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1. Book 96: Letters Inward 1837
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- Abstract: The file contains correspondence sent during 1837 to Captain Samuel Hennell, the Officiating Resident in the Persian Gulf. It primarily concerns the operations of the Indian Navy in the Persian Gulf; the movement of ships, the transfer of officers, and the payment of allowances. Major topics covered include reports on the suitability of Bussora [Basra], and Mahamerah [Khorramshahr] as sites for coal depots; and an experiment to measure the consumption rate of two types of wood — as fuel — by the steamer Hugh Lindsay.The Euprhates Expedition is also a significant topic in the file; this concerns instructions related to moving the steamer Euphratesto either Mahamerah, or Muscat so that it may be towed back to Bombay by the Hugh Lindsay. The expedition is also attempting to raise the steamer Tigris, which sank in the Euphrates river.Intermixed with the correspondence is a list of books left with Captain Hennell at Bushire, a list of instruments at Bushire, a list of stores aboard the Euphrates, and a receipt for 2500 German crowns from Syed bin Selim, Vikeel of Aboothabee [Sa‘īd bin Salīm, Wakīl of Abu Dhabi]. The latter being the result of claims made by the British Government against the Daria Dowlat for acts of piracy.Reports concerning the political affairs of Bahrain, the Arabian Coast, and the movements Arab tribes are also included. However, these topics are not heavily represented in this file.The principle correspondents are John Pepper, Commander of the Indian Naval Squadron in the Persian Gulf; and Sir Charles Malcolm, Superintendent of the Indian Navy.The file also includes letters from the following: Francis Rawdon Chesney, Commander of the Euphrates Expedition; James Bucknall Bucknall-Estcourt, Third in Command of the Euphrates Expedition; John Croft Hawkins, Commander of the Clive; Alexander Hector at Baghdad; William Igglesden, Commander of the Tigris; Henry Nelson Poole, in Charge of the Clive; John Sawyer, Commander of the Amhurst[ Amherst]; Charles Sharpe, Commander of the Elphinstone; Robert Taylor, Political Agent in Turkish Arabia; Joseph H Rowband, Commander of the Hugh Lindsay; Alfred S Williams, Assistant Superintendent of the Indian Navy; and Edward M Wood, Secretary to the Bombay Government.Physical description: Foliation: The foliation sequence commences at the cover and terminates at the last folio; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and can be found in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: An original incomplete pagination sequence in ink is also present in the volume between ff. 2-45. There are a number of gaps in this sequence.
2. Letters Inward
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- Abstract: A collection of letters received by the Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire. Two letters are from Edward M Wood, Secretary to Government, Bombay. The first contains copies of letters between Wood and Charles Malcolm, Superintendent of the Indian Navy, concerning the ship the Hugh Lindsay. The second contains copies of correspondence between Charles Malcolm, Superintendent of the Indian Navy, and Robert Grant, President and Governor in Council, Bombay, and between Wood and Francis Rawdon Chesney, on the best means of establishing a packet communication between Bombay and Khorramshahr. Three letters are from John Pollard Willoughby. One refers to a certificate granted by the Imam of Muscat, Sa‘īd bin Sultān Āl Sa‘īd, to the Native Agent of Muscat, Khojah Rubin, and includes a copy of a letter from the Imam of Muscat to William Henry Wathen, Chief Secretary to Government, Bombay, concerning the Native Agent of Muscat. In the second Willoughby requests the immediate issue and distribution of a proclamation to all the ports on the Arabian Coast. The third is concerned with the Chief of Abu Dhabi and his wish to declare war against Bahrain. There is one letter from Rawdon Chesney, Commander of the Euphrates Expedition, Bombay, to Samuel Hennell, Bushire, giving instructions and an inscription for a tombstone for a man from the Euphrates expedition who died at Bushire. Two letters are from William Henry Wathen, Chief Secretary to Government, Bombay, acknowledging letters and copies of letters received from the Acting Resident.Physical description: Pagination: An original, but incomplete pagination sequence numbers each page of text between ff 2-17; these numbers are written in ink, and can be found in the top left or right corners of the verso and recto sides of each folio respectively.Foliation: The main foliation sequence commences at the cover and terminates at the last folio; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and can be found in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. This is the sequence used by this catalogue to reference items within the file.