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1. ‘Persian Gulf. Relative to the discovery of small quantities of Indigo supposed to be part of the Cargo of the Ship “Centaur.” –’
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- Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, minutes, and consultations cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; Captain Atkins Hamerton, British Consul and Agent in the Dominions of the Imam of Muscat; Commander George Robinson, Senior Naval Officer in the Persian Gulf; and Hajee Yacoob [Ḥājjī Ya‘qūb], British Agent at Shargah [Sharjah]. It is the third in a series of three items about the Persian Gulf.The item concerns reports that indigo, which formed part of the cargo of the Centaur, has been found in various areas of the Gulf, including:Ukkur [Aqr]Fujeerah [Fujairah]Rasul Khyma [Ra’s al-Khaymah]Muscat.The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft No 350-1853’, ‘Collection No. 1 of No. 16 of 1853’, and ‘Supplementary Volume 3’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 18, and terminates at f 30, 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.
2. ‘Vol 182 1852/53 Persia; Slave Trade; Muscat; Commerce; miscellaneous’
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- Abstract: The volume contains copies of incoming and outgoing correspondence for the Persian Gulf Residency. At the start of 1852 Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell is Resident, before being superseded by Captain Arnold Kemball. Correspondence in the volume falls under the following headings:Persia, Basra and Baghdad (folios 2-4);The Persian Gulf slave trade (folios 6-8);Correspondence with the Muscat Political Agent (folios 10-23);Commerce (folios 25-39);Miscellaneous items (folios 40-51).Physical description: Foliation: There is an original pagination sequence, which is written in ink, in the top right of each recto and the top left of each verso. There is one foliation sequence, which is written in pencil, in the top right corner of each folio. The sequence begins on the title page, on number 1, and runs through to 52, ending on the inside of the back cover of the volume. The following details should be noted: f 7 is followed by f 7A; f 8 is followed by f 8A; f 23 is followed by f 23A; f 39 is followed by f 39A.On some pages the lines of handwritten have been truncated where the pages have been later cropped, making the legibility of words at the edges of pages difficult to read. One item in the volume (f 32) is written is in cypher.
3. 'Vol 195 1854/55 Bahrain; Arab Coast and Muscat; Slave Trade'
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- Abstract: The volume’s correspondence covers three subjects, as follows:Affairs at Bahrain (folios 2-165): the hostilities between Shaikh Muḥammad bin Khalīfah, the Ruler of Bahrain, and Shaikh Muḥammad’s estranged relatives based at Dammām, in cohort with Fayṣal ibn Turki’s forces at Al-Qaṭīf; naval operations against the fugitive Humud bin Mujdell off the coast of Al-Qaṭīf;Arab Coast and Muscat (folios 166-298): including sporadic incidents of maritime hostility on the Arab coast; rumours of a tax on British subjects at Muscat; the shipwreck and plunder of a ship carrying coal off the coast at Ra’s al Ḥadd; the preparation of maps of the Arab coast with Arabic place names; reports on the people and places of the Persian Gulf, and in particular the Arab coast; allocation of the Persian Gulf squadron’s naval resources.Slave Trade (folios 299-388): the import of slaves into the ports of the Persian coast, in particular Charrack [Bandar-e Chārak], Kelat and Lingah [Bandar-e Lengeh]; fines levied against the shaikhs of the ports of the Persian coast; measures to suppress the slave trade between Zanzibar and the Gulf.Physical description: Foliation: The letterbook, which is split into two volumes, is foliated from the first subject cover sheet to the last letter, using circle numbers in the top-right corner of each recto. There is an earlier pagination system, using numbers written in ink, running through both volumes. The first volume of the letterbook ends on folio 204. The second volume of the letterbook begins on folio 205. The front cover, front three flyleaves, rear flyleaf and inside back cover of the first volume of the letterbook are unfoliated. The front cover, front flyleaf, rear flyleaf and inside back cover of the second volume are unfoliated. The following foliation anomalies occur: 1A, 1B, 173A, 173B, no 173.
4. ‘Vol 204 1855/56 Slave Trade; Bahrain, Arabian Coast and Muscat; Accounts and General’
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- Abstract: The volume comprises correspondence exchanged between the Resident in the Persian Gulf (Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball until August 1855, Lieutenant Herbert Disbrowe in the capacity as Assistant Resident in Charge between August and September 1855, and Commander James Felix Jones from September 1855) and Henry Lacon Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay.Correspondence included in each of the volume’s subjects cover the following topics:Slave trade (folios 2-37): chiefly, the Resident’s explanation of contrasting successes in the suppression of the slave trade on the Arab and Persian coasts of the Gulf; protection offered to Indian naval crew members who were previously enslaved;Bahrain (folios 39-68): relations between the Shaikh of Bahrain, his estranged relatives at Dammām, and Fayṣal ibn Turki Āl Sa‘ūd; incidents of maritime piracy;Arabian coast and Muscat (folios 70-168): reports of acts of maritime piracy and plunder; compensation for acts of piracy and plunder; the abdication of Shaikh Sa’id bin Tahnun of Abu Dhabi;Accounts and general (folios 170-93): letters relating to Commander Felix Jones’s previous post as Political Agent and Consul-General at Baghdad; consular jurisdiction of the Resident in Bushire.Physical description: Foliation: Foliation begins on the volume’s first page of text and ends on the volume's last page of text, using uncircled pencil numbers in the top-right corner of each recto. The front cover of the volume, two front flyleaves, two rear flyleaves and inside back cover are unfoliated.Pagination: An original pagination sequence runs through the volume between ff 3-193; these numbers are written in ink and they can be found in the top-left or the top-right corners of the verso and recto side of each folio respectively.
