Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, consultations, and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. These political letters appear in IOR/F/4/2324/120974. The main correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Major Samuel Hennell, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; and Hajee Jassim [Ḥājjī Jāsim], British Agent at Bahrein [Bahrain]. It is the sixth in a series of six items on the Persian Gulf.The item concerns:Hennell’s tour of the Trucial Coast and conversations with the shaikhs of Bahrein, Rasel Khymah [Ra’s al-Khaymah], Amulgavine [Umm al-Qaywayn], Debaye [Dubai], Ejmaun [Ajman], and Aboothabee [Abu Dhabi], including their relations with each other and accusations of minor incidents both of trading enslaved people and detaining vessels in their ports unlawfullyThe secession and subsequent reconciliation of four influential merchants from Bahrein who went to Kenn [Kish Island] and Hennell’s role in mediating the dispute between them and the Sheik of Bahrein, Mahomed bin Khuleefa [Shaikh Muḥammed bin Khalīfah Āl Khalīfah]False reports of the death of Captain Atkins Hamerton, British Consul and Agent in the Dominions of the Imam of Muscat.The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft no 776/49’, ‘Coll[ection] 13’, and ‘Collection No 1 of No 78’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 8, and terminates at f 36 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: This item consists of copies of correspondence cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. These political letters appear in IOR/F/4/2174/105546. It is the twenty-seventh in a series of forty-five items on the Persian Gulf.The correspondents are: Major Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf; Moollah Hussein [Mullā Ḥusayn], Native Agent at Shargah [Sharjah]; and Commodore John Croft Hawkins, Commanding Indian Naval Squadron in the Persian Gulf.The item concerns:The death of Shaik Suggur bin Sultan [Shaikh Ṣaqr bin Sultān al-Qāsimī], following an attack on Amulgavine [Umm al-Qaywayn], and the request of Shaik Sultan bin Suggur [Shaikh Sulṭān I bin Ṣaqr al-Qāsimī] for Hennell to mediate between the different tribesThe arrival of Commodore Hawkins at Shargah, and the brokering of a truce between Shaik Sultan bin Suggur and the rulers of Debaie [Dubai], Ejmaun [Ajman], and Amulgavine. It includes a copy of the truce, concluded on 19 April 1846.The item contains a table of contents (f 528), and the title page (f 527) contains the following references: ‘P C [Previous Communication] 5507, Coll. 7, Vol. 27’, ‘D/t 197/47’, ‘Collection No. 3 of No. 75’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 527 and terminates at f 538, 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: 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 and Major Samuel Hennell, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf. It is the twenty-fifth in a series of fifty-one items on the Persian Gulf.This item concerns the mediation by Shaik Soobah of Koweit [Shaikh Sabāh II bin Jābir I Āl Sabāh of Kuwait] between Shaik Mahomed bin Khuleefa [Shaikh Muḥammad bin Khalīfah Āl Khalīfah], the current ruler of Bahrein [Bahrain] and his great-uncle Shaik Abdoollah bin Ahmed [Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Aḥmad Āl Khalīfah], the ex-ruler of Bahrein. Shaik Mahomed rejects the offer of reconciliation but offers to provide for Shaik Abdoollah on condition that he stay in Koweit.The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Collection No 4 of No 169’, ‘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 533, and terminates at f 536, 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: Translation of a letter from Meerza Abool Hassan Khan [Mīrzā Abū al-Ḥasan Khān Shīrāzī, Foreign Minister of Persia] to the President of the Board of Control, Charles Watkin Williams-Wynn, dated September 1827. The letter is nearly identical to Meerza Abool Hassan Khan’s letter to the Court of Directors of the East India Company (catalogued as IOR/L/PS/9/71/59). Meerza Abool Hassan Khan discusses the outbreak of the ongoing war between Persia [Iran] and Russia [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828], placing the blame for the war on the ‘Russian Frontier Authorities’ [the Russian Government in Georgia], in opposition to the wishes of the Emperor of Russia, and indicating that Persia had sought to avoid war but had been rebuffed by the frontier authorities. He reports that the Shah of Persia [Fatḥ-‘Alī Shāh Qājār] intends to send him to St Petersburgh [St Petersburg], via Vienna or London, to effect a reconciliation between Russia and Persia, indicating a wish for British mediation in the endeavour.This document was originally enclosed in the letter of the East India Company Envoy to Persia, Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, to the Secret Committee of the East India Company of 22 September 1827 (IOR/L/PS/9/71/50).Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
Abstract: Translation of a letter from Mirza Abdul Wahaub, the Moatemid ed Dowleh [Mīrzā ‘Abd al-Wahhāb Nishāṭ Iṣfahānī, Mu‘tamid al-Dawlah] to HM Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Lord Dudley, dated September 1827. Mirza Abdul Wahaub discusses the outbreak of the ongoing war between Persia [Iran] and Russia [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828], placing the blame for the war on the ‘evil designs’ of the ‘Russian Frontier Authorities’ [the Russian Government in Georgia]. He indicates that the Governor-General of Georgia at the time [General Aleksey Petrovich Yermolov] had prohibited direct communication with the Russian Government and that attempts by Persia to reach an understanding with the frontier authorities were unsuccessful. Mirza Abdul Wahaub reports that the Shah of Persia [Fatḥ-‘Alī Shāh Qājār] intends to send the Persian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mirza Abool Hassan Khan [Mīrzā Abū al-Ḥasan Khān Shīrāzī] to Russia to re-establish peace between Russia and Persia, indicating a wish for the support and advice of the British Government.This document was originally enclosed in the letter of the East India Company Envoy to Persia, Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, to the Secret Committee of the East India Company of 22 September 1827 (IOR/L/PS/9/71/50).Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
