Abstract: The file contains correspondence in the form of petitions, reports and statements, related to police cases in Bahrain. Cases of note include the renewal of driving licences, and the distribution of ice by the Baladyia (Municipality).The main correspondence is between the Bahrain Political Agency, and the Adviser to the Bahrain Government (Charles Dalrymple Belgrave).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 36; 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 present in parallel between ff 2-35; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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.
Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, consultations, and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai]. The main correspondents are: Major Samuel Hennell, British Resident in the Persian Gulf and the Government of Bombay. It is the thirteenth 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/4/2181/106068, 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 a petition by three Hindu merchants of Bombay asking for compensation for their goods which were seized during the war between the rival shaikhs of Bahrein [Bahrain] in 1843, and requesting the protection of the Resident in the Persian Gulf from the authorities in Bahrein.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 9 of No 11’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 77, and terminates at f 82, 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, minutes, and consultations cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. These political letters appear in IOR/F/4/2416/130506. It is the twelfth in a series of twenty-eight items on the Persian Gulf. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf; and Coja David Sassoon [Khvājah Dāwūd Sāsūn, also rendered as Coja Daood Sassoon in the item], a merchant of Bombay.The item concerns a petition from Coja David Sassoon to the Governor of Bombay, asking for British assistance in Bushire [Bushehr] where, he claims, Shaik Nasir [Shaikh Nāṣir II Āl Madhkūr], the Governor of Bushire, is preventing his agents from transacting business. Hennell investigates and decides that British interference in the case is not required.The item contains a table of contents (f 542), and the title page (f 541) contains the following references: ‘Dft. No. 424 of 1851’, Collection No. 1, Vol. 12’, and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 541 and terminates at f 552, 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: The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence, minutes and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, 16 July 1853.The item relates to multiple requests to the Government of Bombay for aid, in the forms of loans and allowances, by Syud Maheen Shah [Sayyid Māhīn Shāh, also rendered in text as Syed Muheen Shah]. The item contains details about his financial difficulties and previous loans given to him by Lieutenant-Colonel Justin Sheil, HM Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at the Court of Persia [Iran], and the Government of Bombay. His requests are based on the fact that he previously helped Captain Arthur Conolly travel from Afghanistan to India and holds a certificate (copy included, folio 483) to be used 'in case of need', given to him by a former Governor-General of India.Syud Maheen Shah's request for an allowance is forwarded to the Government of India, who respond with comments on previous favours given to Syud Maheen Shah and their decision not to provide him with an allowance.Correspondents include: Sheil, Syud Maheen Shah, and the governments of Bombay and India.The title page of the item contains the following references: 'Bombay Political Department', Draft Number '877 1855', 'Collection No. 25 of No. 73 of 1853', and 'Examiner's Office'.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 464, and terminates at f 487, 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: The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence, minutes and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, an extract of a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] to the East India Company Court of Directors, dated 31 March 1846.The item relates to the settlement of claims due to British officers from the Persian [Iranian] Government. In particular, the item includes:Details of the officers in question and the amounts owed to their estatesDetails on the amount transferred by the Persian Government directly to the Court of Directors in LondonReports on the progress made by John Williams, General Paymaster, in settling the claimsA letter from a Mr Elander, clerk and draftsman, who requests the money owed to the estate of Richard Gibbons (ff 581-582).Particular attention is also paid to claims made by Tagubee [Taguhi] Shee, widow of Lieutenant-Colonel Benjamin Bazil Shee, who supplies copies of statements and acquittance rolls as evidence, but whose claims are complicated by a claim made against her by an Armenian merchant at Tehran. A copy of Tagubee Shee’s petition can be found at folios 559-560.Correspondents include: Tagubee Shee; Williams; Lieutenant-Colonel Justin Sheil, HM Chargé d’Affaires at Tehran; the Court of Directors; the [provincial] Government of Scinde [Sindh]; and the governments of Bombay and India.Tagubee is also rendered in the text as: Sagubee; Saguhee; and Taquhee.The title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Bombay Political Department’, ‘P.C. [Previous Communication] 5287, Draft 503/46’, ‘Coll[ection] 23’, ‘Collection N. 35 of N. 41’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 551, and terminates at f 595, 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: The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence and memoranda cited in, or enclosed with, extracts from a Government of Bombay Political Consultation, 14 April 1847.The item contains a petition from merchants at Bombay [Mumbai] to the Governor of Bombay, dated 9 March 1847. The merchants request that the Resident at Bushire [Bushehr] extend his protection to their agent, Cojah Moorad Nussim [Khwājah Murād Nasīm(?), also rendered in text as Cojah Moorad Nusein], at Bushire as the Governor of that place keeps taking money from him whilst charging full customs duty. As well as a memorandum by the Persian Secretary, the item also includes the Government of Bombay’s response.The title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Bombay Political Department’, ‘Draft No. 152/48, Collection No. 18 of No. 150’, and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 93, and terminates at f 96, 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: The file contains correspondence regarding eight separate cases raised with the Bahrain Political Agency from Courts, Firms, and Attorneys outside of Bahrain, asking for help in obtaining testimonies from certain individuals in Bahrain. Examples of those are the Law Offices of Thelen, the Court of the Subordinate Judge of Noakhali, the Court of Small Causes at Bombay, and Fall and Fall Attorneys. Where possible, the Political Agent made the necessary investigations and wrote back to the senders providing them with witnesses' testimonies.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 180; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. Two additional foliation sequences are also present in parallel between ff 2-127, and ff 133-175; these numbers are also written in pencil and crayon, but are not circled.
