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; the Government of India; Commander Thomas Grere Carless, commanding the Persian Gulf Squadron, and Lieutenant James Rennie. It is the forty-second in a series of fifty-one items on the Persian Gulf.The item concerns:Intelligence that neither the shaikh of Russel Khyma [Shaikh Sulṭān I bin Ṣaqr al-Qāsimī of Ra’s al-Khaymah] nor the shaikh of Debaye [Shaikh Maktūm I bin Buṭṭī Āl Bū Falāsah of Dubai] will convey troops belonging to Fyzul ben Toorkee [Amīr Fayṣal bin Turkī bin ‘Abdullāh Āl Sa‘ūd] from El Katif [Qatif] to the coast of Oman by seaThe possibility that Fyzul ben Toorkee will march his troops overland from Lassa [Al Hasa] to join a coalition against Saeed bin Tahnoon at Brymee [Al Buraymi].The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Collection No 4 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 645, and terminates at f 651, 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: Enclosures nos. 3-11 to dispatch no. 10 from the Secret Department, Bombay Castle, dated 26 August 1838. The enclosures are dated 5-22 August 1838.Enclosures 3 and 4 contain instructions from the Government of India for HMS
Volageand two sloops to travel to Bombay [Mumbai] in preparation for taking troops to the Gulf, and for HMS
Rattlesnakeand HMS
Victorto remain in Rangoon [Yangon] until further notice.The remainder of the enclosures concern a report by the Commander-in-Chief, India, into the vulnerability of provinces bordering Nepaul [Nepal] in the wake of worsening relations between the two countries. The report (enclosure 6, ff 480-483) proposes the movement of troops to either Jorhoot [Jorhat] or Gorruckpoor [Gorakhpur]. The enclosures also cover: a request for the relief of troops in Cuttack and Mhow and the reinforcement of Benares [Varanasi]; an offer of reinforcements from the Government of Ceylon [Sri Lanka]; and an enquiry about possible reinforcements from the Government of Mauritius.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 470, and terminates at f 494, 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. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
Abstract: The item consists primarily of correspondence with enclosures, notes, reports and memoranda dated between 1 August 1839 and 10 September 1839. It covers the first month after the British occupation of Karrack [Khārk/Kharg].Most significant are those regarding: mercantile affairs; the movement of vessels to and from Persian [Iranian] ports; the preservation of British interests in the Persian Gulf; the Russo-Persian Wars; the transfer of the Residency from Bushire [Būshehr] to Karrack; Ottoman-Egyptian relations; control of Syria; Mahomed Ally Pasha [Muḥammad ‘Alī Pasha, Khedive of Egypt]; agitations around Persian Gulf cities; the rising and movement of Egypt troops in Central Asia and Gulf.Main correspondents: Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf; Robert Reid, Acting Chief Secretary to the Government of Bombay [Mumbai]; J P Willoughby, Secretary to the Government of Bombay; Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company; Secretary to the Government of India; Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Taylor, Political Resident in Turkish Arabia.Physical description: 1 item (186 folios)
Abstract: The item consists primarily of correspondence with notes, reports and memoranda dated between 10 July and 2 September 1839; it relates to Aden during the first month after its capture by the British.The papers cover the following: a request for weights and measures at the Custom House at Aden; Captain Stafford Bettesworth Haines and his position in Aden as Political Agent; the introduction of Bombay [Mumbai] currency in Aden; the establishment of a British port in Aden; improvements in the lines of communication between Bombay and Aden; the movements of European, British and Egyptian troops around the Gulf; an agreement with the Sultan of Aden; riots in Aden; a revolt by the Sultan's son; the Jewish community in Aden.The main correspondents are the following: Governor-General of India; Political Agent, Aden; Accountant General of India; General of the British Army; Secretary to the Government of Bombay; Government of India's Foreign and Political Department; Chief Secretary to the Government of Bombay.Physical description: 1 item (138 folios)