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1. 'Report on the Development of the Baluch-Persian Caravan Route and on the Nushki, Chagai and Western Sinjerani Districts, for the year 1899-1900'
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- Abstract: Report by Captain Frank Cooke Webb Ware, Political Assistant, Chagai. Printed in Calcutta at the Office of the Superintendent of Government Printing, India, 1900. The annual report concerns the conditions and administration of the region and the development of the Quetta-Seistan [Sistan] trade route and follows on from Ware's similar reports of 1897 (Mss Eur F111/362) and 1898 (Mss Eur F111/364).The report opens with a letter from Ware to the Agent to the Governor General in Baluchistan, Quetta, dated 31 July 1900, in which the main points of the report and certain events of the year are summarised. The report itself consists of four appendices, as follows:I 'On the administration of the Nushki, Chagai and Western Sinjerani Districts' (folios 5-7)II 'On the Quetta-Seistan Caravan Route' (folios 8-15)III 'Nushki Trade Returns for the year 1st April 1899 to 31st March 1900' (folios 15-23)IV 'Miscellaneous' (including genealogical tables of the main Seistan and Shorawak families) (folios 24-29).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 30; 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 file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
2. 'Events and transactions connected with the affairs of our North Western Frontier'
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- Abstract: Enclosures no. 2-66 to dispatch no. 4 from the Secret Department, Bombay Castle, dated 20 February 1839. The enclosures are dated 4 November 1837-16 May 1838.The enclosures consist of copies of correspondence relating to affairs in Afghanistan, the Sikh Empire and Sindh. Much of the correspondence is concerned with the invasion of Herat by Persia [Iran], specifically:A treaty between the Shah of Persia [Mohammad Shah Qajar] and the chiefs of Kandahur [Kandahar, also spelt Candahar in the file], and the eventual renunciation of the treaty by the chiefs on the belief that the Shah had violated its termsThe surrender of Gorian [Ghurian, also spelt Ghorian in the file] to the Persian army after a ten-day siegeThe return to Herat of Kamran Shah and the city’s re-fortificationA meeting between the Shah of Persia and the Governor of Khorasan at Sahrood Boostan [Shahrud Bastam]The siege of HeratReactions to Persia’s actions by Dost Mahomed [Mohammad] Khan, Emir of Afghanistan, and his exiled predecessor Shah Shuja [Shah Shujah Durrani]A request by Yar Mohamed Khan, Vizier of Herat, for assistance from Candahar, Bhokhara [Bukhara] and Toorkistan [Turkestan].Other topics covered include:Intelligence reports believed to be inaccurate or unreliableReports of two thousand armed Baloches [Balochis] assembling near Rojhun [Rojhan]The return of Ranjit Singh, Maharajah of the Sikh Empire, to LahoreThe surrender of Bahram Khan Mazari to the Governor of Multan [Diwan Sawan Mal Chopra], and the return of his possessionsThe unauthorised publication of a secret Government of India despatch in Bombay [Mumbai] newspapersArrangements for a visit to the Sikh Empire by the Governor-General of India and a meeting between him and the MaharajahAn account of the roads between Peshawar and Cabool [Kabul]Reports of a Russian agent at CaboolA perceived threat of invasion of Peshawar by Sardar Mahamad Akbur Khan [Wazir Akbar Khan], Emir of CaboolNegotiations for stationing a British Resident in SindhFabricated credentials of Haji Hoosain Ali Khan, who had claimed to be a representative of the Government of CaboolDebts left behind by the late Dr Gerard, surgeon with the British mission to Cabool.The primary correspondents are: Colonel Claude Martin Wade, Political Agent, Loodianah [Ludhiana]; Lieutenant Frederick Mackeson, on a mission to Peshawar; Captain Alexander Burnes, on a mission to Cabool; and the Government of India.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 406, and terminates at f 603, 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. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
3. ‘Dispatches received from the Political Agent in Turkish Arabia’
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- Abstract: Enclosures nos. 2-6 to a dispatch from the Secret Department, Bombay [Mumbai] Castle, dated 23 April 1845. The enclosures are dated 27 November 1844-2 February 1845.The enclosures consist of copies of dispatches from the Political Agent in Turkish Arabia describing the state of relations between Persia [Iran] and the Ottoman Empire, particularly relating to a dispute over the border region of Zohab. Enclosure no. 3 contains a detailed report by the Political Agent describing the geography (ff 406-419) and history (ff 420-441) of Zohab, as well as his own observations on the current circumstances (ff 442-448).The other primary topic is the imprisonment and trial in Bagdad [Baghdad] of a Persian priest accused of making blasphemous alterations to a copy of the Koran [Quran], and its effects on relations between the Soonee [Sunni] and Sheeah [Shia] populations of Bagdad.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 403, and terminates at f 469, 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.
