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1. ‘Persian Gulf Relative to Vessels of a suspicious Character lurking on the track of the Coasting trade in the’
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- Abstract: The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, 13 January 1853, and found at IOR/F/4/2504/142185. Further enclosures to the letter can be found at: IOR/F/4/2504/142194; IOR/F/4/2504/142195; IOR/F/4/2504/142196; IOR/F/4/2504/142197; IOR/F/4/2504/142198; and IOR/F/4/2504/142200. The item is the fifteenth in a series of sixteen items about the Persian Gulf.The item contains instructions from Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Commodore George Robinson, Commanding Indian Naval Squadron in the Persian Gulf, dated 28 October 1852, following reports of 'suspicious vessels' around the Persian [Iranian] Coast and rumours that the 'pirate' Soheil ben Ateysh [Suhayl bin ‘Uṭaysh, also rendered in text as Sheil ben Ateysh] has returned to Biddah [Al Bid‘] and Wakrah. Kemball instructs Robinson to warn his commanders to look out for these vessels, including how to identify them and what to do with them.Kemball sends copy of his instructions, along with some comments, to the Government of Bombay, who in turn forward them to the Government of India.The title page of the item contains the following references: 'Bombay Political Department', 'Draft No. 350 of 1853', 'Collection No. 1 of No. 8 of 1853', 'Vol: 15', and 'Examiner's Office'. Originally, the Collection number was given as '6' but this has been crossed out.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 1275, and terminates at f 1279, 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.
2. ‘Persian Gulf – Affairs of –. Vol: 6’
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- Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, consultations, resolutions, and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai]. The main correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Lieutenant Colonel Henry Robertson, Officiating Resident in the Persian Gulf; Commodore William Lowe, commanding the Indian Navy Persian Gulf Squadron; Commander John Porter of the EIC brig Euphrates; and Moollah Hoossein [Mullah Husayn], British Agent at Sharjah. It is the sixth in a series of six items on the Persian Gulf (the others are IOR/F/4/2005/89510, IOR/F/4/2005/89511, IOR/F/4/2005/89512, IOR/F/4/2005/89513, and IOR/F/4/2005/89514).The item concerns:Six passengers who seized control of a trading baghlah from Kishm [Qeshm]; their murder of the nakhoda; their capture at Cheroo [Bandar-e Chiru]; and a discussion of what should be done with the prisonersAn act of ‘piracy’ carried out at Nabend [Damagheh-ye Nay Band] on a Persian boat from Karrack [Khark/Kharg]The inefficiency of the Gulf Squadron caused by a lack of experienced officersRobertson’s request to be relieved of his position due to ill-health and a loss of confidence of the Government of Bombay in him, including a justification for all his actions since becoming Officiating Resident.The item includes a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft 612/43, P.C. [Previous Communication] 3902, Collection No 11’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 4 and terminates at f 79, 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.
3. ‘Persian Gulf Relative to the want of adequate means to coerce the Amaieer Chief for piracies Committed by him-’
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- Abstract: The item contains a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, 29 August 1854. Some enclosures to the Political Letter are included in the item, with further enclosures found at IOR/F/4/2586/154788-IOR/F/4/2586/154794. The item is the first in a series of nine items on events in the Persian Gulf 1853-54.The enclosures in this item consist of copies and extracts of correspondence, minutes and resolutions and are dated 2 September 1853-August 1854. The correspondents include: Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf; Rear-Admiral Sir Henry John Leeke, Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Navy; the Court of Directors; and the governments of Bombay and India. The contents relate to:Acts of 'piracy' committed by Humud bin Mujdell, Amaieer 'Chief' of Jumna [Ḥamad bin Majdal al-‘Umayrī, ‘Amāyir Ruler of Jana] in 1851 and 1854, as well as his involvement in the trade in enslaved peopleActions taken by the Government of Bombay and by Kemball to retrieve property stolen by Humud bin Mujdell and to locate the people sold into slaveryCommunications with the Sheik of Bahrein [Shaikh of Bahrain] to hold him partially responsible for allowing the sale of enslaved people in his territoryPossibility of the Indian Navy supplying extra vessels to bolster the Squadron in the Gulf to find and punish Humud bin MujdellCourt of Directors' criticism of the actions taken so far.Also included is copy of a statement by Alee bin Furraj [ʻAlī bin Farrāj] (folios 790-791), providing details of the attack on his ship bound from Koweit [Kuwait] to Bahrein, as well as a list of the cargo stolen and the merchants to whom the cargo belonged.The title page of the item contains the following references: 'Bombay Political Department', Draft Number '20 1855', 'in 8 Volumes', 'Collection No. 5 of No. 58 of 1854', 'Vol: 1' and 'Examiner's Office'. Originally, the Collection number was given as '1' but this has been crossed out and replaced with '5'.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 771, and terminates at f 798, 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.
