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, 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 thirty-third in a series of fifty-nine items on events in the Persian Gulf.The item contains several letters from the Government of Bombay, all dated 7 October 1847. The letters comprise:Three letters to Major Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, acknowledging receipt of his letters regarding: the Company ships
Elphinstoneand
Mahi; the peaceful state of the Gulf; and the recent peace between Sheikh Mahomed bin Khuleefa [Shaikh Muḥammad bin Khalīfah Āl Khalīfah, Shaikh of Bahrain] and Ameer Fysul, the Wahabee ruler [Amīr Fayṣal bin Turkī bin ‘Abdullāh Āl Sa‘ūd, leader of the Wahhābī]One letter to Commodore Sir Robert Oliver, Superintendent of the Indian Navy, forwarding him an extract of Hennell’s letter regarding the outbreak of cholera on-board the
Mahi(Hennell’s letter not present)One letter to the Medical Board, Bombay, forwarding a letter from Hennell regarding the outbreak of cholera in Arabia, Turkish Arabia [Ottoman Iraq] and Persia [Iran] (Hennell’s letter not present)One letter to Commander Edward Peirse, HM sloop
Cruizer, acknowledging receipt of his letter regarding the recent proceedings of the
Cruizerin the GulfOne letter to the Government of India, transmitting copies of several of Hennell’s letters as well as Peirse’s letter (Hennell’s letters not present).The title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Bombay Political Department’, ‘Draft No. 345/48’, ‘Collection No. 2 of No. 139, Vol: 33.’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 429, and terminates at f 434, 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 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 thirty-second in a series of fifty-nine items on events in the Persian Gulf.The item contains a letter from Edward Peirse, Commander,
Cruizer, to Commodore Sir Henry Martin Blackwood, dated 20 September 1847. Peirse reports on the Cruizer’s recent tour which included stops at: Muscat; Bunder Abbass [Bandar-e ʻAbbas]; Bassadore [Basaʻidu]; Bushire [Bushehr]; and Shargah [Sharjah]. His letter relays news from the region, particularly the recent advance into Nedgd [Najd] by the Shirreef of Mecca [Sharīf of Mecca] and the impact of this on the influence of the Wahabee [Wahhābī]. He also notes the various reactions to this news amongst the rulers of: Bahrein [Bahrain]; Aboothabee [Abu Dhabi]; Debaye [Dubai]; Amulgavine [Umm al-Qaywayn]; and Shargah and Rasel Kymah [Ra’s al-Khaymah]. Peirse’s letter also touches on activities connected to the ‘slave trade’ [trade in enslaved people].The title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Bombay Political Department’, ‘Draft No. 345/48’, ‘Collection No. 2 of No. 118, Vol: 32.’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 424, and terminates at f 428, 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 minutes cited in, or enclosed with, a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, 3 November 1852, and found at IOR/F/4/2504/142185. It is the fifth in a series of sixteen items about the Persian Gulf.The item relates to reports received by Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, from Commodore George Robinson, Commanding the Persian Gulf Squadron, and Hajee Yacoob [Ḥājjī Ya‘qūb], Native Agent at Shargah [Sharjah]. The reports concern a number of proven and alleged incidents, including:Plunder of cargo from the wreck of the
Centaurby inhabitants of Rasel Khymah [Ra’s al-Khaymah]Act of aggression by the fishermen of Heera against those of Ejmaun [Ajman]Theft of enslaved people and property from a boat near Zanzibar by a Rasel Khymah vesselAttack on the household of Hajee Yacoob by inhabitants of Shargah, allegedly arranged by Sheik Abdullah ben Sultan [Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Sulṭān], Governor of ShargahTheft of an enslaved person who had run away from an Aboothabee [Abu Dhabi] vessel, by inhabitants of Debaye [Dubai]Theft of enslaved people from a Bidda [Al Bid‘] vessel, by people allegedly acting under orders of Syed ben Tahnoon [Shaikh Sa‘īd bin Ṭaḥnūn Āl Nahyān], Sheik of Aboothabee.The reports include details of communications Robinson and Hajee Yacoob have had with the numerous leaders of the above places, especially Sheik Sultan ben Suggur, 'Chief' of Rasel Khymah and the Joasmee [Shaikh Sulṭān I bin Ṣaqr al-Qāsimī, Leader of al-Qawāsim tribe, of Ra’s al-Khaymah and Sharjah], whose statement on the Zanzibar incident is enclosed (folios 1142-1143). Kemball forwards the reports on to the Government of Bombay, along with his own comments, which focus in particular on the incidents at Shargah and near Zanzibar. Kemball also includes copies of his replies to Robinson, which contain further instructions regarding the Company ships
Cliveand
