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1. ‘Resignation by Major Wilson of the Office of Resident at Bushire & nomination of Dr. McNeill – This appointment subsequently cancelled & Mr. D. A. Blane appointed Resident – Dr. McNeill appointed 1stAssistant to the Envoy in Persia – Memorial from Dr. McNeill to the Court.’
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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 appointment of a successor to Major David Wilson as Resident in the Persian Gulf and general considerations of the position and allowances of the Resident. In particular, the item concerns:The initial appointment of Dr John McNeill, Surgeon to the British Embassy at the Court of Persia, as Wilson's successor and the appointment of Dr James Pringle Riach as McNeill's successorDiscussions by the Board of the Government of Bombay regarding how to reduce the expenditure of the Residency at Bushire [Būshehr], with suggestions to lower the Table Allowance, reduce the Resident's budget for gifts, and condense the number of staffThe Court of Directors' criticism that a Military Servant, rather than a Civil Servant, has been appointed Resident in the Persian GulfThe subsequent cancellation of McNeill's appointment as Resident and the appointment of David Anderson Blane in his placeA memorandum sent to the Government of Bombay by McNeill which: asserts his unique talents that are required for the Resident position due to uncertain times in Persia; complains of his treatment; and requests a new position that would be equal in status and benefits to that of the Resident.The memorandum sent by McNeill also contains a number of copies and extracts of letters from his immediate superiors and officials from the Court of Persia as proof of the high esteem in which he is held. Amongst these letters are: a note by Mirza Abdul Hassan Khan [Mīrzā Abdul Hassan Khan], His Persian Majesty's Minister for Foreign Affairs; a firmun by the Shah of Persia [Fath-Ali Qājār]; and a ruckum addressed by His Royal Highness Abbas Mirza ['Abbās Mīrzā Nāyib al-Salṭana Qājār], Prince of Persia.The principal correspondents of the item are: the Court of Directors; McNeill; numerous secretaries heading departments within the governments of Bombay and Bengal, along with the respective governors of Bombay and Bengal. Other correspondents include: Sir John Nicoll Robert Campbell, Envoy to Persia; Wilson; Riach; and Lieutenant Samuel Hennell, Assistant Resident in the Persian Gulf.The titles of ‘Resident in the Persian Gulf’ and ‘Resident at Bushire’ are used interchangeably.The title page of the item contains the following references: 'Bombay Political Department No.1’, ‘P.C. 1181, Draft 427, 1833' and 'Examiner's Office'.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 49, and terminates at f 156, 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.
2. ‘Persian Gulf Dismissal of Eliahu Shroff and the entertainment of Zahooda in his place.~’
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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, dated 28 April 1854, and found at IOR/F/4/2575/152543. It is the eleventh in a series of thirteen items about the Persian Gulf.The item relates to the dismissal of Eliahu Jan [Ilyāhū Jān, also rendered in text as Elbahoo Jan], shroff of the Residency at Bushire [Bushehr]. The item contains correspondence on the subject between Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, and the Government of Bombay. It also includes a subsequent petition from Eliahu Jan.The title page of the item contains the following references: 'Bombay Political Department', 'P.C. [Previous Communication] 8964', Draft Number '908 [18]54', 'Collection No. 1 of No. 32 of 1854', 'Vol: 11', and 'Examiner's Office'. Originally, the Collection number was given as '11' but this has been crossed out and replaced with '1'.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 341, and terminates at f 347, 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.
3. ‘Persian Gulf – Residency – Establishment. Vol: 3’
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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 correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Lieutenant Colonel Henry Robertson, Officiating Resident in the Persian Gulf; the Government of India; Captain Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf; and Thomas Mackenzie, Acting Assistant Resident in the Persian Gulf. It is the third 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/4/2005/89513, IOR/F/4/2005/89514, and IOR/F/4/2006/89515).The item concerns:The size of the establishment of the Residency in the Persian Gulf, which was increased temporarily in 1841The temporary employment of additional clerks at the ResidencyThe cessation of a payment of a deputation allowance to Residency staff.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 839 and terminates at f 872, 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.
