio 47, and terminates at folio 49, as it is part of a larger volume; 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 5-152; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
27. ‘Muscat. Loss of the ship Centaur of Calcutta.’
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- Abstract: The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, 3 November 1852, and found at IOR/F/4/2504/142185. It is the fourth in a series of sixteen items about the Persian Gulf.The item mostly relates to information provided by Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Creswicke Rawlinson, Political Agent in Turkish Arabia [Ottoman Iraq], to the Government of Bombay, regarding stolen indigo from the wreck of the British merchant vessel, Centaur, off the coast of Oman. In particular, Rawlinson discusses the measures agreed to by Namik Pasha [Muḥammad Amīn Nāmiq Pāshā] for seizing any indigo imported into Turkish [Ottoman] ports, including concerns about claims to indemnification by merchants. Rawlinson also gives his opinion on what has likely happened to the indigo and to what extent Turkish authorities can aid in the search for the indigo.The item also contains a letter from the Government of India to the Government of Bombay, 8 October 1852, conveying the Governor-General's satisfaction that the Imam [Imām] of Muscat did everything possible to recover the plundered cargo of the Centaur.The title page of the item contains the following references: 'Bombay Political Department', 'Draft No. 350 of 1853', 'Collection No. 1 of No. 105', 'Vol: 4', and 'Examiner's Office'.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 1131, and terminates at f 1135, 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.
28. Political No. 202 of 1873, Forwarding Copies of Papers Relating to Affairs in Nejd and Bahrein, and Rumoured Movements of Turkish Troops on Oman
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- 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 21 November 1873 and received by the India Office Political Department on 15 December 1873, forwarding copies of papers relating to affairs in Nejd [Najd] and Bahrein [Bahrain], and rumoured movements of [Ottoman] Turkish troops on Oman. The chief correspondents are the Acting Political Agent in the Persian Gulf and the Secretary to the Government of India Foreign Department. Also included are translated purports of letters by: the Chief of Aboothabee [Abu Dhabi]; the Chief of Debaye [Dubai], via his Yawar (Assistant); and the British Agent, Arab Coast, Shargah [Sharjah]. The papers chiefly refer to the dispute between the Chief of Aboothabee and the 'colonists' of Odeyd [Khawr al Udayd], and the purported intention of the Turkish authorities to extend their influence to Oman.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 15, and terminates at f 25, 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 three foliation anomalies: f 15a, f 20a, and f 21a.In the second copy of the despatch two extracts of Enclosure No. 10 have been cut out of the folio (f 23).
29. Political No. 212 of 1873, Forwarding Copies of Papers Relating to the Prohibition Placed by the Turkish Government on the Exportation of Horses from Turkish Arabia
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- 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 25 November 1873 and received in the India Office Political Department on 1 January 1874, forwarding copies of papers relating to the prohibition by the Turkish Government on the exportation of horses from Turkish Arabia [Ottoman Iraq], with the Government of India's request that HM Government try to influence the Ottoman Porte to remove or at least relax the prohibition. The despatch is in continuation of Political No. 141 of 4 August 1873 (IOR/L/PS/6/111, ff 96-99a). The despatches include only the abstracts of contents; the enclosures are not present.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 122, and terminates at f 124a, 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 three foliation anomalies: f 122a, f 123a, and f 124a.
30. Political No. 222 of 1873, Forwarding Copies of a Letter Reporting that the Turkish Consul-General at Bombay has Intimated that in Future the Visa of the Ottoman Consulates will be Required for the Bills of Health of all Ships Calling at Turkish Ports
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- Abstract: This item consists of a Political Despatch from the Government of India Foreign Department to the Secretary of State for India, dated 26 December 1873 and received by the India Office (date and department not stated), forwarding a report that the Turkish Consul-General at Bombay [Mumbai] has intimated that in future the visa of the Ottoman Consulates will be required for the Bills of Health of all ships calling at Turkish ports, and requesting confirmation of whether the Ottoman Porte has authorized this 'restriction'. The source of the information is a copy of a letter from the Imperial Ottoman Embassy in London to the Consul-General for Turkey at Bombay, dated 22 September 1873.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 270, and terminates at f 271a, 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 270a and f 271a.