4. ‘Persian Gulf. Arrangements for relieving Commodore Hawkings- Commanding Squadron the-’
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- Abstract: The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, 31 August 1847. A copy of this Political Letter can be found at IOR/F/4/2238/112322, alongside details of further enclosures. The item is the seventeenth in a series of fifty-nine items on events in the Persian Gulf.The item relates to arrangements put in place in the event that Commodore John Croft Hawkins, Commander of the Squadron in the Persian Gulf, may be obliged to leave his station on account of poor health. Robert Oliver, Captain in the Royal Navy and Superintendent of the Indian Navy, reports that Captain William Lowe can act as a suitable replacement in this situation were to arise. The item includes the Government of Bombay’s order that the relevant correspondence should be forwarded to Major Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf.The title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Bombay Political Department’, ‘Draft No. 345/48’, ‘Collection No. 2 of No. 107, Vol: 17.’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’. The title page also contains a note that relevant correspondence can be found in Collection No. 7 accompanying despatch from the Government of Bombay, 30 January No. 11 of 1847.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 354, and terminates at f 358, 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.
5. ‘Persian Gulf. Relative to the occurrence of certain irregularities on the Arabian Coast duties of the Honble Company’s Vessels of War and the state of affairs among the tribes up to the 13th October last.’
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- Abstract: The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, 13 January 1853, and found at IOR/F/4/2504/142185. Further enclosures to the letter can be found at: IOR/F/4/2504/142194; IOR/F/4/2504/142195; IOR/F/4/2504/142196; IOR/F/4/2504/142198; IOR/F/4/2504/142199; and IOR/F/4/2504/142200. The item is the thirteenth in a series of sixteen items about the Persian Gulf.The item contains reports from Lieutenant G N Adams, Commanding Company frigate Queen, and Lieutenant James Tronson, Commanding Company ship Tigris, to Commodore George Robinson, Commanding Indian Naval Squadron in the Persian Gulf. Robinson forwards these reports to Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf. The reports concern:Adams's recent cruise to the Arabian and Persian [Iranian] coasts of the Gulf, and in particular his discussion with Sheik Abdulla ben Sultan ben Suggur, Governor of Shargah [Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Sulṭān bin Ṣaqr, Governor of Sharjah], concerning the latter's recent dispute with Hajee Yacoob [Ḥājjī Ya‘qūb], Agent at ShargahTronson's recent cruise to the Arabian Coast, and in particular a discussion he had with Sheik Saeed ben Butye, Sheik of Debaie [Shaikh Sa‘īd bin Buṭṭī, Shaikh of Dubai], concerning a recent act of 'piracy' committed by the latter's subjects against a subject of Shargah.The item also contains Kemball's responses to Robinson, in which he states:Independent Arab rulers are not obliged to visit the squadron's vessels if conditions are unsuitable, alluding to a recent case involving Sheik Sultan ben Suggur [Shaikh Sulṭān I bin Ṣaqr al-Qāsimī, Shaikh of Ra’s al-Khaymah and Sharjah]Tronson acted beyond his authority in his discussion with the Sheik of Debaie.Kemball includes a copy of a letter from Sheik Sultan regarding his first point, and a copy of a letter from his predecessor, Samuel Hennell, to Robinson's predecessor, Commodore Porter, dated 23 October 1850, regarding his second point. He forwards copies of the reports and his responses to Robinson to the Government of Bombay, who also share their opinions on the above correspondence.Additionally, the item contains reports from Hajee Yacoob to Kemball regarding the state of affairs among the tribes of the Arabian Coast, in particular concerning:Relations between Sheik Saeed bin Tahnoon, Sheik of Aboothabee [Shaikh Sa‘īd bin Ṭaḥnūn Āl Nahyān, Shaikh of Abu Dhabi], and