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13. ‘Proceedings relating to the Bushire Residency & Bussorah Agency. Question as to removing the former from Bushire to the island of Kharrack.’
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- Abstract: The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence, minutes and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, letters from the Government of Bombay, the Government of Bengal, and the Court of Directors of the East India Company.The item relates to the suggestion – first in 1828 by Captain David Wilson, the Resident in the Persian Gulf, and again in 1832 by David Anderson Blane, Wilson’s successor – to remove the Residency at Bushire [Būshehr] to the nearby island of Kharrack [Jazīreh-ye Khārk]. In particular the item concerns:The temporary removal in March 1832, due of the outbreak of plague, of the Residency at Bushire to the island of Corgo beside Kharrack, and Blane’s arguments in favour of making this move permanentThe Government of Bombay’s subsequent revisiting of the points raised during Wilson’s earlier suggestion in 1828Wilson’s research in 1828 into potential sites to which the Residency at Bushire could be relocated, with Kharrack found to be the most favourable optionDiscussions in 1828 of the allowances for numerous Residents and Agents throughout the Persian Gulf and options for reducing expensesResearch commissioned by the Supreme Government [Government of Bengal] in 1828 to ascertain comparative costs of establishing a footing on Kharrack and maintaining the Residencies at Bushire and Bussorah [Basra]Suggestion by the Calcutta Financial Committee in 1830 to abolish the Agency at Bussorah and consolidate the affairs of the Gulf under one authority which would be titled ‘Political Agent in the Gulf of Persia’Discussions of the viability of acquiring Kharrack from PersiaThe survey of Kharrack by Lieutenant Samuel Hennell, Assistant in Charge of the Residency in the Persian Gulf, in 1831 to ascertain costs of establishing military fortifications on the island.The principal correspondents in the item are: Wilson; Blane; the Court of Directors; and numerous secretaries heading various departments within the governments of Bombay and Bengal. Other correspondents include: Hennell; John Wedderburn, Civil Auditor and Accountant General, Bombay; Pasha of Bagdad [Dāwūd Pasha, Governor of Baghdad]; Lieutenant-Colonel David Barr, Military Auditor General, Bombay; Sir Charles Malcolm, Superintendent of the Indian Navy.The item also contains a lengthy Minute by John Malcolm, the Governor of Bombay, which mentions numerous policies applicable to the Residency at Bushire (f 49 recto – f 55 recto).The ‘Resident/Residency in the Persian Gulf’ is also referred to as the ‘Resident/Residency at Bushire’ throughout the item.The title page of the item contains the following references: 'Bombay Political Department No. 2’, ‘P.C. 1216, Draft 111, 1834' and 'Examiner's Office'.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 4, and terminates at f 144, 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.
14. 'Memo on Mussondomom'
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- Abstract: This is a copy of a printed memorandum, with correspondences by Lieutenant-Colonel Lewis Pelly, the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf at Bushire, dated January to February 1863, concerning locating the Persian Gulf Residency at Cape Mussundoom [Musandam]. In letter No. 2A (folios 1-4), dated 1 February 1863, with post-scripts dated 2 February 1863, to the Honorable Henry Lacon Anderson, Chief Secretary to Government in the Political Department, Bombay, Pelly enumerates some of the benefits of changing the location to Musandam and poses thirteen points for consideration should Government approve. Following this is an earlier letter, No. 1A (folios 5-9), dated 12 January 1863, Pelly writes to Anderson with his original memorandum proposing the change of location for the Persian Gulf Residency in the context of developing the Persian Gulf steam line and telegraphic communication. Pelly gives an overview to the background in which Bushire was chosen as the location for the Residency and why it was not well selected, and then gives reasons why Musandam would be better suited. Pelly lists eleven reasons, which include: centrality, telegraphic station, coal depot, and strategic location for policing piracy.Physical description: Foliation: The foliation sequence commences at the front cover, and terminates at the inside back cover; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: The volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
15. 'File 1/A/33 II Transfer of Residency to Bahrain.'