4. ‘A RECONNAISSANCE IN SOUTH-WEST PERSIA’
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- Abstract: Narrative report on surveys conducted in south-west Persia [Iran]. The structure of the report is in two parts. The first part concerns British relations with Arabs, Persians and the Bakhtiaris [Bakhtiyārīs] during the reconnaissance of south-west Persia. The second part contains reports of routes leading into Bakhtiari country from the south-west. In addition, there is an appendix containing an account of a journey across the Bakhtiari mountains during 1890-91, which is written by Major Bruce, 19th Bengal Lancers.The report is by William Daniel McSwiney. The survey work was carried out by Assistant Surveyor Imam Sharif, Khan Bahadur [Imām Sharīf, Khān Bahādur].The report contains the following illustrations:‘Reconnaissance Sketch of The Dizful [Dezful] Bridge.’ (f 10)‘Reconnaissance Sketch of The Khushi Khana on the right bank of the Ab-i-Diz [Rudkhaneh-ye Dez], which commands the town of Dizful.’ (f 14)‘Distant View of the Snow Covered Bakhtiari Mountains looking East from Dizful, November 1890.’ (f 16)‘View of the River Ab-i-Diz as it flows into the “Gorge’’ on the north side of the Kilah Shahid.’ (f 18)‘View of the Country Over the Plan of Dumakail looking east from the highest point on Kilah Shahid.’ (f 20)‘One of the Broken Bridges Over the Ab-i-Diz at Pul-i-Kul.’ (f 24)‘The Fort of Sar-i-Dasht [Sar Dasht, Khuzestan, Iran].’ (f 26)‘Broken Bridge East End of the Tungi Baba Ahmad [Baba Tungi, Afghanistan].’ (f 29)‘View of the Valley of Mal-i-Mir, December 1890.’ (f 36)‘Bakhtiari Hut Built into the Side of the Hill at Chardeh, in which Major Bruce and Lieutenant W. D. McSwiney were snowed up in December 1890.’ (f 38)‘Doorway of Above Hut.’ (f 38).The report also contains the following:‘Reconnaissance Survey of S.-E. Bakhtiari Country, May 1891, Surveyed by Assistant Surveyor Imam Sharif, K.B., Survey of India Department, superintended and assisted by Lieut. W. D. McSwiney, 7th Dragoon Guards.’ (f 2)‘Reconnaissance Survey of S.-E. Bakhtiari Country, May 1891, Surveyed by Assistant Surveyor Imam Sharif, K.B., Survey of India Department, superintended and assisted by Lieut. W.D. McSwiney, 7th Dragoon Guards.’ (f 3)‘Reconnaissance Survey of S.-E. Bakhtiari Country, May 1891, Surveyed by Sub-Surveyor Imam Sharif, K.B., Survey of India Department, superintended and assisted by Lieut. W.D. McSwiney 7th Dragoon Guards.’ (f 4).‘Plan of Dizful’ (f 42).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 43; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: printed pagination sequences are also present in parallel between folios 11-35 and folios 37-40.
5. 'Political Events Oman and Muscat'
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- Abstract: This file contains papers relating to the proposed sale of Tunb Island to Muscat by the Shaikh of Lengeh; correspondence between the Political Agent in Muscat and Faisal bin Turkee; appointment of Louis Maguire as US Consul at Muscat; administrative and political affairs in Gwadur [Gwadar]; disputes between Arabs of Sur and Ras al-Hadd; and the 1881 Administration report and trade returns. The majority of the papers are issued by the Political Agent in Muscat.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.
6. ‘Turkish Arabia. Cholera treatment of’
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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 December 1849.The item relates to a proposed treatment for cholera – by bleeding the feet of patients – as proposed by John Barker, a retired diplomat living in the Aleppo Pachalik [Pashalik]. The bulk of the item comprises reports on trials of the treatment as conducted by numerous medical officers under the Medical Board, Government of Bombay. The reports, collected by the Medical Board, are passed on to the Government of Bombay, which in turn forwards copies to the Court of Directors and to the governments of India and Madras.The title page of the item contains the following references: 'Bombay Political Department', 'Draft No. 213 of 1850', 'Collection No. 11 of No. 135', and 'Examiner's Office'.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 340, and terminates at f 359, 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. ‘Masqat Arms Traffic. 1908–1909.’