31. Persian Affairs
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- Abstract: This part of the volume consists of copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 118 of 1846, dated 14 October 1846. The enclosures are numbered 3-4 and are dated 14 to 15 August 1846, and relate to Persian [Iranian] affairs.Enclosure No. 3 consists of a letter from HM Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at the Court of Persia, Lieutenant-Colonel Justin Sheil, to the Chief Secretary to the Government of Bombay, forwarding under flying seal a letter to the Secretary to the Government of India, enclosing copies of despatches addressed by Sheil to HM Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, the Earl of Aberdeen, dated 20 July to 10 August 1846. It also includes one letter from Sheil to HM Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, Sir Stratford Canning, dated 10 August 1846.The despatches concern matters including:Sheil raising the claims for compensation of Hajee Noor-ood-deen [Ḥājī Nūr al-Dīn], a British subject, with the Persian GovernmentThe Persian Government having built up a ‘considerable’ artillery at Tehran, with Sheil enclosing a list of the guns and ordnance stores in the arsenal at TehranAn outbreak of cholera in TehranThe death from cholera of Meerza Abul Hassan Khan [Mīrzā Abū al-Ḥasan Khān Shirāzī, Īlchī-yi Kabīr], Persian Minister for Foreign Affairs, and Sheil’s preference for his successorThe Persian Government having been persuaded not to recall the Persian Minister at Erzeroom [Erzurum], Meerza Tekkee Khan [Mīrzā Taqī Khān Farāhānī, also known as Amīr Kabīr], following an attack on him in which he nearly lost his life, two of his servants were murdered, and his property was stolen; and the Persian Prime Minister, Hajee Meerza Aghassee [Ḥājī Mīrzā (ʿAbbās Īravānī) Āqāsī], instead instructing him to seek redress for these events from the Turkish [Ottoman] Government, and in anticipation of this being readily accorded, to sign the treaty with the PorteThe Russian Minister to Persia, Prince Dolgorouki [Prince Dimitri Ivanovich Dolgorukov] having addressed a ‘violent and personally threatening’ letter to Hajee Meerza Aghassee, calling on him to disavow in writing language which had been attributed to him, as well as any intention of going to war with Russia, which the Persian Prime Minister had complied withThe Court of Spain attempting to negotiate a treaty of commerce with the Persian GovernmentThe intention of the Russian Government to send a war steamer from Astracan [Astrakhan] twice a month laden with merchandise to the coast of Asterabad [Gorgan], and the opposition of the Persian Ministers to repeated visits of a Russian war ship to the Persian CoastThe Shah [Muḥammad Shāh Qājār] complaining to Sheil about the encroachments of Russia in the direction of Asterabad.Sheil’s despatches include enclosed copies of the following: correspondence between Sheil and Meerza Abul Hassan Khan; autograph letters from the Shah to Hajee Meerza Aghassee; correspondence between Prince Dolgorouki and Hajee Meerza Aghassee; and letters from Aghassee to Meerza Tekkee Khan and Sheil.Enclosure No. 4 is a letter from Sheil to the Secretary to the Government of India, dated 5 August 1846, informing him, for the information of the Governor-General, of the death of Meerza Abul Hassan, in view of him having been a pensioner of the British Government.Physical description: 1 item (67 folios)
32. Persian Affairs
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- Abstract: This item comprises a copy of an enclosure to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 133 of 1846, dated 14 November 1846. The enclosure is dated 14 September 1846.The enclosure consists of a copy of a despatch, with enclosures, from Lieutenant-Colonel Justin Sheil, HM Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at the Court of Persia [Iran], to Viscount Palmerston, the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, relating to affairs in Persia. The despatch is copied to the Governor and President in Council, Bombay, and the Governor-General of India, for information.The papers notably cover the following matters:Arrangements at Erzeroom [Erzurum] for finalising the Treaty between the governments of Persia and the Ottoman Empire, notably the insertion of a tenth article authorising the appointment of ministers of both governments to implement the Treaty terms after ratificationCompensation to be paid by the Ottoman Porte [Government] in reparation for the recent attack on Meerza Tekkee Khan [Mīrzā Taqī Khān Farāhānī], the Persian Minister at Erzeroom, and his servantsThe proposed arrangement between the Political Resident at Bushire [Bushehr] and the Governor of Fars to engage a British vessel of war against any ‘chiefs’ of the Persian shores of the Gulf coast who commit ‘aggressions’ against British