Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, consultations, memoranda, resolutions, and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai]. The main correspondents are the Government of Bombay and Captain Samuel Hennell, British Resident in the Persian Gulf. It is the eighth in a series of fifteen items on the Persian Gulf (the others are IOR/F/4/2131/101199, IOR/F/4/2131/101200, IOR/F/4/2131/101201, IOR/F/4/2131/101202, IOR/F/4/2131/101203, IOR/F/4/2131/101204, IOR/F/4/2131/101205, IOR/F/4/2131/101207, IOR/F/4/2131/101208, IOR/F/4/2131/101209, IOR/F/4/2131/101210, IOR/F/4/2131/101211, IOR/F/4/2131/101212 and IOR/F/4/2131/101213).The item concerns:The intention of Abdoolla bin Ahmed [Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Aḥmad Āl Khalīfah] and the Wahabees [Wahhābi] to attack Mahomed bin Khuleefa [Shaikh Muḥammed bin Khalīfah Āl Khalīfah], Shaik of Bahrein [Shaikh of Bahrain]Mahomed bin Khuleefa’s blockade of the Wahabee port of Kateef [Al-Qatif], with the help of Esai bin Tareef [Shaikh ‘Īsá bin Ḥamad bin Ṭarīf Āl Bin ‘Alī al-‘Utbī] and Humud bin Mujuddal [Ḥamad bin Majdal, Chief of the al-‘Amāyir]Relations between Saed ben Mootluk [Sa‘d bin Muṭlaq], the Wahabee commander at Brymee [Al Buraymi] and the other shaikhs of the GulfThe reaction of the shaikhs of the Gulf to the succession of Esai ben Khaled [‘Īsá bin Khālid Āl Bū Falāḥ] as leader of the Beniyas [Banī Yās] TribeSaed ben Mootluk’s attack and seizure of Maghees [Majīs] and his exaction of tribute from Sohar [Suhar]The death of Mr Floyd, Senior Partner of the British firm Messrs Floyd and Mills, at Shiraz on 24 July 1845 while attempting to climb the wall of his house.The item contains a contents page, and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft 252/46, P.C. [Previous Communication] 5171, Collection No 1 of No 112’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 655, and terminates at f 683, 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 volume also contains an original pagination sequence.
Abstract: This item contains the East India Company’s early correspondence about Persia [Iran] from 19 March 1621 to 25 November 1625. The correspondence contained in the item includes material relating to:The request from King James I of England to the Shah of Persia [‘Abbās I] to permit English merchants to procure silks in a ‘more convenient’ town closer to the port of Jasques [Jask]The war between the amirs of Trypoly and Sydon [Amīr Yūsuf bin Sayfā, Pāsha of Tripoli, and Amīr Fakhr al-Dīn II, born Qurqmāz al-Ma’nī of Sidon]The crossing of the River Danubius [Danube] and invasion of Poland [Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth] by the Ottoman Imperial ArmyThe establishment of a Dutch East India Company factory [trading post] at AgraThe death of the ‘Roman Gentleman his wyfe’ [Maʿanī al-Juwayrī, wife of Pietro della Valle]The campaign of the ‘Chaune of Xiraz’ [Khān of Shiraz, meaning the Governor-General of Fars, Imām Qulī Khān Ūndīlādze] against the Portuguese in Keshm [Qeshm] and Ormuz [Hormuz, also written here as Ormus], request for naval assistance from the English East India Company, and the Articles of Agreement between the Khan and the CompanyThe arrest and execution of a number of associates of the ‘Carmelite College’ in Spahan [Isfahan] for attempting to warn the Portuguese of the impending campaign against OrmuzThe capture of the fort of Keshm, death of Captain William Baffin, and transportation of the Portuguese to the Coast of ArabiaThe departure of the King of Persia from Spahan for Candahore [Kandahar]The exemption of English merchants from ‘Rhadarage’ [rāhdārī, i.e. road tolls] in PersiaThe negotiations of the commanders of the English fleet, John Weddell, Richard Blythe, Nicholas Woodcock and Francis Pinder, with the Chaun and his Chief Steward, Pollard Begge [Pulād Beg]The Anglo-Persian force’s capture of the Portuguese fortress at Ormuz on 22 April 1622, and the damages caused to the fleet of Royfreerars [Captain Rui Freire de Andrade, also written here as Royfrere]The negotiations between the Portuguese and the Persians over the terms of surrender and future of Ormuz, without the presence or participation of the English East India CompanyThe justification of the English fleet’s participation in the campaign on account of the threats posed by the PortugueseThe poor behaviour of the English sailors as the cause for the unjust division of spoils at OrmuzThe procurement of a firman [farmān] for English deserters to be returned from the Persian ArmyThe transportation of the Portuguese prisoners from Ormuz to Muscatt [Muscat] or Indya [India]The proposals of Edward Monox [Monnox] for the establishment of factories at Sinde [Sindh], Dabull [Dabhol], and Balsora [Basra], and a single additional factory at Ormuz in PersiaThe arrival of a fleet under the Earl of Oxford [Henry de Vere, 18th Earl of Oxford] in the Downes [Downs]The failure of the Siege of Montaban [Montauban], death of Monsieur De Luynes [Charles d’Albert, Duc de Luynes and Constable