4. ‘Persian Gulf – Affairs of. Vol: 1’
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- Abstract: This item consists of copies of political letters from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai], containing some extracts of letters from the Court of Directors of the East India Company. The enclosures to these letters are contained in the subsequent items. It is the first in a series of six items on the Persian Gulf (the others are IOR/F/4/2005/89511, IOR/F/4/2005/89512, IOR/F/4/2005/89513, IOR/F/4/2005/89514, and IOR/F/4/2006/89515).The item concerns:A projected attack on Bahrein [Bahrain] by Essa bin Tureef [Shaikh ‘Īsá bin Ḥamad bin Ṭarīf Āl Bin ‘Alī al-‘Utbī]A dispute between Sultan bin Suggur of Russal Khyma [Shaikh Sulṭān I bin Ṣaqr al-Qāsimī of Ra’s al-Khaymah] and Abdoolla bin Rashid of Amulgavine [Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Rāshid al-Mu‘allā of Umm al-Qaywayn]The movement of the Residency in the Persian Gulf from Karrack [Jazireh-ye Khark] to Bushire [Bushehr], with details of staffing changesThe abolition of the British Agency at Lingah [Bandar-e Lengeh]Incursions by inland tribes onto the territory of the Shaikh of SoharThe attempt of six passengers to seize control of a trading baghlah and their capture at Cheroo [Bandar-e Chiru]Minor incidents of ‘piracy’.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 in 6 vols’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 759 and terminates at f 788, 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.
5. ‘Persian Gulf. Repairs of the Residency Buildings in the sanctioned.’
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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 November 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 forty-fourth in a series of fifty-nine items on events in the Persian Gulf.The item relates to an estimate for repairs to the buildings of the Residency at Bushire [Bushehr], submitted by Major Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to the Government of Bombay. The matter is referred to the Military Board.The title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Bombay Political Department’, ‘Draft No. 345/48’, ‘Collection No. 2 of No. 139, Vol: 44.’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 492, and terminates at f 497, 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. Relative to particulars consequent on the departure on Furlough to England of the Resident 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, 31 March 1852, and found at IOR/F/4/2475/138723. It is the fifth in a series of eight items about the Persian Gulf.The item relates to the leave of absences, first temporary and then permanent, granted to Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, who feels compelled to return to Europe on health grounds. In particular, the item concerns:Arrangements for Hennell's interim replacement, complicated by the temporary absence of Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Assistant Resident in the Persian Gulf, who is filling in for Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Rawlinson, Political Agent in Turkish Arabia [Ottoman Iraq]Details of Hennell's health status and his applications for leaveHennell's suggestion that Mr Edwards, Residency Accountant, should receive rewards on account of his work in Kemball's absenceKemball's return to Bushire [Bushehr] to resume the position of Assistant ResidentHennell's resignation letter, dated 17 March 1852, which includes reflections on the current status of the GulfAppointment of Kemball as Hennell's replacementProposals to abolish the position of Assistant Resident once Kemball becomes Resident.Correspondents include: Hennell; Gilbert James Blane, Acting Civil Auditor; and the governments of Bombay and India.The title page of the item contains the following references: 'Bombay Political Department', 'Draft No. 733 of 1852', 'Collection No 7', 'Vol: 5', and 'Examiner's Office'. Originally, the Collection number was given as '5 of No. 35' but this has been crossed out.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 958, and terminates at f 980, 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 Disbursement on account of a new door to the Residency Treasury, Sanctioned ~’