Abstract: Enclosures no. 2-6 to a despatch from the Secret Department, Bombay [Mumbai] Castle, dated 13 January 1848. The enclosures are dated 24 November 1847-6 January 1848. The enclosures consist of copies of correspondence relating to a visit to Berbera by Lieutenant C J Cruttenden, Assistant Political Agent at Aden, with the hopes of improving relations with and between the Aial Ahmed and Aial Unus [Reer Ahmed Nur and Reer Yunis Nur, sub-clans of the Habr Awwal], and to meet with Hadi Ali Shermarkhi Saleh [Haji Shermarke Ali Saleh], Governor of Berbera and Zeyla [Zeila]. The correspondence also references efforts to end the trade in enslaved persons in the Gulf, including the seizure of a ship believed to belong to Shermarkhi. The primary correspondents are the Political Agent and Assistant Political Agent at Aden, and the Government of India.Physical description: 1 item (14 folios)
Abstract: Enclosures no. 2-10 to a despatch from the Secret Department, Bombay [Mumbai] Castle, dated 2 March 1848. The enclosures are dated 18 January-1 March 1848. The enclosures consist of copies of correspondence relating to affairs in Aden and reports received there of events elsewhere, including:Reported hostilities between the Imam of Sana [Sana’a] and Hussain ibn Ali Hyder, Sheriffe [Sharif] of Mocha, and a request from the Imam for a British ship to be sent to protect Hodeida [Al Hudaydah]A report of the death of Sallah Selassie, King of Shoa [Sahle Selassie, Negus of Shewa], and bloodshed in Shoa over the successionA reported dispute between the Egyptian Governor of Mussowah [Massawa] and the French ConsulA visit to Berbera by the Assistant Political Agent at Aden, with the hopes of improving relations with and between the Aial Ahmed and Aial Unus [Reer Ahmed Nur and Reer Yunis Nur, sub-clans of the Habr Awwal]The arrival in Aden of Henry Hardinge, Viscount Hardinge, on his return trip to the UK after having served as Governor-General of India.The primary correspondent is the Political Agent, Aden.Physical description: 1 item (16 folios)
Abstract: The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence, which form partial enclosures to a letter from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] to the East India Company Court of Directors, dated 15 January 1846. A copy of this letter can be found at IOR/F/4/2142/102302.The item relates to a report by Commander Lieutenant A Macdonald, Commander of the Company schooner
Mahi, on his recent visit to Berbera during which he attempted to facilitate peace amongst the ‘tribes’ [clans] of the Somali coast in order to preserve the trade in the region. He reports on his communications with: Sheik Hadjee Shermarki Alli, Governor of Zeyla [Ḥājjī Sharmārkī ‘Alī Ṣāliḥ, Governor of Saylac]; the Governor’s son, Mahomed [Muḥammad]; and the elders of the ‘tribes’.Macdonald mentions in particular the ‘tribes’ of Mejertherjn (also rendered ‘Mejertheyn’ [Majerteen?]) and Ayul Unuss (also rendered ‘Ayul Hamud’).The item also mentions the intention of Stafford Bettesworth Haines, Captain in the Indian Navy and Political Agent at Aden, to send Assistant Lieutenant Charles John Cruttenden to the Somali Coast in order to facilitate peace.The correspondents are: Haines; Thomas Grere Carless, Commander and Senior Naval Officer at Aden; Macdonald; and the Government of Bombay.The title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Bombay Political Department’, ‘P.C. [Previous Communication] 5264, Draft 494/46’, ‘Collection N. 8 of N. 5, Vol: 4’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 165, and terminates at f 169, 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: Extract of a letter from John Hine, Acting Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], to Sir Harford Jones, late Resident in Bagdad. The letter concerns Jones's suggestion that the British broker a reconciliation between Russia and Persia [Iran].Physical description: 1 item (1 folio)
Abstract: The volume consists of draft letters outwards from the British Resident in the Persian Gulf; up to 1831 the office holder is David Wilson, but following his departure Samuel Hennell fills the position — in an acting capacity — until the end of the volume.The correspondence can be divided into two broad categories. The first being letters addressed to the Resident's Native Agents throughout the Persian Gulf at Bahrain, Carrack [Bandar-e Chārak], Muscat, Sharjah, and Shiraz. A great deal of this material is of a routine nature; for example, praise for good conduct, reprimands for poor conduct, instructions to forward correspondence, and authorisation for leave. Solicitations for information on a range of topics such as local political affairs, the slave trade in the Gulf, and suspected piratical activity are also common.The second category is made up of letters addressed to various rulers throughout the Persian Gulf. The principal recipients being Shaikh Sulṭān bin Saqr, Hakim of Ra's al-Khaymah; Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Aḥmad Āl Khalīfah, Hakim of Bahrain; Shaikh Tanoon [Ṭaḥnūn bin Shakhbūṭ Āl Nahyān], Hakim of Aboothabee [Abu Dhabi]; Sa‘īd bin Sultān Āl Sa‘īd, the Imam of Muscat; and Shaikh ‘Abd al-Rasūl Khān, Governor of Bushire. Much of this correspondence is related to to the Resident's efforts to maintain peace in the Gulf, and ensure the suppression of piracy. It also covers attempts by the Resident to investigate suspected acts of piracy, to facilitate recompense for property plundered at sea, and calls to punish offenders. To a lessor extent, it includes applications for redress for injuries inflicted against British agents, and matters affecting British trade.It should be noted that ff 67-89 are blank folios.Physical description: Foliation: The foliation sequence commences at the front cover and terminates at the back cover; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and can be found in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.The volume contains the following foliation amendments: f 66, and f 66A.Pagination: The volume also contains an original pagination sequence (1-128) between ff 3-66A; these numbers are written in ink, and are located in the top outermost corner of each page.