Sheik Sultan ben SuggurRecent disturbances in Debaie linked to the contested succession to leadership of the Boo Felasa tribe [Āl Bū Falāsah]Recent attack on Sheik Saeed ben Butye's subjects near Wukrah [Al Wakrah].Kemball forwards these reports to the Government of Bombay, who in turn forward them to the Government of India.The item contains multiple spellings of multiple personal names and place names.The title page of the item contains the following references: 'Bombay Political Department', 'Draft No. 350 of 1853', 'Collection No. 1 of No. 8 of 1853', 'Vol: 13', and 'Examiner's Office'. Originally, the Collection number was given as '4' but this has been crossed out.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 1239, and terminates at f 1259, 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.
6. ‘Persian Gulf. Visit of Company’s Vessels of War to the Ports on the Arabian Coast of the-’
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- Abstract: The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence cited in, or enclosed with, a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, 30 September 1847. A copy of this Political Letter can be found at IOR/F/4/2238/112322, alongside details of further enclosures. The item is the twenty-fourth in a series of fifty-nine items on events in the Persian Gulf.The item relates to instructions sent by Major Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Captain William Lowe, Senior Naval Officer in the Gulf of Persia [Iran], in a letter dated 29 July 1847. Hennell instructs Lowe to dispatch the Elphinstoneand the Mahito visit the ports of:Bahrein [Bahrain]Aboothabee [Abu Dhabi]Debaye [Dubai]Shargah [Sharjah]Ejman [Ajman]Amulgavine [Umm al-Qaywayn]Rasel Khymah [Ra’s al-Khaymah].Hennell instructs Lowe to pass on letters to the rulers of these ports and return any replies to him. He also asks Lowe to remedy any conflicts which may have taken place at sea between pearl boats of the different tribes, but warns him not to take coercive measures without authorisation.Lowe is also referred to as ‘Commanding the Squadron of the Indian Navy, Gulf of Persia’.The title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Bombay Political Department’, ‘Draft No. 345/48’, ‘Collection No. 2 of No. 118, Vol: 24.’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 381, and terminates at f 384, 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.
7. ‘Persian Gulf Relative to the aid afforded to the Merchant Barque “Eleanor Dadson” by the Vessels of the Squadron in the-’
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- Abstract: The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, 12 September 1856. A copy of this letter can be found at IOR/F/4/2661/176320, alongside details of further enclosures. The item is the twelfth in a series of fifteen items on events in the Persian Gulf during 1855-56. The eighth item in the sequence is not present.The item contains a letter from Commander Felix Jones, Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf, to the Government of Bombay, dated 4 April 1856, enclosing copy of a letter of the same date from him to Commodore Richard Ethersey, Commanding the Indian Navy Squadron in the Persian Gulf. Jones praises the recent assistance given by the Squadron to the merchant barque Eleanor Dodsonat Bushire [Bushehr] and highlights in particular the efforts of Lieutenant Worsley, Commanding the Company steam frigate Ajdaha[ Ajdahā].The Government forward a copy of Jones's letter to Rear-Admiral Sir Henry John Leeke, Commander in Chief of the Indian Navy.The title page of the item contains the following references: 'Bombay Political Department', Draft Number '52 [18]57', 'Collection No. 6', 'Vol: 12', and 'Examiner's Office'. Originally, the Collection number was written as 'Collection No. 6 of No. 71 of 1856.' but 'of No. 71 of 1856.' has been crossed out. There are also various numbers written in pencil in the top left corner of the title page but their connection to the item is unknown.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 4, and terminates at f 8, 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.