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- Abstract: The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence, memorandums, 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 fifteenth 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 relates to requests by Commander Felix Jones, Acting Resident Persian Gulf, to the Government of Bombay, to reimburse the expenses he has paid for improvements made to the Residency Treasury. He includes a report from a Committee set up to identify defects in the Treasury, which recommends installing a new door and purchasing stronger storage chests and a new set of scales.The Government of Bombay approve the reimbursement and forward Jones's correspondence on to the Civil Auditor, Bombay, and to Colonel David Davidson, Commissary General, Bombay. The item also includes Davidson's response, which contains a letter from Major George Pope, Deputy Commissary General, confirming that the chests and scales have been dispatched to Jones.The title page of the item contains the following references: 'Bombay Political Department', Draft Number '52 [18]57', 'Collection No. 6', 'Vol: 15', and 'Examiner's Office'. Originally, the Collection number was written as 'Collection No. 10 of No. 71 of 1856.' but the '10' was replaced with '6' and 'of No. 71 of 1856.' has been crossed out.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 23, and terminates at f 31, 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. 'Political control in the Persian Gulf'
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- Abstract: Written by John Gilbert Laithwaite of the India Office. It covers arrangements from 1616 to 1921 summarising the use of agents, establishment of the Bushire Residency, and role of Political Resident in the Persian Gulf. It considers arrangements since the Report of the Masterton-Smith Committee in 1921 concerning the question of redistribution of political responsibility between His Majesty's Government and the Government of India, the line of communication with Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] and Nejd, and the responsibilities of the Political Resident. The final section concerns Persia and the maintenance of a 'Political Resident' (as distinct from Consul-General) at Bushire.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at f 5, and terminates at f 6, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: the file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
9. ‘Balance due by Captain Hardy on Account of Deficiency in the Bushire Treasury’
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- Abstract: The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence enclosed within a letter from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] to the East India Company Court of Directors.The item relates to an investigation by the Government of Bombay in 1834-35 into the amount of 2778 rupees owed to the Company by Captain Henry Hardy, based on a deficiency in the treasury from Hardy's time as Resident of Bushire [Būshehr] in 1823. Most of the item’s contents date from 1834-35 with the exception of a letter from Colonel Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Hardy's successor, which provides information on the deficiency and is dated 12 June 1826.The title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Bombay Political Department’, ‘Coll[ection] No 12’, ‘P.C. [Previous Communication] 1721, Draft 266, 1836’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 392, and terminates at f 398, 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.
10. 'Vol: 2. Affairs of the Persian Gulf'
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- Abstract: The item consists of enclosures to political letters from the East India Company Court of Directors and the governments of Bombay [Mumbai] and India. It is the second in a series of two items on general affairs in the Persian Gulf (the other is IOR/F/4/1596/64625, which contains the political letters).In particular, the item relates to:An attack on the British Agent at Bahrein [Bahrain] ordered by the sons of the Shaikh, Abdoollah bin Ahmed [‘Abdullāh bin Aḥmad Āl Khalīfah], due to a dispute over money, resulting in the British sending ships to Bahrein to blockade the port and enforce punishment for the Agent's attackersThe impact of the war between the Imaum [Imam] of Muscat and the people of Mombassa [Mombasa, also written Bombasa in text] with regards to trading at Mandavie [Mandvi] and Bombay, including: requests for intervention by the Resident at Cutch [Kuchchh] and the Rao of Cutch; and discussion by the Government of Bombay as to whether it can intervene against the Imaum's right to prevent supplies from these ports reaching his enemiesNumerous administrative points regarding the Bushire [Būshehr] Residency (also called the Persian Gulf Residency), including: charges incurred by the temporary removal of the Residency to the island of Corgo [Kharko] in 1832; absences, resignations and appointments of Residents; allowances adjusted for interim appointments; the discharge of several public servants from the Residency; and the management and disposal of various articles in the Residency Treasury, including sealed packages of great value belonging to Reza Kooly Mirza [Rizā Qulī Mīrzā Farmānfarmā], a list of which can be found