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133. Enclosures to Political No. 223 of 1874, Forwarding a Copy of Papers Relating to the Proceedings of the ‘Turks’ in Nejd and the Movements of the Wahabee Prince Abdool Rahman
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- Abstract: This item consists of copies of enclosures to a Political Despatch from the Government of India Foreign Department to the Secretary of State for India, dated 18 December 1874, forwarding a copy of papers relating to the proceedings of the ‘Turks’ [Ottomans] in Nejd [Najd] and the movements of the Wahabee [Wahhābī] Prince Abdool Rahman [‘Abd al-Raḥmān]. The despatch is in continuation of despatch No. 220 of 11 December 1874 [IOR/L/PS/6/122, ff 572-575a].Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 596, and terminates at f 597a, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The sequence contains one foliation anomaly: f 597a.
134. Supplement to the Gazette of India containing copies of correspondence relating to operations at Bahrain
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- Abstract: The printed supplement, dated 22 January 1870, contains copies of despatches between Lewis Pelly and the Government of Bombay as well as copies of Pelly's correspondence with the Chiefs of Bahrein [Bahrain], Guttur [Qatar] and correspondence between the Government of India and the Government of Bombay.The correspondence relates to operations in Bahrain undertaken by Lewis Pelly in punishing acts of piracy committed by the chief(s) of Bahrain which breached the maritime truce between them and the British Government, and the orders under which he was acting in carrying out these operations.The main perpetrators of the acts of piracy were Mahomed bin Abdullah [Muhammad bin Abdullah Al-Khalifah], Nauser bin Mobarek and Mahomed bin Khalifeh [Muhammad bin Khalifah Al-Khalifah] (the Chief of the Bahrain tribes) and the intention of the operation was to capture these individuals; remove Mahomed bin Khalifeh from power replacing him with Esau bin Alee bin Khalifeh [Isa bin Ali Al-Khalifah] and to ensure that any future acts of piracy were deterred.The British Government sent Her Majesty's ship Daphne, the Gunboat Clydecommanded by Captain Elton, Her Majesty's ship Nympheunder the charge of Commander Meara and the Gunboat Hugh Rosewith Captain G A Douglas as the senior Naval Officer in charge of operations. Two other officers, Lieutenant Acklom and Navigating Lieutenant White, were also credited by Pelly for their work in aiding the success of the operations.The reverse of the supplement records that Lewis Pelly's copy of it was received on 20 March 1870.Physical description: Foliation: The file has been foliated in the top right hand corner of the recto of each folio with a pencil number enclosed with a circle.The file has also been paginated 59-67 with printed numbers on the right hand side of each page towards the top. These numbers relate to the edition of the Gazette of India which the supplement was originally included with.
135. Summaries of official secret dispatches from the Governor General of India, Sir James Outram, Charles Augustus Murray, the Government of Bombay, and others
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- Abstract: The file consists of summaries of official secret dispatches from Governor General of India in Council, Sir James Outram (in command of the British army in the Anglo-Persian War), Charles Augustus Murray (HM Minister to Persia), the Government of Bombay, and others. The summaries relate to Aden, China, Sind, Punjab, Afghanistan, Judda [Jeddah], the Kooria Mooria [Kuria Muria or Khuriya Muriya] islands, Baghdad, and Sarawak, including reports on the British Expedition against Persia [the Anglo-Persian War of 1856-1857], and the Indian Mutiny of 1857 [Uprising or Rebellion].Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 109; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
136. File 2698/1913 'Muscat: rebellion against the Sultan'
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- Abstract: This file contains letters and documents relating to British intervention in Oman before, during, and in the aftermath of an uprising against the Sultan led by the Imam, Salim ibn Rashid al Kharusi, in 1913. Most of the papers are exchanges between the British Political Agent in Muscat, the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, other British naval and military officials, and a large variety of Omani notables and leaders, including translations of letters from the Sultan, Taimur bin Faisal.Most of the file's papers are related British military and diplomatic interventions in Oman meant to protect the Sultan from defeat by the Imam. Approximately, the first quarter of the file dates from the years 1895-1896, while the subsequent three quarters date entirely from 1913.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 211; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves.
