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 correspondents are the Government of Bombay and Heskiel bin Yusoof [Khawājah Ḥizqīl bin Yūsuf], British Agent at Muscat. It is the thirty-second in a series of fifty-one items on the Persian Gulf.The item concerns a violent dispute between Shaik Suif bin Amir [Shaikh Syf bin Amīr] and Shaik Suif bin Suleman [Shaikh Syf bin Sulaymān] in which Syud Thooenee [Sayyid Thuwaynī bin Sa‘īd Āl Bū Sa‘īd, Governor of Muscat] intervened.The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Collection No 11 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 579, and terminates at f 583, 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 item consists of copies of correspondence, consultations, and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. The correspondents are the Government of Bombay and Heskeal bin Yusoof [Ḥizqīl bin Yūsuf], British Agent at Muscat. It is the fourth in a series of eleven items.The item comprises reports from Heskeal bin Yusoof on the state of affairs at Muscat, including:Details of ships arriving and leaving MuscatThe movements of Syud Thooenee [Sayyid Thuwaynī bin Sa‘īd Āl Bū Sa‘īd], Governor of MuscatTribal disputes and conflicts around MuscatSyud Thooenee’s attempts at resolving these conflictsThe execution of Ahmed Dad Kureem [Aḥmad Dād Karīm].The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft no 689/48’, ‘Col[lection]: 17’, ‘Collection No 4 of No 45’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 253, and terminates at f 264 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 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 tenth in a series of forty-five items on the Persian Gulf. The main correspondents are the Government of Bombay and Heskeal bin Yusoof [Khawājah Ḥizqīl bin Yūsuf], Acting Native Agent at Muscat.The item mostly concerns reports of the arrival in Muscat of notable people, or their messengers, and their reception by Syud Thooenee [Sayyid Thuwaynī bin Sa‘īd Āl Bū Sa‘īd]. A recurring topic is the activities of Saad bin Mootluk [Sa‘d bin Muṭlaq al-Muṭayrī] at Braemee [al-Buraymi] and the plans of local people and certain Gulf rulers to oppose him. It includes a copy of a letter from Sheikh Saeed bin Tuhnoon [Shaikh Sa‘īd bin Ṭaḥnūn Āl Nahyān, Ruler of Abu Dhabi] to Syud Hamood bin Uzan [Sayyid Ḥammūd bin ‘Azzān al-Būsa‘īdī].The item also contains reports of the activities of Shaik Suif bin Nubham, Shaikh of Bunder Abbas [Shaikh Sayf bin Nabhān al-Ma‘walī, Shaikh of Bandar-e ʻAbbas].There is also a Government of Bombay Resolution (f 351) that relates to correspondence not included in this item.The item contains a table of contents (f 347), and the title page (f 346) contains the following references: ‘P C [Previous Communication] 5507, Coll. 7, Vol. 10’, ‘D/t 197/47’, ‘Collection No. 9 of No. 20’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 346 and terminates at f 356, 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 item consists of copies of correspondence, minutes, and consultations cited in, or enclosed with, a political letter from the Government of Bombay.The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay and Heskeal bin Yusoof [Khawājah Ḥizqīl bin Yūsuf], Acting Native Agent at Muscat.The item contains intelligence reports sent by Heskeal bin Yusoof. Topics covered include:The communications of Syud Thooenee [Sayyid Thuwaynī bin Sa‘īd Āl Bū Sa‘īd] with Jubur bin Mahomed bin Nasir [Jabr bin Muḥammad bin Nāṣir], the Chief of Zukee [Izki], and the visit of the shaikhs of the Hijreeyan [al-Ḥijrīyūn], Hooboos [al-Ḥubūs] and al Wubela [Āl Wahībah] tribes to MuscatReports that Syud Hamood bin Uzan [Sayyid Ḥammūd bin ‘Azzān al-Būsa‘īdī] has placed the forts at Rustak [Rustaq] and Khabooru [Al Khaburah] under the charge of the Mootavas [Muṭawwa‘īn] and plans to do the same for other forts to the west of Sohar, and Syud Thooenee’s attempts to arrange a meeting with Syud Humood bin UzanCommunications received from Captain Saunders at Museera [Masirah]The threats received by Shaikh Suif bin Nubhan [Shaikh Sayf bin Nabhān al-Ma‘walī], Chief of Bunder Abbass [Bandar-e ʻAbbas] from the Governor of