subjects or commerceSheil’s enquiries to the Khuleefa of Merve [Khalifah of Merv] relating to the fate of Mr Wyburd [William Henry Wybard]The mortality caused by the cholera outbreak in TehranIntelligence received by Sheil of: the arrival in Tehran of a dissident of Herat who wishes to persuade the Asef-ood-Dowleh [Āṣaf al-Dawlah], with the acquiescence of the Persian Government, to attack Herat; and the confederacy of opposition forming in Meshed [Mashhad] against Yar Mahomed Khan [Yār Muḥammad Khān], Ruler of HeratThe Persian Government’s complaints regarding another violation of its territory by members of the Bilbass [Belbās or Bilbas] tribe of Turkish Koords [Kurds] in the south-west extremity of Azerbijan [Azerbaijan]The remonstrations of the Persian Government against the Turkish [Ottoman] vessel of war anchored near Mohemmera [Khorramshahr, formerly Mohammerah] to ‘molest Persian commerce by forcing vessels bound to that port to proceed to Bussorah [Basra]’ (f 103)The improbability of the Persian Government’s orders for the removal from Kermanshah of Abdoollah Beg, Chief of the Sheref Bainees [‘Abdullāh Beg, leader of the Sharaf Baynī] being enacted due to the inaccessibility of that territory.Physical description: 1 item (21 folios)
33. Persian Affairs
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- Abstract: This item comprises copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 81 of 1847, dated 30 September 1847. The enclosures are dated 14 June-14 August 1847.The primary documents are despatches of Lieutenant-Colonel Justin Sheil, HM Envoy and Minister Plenipotentiary at the Court of Persia [Iran], to the Chief Secretary to the Government, Bombay, forwarding for the information of the President and Governor in Council, Bombay, and the Governor-General of India, copies of his despatches to Viscount Palmerston, HM Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. The enclosures in Sheil’s despatches notably include copies of his correspondence with the Persian Prime Minister, Hajee Meerza Aghassee [Ḥājjī Mīrzā (ʿAbbās Īravānī) Āqāsī], and copies of correspondence of or with: Major Henry Creswicke Rawlinson, Political Agent, Turkish Arabia [Ottoman Iraq]; Major Samuel Hennell, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; Keith Edward Abbott, HM Consul in Tehran; and Lord Cowley, HM Minister at Constantinople [Istanbul].The despatches cover numerous matters, including the following:1) The involvement of Sheil, Richard White Stevens, the British Consul in Tabreez [Tabriz], the Governor of Bagdad [Muḥammad Najīb Pāshā, Governor of Baghdad], and Rawlinson, in the reconciliation of Rassool Pasha [Rasūl Pāshā], the ex-Meer of Rewandooz [Mīr of Rawandiz, Iraqi Kurdistan], with the Governor of Bagdad, subsequent to the former’s unsuccessful attempt at rebellion (ff 5-8).2) The Persian Government’s political tensions with the Turkish Government [Ottoman Porte] notably regarding:Military preparations of the Porte for the reduction of the ‘insurgent’ Bedr Khan Bey [Badr Khān Beg], Chief of Bohtan [also known as Buhtan and Bokhti], and the approach of a detachment of the Turkish Army to Van (bordering north western Persia)The slow progress of peace negotiations at Erzeroom [Erzurum] and Persian suspicions concerning perceived favouritism by the mediating powers (Britain and Russia) towards TurkeyThe potentially disastrous effect on Persian inhabitants (notably in religious places such as Kerbella [Karbala]) of new Ottoman regulations prohibiting the subject of any foreign power acquiring property of any kind in the Turkish dominions and the intention to apply the regulations retrospectivelyThe allegation that Persian ‘Mahomedan’ [Muslim] subjects are treated less favourably than Russian ‘Mahomedan’ by Turkey with regard to the passport taxes enforced by the Governor of BagdadThe refusal of the Turkish Government to remove their Guard Ship near Mohemmera [Khorramshahr, formerly Mohammera, also spelled Muhammera in this item] to a position further up the Shat-ul-Arab [Shatt al-Arab River].3) Sheil’s annoyance with Hennell for asking Rawlinson to obtain from the Ottoman Porte orders for the authorities at Bussorah [Basra] to seize all Persian vessels taking refuge in the Shat-ul-Arab which have committed acts of ‘piracy’ or ‘outrage’ in the Persian Gulf, since the privilege was given discreetly by the Governor of Fars without the knowledge of the Persian central government who may withdraw it should it become widely known (ff 18-20).4) Sheil's concerns regarding the apparent extension of Russian influence in Asterabad [Gorgan] and his suggestion that Mr Abbott, HM Consul in Tehran, visit that place since no one of the British Mission has been there since 1845 (f 25).5) Sheil’s efforts to persuade the Persian Government to adhere to its alleged promise to replicate the action of the Ottoman Porte and