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- Abstract: The file concerns the selection of a site in Bahrain for the transfer of the Persian Gulf Political Residency from Bushire.The main correspondents are the Political Agent, Bahrain; the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; and the India Office. Correspondence forwarded to the Political Agent, Bahrain, includes correspondence from the Foreign Office and the Government of India. There is also correspondence from the India Meteorological Department, Poona and from staff of the Bahrein Petroleum Company (BAPCO).The papers include: discussion between the Political Agent, Bahrain and the Political Resident concerning the relative merits of the previously-selected site, Busaitin on Muharraq Island, and Essex Point, near the Jufair Naval Base, November 1937 - January 1938; Foreign Office letter dated 19 November 1937 giving the reasons for the desirability of transferring the Political Residency to the Arabian Coast of the Persian Gulf, January 1938; daily temperature and humidity readings for Muharraq and Jufair, compiled by locally-appointed observers, with associated correspondence, May 1938 - February 1939; correspondence with the India Meteorological Department, Poona over the supply of thermometers to obtain the readings, June 1938 - February 1939; the decision to select Essex Point rather than Busaitin as the location for the Residency, March-April 1939; correspondence with staff of the Bahrein Petroleum Company (BAPCO) over the installation of air conditioning in staff accommodation, May-July 1939, including house floor plan, folios 141 and 142; and further discussion of potential sites, July 1946 and January 1947.The date range gives the covering dates for the main items of correspondence; the earliest dated documents in the file are the two plans dated 15 August 1936 on folios 141-142; the last dated additions to the file are a Bahrain Agency receipt stamp on the last main item of correspondence (folio 138) and an entry in the notes on folio 163, both dated 11 January 1947, and the date Jan/51 on the envelope that constitutes folio 140. There is no correspondence in the file between November 1941 and July 1946.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 164; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 2-164; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in same position as the main sequence.
16. 'Situation of Persian Gulf Residency. Arguments for and against Kowiet and Bahrein as alternatives to Bushire'
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- Abstract: Memorandum on the potential of Kuwait (sometimes referred to as Koweit) and Bahrain (sometimes referred to as Bahrein) as the location for the Persian Gulf Residency should it be moved from Bushire. The document contains a short forward by John Gilbert Laithwaite of the India Office, dated 10 January 1930. The bulk of the memorandum is formed from telegrams and letters sent by Lieutenant-Colonel Cyril Charles Johnson Barrett, acting Political Resident, to the Foreign Secretary to the Government of India, Simla, during July and August 1929.The document is organised into two parts, as follows:I: Arguments for and against Kuwait, with numbered points for and lettered points against, with additional suggestions for how to remedy some of those points against.II: Relative merits of Kuwait and Bahrain. A subject by subject comparison, covering the following matters: Political, Commercial, Situation, Communications, Climate, Accommodation, Water Supply, and Amenities.The memorandum closes with a few concluding remarks by Barrett.Physical description: Foliation: the sequence commences at the first folio 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.Pagination: The booklet contains an original typed pagination sequence.
17. Political No. 162 of 1874, Forwarding Four Copies of the Report on the Administration of the Bushire Residency, including that of the Muscat Political Agency, with Reports on Trade for the Year 1873-74
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- Abstract: This item consists of copies of a Political Despatch from the Government of India Foreign Department to the Secretary of State for India, dated 8 September 1874, forwarding for information four copies of the report on the administration of the Bushire [Bushehr] Residency [not included in this item], including that of the Muscat Political Agency, with reports on trade for the year 1873-74.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 56, and terminates at f 57a, 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 two foliation anomalies: f 56a and f 57a.
18. Ext 6535/45 'Political Residency Bushire - Requirements for -'
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- Abstract: This file consists of correspondence between F P Baker & Co Ltd, the India Office, and the Board of Trade regarding an export licence application and arrangements for supplies to the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf, Bushire.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 16; these numbers are written in pencil and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
19. Letters from Tehran, Turkish Arabia, and the Persian Gulf
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- Abstract: This part of the volume consists of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 113 of 1842, dated 15 October 1842.The enclosures are dated 16 August to 10 September 1842, and consist of copies of the following correspondence:Copies of despatches from HM Chargé d’affaires at Tehran (Lieutenant Colonel Justin Sheil) to the British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Earl of Aberdeen) concerning Persia [Iran], Afghanistan and Herat, including reports of the build-up of Turkish [Ottoman] troops on the Turkish border with Persia. The despatches include: enclosed letters from correspondents including Meerza Abul Hassan Khan [Mīrzā Abū al-Ḥasan Khān Shīrāzī, Īlchī Kabīr], Persian Minister for Foreign Affairs; a copy of a firman [order or edict] from the Khan of Khiva; and a letter in French from the French Consul General at BaghdadLetters from the Political Agent in Turkish Arabia [Iraq] (Lieutenant Colonel Robert Taylor) to the Secretary to the Government of India, forwarding copies of correspondence, mainly between Taylor and Sheil, relating to impending hostilities between Turkey [the Ottoman Empire] and PersiaLetters from the Officiating Resident in the Persian Gulf (Lieutenant Colonel Henry Dundas Robertson) to the Government of Bombay [Mumbai], forwarding copies of correspondence regarding: the proposed withdrawal of the Residency in the Persian Gulf from Bushire [Bushehr]; the circumstances behind the departure of Lootf Ally Khan [Luṭf ‘Alī Khān Lārī], the Commander of the Lar Garrison of Karrack (also spelled Kharg), from Karrack; and news reported from Bahrein [Bahrain] by Mohamed Ali [Muḥammad ‘Alī], Agent at Bahrein, and from Shiraz by Mirza Reeza [Mīrzā Rezā], Agent at Shiraz.Physical description: There is an abstract of contents of the despatch, numbered 1-10, on folios 308-309. These numbers are repeated for reference on the last verso of each enclosure.