of France] and the blockade of Rochell [La Rochelle]The defence of the Palatinate by the English volunteers of Sir Oratio Vere [Horace Vere], and Count Monsfeld [Ernst von Mansfeld’s] plan to drive out the forces of Count [Ambrogio] SpinolaThe stalemate between the [Holy Roman] Emperor [Ferdinand II von Habsburg] and Betlem Gabor, Prince of Transilvaniya [Bethlen Gábor, Prince of Transylvania]The replacement of Libby Chapman with Edward Kirkham as Consul at AleppoA sea fight between an English fleet and that of the Vizeere [Vizier] of Goa off Moosombeaque [Mozambique], and Royfreerars’s intention to escort the Vizeere to GoaThe transmission of a letter from the King of Persia to the King of England by the English East India Company, together with a request for examples of English muskets and bulletsThe dismissal of Mr Strachaun [George Strachan] from the CompanyThe reception of the ambassadors of the Emperor of Moscovia [Russia] at the Persian Court, on a mission to obtain the Shah’s permission for the export of silk across the Caspian SeaThe capture of the port of Dabull by Millick Amber [Malik ʻAnbar, Regent of the Sultanate of Ahmednagar], and subsequent detention of his merchandise and commercial agents in PersiaThe need for an official mission from England to formalise trade with PersiaThe lack of security caused by the Porgutall [Portuguese] raids on Persian territoriesThe marriage of King Charles [Charles I of England] to the sister of the French King [Princess Henriette Marie de Bourbon, sister of King Louis XIII of France]The Spanish General, Count Spenolo [Spinola’s] capture of Breda in the Low CountriesThe death of Graue Morris [Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange] and the succession of his brother Henry [Frederick Henry] in the NetherlandsThe death of the Earl of Oxford and many other Englishmen in Dutch serviceThe Duke of Savoy [Carlo Emanuele I] and his French allies’ campaign against Gennoua [Genoa]The Pope [Urban VIII Barberini’s] claim to the Country [Kingdom] of NaplesThe ‘great multitudes’ of Cossacks raiding the Ottoman Empire across the Black SeaThe knighting of Morris Abbott, Governor of the East India Company, by King Charles.Physical description: 1 item (124 folios)
Abstract: Memorandum of a conversation between Dr John McNeill and Meerza Abdul Wahab, the Moatamid ud Dowleh [Mīrzā ‘Abd al-Wahhāb Nishāṭ Iṣfahānī, Mu‘tamid al-Dawlah], of 21 July 1827. In the memorandum the surrender of the Persian fortress of Abbas Abad [‘Abbasabad], which had been under siege by Russia in the war between Persia [Iran] and Russia [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828], and the subsequent threat this poses to Persia, is discussed. Meerza Abdul Wahab indicates his opinion that a ‘golden opportunity’ has been lost for the agreement of an advantageous peace with Russia, and his belief that the cession of territory ‘beyond’ the River Arras [Aras] should be made to secure peace and avoid further losses to Russia. McNeill indicates that the East India Company Envoy to Persia, Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, entertains similar sentiments, and there is discussion of representing the latter’s ‘general assent’ to Meerza Abdul Wahab’s point of view for the purposes of recommending peace to the Shah of Persia [Fatḥ-‘Alī Shāh Qājār].This document was originally enclosed, numbered 3, in Macdonald Kinneir’s letter to the Secret Committee of the East India Company of 22 July 1827 (IOR/L/PS/9/71/29).Physical description: 1 item (4 folios)
Abstract: Copy of dispatch No. 56 from the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, in camp at Khorum Tuppa, to the Chief Secretary to the Government of India, George Swinton, of 22 July 1827. The letter concerns the ongoing war between Russia and Persia in the Caucasus [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828], detailing the capture of the fortress of Abbasabad [‘Abbasabad] by Russia following a battle several days previous (see IOR/L/PS/9/71/30). Macdonald Kinneir indicates his belief that the fall of Abbasabad represents a significant disadvantage to the Persian war effort, and places the blame for the defeat on Abbas Meerza [ʿAbbās Mīrzā Qājār, Crown Prince of Persia] and the Prime Minister of the King [Shah] of Persia, the Asuf oo Dowleh [Allāh Yār Khān Qājār Davallū, Āṣaf al-Dawlah], whom the King no longer trusts as a result of the defeat. Macdonald Kinneir argues that the hitherto ‘golden opportunity’ for an advantageous peace, represented by Persia’s strong position in the war, has been lost, and also reports that Russian troops have crossed the River Aras and threaten the city of Khoee [Khoy].The substance of a conversation between Dr John McNeill and the Persian Ministers was originally enclosed with this letter (now catalogued as IOR/L/PS/9/71/32).This document was originally enclosed, numbered 2, in Macdonald Kinneir’s letter to the Secret Committee of the East India Company of 22 July 1827 (IOR/L/PS/9/71/29).Physical description: 1 item (5 folios)