Abstract: This note on the effects of the Arab rising on Aden and its hinterland, with special reference to the possible action of the Turks, was forwarded from the General Officer Commanding and Political Resident in Aden, William C Walton, to the Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign Department. It discusses the arrangement of an uprising of Arabs against the Turks by the Sherif of Mecca [Ḥusayn bin ‘Alī al-Hāshimī], and outlines the possible effects that a rising could have on the British position in Aden and its Hinterland.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at f 49, and terminates at f 50, 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. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
Abstract: This bundle consists of summaries of three secret dispatches from HM Consul at Tehran, Richard W Stevens (17 and 22 September 1856, Numbers 58 and 60-61). They consist of news from Persia covering: a report of conflict between the Shah [Nasser Al-Din Shah Qajar] and the Sedr Azeem [Mirza Aqa Khan-e Nouri, Sadr-i-A'zam or Grand Vizier], the confiscation of land from Prince Allah Koolee Meerza for offering to drive the Persians from Herat, and contradictory reports received regarding the situation at Herat.Physical description: 1 item (6 folios)
Abstract: The orders of the Basha [‘Alī Pāshā al-Kahyah, Governor of Baghdad] to Mahomed Nejeeb Beg [Muḥammad Najīb Beg], Mussaleem [Mutasallim, Governor] of Bussora [Basra], written in Arabic, received on 12 June 1803. The orders concern the detention of an Egyptian woman living with a British sailor in Bussora (see IOR/L/PS/9/76/299).An English version of this document can be found in IOR/L/PS/9/76/299.Physical description: 1 item (1 folio)
Abstract: The first representation of the Cathee [Qāḍī, magistrate] of Bussora [Basra] to the Bacha [‘Alī Pāshā al-Kahyah, Governor of Baghdad], concerning an Egyptian woman living with a British sailor in Bussora (see IOR/L/PS/9/76/299).An English version of this document can be found in IOR/L/PS/9/76/299.Physical description: 1 item (1 folio)
Abstract: A petition in Arabic to the Bacha [‘Alī Pāshā al-Kahyah, Governor of Baghdad] from inhabitants of Bussora [Basra], concerning the detention of an Egyptian woman living with a British sailor in Bussora (see IOR/L/PS/9/76/299).An English version of the petition can be found in IOR/L/PS/9/76/299.Physical description: 1 item (1 folio)
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)
Abstract: The second representation of the Cathee [Qāḍī, magistrate] of Bussora [Basra] to the Bacha [‘Alī Pāshā al-Kahyah, Governor of Baghdad], concerning an Egyptian woman living with a British sailor in Bussora (see IOR/L/PS/9/76/299).An English version of this document can be found in IOR/L/PS/9/76/299.Physical description: 1 item (1 folio)
Abstract: This item contains copies of three letters:1. A letter from John Raymond, Conductor of Stores in Bagdad [Baghdad], to Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora [Basra], sent from Bagdad and dated 27 September 1804. Raymond describes a quarrel between himself and Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad, following an alleged threat to Coja Mookiel ibn Minas [Khawājah Mikaeil bin Minas], East India Company Linguist in Bagdad, from the Kia [Deputy Governor] of Bagdad.2. A letter on behalf of Manesty to Raymond, sent from a camp near Bagdad and dated 28 September 1804. Manesty recommends that Raymond continue to perform his duties as Conductor of Stores but obey orders from Jones.3. A letter from Raymond to Manesty, sent from Bagdad and dated 1 October 1801. Raymond transmits correspondence concerning his quarrel with Harford Jones and asks Manesty to forward this to India.Physical description: 1 item (4 folios)
Abstract: This item contains copies of ten letters between Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora [Basra], and Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdat [Baghdad, also written as Bagdad in the letter], dated 23 September-14 October 1804.The correspondence covers:An alleged threat to Coja Mookiel ibn Minas [Khawājah Mikaeil bin Minas], East India Company Linguist in Bagdat, from the Kia [Deputy Governor] of Bagdat, which causes Jones to leave the cityA dispute between Jones and Coja Johannes Rafail Babick [Khawājah Hovhannes Rafael Babik, Armenian merchant in Trieste] arising from the commission charged by Jones to execute the estate of Babick’s late brother, Coja Stephen Rafail Babik [Khawājah Stepan Rafael Babik, Armenian merchant in Baghdad]A meeting between Manesty and the Bacha [‘Alī Pāshā al-Kahyah, Governor of Baghdad]Reconciliation between Manesty and the Bacha after a dispute the previous year arising from the detention in Bussora of an Egyptian woman living with a British sailor (see IOR/L/PS/9/76/299)Manesty’s allegations that Jones attempted to turn the Bacha against him during his approach to Bagdat from Persia [Iran] (see IOR/L/PS/9/76/353), leading to an expression of total loss of trust in Jones.Duplicates of some of this correspondence are catalogued as IOR/L/PS/9/76/357 and 359.Physical description: 1 item (10 folios)
Abstract: This item contains copies of two letters from Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora [Basra], to Marquess Wellesley, Governor-General of Bengal:1. The first letter, sent from Maghil [Al Ma’qil] and dated 18 May 1803, forwards correspondence with the Chairman and Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company and the Ambassador to the Porte [Ottoman Empire] (not enclosed).2. The second letter, sent from the ship
Furyand dated 3 July 1803, forwards a report on a dispute between Manesty and the Bacha [‘Alī Pāshā al-Kahyah, Governor of Baghdad] up to 31 May (catalogued as IOR/L/PS/9/76/316) and states that the dispute is still ongoing.Physical description: 1 item (4 folios)
Abstract: Copies of three letters concerning a dispute between Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], and Soliman Pashaw [Büyük Sulaymān Pāshā, Governor of Baghdad]:A letter from Harford Jones to Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora [Basra], sent from Bagdad and dated 21 July 1801. Jones reports that he has transmitted letters from Manesty to the Pashaw and other senior members of the Government of BagdadA letter from Harford Jones to Jonathan Duncan, Governor of Bombay, sent from Bagdad and dated 21 July 1801. Jones forwards correspondence relating to his dispute with Pashaw, speculates that women in the Pashaw’s harem and French agents have provoked the dispute in order to have him removed from Bagdad, and defends his own conduct towards the PashawA letter from Harford Jones to Lord Elgin, HM Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, sent from Bagdad and dated 23 July 1801. Jones further complains of the Pashaw’s behaviour towards him, defends his own conduct, and speculates that there is a conspiracy to have him removed from Baghdad.These letters were enclosed in Jones’s letter to Jonathan Duncan dated 4 August 1801 (catalogued as IOR/L/PS/9/76/163).Physical description: 1 item (7 folios)
Abstract: A letter in Farsi from Samuel Manesty, Resident in Bussora [Basra], to the Basha [‘Alī Pāshā al-Kahyah, Governor of Baghdad], dated 19 June 1803. The letter concerns the detention of an Egyptian woman living with a British sailor in Bussora (see IOR/L/PS/9/76/299).An English version of this letter can be found in IOR/L/PS/9/76/299.Physical description: 1 item (1 folio)