Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai]. The correspondents are the Government of Bombay and the Court of Directors of the East India Company. It is the twentieth in a series of twenty items on the Persian Gulf (the others are IOR/F/4/2180/106055, IOR/F/4/2180/106056, IOR/F/4/2180/106057, IOR/F/4/2180/106058, IOR/F/4/2180/106059, IOR/F/4/2180/106060, IOR/F/4/2181/106061, IOR/F/4/2181/106062, IOR/F/4/2181/106063, IOR/F/4/2181/106064, IOR/F/4/2181/106065, IOR/F/4/2181/106066, IOR/F/4/2181/106067, IOR/F/4/2181/106068, IOR/F/4/2181/106069, IOR/F/4/2181/106070, IOR/F/4/2181/106071, IOR/F/4/2181/106072, and IOR/F/4/2181/106073).The item concerns the Court of Directors’ refusal of a proposal to unite the Red Sea and Persian Gulf squadrons of the Indian Navy, and remove them from control of the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf and the Political Agent at Aden.The item contains a contents page, and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft 282/47, P.C. [Previous Communication] 5573, Coll[ection]: 10, Collection No 16 of No 11’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 121, and terminates at f 124, 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: The volume contains a collection of miscellaneous East India Company (and India Office) papers on 'Marine' matters, including correspondence, memoranda, committee papers, minutes, lists, notes, and extracts.The papers cover: Indian Navy (IN) matters (including constitution and government of the IN, teaching of naval gunnery, recruitment, midshipmen, shipbuilding at Bombay, and the legality of ships of the IN carrying merchandise); batta [officers' allowances]; the need for more regular communications between Bombay and the Persian Gulf; Madras (duties of the office of Master Attendant, and the Marine Board); lascars and native seamen; the award of service medals for the Persian and Burmese wars; pilots; native servants; lists of Marine Department charges at Aden in 1850; appointment of Agents; remarks on the steam route via the Cape of Good Hope; the cost of machinery for a steam factory at Bombay; and miscellaneous matters.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 183; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. One additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-183; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled and are located in the bottom 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.Pagination: the file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, consultations, reports, and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. The main correspondents are the Government of Bombay and Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Acting Political Agent in Turkish Arabia [Ottoman Iraq].The item concerns expenses to be paid to Commander Felix Jones of the East India Company steamer
Nitocris, who accommodated Mr Aristarchi, an officer of the Turkish [Ottoman] Government, and Lieutenant Glasscott, from 25 March to 8 April 1849, in the course of their work connected with the Turco-Persian [Iranian] Frontier Commission.The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft no 931 of 1850’, and ‘Collection No 23 of No 76’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 130, and terminates at f 143 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, consultations, and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai]. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Major Samuel Hennell, British Resident in the Persian Gulf; Lieutenant John Stephens, Senior Indian Naval Officer commanding the Persian Gulf Squadron; and Captain Robert Oliver, Superintendent of the Indian Navy. It is the seventh in a series of twenty items on the Persian Gulf (the others are IOR/F/4/2180/106055, IOR/F/4/2180/106056, IOR/F/4/2180/106057, IOR/F/4/2180/106058, IOR/F/4/2180/106059, IOR/F/4/2180/106060, IOR/F/4/2181/106062, IOR/F/4/2181/106063, IOR/F/4/2181/106064, IOR/F/4/2181/106065, IOR/F/4/2181/106066, IOR/F/4/2181/106067, IOR/F/4/2181/106068, IOR/F/4/2181/106069, IOR/F/4/2181/106070, IOR/F/4/2181/106071, IOR/F/4/2181/106072, IOR/F/4/2181/106073, and IOR/F/4/2181/106074).The item concerns the movements of the East India Company brig
Euphrates, which Lieutenant Stephens sent to Bassadore [Basa’idu] rather than to Katiff [Qatif] as he had been directed, due to the poor repair of the ship.The item contains a contents page, and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft 282/47, P.C. [Previous Communication] 5573, Coll[ection]: 10, Collection No 7 of No 140’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 4, and terminates at f 11, 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 consists of copies of correspondence, consultations, resolutions, memoranda, and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai]. The correspondents are the Government of Bombay and Commodore Sir Henry Blackwood. It is the twelfth 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/4/2131/101206, IOR/F/4/2131/101207, IOR/F/4/2131/101208, IOR/F/4/2131/101209, IOR/F/4/2131/101211, IOR/F/4/2131/101212 and IOR/F/4/2131/101213).The item concerns the voyage of HMS
Foxand HM sloop
Pilotto the Persian Gulf, and Blackwood’s request for an interpreter to accompany them.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 126.’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 740, and terminates at f 752, 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 consists of copies of correspondence, consultations, reports, and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. These political letters appear in IOR/F/4/2203/108134. The correspondents are the Government of Bombay and Major Samuel Hennell, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf. It is the twentieth in a series of thirty items.The item concerns the despatch of the East India Company’s brig of war