5. ‘Muscat. Further proceedings on the subject of the plunder of the cargo of the late merchant ship “Centaur” belonging to Calcutta.’
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- Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, minutes, and consultations cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors. These political letters appear in IOR/F/4/2550/149197. It is the fourth in a series of sixteen items on the Persian Gulf.The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; the Government of India; Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf; Khojeh Hiskael [Khawājah Ḥizqīl bin Yūsuf], Agent at Muscat; Lieutenant Colonel Henry Creswicke Rawlinson, Political Agent in Turkish Arabia [Ottoman Iraq]; and Commodore George Robinson, Commanding Persian Gulf Squadron.The item concerns the recovery of a cargo of indigo, said to have been plundered from the Centaur. It contains reports of indigo having been brought to Ukkur [Aqr], Baghdad, Bahrein [Bahrain], and Lingah [Bander-e Lengeh]. The report regarding Bahrein includes details of the weights of seventy-nine bags of indigo, a summary of the expenses incurred in storing and transporting the indigo, and records of two interviews with Khooshal [Khvushḥāl], the merchant who brought the indigo to Bahrein.The item also contains discussion of the guidance given to the Agent at Muscat with regard to his communication with the authorities of Muscat.The item contains a table of contents (ff 463-464), and the title page (f 462) contains the following references: Draft Number ‘358 - 1854’, ‘Collection No. 10 of No. 84 of 1853. Vol. 4’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’. The collection number was originally given as ‘3’ but this has been crossed out and replaced with ‘10’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 462 and terminates at f 488, 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.
6. ‘Muscat. Proceedings connected with the recovery of the Cargo of the Ship “Centaur” of Calcutta, lost near-’
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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, 2 October 1852, and found at IOR/F/4/2504/142185. It is the third in a series of sixteen items about the Persian Gulf.The item relates to investigations into the plunder of the Centaur, a merchant vessel under British protection, at Al Khabba [Ra’s al Khabbah, also rendered in text as Alkhabba]. As the vessel was carrying the entire season's worth of indigo, particular attention is given to the location and retrieval of this stolen material. The Government of Bombay receives reports:From Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, regarding ports where indigo has been imported and the actions he has taken to retrieve the cargoFrom Captain Atkins Hamerton, HM Consul and Company Agent in the dominions of the Imaum of Maskat [Imām of Muscat], regarding the actions taken by himself and the Imaum, Saeid Saeid [Sayyid Sa‘īd bin Sulṭān Āl Bū Sa‘īd], amid reports that the principal perpetrators were people of the Beni boo Ali [Banī Bū ‘Alī] of JalanFrom Kojah Heskial bin Eusoph [Khawājah Ḥizqīl bin Yūsuf], Native Agent at Muscat, regarding the results of his enquiries at Soor [Sur] where he was assisted by the Imaum's nephew, Saied Hamed bin Salem bin Sultan [Sayyid Ḥamad bin Sālim Āl Bū Sa‘īd].All reports contain details of the numerous rumoured perpetrators. Hamerton's report also contains details of political sensitivities surrounding the investigations, including an agreement drawn up between himself and the Imaum (folios 1122-1123).Additionally, the item includes correspondence from parties invested in the retrieval of the cargo: W[illiam?] F[rederick?] Fergusson, Secretary, Insurance General Committee of Calcutta; and Hajee Mahomed Hashim Namajee [Ḥājjī Muḥammad Hāshim Namājī] and Hajee Mahomed Kurrim Namajee [Ḥājjī Muḥammad Karīm Namājī], Persian [Iranian] merchants based in Bombay [Mumbai].The title page of the item contains the following references: 'Bombay Political Department', 'Draft No. 350 of 1853', 'Collection No. 1 of No. 92', 'Vol: 3', and 'Examiner's Office'.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 1103, and terminates at f 1130, 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.
7. ‘Muscat. Indigo belonging to Syed Mahomed bin Salem which had been appropriated by Hajee Meer Baker.-’
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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, 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.
8. ‘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.
9. Reports on Indigo
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- Abstract: Two papers in French concerning indigo, copied by Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], and dated 30 August 1801.The papers appraise specimens of indigo brought to Bagdad by Captain John Malcolm, Envoy of the Governor-General of Bengal to Persia [Iran], and suggest trade strategies.Another copy of the first paper can be found in IOR/L/PS/9/76/170.These papers were enclosed in a letter from Jones to Malcolm dated 30 August 1801 (see IOR/L/PS/9/76/176).Physical description: 1 item (4 folios)
10. Reports on Indigo
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- Abstract: Three papers in French concerning indigo, copied by Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], dated 15 April 1801.The first two papers describe the trade in indigo from India to Bagdad and other parts of the Ottoman Empire since the 1770s, detailing trade routes and the quality and prices of different varieties of indigo.The third paper appraises specimens of indigo brought to Bagdad by Captain John Malcolm, Envoy of the Governor-General of Bengal to Persia [Iran], and suggests trade strategies. Another copy of this paper can be found in IOR/L/PS/9/76/177.Physical description: 1 item (6 folios)
11. Letter from Harford Jones to John Malcolm
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- Abstract: An extract of a letter from Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], to Captain John Malcolm, Envoy of the Governor-General of Bengal to Persia [Iran], sent from Bagdad and dated 30 August 1801.The letter concerns the indigo trade. Jones forwards information on the subject (see IOR/L/PS/9/76/177) and suggests that the East India Company sent a shipment of indigo to Bussora [Basra].Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)