20. PZ 3162/31 'Persian Gulf: Political Resident's Interview with Secty of State'
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- Abstract: The file contains papers regarding a meeting between Lieutenant-Colonel Hugh Vincent Biscoe, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, and William Wedgwood Benn, Secretary of State for India. The meeting was at the Resident’s request and took place in London in June 1931. The main topics of conversation were the proposed relocation of the Residency from Bushire to Bahrain, and the potential purchase of a ship for the Resident’s use. The primary correspondent is the India Office.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 482, and terminates at f 513, 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.
21. Pol. External Dept 16640/48 'Transfer of the Church of the Epiphany at Bushire'
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- Abstract: This file contains correspondence relating to the intended de-consecration and sale of the Church of the Epiphany at Bushire in 1948. The majority of the papers discuss the need to dispose of the building as the rest of the Residency compound is put up for sale. Some papers discuss means of preserving the church despite the sale of the other buildings in the compound by transferring its buildings to the ownership of the Church in Iran.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 31; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
22. Persian Gulf Affairs
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- Abstract: This part of the volume consists of copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 126 of 1842, dated 31 October 1842. The enclosures are numbered 3-47 and are dated 1 September to 29 October 1842. There is no abstract of contents.The enclosures, which consist mostly of correspondence with some resolutions of the Government of Bombay, relate to Persian Gulf affairs. They concern matters including:The Officiating Resident in the Persian Gulf, Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Dundas Robertson, addressing a despatch to the Secret Committee, suggesting the advisability of removing the Residency from Bushire [Bushehr] to some other position in the Persian GulfRobertson residing in Karrack [Kharg] instead of Khoormooj [Khormoj] during the Summer months‘Insults’ to British subjects in Persia [Iran], including members of the British Mission and Residency, by soldiers in Bushire and others, and punishments for these ‘insults’The Government of Bombay requesting that Robertson be cautious in his proceedings at Karrack and refrain from ‘interfering in matters in which the British Government is not concerned’, in response to a letter from Robertson regarding the ‘oppressive conduct’ of Lootf Ally Khan [Luṭf ‘Alī Khān Lārī], the Officer in Charge of the detachment of Persian troops stationed at Karrack, towards the inhabitants of the island and the men under his commandThe removal of the Head Quarters of the Indian Naval Squadron in the Persian Gulf from Karrack to Bassadore [Basaidu, also spelled Bassidore in this item], and the establishment of a naval depot on BassadoreThe reply received from Abdoolla bin Sooneyan [‘Abdullāh bin Thunyān bin Ibrāhīm Āl Sa‘ūd], the Ruler of Nedgd [Najd, also spelled Nedjed in this item], to a letter from Robertson regarding Abdoolla bin Sooneyan’s letters to the ‘Arab Piractical Sheikhs’The Native Agent at Bahrein [Bahrain], Mirza Mahomed Ali [Mīrzā Muḥammad ‘Alī], reporting on affairs at Bahrein, including his account of what happened after it became known that some of the ‘women, children, slaves [enslaved persons] and dependents’ of Humood Omeree [Ḥammūd al-‘Umayrī] were in the Native Agent’s house under British protection, and Abdullah bin Ahmed [‘Abdullāh bin Aḥmad] ‘gave orders to his sons to go and kill them’ (folio 152v)The Government of Bombay requesting an enquiry to be instituted by the Officiating Resident in the Persian Gulf into the conduct of the Native Agent at Bahrein in having first offered an asylum, and then surrendered to the contending factions on that island, persons whom it appears had fled to his house for protectionThe decision that no remuneration should be granted to the Moonshee [Munshi] attached to the Residency of the Persian Gulf for expenses incurred in entertaining a person in the ‘habit and character of a Derveesh [dervish]’ representing himself to be the son of the late Futteh Allee Shah [Fath-‘Ali Shāh Qājār] of Persia and uncle of the present King [Shāh], but who was ‘an imposter’HM Consul and Honourable Company’s Agent in the Dominions of the Imam of Muscat (also spelled Maskat in this item), Captain Atkins Hamerton, addressing a letter to the