Abstract: The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence and minutes, which form partial enclosures to a letter from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] to the East India Company Court of Directors, dated 14 February 1846. A copy of this letter can be found at IOR/F/4/2142/102302, alongside details of further enclosures.The item relates to a petition from Jewish inhabitants of Aden to the Governor of Bombay (folios 174-175), requesting compensation following the order to vacate and demolish their houses at Aden as the government officials at Aden plan to build a road through the area. The petition is referred to Stafford Bettesworth Haines, Political Agent at Aden, who challenges the claims of the petitioners and recommends that compensation should not be awarded.The title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Bombay Political Department’, ‘P.C. [Previous Communication] 5264, Draft 494/46’, ‘Collection N. 8 of N. 25, Vol. 5’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 170, and terminates at f 179, 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: The file contains correspondence in the form of petitions and letters. The petitions were raised by locals of different ethnic and religious backgrounds in Bahrain to the Political Agency, Bahrain. The petitions were in the form of claims against members of Al-Khalifa family. In order to avoid dealing with the claims at court, the Political Agent passed the claims directly to the family member concerned so that they could sort out the claims with the petitions outside court.The correspondence in the file is mostly in Arabic. Folios 31-32 are file notes.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 33; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. Two additional foliation sequences are also present in parallel between ff 4-29, and ff 30-32; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
Abstract: The file contains correspondence in the form of letters, reports, and telegrams between British officials, the Sultan of Muscat, the Imam of Oman and notable local Omani shaikhs. The correspondence is mainly concerned with the rising of the Imam of Oman, Salim bin Rashid al-Kharusi, against the Sultan of Muscat and Oman, Taimur bin Fayṣal bin Turki al-Bu Sa‘idi, in 1915. British officials offered to interfere between the Sultan and the Imam Government in order to reach a peaceful agreement between the two parties.The Political Agent, Muscat, and the Imam’s representatives were in continuous communication in order to reach a deal. Following his meeting with them at Seeb (also called Sib), the Political Agent sent a report to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Basra, in which he included the Imam’s demands and the Sultan’s remarks on them. Among the demands of the Imam and his followers were the following:to remove all the unjust and corrupt
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Qadisto grant the chiefs of tribes some allowance in accordance to the usual customto issue orders prohibiting the dealing in wines and tobaccoAmong other correspondents in the file are the Imam’s representatives: ‘Isa bin Saleh al-Harthi, Himyar bin Nasir al-Nabhani, Abdullah bin Rashid al-Hashmi (the Imam’s
Qadi) and Hamaid bin Sa'id Al Falaiti.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 93; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: The file contains correspondence in the form of petitions and letters mainly between the Political Agent, Bahrain and the Ruler of Qatar. The two exchanged petitions on behalf of locals from Bahrain and Qatar respectively. The petitions were mainly regarding claims of debts, properties, stolen boats and inheritance. Debtors from Qatar fled to Bahrain, hence the Ruler of Qatar requested for them to be seized. The Political Agent in turn replied with the available information about the named subjects at his end. The same procedure was done with the Bahraini debtors who fled to Qatar.The file includes correspondence regarding the arrangement of visits of the Political Agent, Bahrain to Doha. It also includes correspondence regarding the progress the British Army was making during The Second World War in which the Ruler of Qatar sent his congratulations to the Political Agency in Bahrain.Most of the correspondence in the file is in Arabic. Folios 143-151 are file notes.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 152; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. Additional irregular foliation sequences are present in parallel; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled. A previous foliation sequence, which is present between ff 4-41 and ff 98-151 and is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.