at ff 533-534Minor points regarding the Imaum of Muscat, including: a proposal by the Bourbon authorities to establish a colony at Zanzibar; privileges for the Imaum's imports of salt into Calcutta [Kolkata]; presents sent by the Imaum to Lady Grant; and the Imaum's concerns that he has upset the British in some way.To a lesser extent, the item also includes mention of:Claims by the Shaikh of Kishm [Qeshm] for salvage remuneration following his rescue of the merchant vessel Prinsep'Piracy' committed in the Gulf of Cutch and on the Kattywar [Kāthiāwār] coastRepairs and alterations required for the Company ship CyreneThe question of whether charges of the Bushire Residency and the Turkish Arabia Agency should be debited to the Government of Bombay or to the Government of India.Principal correspondents include: the governments of Bombay and India; Shaikh Abdoollah bin Ahmed; David Anderson Blane and James Morison, successive Residents at Bushire; Samuel Hennell, Assistant (and Acting) Resident at Bushire; Sayyid Sa‘īd bin Sulṭān Āl Bū Sa‘īd, Imam of Muscat; and Henry Pottinger, Resident at Cutch.The title page of the item contains the following references: 'Bombay Political Department', 'P.C. [Previous Communication] 1944, Draft 432, 1837' and 'Examiner's Office'.Physical description: The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the item. The item also contains a table of contents (ff 372-376), noting ‘Page’, ‘Date’, ‘From’, ‘To’ and ‘Date of Consultation’.
11. ‘Secret Letters received, by way of Marseilles, May 14.1856’
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- Abstract: This bundle consists of summaries, and partial transcripts, of secret letters received from both the Governor General of India (8 April 1856, Number 14) and the Government of Bombay (14 and 16 April 1856, Numbers 25 and 30). The amount of detail for each entry therefore varies.The despatch from the Governor General (folio 113r) is concerned with a manifesto issued by the Persian Government regarding its policy over Herat.The section from Bombay (folios 113v-114) outlines the Government's policy on sending an expedition to the Persian Gulf, and the difficulties being experienced by the staff of the Bushire Residency.Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
12. ‘Affairs of the Persian Gulf. Vol: III.’
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- Abstract: The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence, minutes and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, extracts from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] Political Consultations. It is the third in a series of three items on general affairs in the Persian Gulf (the others are: IOR/F/4/1435/56726 and IOR/F/4/1435/56727).The first half of the item (folios 8-76) relates to administrative matters at the Residency in the Persian Gulf (also called the Residency at Bushire [Būshehr]), in particular:Allowances for the Resident and the Residency household, including employees’ salaries and pensionsEstimates for repairs to the Residency houseThe purchase of vessels for use by the ResidentDetails of two robberies carried out on the Residency in 1832 and 1833, including losses sustained and efforts to trace the perpetratorsRequests for medical suppliesProposals by David Anderson Blane, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to establish a Native Agent at Aboothabee [Abu Dhabi].The second half of the item (folios 77-115) relates to administrative matters at the Political Agency in Turkish Arabia (also called the Political Agency at Bussora or Bussorah [Basra]), in particular:Accounts relating to the Agency, including an increase in salary for the Political Agent and the appointment of two Writers [clerks]Allowances and compensation awarded to John Ross, Assistant Surgeon at the Agency, for property lost in a shipwreckRequests for medical supplies for the Agency by RossRequests for medical supplies by Robert Taylor, the Political Agent, on behalf of a charitable group of English gentlemen based in Bagdad [Baghdad].The item also includes requests by the Native Agent at Muscat (also called the Government Agent at Muscat and the Broker at Muscat) to be appointed to a different location.The principal correspondents of the item are: Blane, Taylor, and various secretaries to the Government of Bombay. Additional correspondents include: James Farish, Civil Auditor (Bombay); James McAdam, Secretary to the Medical Board (Bombay); and the Native Agent at Muscat.The title page of the item contains the following references: 'Bombay Political Department’, ‘P.C. [Previous Communication] 1339, Draft 435, 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 115, 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.
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