Euphratesto Bombay on the arrival of the East India Company’s schooner
Mahiat Bushire [Bushehr].The item contains a contents page, and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft 700/47, Collection No 18 of No 49’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 746, and terminates at f 749 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 forty-seventh in a series of fifty-one items on the Persian Gulf.The item concerns Hennell’s orders that the East India Company schooner
Constanceproceed to Bombay [Mumbai], as it is not required in the Gulf. He also directs that the East India Company brig
Euphratesvisit Shargah [Sharjah] and then the ports between Amulgavine [Umm al-Qaywayn] and Aboothabee [Abu Dhabi].The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Collection No 11 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 702, and terminates at f 706, 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, consultations, and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. These political letters appear in IOR/F/4/2349/123808. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Major Samuel Hennell, British Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; and the Government of India. It is the eighth in a series of twenty-four items on events in the Persian Gulf.This item concerns Hennell’s acquiescence to the request of Major Henry Rawlinson, Political Agent in Turkish Arabia [Ottoman Iraq], to send some vessels of the Persian Gulf squadron to Mohumrah [Khorramshahr] without receiving instructions to do so from Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Farrant, Her Majesty’s Chargé d’Affaires at Tehran, and the Governments of Bombay and India’s opinions on the matter.The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft no 334 of 1850’, ‘Coll[ection] 4’, and ‘Collection No 7 of No 95’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 236, and terminates at f 244 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 and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai]. The correspondents are Captain Robert Oliver, Superintendent of the Indian Navy and the Marine Department of the Government of Bombay. It is the nineteenth in a series of twenty items on the Persian Gulf (the others are IOR/F/4/2180/106055, IOR/F/4/2180/106056, IOR/F/4/2180/106057, IOR/F/4/2180/106058, IOR/F/4/2180/106059, IOR/F/4/2180/106060, IOR/F/4/2181/106061, IOR/F/4/2181/106062, IOR/F/4/2181/106063, IOR/F/4/2181/106064, IOR/F/4/2181/106065, IOR/F/4/2181/106066, IOR/F/4/2181/106067, IOR/F/4/2181/106068, IOR/F/4/2181/106069, IOR/F/4/2181/106070, IOR/F/4/2181/106071, IOR/F/4/2181/106072, and IOR/F/4/2181/106074).The item concerns the departure of the steam frigate
Sesostrisfrom Bombay to the Persian Gulf.The item contains a contents page, and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft 282/47, P.C. [Previous Communication] 5573, Coll[ection]: 10, Collection No 15 of No 11’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 117, and terminates at f 120, 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 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/4/2376/126162. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Lieutenant Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Acting Political Agent in Turkish Arabia [Ottoman Iraq]; Lieutenant-Colonel Williamson, HM Commissioner for settling the boundaries between Persia [Iran] and Turkey [Ottoman Empire]; and Major General G Tchirikoff, Russian Commissioner. It is the fourth in a series of fifteen items on the Persian Gulf.The item concerns the use of the East India Company steamer
Nitocristo convey Williamson and Tchirikoff, with their suites, from Baghdad to Mohumrah [Khorramshahr] to commence their work in settling the Turco-Persian border.The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft no 745 of 1850’, and ‘Coll[ection] No 5’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 52, and terminates at f 64 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, consultations, and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Major Samuel Hennell, British Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; Hajee Yacoob [Ḥājjī Ya‘qūb], the Government Pilot at Kharg [Jazireh-ye Khark]; the British Agent at Lingah [Bandar-e Lengeh]; Houssein bin Abdoollah Chief of Charrack [Ḥusayn bin ‘Abdullāh, Shaikh of Bandar-e Charak]; and Sultan bin Houssein Chief of Mogoo [Sulṭān bin Ḥusayn, Shaikh of Moghuyeh]. It is the first in a series of eleven items.The item concerns naval hostilities between Charrack and Mogoo, and the shaikhs’ explanation of events. The item also contains Hennell’s instructions to Captain William Lowe, commanding the Indian Naval Squadron in the Persian Gulf, about demanding the restitution of the Mogoo boats captured by Charrack.The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft no 689/48’, ‘Col[lection]: 17’, ‘Collection No 1 of No 45’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 229, and terminates at f 239 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, consultations, and minutes, cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Major Samuel Hennell, British Resident in the Persian Gulf; Captain William Lowe, Senior Naval Officer in the Persian Gulf; and Commodore Sir Robert Oliver, Superintendent of the Indian Navy. It is the seventh in a series of eleven items.The item concerns Lowe’s complaint against Commander Edward Peirse of HM brig
Cruizer, for a breach of etiquette, and his request for clarification on the correct procedure for meetings of Indian Navy and Royal Navy personnel.The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft no 689/48’, ‘Col[lection]: 17’, ‘Collection No 7 of No 45’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 272, and terminates at f 283 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.