Abstract: Translation of a letter from Meer Ali Akbar [Mīr 'Alī Akbar Hazārah], believed to be of the Huzarah [Hazārah] tribe, in Meshid [Mashhad], to the Prince of Khorasan, Hussein Ali Mirza [Ḥusayn ‘Alī Mīrzā Farmānfarmā]. The letter concerns the conflict between the brothers of Futteh Khan [Fatḥ Khan Bārakzāy] and the Shah of Afghanistan, Maḥmūd Shah Durrānī (see IOR/L/PS/9/68/191-194). The letter reports intelligence from the conflict, including the capture of Cabul [Kabul] by the brothers of Futteh Khan. The letter also exhorts the Prince of Khorasan to capture Herat, and details the plans of local Khans to defend Herat from Persian attack.The letter was enclosed in the letter of HM Chargé d'Affaires to Persia [Iran], Henry Willock, to the Secret Committee of the East India Company of 26 May 1819 (see IOR/L/PS/9/68/201), which was received on 28 August 1819.Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
Abstract: Translation of a letter from an unknown person in the service of Kamran Mirza [Shahzada Kāmrān Durrānī] to the Prince of Khorasan (Ḥusayn 'Alī Mirza Farmānfarmā). The letter concerns the conflict between the brothers of Futteh Khan [Fatḥ Khan Bārakzāy] and the Shah of Afghanistan, Mahmood Shah [Maḥmūd Shah Durrānī] (see IOR/L/PS/9/68/192). The author exhorts the Prince of Khorasan to take advantage of the unrest and capture Herat, which has been left undefended.The letter was enclosed in the letter of HM Chargé d'Affaires to Persia [Iran], Henry Willock, to the Governor-General of the Presidency of Fort William of 30 March 1819 (see IOR/L/PS/9/68/191).Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
Abstract: Translation of a letter from Sheer Dil Khan Afghan [Shīrdil Khan Bārakzāy], the Governor of Ghazni, to Mirza Moosa [Mirza Mūsá], the Minister of the Prince of Khorasan. The letter details the overthrow of Shah Mahmood [Maḥmūd Shah Durrānī] by Sheer Dil Khan and his brothers following the capture and blinding of their brother Futteh Khan [Fatḥ Khan Bārakzāy], and their dispatch of an envoy to the Prince of Khorasan (Ḥusayn ‘Alī Mirza Farmānfarmā) in the hope of negotiating an alliance with Persia [Iran].The letter was enclosed in the letter of HM Chargé d'Affaires to Persia, Henry Willock, to the Governor-General of the Presidency of Fort William of 30 March 1819 (see IOR/L/PS/9/68/191).Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
Abstract: Translation of a letter from Kelej Khan Timori [Qilij Khan Taymūrī], in Meshed [Mashhad], to the Prince of Khorasan (Ḥusayn 'Alī Mirza Farmānfarmā) in Tehran. The letter concerns the conflict between the brothers of Futteh Khan [Fatḥ Khan Bārakzāy] and the Shah of Afghanistan, Maḥmūd Shah Durrānī (see IOR/L/PS/9/68/192). The letter encourages the Prince of Khorasan to affirm his support for the brothers of Futteh Khan. The letter also details the brief capture of Peishawur [Peshawar] by the Maharajah of the Punjab, Runjeit Sing [Ranjit Singh].The letter was enclosed in the letter of HM Chargé d'Affaires to Persia [Iran], Henry Willock, to the Governor-General of the Presidency of Fort William of 30 March 1819 (see IOR/L/PS/9/68/191).Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai]. The main correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Captain Stafford Bettesworth Haines, British Political Agent at Aden; Lieutenant Charles Cruttenden, Assistant Political Agent at Aden. It is the second in a series of five items concerning Aden (the others are IOR/F/4/2100/98226, 98228, 98229, and 98230).The item concerns British fears that the large force Sherriffe Hussain ibn Ali Hyder [Sharif Hussain bin 'Ali Haydar, Governor of Mocha] has collected at Mocha will be used to attack Aden.The majority of the item is made up of the report of Lieutenant Charles Cruttenden of his tour of the Horn of Africa, including a description of:The state of affairs at Shoa [Shewa]Zeyla [Saylac], which is experiencing civil unrestBerbera, where contentious fortifications are under constructionBurnt Island [Maydh Island]The state of the wreck of the
Memnonoff Cape Guardafui, which had its copper removed and sold contrary to British injunctionsMaculla [Al Mukalla], where he inquired into a complaint by a Banian merchant that his house had been plundered.The item includes a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft 683, P.C. [Previous Communication] 4878, [Season 18]45’, ‘Vol: 2’, ‘Collection No 7 of No 10’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 216 and terminates at f 237, 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 file consists of one volume containing a summary of principal events in 1907 by Wilfrid Malleson, Assistant Quartermaster-General, Intelligence Branch, Division of the Chief of Staff in Simla.It covers the following: Russia in Asia, North China, China, Assam, Bhutan, Burma, Indo-China, Japan, Korea, Malay Peninsula, Malaysia, Nepal, Netherlands Indies, Philippines, Siam, Sikkim, Tibet, Persia, Turkey in Asia, Arabia, Somaliland, Abyssinia, Afghanistan, North-West Frontier, Baluchistan.Topics include: Political, Foreign and Internal Relations, Military, Communications, Commercial, Climate, Health, Resources, Harbours, Shipping, Telegraphs, Naval, and Geography.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 76; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. Pagination: the file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
Abstract: The file consists of one volume containing a summary of principal events in 1908 by Wilfrid Malleson, Assistant Quartermaster-General, Intelligence Branch, Division of the Chief of Staff, Simla.It covers the following: Russia in Asia, Northern China, Bhutan, Burma, China, Indo-China, Japan, Korea, Malay Peninsula, Malaysia, Nepal, Netherlands Indies, Siam, Sikkim, Tibet, Eastern Bengal and Assam, Persia, Turkey in Asia, Arabia, Somaliland, Abyssinia, Afghanistan, North-West Frontier, Baluchistan, and unrest in India.Topics include: politics - foreign and internal relations, military, communications, commercial, climate and health, resources, harbours, shipping, telegraphs, naval matters, and geography.Also includes one map on folio 28: 'SKETCH MAP SHOWING THE PROGRESS OF RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION IN CHINA IN 1908'.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 76; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: the file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