8. ‘Book 158 1847-8’ Vol 158 Letters inward
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- Abstract: The file contains letters received by Major Samuel Hennell, British Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire.The majority of letters are naval patrol reports submitted to the Resident by the following British officers in the Persian Gulf Squadron of the Indian Navy: Captain William Lowe, Commodore Thomas Grere Carless and Lieutenant Alan Hyde Gardner, all reporting from the Honourable Company (HC) sloop of war Elphinstoneand Commodore John Croft Hawkins, reporting from the HC sloop of war Clive. There is also a naval patrol report made by Lieutenant James Rennie, commanding the HC schooner Constance, to Commodore Thomas Grere Carless, commanding the Persian Gulf Squadron.The naval patrol reports describe the state of relations between the Arab Chiefs of the Trucial Coast Sheikhdoms and any violations of the Maritime Truce, based on observation, enquiry, meetings and other communications while on patrol along the Arabian and Persian coasts of the Persian Gulf.The file also contains letters received from Lieutenant Colonel Francis Farrant, British Chargé d’Affaires at the Court of the Shah of Persia, Tehran regarding Persian affairs. This correspondence includes Persian transcripts of two firmans (royal decrees) issued by the Shah of Persia to the Governors of Fars and Persian Arabia respectively, prohibiting any future importation by sea of African slaves into Persia.Physical description: Foliation: the contents are numbered 2 to 51, from the front to the back of the file. The numbering is written in pencil on the recto, in the top right corner and encircled. The front cover of the file is numbered 1. The inside of the back cover is numbered 52. This is the main numbering system and should be used for referencing this file.As a result of earlier, mainly foliation sequences, the contents are also numbered in the range 2 to 346, with many gaps, from the front to the back of the file. The numbering is written in ink, usually on the recto only, in the top right corner.Condition: imperfections in the margins and along the outer edges of many folios have caused a slight loss of the text of some documents.
9. Persian Affairs and Persian Gulf Affairs
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- Abstract: This item comprises enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] Secret Department to the Secret Committee [Bombay Secret Letter], No. 13 dated 2 February 1856. The enclosures are dated 6 December 1855-29 January 1856.The primary correspondents are the Secretary to the Government, Bombay; Charles Augustus Murray, HM Envoy in Persia [Iran] ‘at a place near Tehran’; and Commander James Felix Jones, Indian Navy, Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire [Bushehr]. The item also includes minutes of the Governor and President in Council, Bombay, and the members in Council and a memorandum by the Secretary to the Government, Bombay.The papers cover the following matters:Murray’s report to the Bombay authorities of the withdrawal of the British Mission from Tehran due to the ‘offensive conduct’ (f 168) of the Persian Government, and recommendation to increase naval security in the Gulf at BushireDiscussions by the Government of Bombay of measures required to enhance British security in the Gulf region, including augmenting the Naval Squadron at Bushire under Commodore Richard Ethersey and improving communications between Bushire and Bussorah [Basra] and BaghdadThe decision to despatch the HEIC [Honourable East India Company] steamers Ajdahaand Victoriato Bushire with a detachment of European artillery, with the prospect of further steamers to followThe Government of Bombay’s request to the Government of India for instructions regarding action to be taken in the event of a total breakdown in diplomatic relations, in particular the question of sending a force to the island of Karrack [Kharg, also known as Khark]The Bombay Government’s request that Jones remind Commodore Ethersey that his officers should abstain from corresponding with associates in India about the current diplomatic rupture, following the appearance of an article in the Bombay Timeswhich implies that the ‘quarrel betwixt the Hon’ble Mr Murray and the Shah of Persia is occasioning an amount of inconveniency to the [British] State’ and shows ‘to what an extent the personal indiscretions of an intemperate man may interfere with public affairs’ (f 182).Physical description: 1 item (22 folios)
10. Book 88: Letters Outwards