Shiraz, and the support provided to Shaikh Suif bin Nubhan by Syud Thooenee.The item contains a table of contents (ff 443-444), and the title page (f 442) contains the following references: ‘P C [Previous Communication] 5507, Coll. 7, Vol. 20’, ‘D/t 197/47’, ‘Collection No. 8 of No. 53’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 442 and terminates at f 451, 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: 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, 13 November 1847. A copy of this Political Letter can be found at IOR/F/4/2238/112322, alongside details of further enclosures. The item is the thirty-eighth in a series of fifty-nine items on events in the Persian Gulf.The item relates to the restoration of money and indigo to His Highness Saeed Thuweenee [Sayyid Thuwaynī bin Sa‘īd Āl Bū Sa‘īd, Governor of Muscat]. Captain Atkins Hamerton, HM Consul and the Company’s Agent in the dominions of the Imam of Maskat [Muscat], reports to the Government of Bombay that he has communicated this information to the Imam, but has not yet asked the Imam whether Saeed Thuweenee might lift the embargo on silk from Persian [Iranian] merchants. The item contains the Government of Bombay’s response to Hamerton, as well as their further correspondence on the matter to Major Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, and to the Government of India.The title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Bombay Political Department’, ‘Draft No. 345/48’, ‘Collection No. 2 of No. 139, Vol: 38.’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’. The title page also contains a note that relevant correspondence can be found in Collection No. 2 accompanying despatch from the Government of Bombay, 1 April No. 49 of 1847.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 452, and terminates at f 456, 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 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 twenty-second 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; Khojah Heskeil [Khawājah Ḥizqīl bin Yūsuf], Native Agent at Muscat; and Syed Soweynee [Sayyid Thuwaynī bin Sa‘īd Āl Bū Sa‘īd], Governor of Muscat.The item concerns the protection offered by Khojah Heskeil to Seyt Hirjee bin Kishmjee bin Kushra bin Purdan [Sīth Hīrjī ibn Kishnjī ibn Kusar ibn Pardhān] (referred to throughout the item as Hirjee or Hirjee Banyan, and occasionally as Heerjee Kessewjee [Hīrjī Kīsūjī]), and the subsequent ill treatment of Khojah Heskeil by Salmin bin Towfeak [Sālmīn bin Tawfīq], who is described as one of Syed Soweynee’s servants. Hirjee was granted protection as a British subject, but was recently discharged by Syed Soweynee from his position as farmer of customs and was facing claims from various creditors, and so Syed Soweynee considers Khojah Heskeil’s interference to be unwarranted. Hennell agrees, but nevertheless considers that Salmin bin Towfeak ought to be punished.The item contains a table of contents (f 465), and the title page (f 464) contains the following references: ‘P C [Previous Communication] 5507, Coll. 7, Vol. 22’, ‘D/t 197/47’, ‘Collection No. 10 of No. 53’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Multiple spellings for various personal names are present in the volume.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 464 and terminates at f 482, 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 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 ninth in a series of forty-five items on the Persian Gulf. The correspondents are the Government of Bombay and Syud Thorenee [Sayyid Thuwaynī bin Sa‘īd Āl Bū Sa‘īd], the Governor of Muscat.The item concerns a complaint made by Syud Thorenee against Khoja Heskiel bin Yusoof [Khawājah Ḥizqīl bin Yūsuf], the Native Agent at Muscat, regarding the latter’s alleged interference in the case of Heerjee (bin) Kessowjee [Hīrjī (ibn) Kīsūjī], who was the Vakeel [Vakil] of Syud Thorenee.The item contains a table of contents (f 342), and the title page (f 341) contains the following references: ‘P C [Previous Communication] 5507, Coll. 7, Vol. 9’, ‘D/t 197/47’, ‘Collection No. 8 of No. 20’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 