137. File 2182/1913 Pt 11 'Arabia: relations with BIN SAUD Hedjaz-Nejd Dispute'
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- Abstract: Part 11 concerns British policy regarding the dispute between Bin Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd, also referred to in the correspondence as Ibn Saud] and King Hussein of Hejaz [Ḥusayn bin ‘Alī al-Hāshimī, King of Hejaz] over Khurma and Tarabah [Turabah]. Much of the correspondence documents the efforts of the British to persuade the two leaders to agree to meet. It is initially proposed that the two should meet at Jeddah; however, it is reported by the Civil Commissioner, Baghdad, that Bin Saud refuses to meet King Hussein at Jeddah, Aden, or Cairo, and suggests a meeting at Baghdad instead. A number of other possibilities are discussed, including the following: the Secretary of State for India's proposal of a meeting of plenipotentiaries, either at Khurma or Tarabah, as an alternative to a meeting between the two leaders themselves; a suggestion by the High Commissioner, Egypt, that the two leaders meet in London; a proposal from Lord Curzon [George Nathaniel Curzon], Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, that Bin Saud should be induced to meet King Hussein on board a British ship at Jeddah, or, as is later suggested, at Aden.Also included are the following:an account from Captain Norman Napier Evelyn Bray, political officer in charge of the Nejd Mission, which recounts the last days of the mission's stay in Paris, in late December 1919;a report from the High Commissioner, Egypt, on his recent meeting with King Hussein, which relays the latter's views on the allocation of control of Syria to France;discussion regarding the growing power and influence of Bin Saud's Akhwan [Ikhwan] forces;a note on the dispute by Harry St John Bridger, in which he volunteers to induce Bin Saud to agree to a meeting at any place (outside of Hejaz) suggested by His Majesty's Government;memoranda and diary entries written by the Political Agent at Bahrain, Major Harold Richard Patrick Dickson, all of which discuss at length Dickson's interviews with Bin Saud at Hasa [Al Hasa] in January and February 1920;extracts from a report by the British Agent, Jeddah, Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Edwin Vickery, which recounts his recent interviews with King Hussein and the King's son, Emir Abdullah [ʿAbdullāh bin Ḥusayn al-Hāshimī].The item features the following principal correspondents:Secretary to the India Office's Political Department (John Evelyn Shuckburgh);Civil Commissioner, Baghdad [held in an officiating capacity by Lieutenant-Colonel Arnold Talbot Wilson];High Commissioner, Egypt (Field Marshal Edmund Henry Hynman Allenby);Secretary of State for India [Edwin Samuel Montagu];Foreign Office;British Agent, Jeddah (Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Edwin Vickery);Political Agent, Bahrain (Major Harold Richard Patrick Dickson);Bin Saud;Admiralty;Viceroy of India [Frederic John Napier Thesiger].Physical description: 1 item (336 folios)
138. File 2182/1913 Pt 9-10 'PERSIAN GULF AND ARABIA NEJD-HEJAZ AFFAIRS 1919'
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- Abstract: This volume contains parts 9 and 10 of the subject 'Persia Gulf'. It relates to the dispute between Bin Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] and King Hussein of Hedjaz [Ḥusayn bin ‘Alī al-Hāshimī, King of Hejaz], and Britain's policy towards both. It includes correspondence, not only between Government of India, India Office, Foreign Office, and War Office correspondents, but also between Bin Saud, King Hussein, and various British officials. In addition to correspondence, the volume contains a number of reports on the dispute, as well as minutes of inter-departmental meetings that were held at the Foreign Office during 1919.Also included in the volume are copies of the 1915 treaty between the British government and Bin Saud, and copies of earlier correspondence between King Hussein and the then High Commissioner, Egypt, Sir Arthur Henry McMahon, dating from July 1915 to January 1916.Both parts include a divider that gives the subject and part numbers, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references contained in that part by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for reference) commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 536; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located at the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 2-535; these numbers are also written in pencil and circled, but are crossed through.