issue a firman [edict] for ‘the abolition of the traffic in slaves in the Persian Ports of the Persian Gulf’ (f 37), including: the claim of the Shah [Muḥammad Shāh Qājār, Shāh of Persia] that his refusal is for religious reasons; Hajee Meerza Aghassee’s claim that the Shah’s true motive is irritation at the delay in concluding treaty negotiations at Erzeroom (which he apparently blames on mediators Britain and Russia); Sheil’s conviction of Hajee Meerza Aghassee’s responsibility for the evasion originating in his influence over the Shah; the Shah’s agreement that since the ‘Queen of England has ordered her ships of war to stop and seize all slaving vessels…there is an end to the trade no more slaves will be brought to Persia’; and reports that since the Treaty of Erzeroom, Mohemmera has become a Persian market for enslaved persons (ff 27-43 and 79-90).6) Sheil’s report that Messrs Alexander Hector and Co, British merchants in Bagdad, HM Consul in Tehran, and Mr Mills an English merchant of Sheeraz [Shiraz], have all concluded agreements to each supply 200,000 muskets to the Persian Government, noting that as the latter cannot afford the cost the manufacturers should not import the entire amount (f 57).7) Disapproval expressed by Sheil and Abbott with regard to Hector and Co acquiring the legal title to a thirty-year old debt originally owed to Gaspar Khan [Gaspar Khān], a Turkish subject, by Mahomed Ali Meerza, Prince Governor of Kurmanshah [Muḥammad ‘Alī Mīrzā, Prince Governor of Kermanshah], a Persian subject, as it could draw the British Government into inappropriate litigation (ff 96-101).8) The agreement concluded by HM Consul in Tabreez, between the Governor of Oroomeeya [Urmia, or Orumiyeh], Afshar Chiefs and proprietors, and Daood Khan [Daud Khān] (a Christian nominated by Sheil and the Russian Minister Count Medem [Aleksandr Ivanovich Medem] to superintend the Nestorian Christians of Oroomeeya) for a more equitable arrangement for both ‘Mahomedans’ and Christians (ff 53-60).9) Hindrances to the ratification, by the Persian and Turkish Governments, of the Treaty concluded at Erzeroom on 31 May 1847, notably: the objections of the Persian Government and Prime Minister to the Porte’s ‘needless’ insistence that Persia officially declare that Turkey’s cession of Mohemmera does not imply the abandonment of any other territory or port belonging to Turkey, and that Turkish territory in which Persian tribes have settled is not devolved to Persia, and agree to the non-fortification of the Shat-ul-Arab. Included is Sheil’s correspondence with Hajee Meerza Aghassee (ff 62-67 and 117-126).10) Sheil’s complaint to Hajee Meerza Aghassee regarding the detention in Asterabad, on the orders of Sulieman Khan [Sulaymān Khān, also spelled Saleeman Khan in this item], Governor of Asterabad, of a reply messenger sent by the Khan of Khiva with gifts and letters for Sheil, and demand for the recall to Tehran of Sulieman Khan, an apology, and the reimbursement of the messenger's losses (ff 68-79).11) Detailed observations by Sheil on the composition, condition and strength of the artillery force of Persia (ff 102-112), specifically the regular and the irregular infantry and cavalry. In his critical assessment Sheil alleges corruption, poor conditions, incompetence, indiscipline, insubordination, lack of training, defective arms, poor uniforms, lack of medical facilities, poor transport, and badly administered systems of food distribution and pay, whilst praising the soldierly quality of ‘a native of Persia’ as ‘robust, healthy, cheerful and full of alacrity, patient of hunger, cold and fatigue, in short of every hardship excepting thirst…’ (ff 104-105).12) Sheil’s opinion that a general state of disorganisation is creeping over Persia, notably: detailing various disturbances in the province of Khorassan [Khorasan] and Khuzistan [Khuzestan]; criticising the ‘corruption, deceit, incompetency, falsehood, ignorance, poverty of the Government and people and ….mutinous troops’; and lamenting the role of the elderly Hajee Meerza Aghassee whom he asserts monopolises every function of government but has ‘ceased to possess the energy mental or bodily, for even a partial performance of its duties’ (f 115).13) The movement of Persian troops to Khorassan which has lately been cut off from all communication due to the ‘marauding’ incursions of the Toorkomans [Turkoman or Turkmen people], and rumours of a force collected by ‘rebel’ Jaffer Koolee Khan [Jaʿfar Qulī Khān, also spelled Jaffir Koolee Khan in this item], Chief of Boojnoord [Bojnord] to threaten Persia, including: confirmation that infantry and guns have marched from Tehran but are ordered to wait at Bestam [Bastam, also spelled Bastian in this item] (half way to Meshed) for reinforcements who refuse to march without receiving arrears of pay from the Persian Prime Minister; and Sheil's fear that the disorganised and untrained Persian force would lose in any engagement with Jaffer Koolee Khan.Physical description: 1 item (129 folios)