Tigris.Kemball is also referred to as the Resident at Bushire and Hajee Yacoob is also referred to as the British Agent at Shargah. There are multiple spellings for individuals' 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. 106', 'Vol: 5', and 'Examiner's Office'.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 1136, and terminates at f 1167, 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 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 thirtieth in a series of fifty-nine items on events in the Persian Gulf.The item relates to a report from the Native Agent at Bahrein [Bahrain], to Major Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, dated 24 August 1847. The Native Agent reports on the outcomes of the recent negotiations at Nedjd [Najd] between Shaik Busheer bin Ramah [Shaikh Bashīr bin Raḥmah], (on behalf of Shaik Mahomed bin Khuleefa of Bahrein [Shaikh Muḥammad bin Khalīfah Āl Khalīfah, Shaikh of Bahrain]) and Ameer Fysul, the Wahabee ruler [Amīr Fayṣal bin Turkī bin ‘Abdullāh Āl Sa‘ūd, leader of the Wahhābī]. Hennell forwards the report on to the Government of Bombay along with his comments on the negotiations. In particular, Hennell mentions the fate of the previous Shaik of Bahrein, Shaik Abdoollah bin Ahmed [Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Aḥmad Āl Khalīfah], as well as Ameer Fysul’s weakened influence in the wake of the invasion of Bin Aoon [Muḥammad bin ‘Abd al-Mu‘īn bin ‘Awn, Sharīf of Mecca] and Ameer Khalid [Amīr Khālid bin Sa‘ūd].Hennell also provides a brief update on the relations between the shaiks of: Debaye [Dubai]; Shargah [Sharjah]; Aboothabee [Abu Dhabi]; and Amulgavine [Umm al-Qaywayn].The title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Bombay Political Department’, ‘Draft No. 345/48’, ‘Collection No. 2 of No. 118, Vol: 30.’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 415, and terminates at f 420, 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 minutes cited in, or enclosed with, a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, 31 August 1852, and found at IOR/F/4/2504/142185. It is the second in a series of sixteen items about the Persian Gulf.The item relates to reports by Hajee Yacoob [Ḥājjī Ya‘qūb], Acting Agent at Shargah [Sharjah], to Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf, about several incidents that recently occurred in the area around Shargah. In particular the incidents concern:Numerous disputes between the people of Aboothabee [Abu Dhabi] and Debaie [Dubai, also rendered in text as Debaye] relating to the seizures of vessels, cargo, and enslaved people, as well as an attack on the island of Saadeat [Jazirat as Sa‘diyat]Seizure of a Biddah [Al Bid‘] vessel by inhabitants of Aboothabee by order of Sheik Saeed ben Tahnoon [Shaikh Sa‘īd bin Ṭaḥnūn Āl Nahyān, Shaikh of Abu Dhabi], who said he was following orders of Ameer Fysul ben Saood [Amīr Fayṣal bin Turkī bin ‘Abdullāh Āl Sa‘ūd]Disputes between the people of Ejmaun [Ajman] and Heera.The item also contains Kemball's instructions for Commodore John Patterson Porter, Commanding the Indian Naval Squadron in the Persian Gulf, to dispatch the Company ship
Cliveto the Arabian Coast to complete enquiries into some of the above incidents. He also gives details on the letters written to Shaik Sultan ben Suggur [Shaikh Sulṭān I bin Ṣaqr al-Qāsimī, Shaikh of Ra’s al-Khaymah and Sharjah], Sheik Saeed ben Butye [Sa‘īd bin Buṭṭī Āl Bū Falāseh, Shaikh of Dubai], and Sheik Saeed ben Tahnoon to persuade them to make restitutions for some of the above incidents.Kemball forwards on copies of the above correspondence to the Government of Bombay, who in turn order them to be forwarded to the Government of India and the Court of Directors.The title page of the item contains the following references: 'Bombay Political Department', 'Draft No. 350 of 1853', 'Collection No. 1 of No. 77', 'Vol: 2', and 'Examiner's Office'. Originally, the Collection number was given as '3' but this has been crossed out.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 1091, and terminates at f 1102, 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 minutes cited in, or enclosed with, a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, 3 December 1852, and found at IOR/F/4/2504/142185. Further enclosures to the letter can be found at IOR/F/4/2504/142191, IOR/F/4/2504/142192, and IOR/F/4/2504/142193. The item is the sixth in a series of sixteen items about the Persian Gulf.The item contains a report, dated 25 August 1852, from Hajee Yacoob [Ḥājjī Ya‘qūb], Native Agent at Shargah [Sharjah], to Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf. The report conveys intelligence regarding:Requests by Sheikh Saeed ben Butye, Sheikh of Debaie [Shaikh Sa‘īd bin Buṭṭī, Shaikh of Dubai], for Syed Saeed [Sayyid Sa‘īd bin Sulṭān Āl Bū Sa‘īd, Imām of Muscat] to send reinforcements to DebaieRumours that Ameer Fysul [Amīr Fayṣal bin Turkī bin ‘Abdullāh Āl Sa‘ūd] intends to launch an expedition into OmanPlans and activities of: Sheik Sultan ben Suggur [Shaikh Sulṭān I bin Ṣaqr al-Qāsimī, Leader of al-Qawāsim tribe, of Ra’s al-Khaymah and Sharjah]; his son, Abdullah ben Sultan [‘Abdullāh bin Sulṭān]; and Syed Soweynee [Sayyid Thuwaynī bin Sa‘īd Āl Bū Sa‘īd].Kemball forwards the report, along with his own comments, to the Government of Bombay, which in turn forwards copies to the Government of India and the Court of Directors.The title page of the item contains the following references: 'Bombay Political Department', 'Draft No. 350 of 1853', 'Collection No. 1 of No. 121 of 1852', 'Vol: 6', and 'Examiner's Office'.