Abstract: Original letter, in Persian, from Mirza Abul Hassan Khan [Mīrzā Abū al-Ḥasan Khān Shīrāzī, Foreign Minister of Persia] to the Court of Directors of the East India Company (IOR/L/PS/9/71/59 (1)), and a translation of the letter in English (IOR/L/PS/9/71/59 (2)). Mirza Abul Hassan Khan discusses the outbreak of the ongoing war between Persia [Iran] and Russia [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828], placing the blame for the war on the ‘Russian Frontier Authorities’ [the Russian Government in Georgia], in opposition to the wishes of the Emperor of Russia, and indicating that Persia had sought to avoid war but had been rebuffed by the frontier authorities. He reports that the Shah of Persia [Fatḥ-‘Alī Shāh Qājār] intends to send him to St Petersburgh [St Petersburg], via Vienna or London, to effect a reconciliation between Russia and Persia, indicating a wish for British mediation in the endeavour. A postscript indicates that similar letters have been addressed to HM Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and the President of the Board of Control (the latter of which is now catalogued as IOR/L/PS/9/71/60).This document was originally enclosed in the letter of the East India Company Envoy to Persia, Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, to the Secret Committee of the East India Company of 22 September 1827 (IOR/L/PS/9/71/50).Physical description: The first folio is a large sheet which has been folded
Abstract: This item comprises copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of India Secret Department to the East India Company Secret Committee, Number 9 of 1838, dated 1 May 1838. The enclosures are dated 14 February-1 May 1838.The papers chiefly comprise despatches of: William Hay Macnaghten, Secretary to the Governor-General of India; Captain Claude Martine Wade, Political Agent in Loodhiana [Ludhiana]; Captain Alexander Burnes, on a Mission to Cabool [Kabul]; and Lieutenant Eldred Pottinger in Herat.The despatches concern the siege of Herat by Persia [Iran], notably covering and including the following:Letters for Lord Auckland, Governor-General of India, from Shah Kamran [Shāhzādah Kāmrān Durrānī], Ruler of Herat, and his Vizier [minister] Yar Mahomed Khan [Yār Muḥammad Khān], urgently soliciting the intervention of the British Government in their present dispute with Persia (ff 376-377)A detailed report by Lieutenant Eldred Pottinger in Herat relating his proceedings and those of Colonel Charles Stoddart, British Agent with the Persian Camp, acting as messengers between the Ruler of Herat and the Persian Prime Minister Hajee Meerza Akasee [Ḥājī Mīrzā Āqāsī] and the Shah of Persia, up to late February 1838, and noting that they have conveyed to the Shah’s camp outside Herat that the British Government is the ‘well-wisher’ of the Persians and Afghans but its policy is to prevent ‘foreign enemies’ from aggression on Afghan territory (ff 379-390)Macnaghten’s instructions to John McNeill, HM Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at the Court of Persia, regarding arrangements for conveying rapid intelligence to India during the ‘present highly critical emergency’, including the despatch of the ship
Hugh Lindsayto the Persian Gulf for his use and that of the Persian ResidentMacnaghten’s encouragement of McNeill to visit the Shah’s camp outside Herat with duplicates of the Governor-General’s replies to the Ruler and Vizier of Herat (which have also been sent via Burnes) and to mediate peace (ff 391-392)Copies of the Governor-General’s replies to Shah Kamran and Yar Mahomed, expressing friendship and sympathy, urging ‘undaunted courage’ on the ‘brave and intrepid people’ and informing them of McNeill’s advance to the Shah’s camp (ff 394-396).Physical description: 1 item (37 folios)