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- Abstract: The file consists of letters sent outwards from the British Residency in the Persian Gulf; most of the letters have been penned by Samuel Hennell (Assistant Resident), followed by James Morrison (newly appointed Resident), and Thomas Mackenzie (Civil Surgeon). This correspondence is predominantly addressed to the following: Charles Norris, Chief Secretary to the Government of Bombay (Political Department); Thomas Elwon, Commodore of the Indian Naval Squadron in the Persian Gulf; and William Hay Macnaghten, Chief Secretary to the Government of India, at Fort William, Calcutta (Political Department).Some subjects briefly discussed include the replacement of the Governor of Bushire, Mirza Ally Khan [Mīrzā ‘Alī Khān], with Shaikh Nasir [Shaykh Nāṣir], which was achieved with the assistance of the Chief of Koweit [Kuwait]. The file also covers the increasing popularity of Humood ben Azan, Chief of Sohar [Ṣuḥār], and the corresponding decline in the authority of Muscat; the Chief of Sohar had formerly been a subject of the Imam of Muscat, Sa‘īd bin Sultān Āl Sa‘īd. The Imam called in the 'Maritime Arabs' to provide assistance with dealing with the Chief of Sohar, and the correspondence therefore discusses the Assistant Resident's fears that this could lead to an outbreak of general piracy and lawlessness.Another political matter that gets some attention is a contest over Katif [Al-Qaṭīf] between Fasil ben Turki [Faisal bin Turki bin Abdullah Āl Sa‘ūd], Wahabee [Wahhabi] Chief, and Shaikh Abdoola bin Ahmed [Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Aḥmad Āl Khalīfah], Chief of Bharein [Bahrain]. The defeat and capture of ‘Alī Mirzā, Prince of Shiraz, by the troops of Mahomed Shah [Muḥammad Shāh Qājār] is also briefly mentioned.The topic that gets the most attention is an 'outbreak of piracy' instigated by the Beniyas [Bani Yas] tribe under their Chief, Shaikh Khuleefa ben Shackboot [Khalīfah bin Shakhbūṭ] of Aboothabee [Abu Dhabi], and their subsequent suppression via British naval power. It therefore covers the process of establishing restitution payments for the Beniyas's 'acts of piracy', and subsequent measures taken by the British to enforce the Chief's compliance.Some letters in the file attempt to draw the attention of the Government of Bombay to the poor state of the Indian Naval Squadron in the Persian Gulf; the Resident considers the resources available to be inadequate for the duties required of the force. It therefore contains the Resident's recommendations to the Government concerning the number and types of ships that should be stationed in the Gulf.The file contains the following notable enclosures:Memorandum of the property and cash plundered by the subjects of Shaikh Khuleefa ben Shackboot of Aboothabee, the restitution of which is required by that Chief, dated 14 January 1835 (see f 5).List of the vessels plundered by the Joasmee [Qāsimī] and Beniyas tribes when cruising against Sohar on the coast of Batinah [Al-Bāṭinah] as allies of the Imam of Muscat, dated 27 February 1835 (see f 19v).List of demands to be made on the Chief of Aboothabee in compensation for the 'outrages' committed by the Beniyas on the 'peaceable Arabs' of the Persian Gulf, dated 27 April 1835 (see f 39v).General statement of the vessels 'detained or piratically' seized by the Beniyas tribe and subsequently recovered by the Persian Gulf Squadron, dated 21 May 1835 (see f 48).Translation of a truce agreed by the Arabian Chiefs for a period of six months, dated 21 May 1835 (see ff 51v-52).Statement of the cash and property received from the Beniyas together with detail of disbursements, dated 5 July 1835 (see ff 55v-56).Sketch of naval means estimated as required for the efficient discharge of the duties of the Indian Naval Squadron in the Persian Gulf, dated 16 December 1835 (see ff 85v-86).The content has undergone a degree of weeding as indicated by the gaps in the original pagination, and some content is therefore missing as a result. In addition, some letters are only present as fragments (i.e. only the beginning, or the end of certain letters can be found within).Physical description: Foliation: The foliation sequence commences at the cover and terminates at the last folio; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.The file contains the following foliation corrections; 1, and 1A.Pagination: An original pagination sequence is also present in the file; this sequence is written in ink, and the numbers are located in the top outermost corner of each page. There are gaps in the pagination indicating that the file has undergone a degree of weeding.