139. File 4684/1913 'Pt 1 Muscat rebellion'
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- Abstract: Papers regarding the 1913 uprising of the Ibāḍī imamate and the tribes of the interior of Oman under the leadership of Sālim bin Rāshid al-Kharūṣī, against the authority of the Sultans of Muscat and Oman, Fayṣal bin Turkī Āl Bū Sa‘īd and Taymūr bin Fayṣal Āl Bū Sa‘īd.The volume consists of Muscat News reports submitted by the Political Agent at Muscat, plus correspondence between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, the Senior Naval Officer in the Persian Gulf, and the Government of India Foreign and Political Department. There are also translated copies of communications received from Sālim bin Rāshid al-Kharūṣī,and Taymūr bin Fayṣal Āl Bū Sa‘īd.The correspondence and reports provide details of the following: the progress of the uprising; the intervention of Indian troops and British ships; the bombardment of rebel positions at Barka [Barkā] and Kuriyat; negotiations between the Imam and the Sultan of Muscat and Oman; support for the uprising outside of Oman; proposals for the establishment of a levy corps at Muscat; and the Sultan's attempts to raise money, enlist foreign aid, and purchase weaponry.The volume includes a divider which gives the subject and part numbers, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references contained in the volume by year. This is placed at the end of the correspondence (folio 1).Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 160; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located at the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the two leading and ending flyleaves. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 50-160; these numbers are also written in pencil and are circled, but are crossed through.
140. File 57/1905 ‘Arabia: - Situation in Yemen (1905-11). Arab revolt against Turks. Imam of Sanaa’s letter to the King. Fighting in Yemen 1911. Agreement between the Turks & the Imam’
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- Abstract: The volume contains letters and other papers, mainly by British Consular officials, reporting on the political situation in Yemen between 1905 and 1911. Their correspondence contains numerous military reports about Turkish troop and transport movements, the progress of the conflict between Turkish and Arab forces, and the state of the country and inhabitants of Yemen Vilayet, particularly the capital Sana’a, the Red Sea port town of Hodeida, and Asir in Saudi Arabia. Their diplomatic reports discuss the following topics: the response to be made to the appeal by the Imam of Yemen (also referred to as the Imam of Sana’a, Sanaa or Sana) to the King Emperor (Edward VIII), asking him to intercede with the Sultan of Turkey about the oppression of Turkish officials in Yemen; the letter from Mohammed Johia Hamid-ed-Din, father of the Imam of Yemen to Mohamed Effendi-el-Hariri, Mufti of Hamoh, describing the Arab revolt in Yemen against Turkish rule; the Commission sent by the Grand Shereef of Mecca to the Imam of Yemen with the object of ending the military conflict in Yemen between Turkish troops and the Arab forces of the Imam of Yemen; the letters of friendship from the Imam of Yemen to the Sultan of Lahej (also referred to as the Abdali Sultan) and the interview between the Political Resident for Aden with a representative of the Imam of Yemen sent to propose an alliance with the British Government; the special Turkish Commission sent to Yemen by the Sublime Porte, to negotiate a peace settlement with the Imam of Yemen and the Sheikhs of the Arab tribes; the ratification of the agreement between the Turkish Commander Izzet Pasha and the Imam of Yemen.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 344; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, 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 been crossed out.