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- Abstract: Bound volume containing two secret reports, both authored by Colonel Wilfrid Malleson (referred to as Division of the Chief of the Staff in the first report, and Assistant Quarter Master General for Intelligence in the second), and both issued by the Division of the Chief of the Staff in 1909.The first report is entitled Statistics regarding the Masqat [Muscat] Arms Traffic (Revised.)(ff 4-16), and contains several appendices and fold-out tables giving details of: caravan routes along which arms trafficking is carried out on the Makran coast; total values of arms and ammunition imported into Muscat and other Persian Gulf ports; importers and (European) exports of arms.The second report is entitled Special Reports on the Masqat Arms Traffic, Season 1908-09(ff 17-60), and comprises a number of reports on the arms trade through Muscat, submitted by ‘secret agents’, and a map illustrating the arms traffic from Muscat to Persia, Baluchistan and Afghanistan (f 59). The report also includes two appendices, lettered G and H. Appendix G is a letter (in French) dated 28 October 1907, from M Pick to Messieurs Malcom and Company of Muscate [Muscat]. Appendix H comprises lists (in French) of arms for sale, with prices given in French francs.The voluime includes a map illustrating the Muscat arms traffic, dated 1909, indicating routes taken by the Muscat arms trade from the Persian (Makran) coast and inland, into Persia, Baluchistan and Afghanistan (f 59).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 62; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: this part also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
8. ‘Bussorah. Report by Mr Taylor the Honble. Company’s Agent at Bussorah upon the trade of that place.’
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- Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, minutes, and consultations cited in, or enclosed with, a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, 19 July 1853. The enclosures are dated 1 February 1853-9 July 1853.The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Colonel Henry Creswicke Rawlinson, Political Agent in Turkish Arabia [Ottoman Iraq]; and John George Taylor, the Company’s Agent and HM Vice Consul at Busreh [Basra, also rendered as Bussorah in the item].The item concerns a report on the trade of Busreh produced by Taylor. A copy of the report, which covers a period from 1 September 1851 to 31 August 1852, is included (ff 184-208). The report contains a number of tables providing: details of the value and types of imports and exports, as well as their origins and destinations; details of the prices of various goods in local markets; and the income and expenditure of the Busreh government.The item contains a table of contents (f 182), and the title page (f 181) contains the following references: Draft Number ‘358 - 1854’, ‘Collection No. 6 of No. 75 of 1853’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’. The collection number was originally given as ‘1’ but this has been crossed out and replaced with ‘6’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 181 and terminates at f 211, 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.
9. ‘Persian Gulf Relative to the movements of the Wahabee Commander Abdulla bin Fysul.~’
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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 second in a series of thirteen items about the Persian Gulf.The item contains a report, dated 29 December 1853, from the Agent at Shargah [Sharjah] to Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf. The Agent's report includes mention of:The recent departure of Abdullah bin Fysul [‘Abdullāh bin Fayṣal], Wahabee [Wahhābī] commander, from Brymee [Buraymi] for Nedjd [Najd]Lieutenant Ahmed bin Mahomed ul Sudeyree [Aḥmad bin Muḥammad al-Sudayrī] assuming charge from Abdullah bin Fysul and sending letters to: Sheikh Sultan bin Suggur [Shaikh Sulṭān I bin Ṣaqr al-Qāsimī]; Humaid bin Rashid [Shaikh Ḥumayd bin Rāshid al-Na‘īmī]; Abdullah bin Sultan [Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Sulṭān]; and Saeed bin Butye [Shaikh Sa‘īd bin Buṭṭī]The recent dispute between the Monasir [Manāṣīr] tribe on one side, and the Beni Kuttub [Banī Qitab] and Durua [al-Durūʿ] tribes on the other.Kemball forwards the report, along with his own comments, to the Government of Bombay, who in turn forward it to the Government of India and the Court of Directors.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: 2' and 'Examiner's Office'. Originally, the Collection number was given as '2' 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 259, and terminates at f 264, 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. ‘Persian Gulf’
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- Abstract: The item consists of seven letters from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors. The letters refer to general updates from the Persian Gulf and surrounding regions between August 1852 and February 1853. It is the first in a series of sixteen items on events in the Gulf.The first letter is dated 31 August 1852 and is present at folio 1082. Enclosures can be found at IOR/F/4/2504/142186.The second letter is dated 2 October 1852 and is present at folio 1083. Enclosures can be found at IOR/F/4/2504/142187.The third letter is dated 3 November 1852 and is present at folio 1084. Enclosures can be found at IOR/F/4/2504/142188.The fourth letter is dated 3 November 1852 and is present at folio 1085. Enclosures can be found at IOR/F/4/2504/142189.The fifth letter is dated 3 December 1852 and is present at folios 1086-1087. Enclosures can be found at:IOR/F/4/2504/142190IOR/F/4/2504/142191IOR/F/4/2504/142192IOR/F/4/2504/142193.The sixth letter is dated 13 January 1853 and is present at folios 1088-1089. Enclosures can be found at:IOR/F/4/2504/142194IOR/F/4/2504/142195IOR/F/4/2504/142196IOR/F/4/2504/142197IOR/F/4/2504/142198IOR/F/4/2504/142199IOR/F/4/2504/142200.The seventh letter is dated 11 February 1853 and is present at folio 1090.The sixth letter contains a short quotation from a letter, dated 21 January 1852, from the Court of Directors to the Government of Bombay.The title page of the item contains the following references: 'Bombay Political Department', 'Draft No. 350 of 1853', 'Collection N 1 (In 16 Volumes) & 3 Supplementary Vols:', 'Vol: 1', and 'Examiner's Office'.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 1080, and terminates at f 1090, 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.