341 and terminates at f 345, 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 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 correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Major Samuel Hennell, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; and Khojah Hiskial [Khawājah Ḥizqīl bin Yūsuf], British Agent at Muscat. It is the twenty-first in a series of fifty-one items on the Persian Gulf.This item concerns Hiskial’s reply to the complaint of Bahmun bin Sudda bin Anundass [Bāman bin Sādh bin Amardās] (also written bin Ludda) that Hiskial owes money to him and has mistreated him. Hiskial has accused Bahmun of defrauding creditors who are British dependents.The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Collection No 4 of No 144’, ‘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 498, and terminates at f 505, 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 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/4/2203/108134. The correspondents are the Government of Bombay and Heskeal bin Yusoof [Ḥizqīl bin Yūsuf], Acting British Agent at Muscat. It is the twenty-ninth in a series of thirty items.The item concerns:The movements of Syud Thooenee [Sayyid Thuwaynī bin Sa‘īd Āl Bū Sa‘īd], the Governor of MuscatThe presence of troops from Muscat at Guadel Fort [Gwadar]The capture of Ahmed Dad Kurreem [Aḥmad Dād Karīm], accused of plundering a boat, killing some of its crew, and setting it on fireAn accidental shooting of an inhabitant of Mutrah [Matrah].The item contains a contents page, and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft 700/47, Collection No 18 of No 69’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 797, and terminates at f 805 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 item consists of copies of correspondence, consultations, 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 and Heskeal bin Yusoof [Ḥizqīl bin Yūsuf], Acting British Agent at Muskat [Muscat]. It is the ninth in a series of twenty-four items on events in the Persian Gulf.This item concerns information sent from Muskat to the Government of Bombay by Heskeal bin Yusoof, including:The movement of ships to and from MuskatThe movements of Syud Thooenee [Sayyid Thuwaynī bin Sa‘īd Āl Bū Sa‘īd, Governor of Muscat]Rumours concerning the political dealings of Saad bin Mootluk [Sa‘d bin Muṭlaq]A request for repayment of money which Heskeal had lent to Captain Hook.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 8 of No 95’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 245, and terminates at f 251 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 item consists of copies of correspondence, consultations, reports, and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. These political letters appear in IOR/F/4/2203/108134. The correspondents are the Government of Bombay and Heskeal bin Yusoof [Ḥizqīl bin Yūsuf], Acting British Agent at Muscat. It is the twenty-first in a series of thirty items.The item concerns an attack on Juwazir [Demi Zirr] by Fakeer bin Mahomed [Faqīr bin Muḥammad], Chief of Kuteesh [Kech] because Syud Thooenee [Sayyid Thuwaynī bin Sa‘īd Āl Bū Sa‘īd], Governor of Muscat, had not paid the customary sum to the people of Juwazir to allow them to pay bin Mahomed.The item contains a contents page, and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft 700/47, Collection No 18 of No 49’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 750, and terminates at f 755 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 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 correspondent is Heskael bin Yusoof [Khawājah Ḥizqīl bin Yūsuf], British Agent at Muscat. It is the forty-fifth in a series of fifty-one items on the Persian Gulf.The item concerns:News from Zanzibar of a ship which was carrying enslaved peopleArrivals from Zanzibar at MuscatMovements of the Governor of Muscat [Sayyid Thuwaynī bin Sa‘īd Āl Bū Sa‘īd]Tribal disputes in Oman.The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Collection No 8 of No 4’, ‘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 664, and terminates at f 668, 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.