Abstract: The file contains correspondence about local affairs in Trucial Oman. These mainly focus on the hostile relations between the Shaikhs of Trucial Oman, and the involvement of some rulers in the restriction of local activities. The file also contains reports sent between the Bahrain Agency, the Sharjah Residency and the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf when any trouble, meeting or peace agreement took place between the local rulers. The reports focused on demands for reforms raised by locals, notables and merchants. These were asking for various reforms including budget, education, health and sanitation, peace and order, removal of all sorts of corruption in the various departments, and the grant of justice and freedom to the inhabitants in trade and other crafts.The representatives of the British Government in the Gulf raised their concerns to the Shaikhs of Trucial Oman regarding the safety of British subjects, and employees. The file also contains petitions raised by the notables and merchants of Iranian and Indian communities living in Trucial Oman to the British authorities. These were also concerned about their own safety.The main correspondence is between the Residency Agent in Sharjah, the Political Agent in Bahrain, the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, the British Agency in Trucial Oman, as well as the various Shaikhs of Trucial Oman including Shaikh Said bin Maktum, Ruler of Dubai and Shaikh Sultan bin Salim, Ruler of Ras al-Khaimah.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the back cover with 263; 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 incomplete foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 2-238; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
Abstract: The file contains correspondence in the form of letters and reports between British officials and the Sultan of Muscat and Oman, Taimur bin Fayṣal bin Turki al-Bu Sa‘idi. The correspondence is related to the Imam’s rising and the news of his forces besieging the Rustaq region. The file includes reports on the history of the Imamate in Oman, the Hinawi/Ghafiri fraction, the relations between the local Omani leaders and the British authorities in Muscat, and the history of the rising of the Imam against the Sultan. In one of his reports, the Political Agent, Muscat provides statements showing the estimated income of the Sultan of Muscat and his debts.The file includes correspondence related to the arrangement of a meeting between Shaikh Isa bin Saleh al-Harthi and the Political Agent, Muscat to negotiate settling the issue between the Imam and the Sultan. It also includes correspondence regarding the situation and requirements at Muscat, the question of whether the British Government should employ Baluch or Arabs in the Sultan troops, and the news of the possible attack of the Imam and his followers on Buraimi.Among other correspondents in the file are the Political Resident, Bushire, and the Deputy Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political Department.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 130; these numbers are written in pencil 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: The volume contains correspondence in the form of reports, telegrams and a number of translated letters of notable local Omani shaikhs. The correspondence is mainly concerned with the rising of the Imam of Oman, Salim bin Rashid al-Kharusi against the Sultan of Oman, Taimur bin Fayṣal bin Turki al-Bu Sa‘idi between November 1913 and December 1914.The volume contains news about the following:the Sultan’s efforts to raise money and enlist foreign aids to help him defend the region from the attack of the Imam’s forcescertain Omani shaikhs including Himyar bin Nasir al-Nabhani and ‘Isa bin Salih al-Harthi and Omani tribes including Bani Battash and the Hijriyyin who are part of the Imam’s forcesthe meetings held by the 'rebel' leaders at Nizwah, and the outcomes of those meetingsBritish officials’ concerns about the Sultan corresponding with any foreign government unrepresented at Muscat except through the British authoritythe British Government’s promise to bear the costs of expedition to re-establish the Sultan’s authority in Samailthe present situation in various regions including Barka, Nakhl, Muscat and Matrahthe fear of any attack on Muscat or Matrahthe number of troops on both sidesthe number of casualties on both sidesthe British keeping the garrisons in the area to protect Muscat and MatrahThe main correspondents in the volume are the Political Agent, Muscat, the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire, and the Foreign Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political Department.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 239; 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 4-236; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
Abstract: The file contains printed narrative reports of the Government of India concerning internal politics and relations with the Muscat Government (also called Maskat) between 1869 and 1892. The reports are signed by Assistant Political Residents in the Persian Gulf and others. Each report is preceded by a table of contents. The reports are as follows:Muscat Affairs, October 1869 to March 1872Muscat Précis which contains papers up to proceedings, Political A., June 1873Continuation of Narrative of Muscat Affairs, June 1873 to July 1874Continuation of Narrative of Muscat Affairs, Jul 1874 to July 1875Continuation of Narrative of Muscat Affairs, August 1875 to December 1880Continuation of Narrative of Muscat Affairs, January 1881 to December 1884, (pages 179-180 of the report are missing, these have an account of the Khojas settled in Oman)Continuation of Narrative of Muscat Affairs, January 1885 to December 1888Continuation of Narrative of Muscat Affairs, January 1889 to December 1892Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 158; 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 3-155; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
Abstract: The file contains a diary written by the Political Agent at Muscat, Major James Hayes Sadler. The diary is 95 pages in length and it was sent to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire. The Political Agent narrates the events in connection with the Omani tribes’ rising in 1895 which was led by Shaikh Saleh bin Ali al-Harthi of the Hanawi tribal confederation against the Sultan of Muscat and Oman, Faysal bin Turki Al Bu Sa‘idi, and the action taken by the Political Agency at Muscat, in reference to this.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 52; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.