11. Vol 70, 71: Letters Inward
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- Abstract: The volume contains letters received at Bushire from William Sowden Collinson, the Commodore of the Indian Naval Squadron in the Persian Gulf, stationed at Bassadore [Bāsaʻīdū], and the Government of Bombay. The correspondence pertains to political affairs along the Arab Gulf coast, particularly in relation to the rise in Wahhābī influence in the region. There are also updates on ship movements in the Gulf and the maintenance of the naval station at Bassadore. Some of the letters contain reports of proceedings by ship captains, containing details of voyages taken through the Gulf. More miscellaneous subjects covered include requests for plants and the eggs of silkworms, and the lending of ship libraries to the Bushire Residency.Physical description: Foliation: the sequence commences at the title page and terminates at the last folio; these numbers are written in pencil, and can be found in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. There are the following irregularities: folio 1 is followed by 1A. This is the sequence used by this catalogue to reference items within the volume.Pagination: An original pagination sequence written in ink is also present in the volume between ff 1A-37.
12. Vols 75 and 76: Letters Outward
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- Abstract: This file consists of contemporaneous copies of outgoing letters from the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf, Bushire. The Resident at this time was David Anderson Blane. Recipients of the Resident's letters include: Captain John Campbell, Assistant in Charge of the British Mission in Persia; Major Robert Taylor, Political Agent, Bussorah [Basra]; Charles Norris, Chief Secretary to the Government of Bombay; Commodore William Sowden Collinson, Commander of the Indian Naval Squadron in the Persian Gulf; John FitzGibbon, 2nd Earl of Clare, Governor and President in Council, Bombay; Major Hicks, Commander of the Marine Battalion, Bombay; Stratford Powell, Adjutant-General of the Army, Bombay; Edmund Hardy, Quartermaster-General of the Army, Bombay; Lieutenant Samuel Hennell, Assistant to the Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire; G S Moore, Brigade Major of the King's Troop. The file contains one letter addressed to the Resident from the Assistant Surgeon at Bushire, James Pringle Riach.Subjects covered in this file include: the Resident's recent visits to the ports of Shargah [Sharjah] and Bahrein [Bahrain]; the recent visit to Bushire of His Royal Highness the Prince of Fars, who met with the Shaikh of Bushire, and later, with the Resident; relations between the British and the Persians; financial and administrative matters relating to the Residency; an outbreak of plague in Bushire, after which the Residency staff are forced to decamp to the Island of Corgo; the response of the Residency to disturbances at Muscat, following the departure of the Imam [Sa‘īd bin Sultān Āl Bū Sa‘īd] for Zanzibar; the alliance between the British Government and the Imam of Muscat; acts of aggression and piracy which have reportedly been committed by Rashid bin Hameed [Shaikh Rashid I bin Humaid Al Nuaimi], Chief of Eyman [Ajman]; the claims of Sultan bin Sughur [Sulṭān bin Saqr Āl Qāsimī, ruler of Ra's al-Khaymah and Sharjah] to places taken by him from the Imam of Muscat.Several of the letters in this volume have been crossed through with red crayon; a small number of these items are incomplete.Physical description: Pagination: There is an original but incomplete pagination sequence, which is written in ink, in the top outermost corners of each page.Foliation: The foliation sequence commences at the first folio with content (i.e. text) and terminates at the last folio with content; these numbers are written in pencil, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. This is the sequence which has been used by this catalogue to reference items within the file.
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