34. Affairs in Persia
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- Abstract: Enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 33 of 1846, dated 24 March 1846. The enclosures are dated and contain correspondence (in English and French) relating to affairs in Qajar [Qājār] Persia [Iran]. Contents relate to: protests from the Government of Persia over the persecution of Shia [Shīʿah] communities and pilgrims by the Turkish Government [Ottoman Empire]; the plunder of mules loaded with the merchandise of Hindoo [Hindu] merchants in Kerman and Yazd; and unauthorised Russian structures on the Island of Ashoor Ada [Ashuradih], Astarabad [Gorgan], and Mazandaran. This item commences with an abstract of contents (folio 355). Correspondence from Her Majesty’s Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at the Court of Persia addressed to Her Majesty’s Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.Physical description: 1 item (22 folios)
35. Measures for the Suppression of the Trade in Enslaved Persons
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- Abstract: This item comprises copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 59 of 1856, dated 12 August 1856. The enclosures are dated 6 July-8 August 1856.The enclosures comprise communications between Brigadier William Marcus Coghlan, Political Resident in Aden, and the Government of Bombay, regarding their efforts to suppress the trade in enslaved persons in the Red and Arabian seas and Persian Gulf regions, notably the following:The desire to clearly define the powers of British vessels with regard to seizing ships sailing under the Ottoman flag, given the inability of Indian Navy officers to cite the Secret Treaty between Britain and the Ottoman Sultan as justification for any acts of seizureThe question of how to proceed regarding the seizure of vessels sailing under the flag of independent Arab ‘chiefs’ who do not have agreements with Britain, such as the rulers of Maculla and Shuhr [Mukalla and Ash Shihr], or those who may be vassals of the Imam of Muscat and who may therefore come under the provisions of Britain’s treaty with the ImamThe Government of Bombay’s intention to refer to the Secret Committee and the Home Authorities the question of obtaining a more effective instrument from the Sublime Porte [Ottoman or Turkish Government] and a clearer definitions regarding the powers of the Indian NavyCoghlan’s correspondence with Captain John James Frushard, Senior Naval Officer, Aden, and Senior Lieutenant G N Adams, Officiating Senior Naval Officer, Aden, regarding the searching of vessels for enslaved persons within Turkish ports, including: notification to Frushard of the Secret Treaty and suggestion that a vessel of war be kept in the harbour of Perim Island to watch the Straits of Bebel-Mandeb [Bab el-Mandeb] for ‘slave vessels’; a report from Lieutenant Walker, Indian Navy, Commanding the HC [Honourable Company’s] schooner Mahiasserting that in his experience most of the strait cannot be seen from a ship’s mast head at Perim, relating his searches of ships at Mocha, Mussowah [Massawa] and Hodeida [Al Hudaydah], and reporting the objections of the Governor of Mussowah to a foreign ship searching vessels under his jurisdiction; the desire of Raffaello Barroni, Agent to Walter Chichele Plowden, HM Consul in Abyssinia [now Ethiopia], to have a vessel stationed at Massowah and Adam’s view that this is probably because Barroni ‘imagines the political horizon about there rather dark’ (f 491); and Coghlan’s request to Adams that Walker should not search Turkish [Ottoman] vessels in Turkish ports as it is likely to give offence, and to wait for a clear code of instructions from the authorities in England and Bombay.Physical description: 1 item (12 folios)
36. Aden Delimitation: The History of the Question and the Present Situation as Regards the Territories of the Amir of Dthali
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- Abstract: The file consists of correspondence between William Lee-Warner, India Office, Secretary to the Political and Secret Department, and Pelham James Maitland, Resident at Aden, concerning Aden delimitation and accusations of Turkish encroachments, dated 28-29 July 1902. An additional note by Maitland gives his own views on the boundary question, provides a history of the question, and covers the present situation as regards the territories of the Amir of Dthali [Aḑ Ḑāli‘].Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at f 16, and terminates at f 22, 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 between ff 21-27; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are circled.Pagination: the file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.