Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, consultations, and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. The principal correspondents are: Government of Bombay; Government of Bombay Military Department; Aga Mahomed Shoostree [Muḥammad Shushtari, Āghā], an agent of the Imam of Muscat.The item concerns the discussion over some guns sent from London to the Imaum [Imam] of Muscat [Sayyid Sa‘īd bin Sulṭān Āl Bū Sa‘īd] for his ship
Shah Alum; the guns are now surplus to requirements as the Imaum has purchased his own in the interim. The guns that the Imaum purchased will be sent back to the Bombay Arsenal, and the new guns from London received by the Imaum.The item includes a contents page, and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Political No. 3, Draft 293, P.C. 362, [Season] 26/7, Examiner’s Office 1824’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 61, and terminates at f 71, 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.
Abstract: The file is concerned with the Bushire Residency [Persian Gulf Political Residency] Toshakhana — a store of gifts kept with the Bahrain Political Agency, so that they would be available for presentation to the Trucial Coast Shaikhs when needed. Regular stock accounts are submitted to Bushire to keep the Residency updated on the number and range of articles being held on its behalf. The bulk of the file is concerned with the acquisition of new articles for the Bushire Toshakhana; the purchase of weapons and ammunition makes up almost the entirety of these purchases. The file therefore contains supporting correspondence, invoices, payment receipts, as well as export licenses and 'No Objection Certificates' to facilitate the export of weaponry. The principal suppliers are F P Baker and Company Limited and Suleman Omer and Company, Karachi.Also contained in the file is correspondence between British officials in the Persian Gulf; this correspondence is either concerned with new acquisitions for the Toshakhana, the transfer of articles between agencies, or making arrangements for presenting gifts to the various Shaikhs of the Trucial Coast. The main corresponding officials are the Political Agent, Bahrain (Charles Geoffrey Prior, Percy Gordon Loch, and Tom Hickinbotham); the Political Resident, Persian Gulf (Trenchard Craven Fowle and Hugh Weightman); the Secretary to the Political Resident; the Residency Agent, Sharjah; and the Trucial Coast Political Agent.Also within the file is an exchange from July 1941 (folios 249-251) between the Bahrain Political Agent and Charles Belgrave, Adviser to the Government of Bahrain, regarding arrangements for cleaning the weaponry stored in the Toshakhana.The Arabic language content consists of a couple of letters (folios 43-44 and folio 60) with English translation from the Bahrain Political Agent to the Residency Agent, Sharjah, as well as five letters (folios 45-50) from the Political Agent presenting gifts to various Trucial Coast Shaikhs; their translated replies in English can be found on folios 70-75.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 337; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. Two additional foliation sequences are present in parallel between ff 3-303 and ff 305-316; these numbers are written in pencil, but are not circled (except for a number of circled numbers which have been crossed out).
Abstract: The file is concerned with the Bushire Residency [Persian Gulf Political Residency] Toshakhana — a store of gifts kept with the Bahrain Political Agency, so that they would be available for presentation to the Trucial Coast Shaikhs when needed. Regular stock accounts are submitted to Bushire to keep the Residency updated on the number and range of articles being held on its behalf. The file is primarily concerned with the acquisition of new articles for the Toshakhana, their circulation to British officers serving in the Persian Gulf, and the purchase of surplus stock by said officers; weapons and ammunition make up the bulk of these transactions, and wartime restrictions are reflected in the file. The file therefore contains supporting correspondence, invoices, payment receipts, as well as export licenses and 'No Objection Certificates' to facilitate the export of weaponry. The principal supplier is Suleman Omer and Company, and the principal shipping agent is Gray Mackenzie and Company Limited.The main correspondents within the file are as follows: the Political Agent, Bahrain (Edward Wakefield, Michael Dixon, and Tom Hickinbotham); the Political Resident, Persian Gulf (Charles Geoffrey Prior and William Hay); the Secretary to the Political Resident; the Political Officer, Trucial Coast (Maurice Patrick O'Connor Tandy, Richard Bird, and Raymond Murphy); the Political Agent, Kuwait (Cornelius James Pelly); and the Political Agent, Muscat.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 261; 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 also present in parallel between ff 2-238; these numbers are also 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: 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 31 of 1843, dated 1 May 1843. The enclosures are numbered 3-9 and are dated 26 February to 5 April 1843.The enclosures relate to brass guns captured in Afghanistan, and sent to Bombay, which were intended as a present for the King of Prussia. They include discussion of: the Secretary to the Government of Bombay, John Pollard Willoughby, requesting that the Superintendent of the Indian Navy, Captain Robert Oliver, give his opinion on the best way of giving effect to the wishes of the Governor-General of India that the guns be transported to London to the address of the Minister to the King of Prussia; Oliver submitting a tender from Messrs Dirom, Carter & Co, agents for the ship
Dartmouth, for the conveyance to England of the brass guns via the ship for the sum of twenty five Rupees, with Oliver recommending acceptance ‘as the terms are moderate’; and the Governor-General approving the acceptance of the tender.The main correspondents are the following: the Secretary to the Government of Bombay; the Officiating Secretary to the Government of India with the Governor-General, James Thomason; and the Superintendent of the Indian Navy.Physical description: 1 item (12 folios)
Abstract: The file contains correspondence between HM Ambassador to Iran, the Foreign Office, the Government of India, External Affairs Department, and the Secretary of State for India, regarding the possible release or confiscation of a cargo of Iranian goods held at Assab, on account of the cargo's comprising guns and machinery that would be of use in manufacturing guns in India.A list of correspondence references contained in the file appears on the front cover.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 8; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: The file contains papers, mostly correspondence, relating to the defence of Bahrain (also spelled Bahrein in the file), including the supply of guns to the Government of Bahrain, and anti-aircraft defences.The main correspondents are as follows: the India Office; the Political Agent at Bahrain and Acting Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Hugh Weightman); the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Lieutenant-Colonel Trenchard Craven William Fowle); the War Office; the Air Headquarters, British Forces in Iraq; the Government of India External Affairs Department; the Air Ministry; and the Petroleum Department.The file also includes: a Committee of Imperial Defence Overseas Defence Sub-Committee minute entitled ‘Persian Gulf. Defence Schemes for the Arab Side’, dated 14 June 1939; a paper entitled ‘Appreciation of the Situation Regarding the Defence of Bahrein Against Tribal Attacks and Sabotage’, by Major R G Price, Air Headquarters, British Forces in Iraq, for the Air Officer Commanding in Iraq, dated January 1939; and a paper entitled ‘Progress Report – Bahrein Defence Strengths of the Forces Available’, by H P Chadwick, Defence Officer, Persian Gulf, dated 9 April 1941.The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 163; 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.