Government of Mauritius regarding him sending a British seaman, James Dawson, to Mauritius to be tried for the murder of an ‘Arab’ seaman named Ramzan [Ramaḍān], a subject of the Imam of Muscat, in the town of ZanzibarDocuments relating to the complaint made to the Imaum [Imām] of Muscat against Robert Brown Norsworthy, residing in Zanzibar, by Schaikh Awez [Shaikh ‘Uways al-Barāw] of Barawa (also spelled Browa in this item)The reports of the Commodore in the Persian Gulf, William Lowe, on affairs in the Persian Gulf, including: the state of the public buildings at Bassadore; everything being ‘quiet on the [Arabian] Coast with the exception of their usual squabbles inland’ (folio 188); this season being the best for many years for pearl fishing, with some of the merchants having made large sums of money; and his recommendation of Ally [‘Alī], the eldest son of the Agent at Sharga [Sharjah], Moollah Hussain [Mullā Ḥusayn], for the position of Agent at Lingar [Bandar-e Lengeh]A complaint of obstruction by Persian soldiers to the passage through the gate of the town of Bushire of Lieutenants C D Campbell and W B Selby of the Indian NavyLieutenant A E Ball, commanding the Honourable Company’s brig of war Euphrates, reporting his proceedings on the trip he was deputed to take to the Arab Coast and pearl banks of the Persian GulfCommodore Lowe’s intended measures for removing the naval stores from Karrack to BushireThe separation of the Commodore in the Persian Gulf’s guard for the naval depot at Bassadore from the guard of the Resident in the Persian GulfThe appointment of a committee to determine whether a horse given to Commodore Lowe by the Prince of Shiraz is fit for cavalry, or should be sold by public auction; and the payment by the Government of Bombay of expenses incurred by Commodore Lowe and others on account of the horse.The main correspondents are the following: the Government of Bombay; the Officiating Resident in the Persian Gulf; the Secretary to the Government of India with the Governor-General; the Superintendent of the Indian Navy; HM Consul and Honourable Company’s Agent in the Dominions of the Imaum of Muscat; and the Deputy Adjutant General of the Army, Major C Hagart.Other correspondents include: Abdoolla bin Sooneyan; the Commodore in the Persian Gulf, William Lowe; HM Chargé d’Affaires at the Court of Persia, Lieutenant-Colonel Justin Sheil; and the Persian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Meerza Abul Hassan Khan [Mīrzā Abū al-Ḥasan Khān Shīrāzī, Īlchī Kabīr].Physical description: 1 item (138 folios)
23. Coll 29/23 'Bushire: post of Personal Assistant to the Political Resident'
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- Abstract: The file concerns the post of Personal Assistant to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf.The file covers:Government of India recommending extension of post of Personal Assistant to the Political Resident, from 1931 until the end of the file, in 1946letters notifying of the appointments of Personal Assistants.The file is composed of internal correspondence between the Foreign Office, the India Office, the Government of India, and the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 60; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
24. File 5184/1913 Persian Gulf: status of Bushire Residency
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- Abstract: The volume focuses on two main topics. The first is the status of the Persian Gulf Political Residency at Bushire: a proposal to raise its status to a first class residency in 1915 (see folios 152-58) and subsequent proposals to reduce its status back to a second class residency in 1926 (see folios 90-130). The second topic is the appointment of new staff to the Residency: a Treasury Officer (folios 169-190 and 133-51), a Personal Assistant to the Political Resident (folios 54-89), a Stenographer (folios 48-53), and a Cypher Clerk (folios 5-47). It includes details on the salaries and allowances of these appointments, and of proposed revisions. A copy of The Fundamental Rules,1922outlines the pay, terms, and conditions for officers employed by the Government of India; see folios 103-25.The principal correspondents are as follows: the Persian Gulf Political Resident, the Foreign Secretary to the Government of India, the Viceroy of India, the Secretary of State for India, the Under Secretary of State for India, the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and officials of the India Office and the Foreign Office.Physical description: Foliation: The foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 193; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
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