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 1168, and terminates at f 1173, 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 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.
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, dated 1 October 1851 and found at IOR/F/4/2442/134094. Further enclosures can be found at IOR/F/4/2442/134098. The item is the fourth in a series of five items relating to the 'slave trade' [trade in enslaved people] in the Persian Gulf and on the Arabian Peninsula.The item relates to suggestions made by Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Lieutenant-Colonel Justin Sheil, HM Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Persia [Iran], for ways to suppress the 'slave trade' in Persia. Sheil's response is included, as well as brief comments by the Government of Bombay.The item also relates to reports by Moollah Houssein [Mullā Ḥusayn], Native Agent at Shargah [Sharjah], that ships belonging to the 'maritime chiefs' of the Arabian Coast are successfully engaging in the 'slave trade' whilst avoiding interception by Company ships. In particular, he highlights the actions of Sheik Sultan ben Suggar [Shaikh Sulṭān I bin Ṣaqr al-Qāsimī, Ruler of Ra's al Khaymah and Sharjah] and he also provides details on: the ship owners; how many enslaved people they have imported; and where they landed with the enslaved people. His reports are sent to Hennell, who instructs Commodore John Patterson Porter, Commanding Indian Naval Squadron in the Persian Gulf, to arrange for Company ships to intercept the ships engaging in the trade at the locations highlighted by Moollah Houssein. Hennell sends the results of these attempts, alongside copies of the above correspondence, to the Government of Bombay, which provides comments and further instructions.The title page of the item contains the following references: 'Bombay Political Department', 'Draft No. 17 of 1852', 'Collection', 'Vol: 4', and 'Examiner's Office'. Originally, the reference read 'Collection No 1 of No 73', but 'No 1 of No 73' has been crossed out. The volume number was originally given as '3' but this has been crossed out and replaced with '4'.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 708, and terminates at f 724, 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, minutes, and consultations cited in, or enclosed with, a political letter from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai]. The correspondents are the Government of Bombay and Captain (later Major) Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf.The item concerns a request by the Government of India for a report on the history of Britain’s relations with the states on the Arabian coast of the Persian Gulf, and the completion of this by Lieutenant Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Assistant Resident in the Persian Gulf. Kemball’s report was originally submitted with the political letter. The first part can be found in IOR/F/4/2121/100024, and the remainder is included in this item. An additional report on the territories belonging to the Imam of Muscat, produced by Captain Atkins Hamerton and also submitted with the political letter, is contained in IOR/F/4/2121/100026.This item contains the following sections of Kemball’s report:‘Historical Sketches of the Arab Tribes in the Persian Gulf from 1832 to 1844.’‘Chronological Table of Events connected with the Arab Tribes of the Persian Gulf being an Index to the Historical Sketches of those tribes.’‘Memoranda on the resources, localities and relations of the Tribes inhabiting the Arabian Shores of the Persian Gulf.’These sections contain Kemball’s summaries and commentary, as well as extracts from earlier records produced by British officials.The item contains a table of contents (f 145), and the title page (f 81) contains the following references: ‘P C [Previous Communication] 5061, Coll. 5, Vol. 2’, ‘D/t 29/46’, ‘Collection No. 2 of No. 18’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 144 and terminates at f 329, 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.Condition: Part of f 144 is missing, which has resulted in some of the text being lost.
Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, minutes, and consultations cited in, or enclosed with, a political letter from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai]. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; the Government of India; and Captain Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf.The item concerns a request by the Government of India for a report on the history of Britain’s relations with the states on the Arabian coast of the Persian Gulf, and the completion of this by Lieutenant Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Assistant Resident in the Persian Gulf. Kemball’s report was originally submitted with the political letter. The first part is included in this item, and the remainder can be found in IOR/F/4/2121/100025. An additional report on the territories belonging to the Imam of Muscat, produced by Captain Atkins Hamerton and also submitted with the political letter, is contained in IOR/F/4/2121/100026.This item contains the following sections of Kemball’s report:‘A memoir showing the nature and character of the political engagements existing between ‘the British Government and the Arabian Chiefs in the Persian Gulf’ (ff 95-109). This contains the following enclosures:‘Treaty entered into by Sir W Grant Keir with the Chiefs of the Arab Tribes in the year 1820’ [General Treaty with the Arab Tribes of the Persian Gulf] (f 95)‘Neutral Ground and Restrictive Line or War Limit’ (f 96)‘Terms of a Maritime Truce for ten years agreed upon by the Chiefs of the Arabian Coast under the mediation of the Resident in the Persian Gulf, dated 1st June 1843’ (f 97).‘A similar memoir on the subject of the engagements which from time to time have been entered into between the British Government and these Chieftains for the suppression of the slave trade’ (ff 110-133). This contains the following enclosures, dating from August-September 1822:Requisitions made by Captain Fairfax Moresby to the Imam of Muscat [Sayyid Sa‘īd bin Sulṭān Āl Bū Sa‘īd]; the English translation of the Arabic version of these requisitions and of the Imam’s answers; remarks by William Simson, Deputy Persian Secretary to Government, on the requisitions and answers; an additional requisition made by Captain Moresby, with a response by the Imam and a remark by Simson (ff 110-115).‘Copies of three treaties entered into by the British Government with His Highness the Imaum [Imam] of Muscat, on the 12th October 1798, 16 January 1800, and 31st May 1839’ (ff 134-141).The item contains a table of contents (ff 82-83), and the title page (f 81) contains the following references: ‘P C [Previous Communication] 5061, Coll. 5, Vol. 1’, ‘D/t 29/46’, ‘Collection No. 1 of No. 18’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 81 and terminates at f 143, 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: 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.
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, 29 August 1854. A copy of this letter can be found at IOR/F/4/2586/154786, alongside details of further enclosures. The item is the fourth in a series of nine items on events in the Persian Gulf 1853-54.The item contains reports from Commodore George Robinson, Commanding the Persian Gulf Squadron, to Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, following Robinson's cruise around the southern end of the Gulf. His reports mention:Money provided by Sheikh Ahmed ben Rashid, Sheikh of Ejmaun [Shaikh Aḥmad bin Rāshid, Shaikh of Ajman], as restitution for property plundered by his subjects from a village on the island of Kishm [Qeshm]His opinion that a sense of calm has been restored to the region following the conflict over Bunder Abbas [Bandar-e ʻAbbas] between the Imaum [Imām] of Muscat and the Prince of FarsReturn of a ship from Shargah [Sharjah] to Aboothabee [Abu Dhabi], following its theft by a group of enslaved people who had escapedComplaints by Sheikh Sultan ben Suggur [Shaikh Sulṭān I bin Ṣaqr al-Qāsimī] that subjects of Debaye [Dubai] had abducted some of his dependents' enslaved people.Robinson includes copy of his instructions to Lieutenant Robert Austice Stradling, Commanding the
Constance, in one of his letters. Kemball forwards the reports, alongside his own comments, to the Government of Bombay.The title page of the item contains the following references: 'Bombay Political Department', Draft Number '20 1855', 'Collection No. 5 of No. 58 of 1854', 'Vol: 3' and 'Examiner's Office'. Originally, the Collection number was given as '3' 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 848, and terminates at f 854, 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.