141. File 619/1907 Pt 7 'Arms traffic: Persian Gulf. Debai incident.'
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- Abstract: The correspondence discusses an incident at Debai [Dubai] on 24 December 1910 in which a landing party from HMS Hyacinthentered Debai to search a house for illegally trafficked arms and came under fire from local residents.The correspondence includes detailed accounts of the incident by British naval officials, and discussions regarding the terms and conditions that were imposed on the Sheikh of Debai [Shaikh Buṭṭī bin Suhayl Āl Maktūm] in the aftermath of events.The principal correspondents include the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Percy Zachariah Cox), the Naval Commander-in-Chief of the East Indies Station (Edmond John Warre Slade), the Foreign Secretary to the Government of India (Arthur Henry McMahon), the Viceroy of India (Charles Hardinge, 1st Baron Hardinge of Penshurst), the Secretary of State for India (Robert Crew-Milnes, 1st Marquess of Crewe), the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Sir Edward Grey), and representatives of the India Office and the Foreign Office.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at f 160, and terminates at f 230, as part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
142. File 619/1907 Pt 9 'Arms traffic:- Persian Gulf:- Military operations.'
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- Abstract: The correspondence discusses military operations which took place on the Mekran [Makran] and Shibkah coasts to suppress the illicit trafficking of arms there.The operations included naval vessels landing troops who were instructed to cut off raiding parties who had succeeded in illegally landing arms, or who intended to cause damage to telegraph wires in the area (to prevent smuggling efforts from being reported to British and other authorities).The correspondence is primarily between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Percy Zachariah Cox); the Naval Commander-in-Chief of the East Indies Station (Edmond John Warre Slade); the Viceroy of India (Charles Hardinge, 1st Baron Hardinge of Penshurst); the Secretary of State for India (Robert Crew-Milnes, 1st Marquess of Crewe); and the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Sir Edward Grey).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at f 3, and terminates at f 49, as part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
143. File 1000/1918 Pt 3 'Persia: situation & policy'
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- Abstract: The item contains correspondence regarding affairs in Persia [Iran] in May-November 1918 during the First World War, including:Military actions within Persia, particularly those in northern Persia involving Dunsterforce, the Allied military force commanded by General Lionel DunstervilleThe resignation of the Persian Government and the formation of a new Government under Vosug-ed-Dowleh [Mīrzā Ḥasan Khān, Vus̠ūq al-Dawlah] as Prime MinisterDiscussions over the future of the South Persia Rifles, a Persian military force under British commandThe Turkish [Ottoman] seizure of Tabriz and later withdrawal from PersiaThe arrest in Resht [Rasht] of the British Vice-Consul by the Jangalis [Jungle Movement of Gilan], a Soviet-supported Islamist group in rebellion against the Government of Persia.The primary correspondents are: HM Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Persia; the Government of India; the Foreign Office; the India Office; the War Office; Chief of the General Staff, India; Commander of the Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force; HM Ambassador to the United States of America; the Military Attaché, Tehran; and General Dunsterville.Physical description: 1 item (315 folios)
144. File 299/1918 Pt 3 'Persia: situation in the South; aeroplanes at Bushire; post-war garrisons in the Persian Gulf; question of withdrawal of British troops; War Minister's visit to the South, 1922'
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- Abstract: The volume comprises telegrams, correspondence, memoranda, and notes relating to political and military situation in south Persia.Topics discussed in the volume include:The retention of aeroplanes at BushirePersian Gulf – proposals for garrisonsProposals for British garrisons in the Persian Gulf and the incidence of costs and possibility of reductions in those costsThe Persian Government's demand for the withdrawal of British troops from the Persian Gulf and discussion of HM Minister's proposed replyThe grant of titles to 'notorious anti-British Khans' of TangistanBritish troops in Persian Gulf portsThe intervention of the Persian Minister of War in the civil administration of the Bushire hinterland, including his visit to south PersiaRetention of a battalion of the Indian infantry with ancillary services as the garrison of the GulfPosition of the Vali of Pusht-i-Kuh in relation to the Tehran Government and the British High Commissioner in IraqQuestion of the withdrawal of the infantry at BushireThe argument of the Government of India that in the present circumstances redistribution of the Gulf garrison is undesirable.The principal correspondents are: the Viceroy; the Secretary of State for India; the Civil Commissioner, Baghdad; HM Minister, Tehran; and the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf.The volume includes a divider which gives the subject number, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.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 371; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.