11. ‘Persian Gulf. Despatches to Her Majesty’s Minister at Tehran from the Resident in the.-’
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- 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, 16 June 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 sixth in a series of fifty-nine items on events in the Persian Gulf.The item relates to updates provided by Lieutenant Arnold Burrows Kemball, Assistant Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Lieutenant-Colonel Justin Sheil, HM Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Persia [Iran]. The topics mentioned include:The arrival of Samud Agha Sirchung [Ṣamad Āghā Sarhang] at Kazeroon [Kazerun] and his demands against the chiefs of Bashtistan [Dashtestan]The arrival of Bankir Khan [Bāqir Khān Tangistānī], the Tungistoon [Tangestan] Chief, at Bushire [Bushehr] to assist Sheikh Nassir [Shaikh Nāṣir] in his dispute with the merchants of that portThe desertion of the town of Gonava [Bandar-e Genaveh] due to the combined threat of attack from Meerza Ahmed Khan [Mīrzā Aḥmad Khān Bihbahānī], son of the Governor of Bebahan [Behbahan], and Kaid Mahomed Hyder Shoolee [Kayīd Muḥammad Ḥaydar Shulī].The title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Bombay Political Department’, ‘Draft No. 345/48’, ‘Collection No. 2 of No. 78, Vol: 6.’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 260, and terminates at f 266, 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.
12. ‘Persian Gulf. State of Affairs in the Arabian and Persian Coasts-’
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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 January 1848. 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-sixth in a series of fifty-nine items on events in the Persian Gulf.The item relates to news from the Arabian and Persian [Iranian] coasts of the Gulf, as reported to the Government of Bombay by Major Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf. In particular, Hennell mentions:The relations between rulers of: Rasel Khymah [Ra’s al Khaymah]; Debaye [Dubai]; Aboothabee [Abu Dhabi]; Amulgavine [Umm al-Qaywayn]; and Bahrein [Bahrain]The consequences of the hostility between the sons of the late Beniyas chief, Khuleefa ben Shackboot [Shaikh Khalīfah bin Shakhbūṭ Āl Nahyān, Ruler of the Banī Yās], and Sheik Saeed bin Tahnoon of Aboothabee [Shaikh Sa‘īd bin Ṭaḥnūn Āl Nahyān, Ruler of Abu Dhabi]The ‘disturbed’ state of the southern coast of Persia due to the feud between the people of Charrack [Bandar-e Charak] and Mogoo [Moghuyeh]The hostility between the former ruler of Bahrein, Sheik Abdoollah ben Ahmed [Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Aḥmad Āl Khalīfah], and his ally, Sheik Esai bin Tareef of Bidda [Shaikh ‘Īsá bin Ṭarīf, Ruler of al-Bid], on one side and the current ruler of Bahrein, Sheik Mahomed ben Khuleefa [Shaikh Muḥammad bin Khalīfah Āl Khalīfah], on the other sideThe intervention of Captain William Lowe, Commanding [Naval Squadron] in the Persian Gulf, in the dispute between the former and current rulers of Bahrein and Hennell’s suggested course of action in this matterThe dispute between Sheik Sultan bin Suggur [Shaikh Sulṭān I bin Ṣaqr al-Qāsimī] and his sons Ibrahim [Ibrāhīm] and Abdullah [‘Abdullāh] following their attempt on Shargah [Sharjah].To a lesser extent, the item's contents also mention:The actions taken by Ul Ajajee, Wahabee agent at Brymee [Muḥammad bin Sayf al-‘Ajjājī, Wahhābī agent at Al Buraymi], following the expulsion of Kheilela [Khalīlī?] and the Mootawah [Muṭawwa‘] from Sohar [Suhar]An act of ‘atrocity’ committed by six Bedouins of Brymee against a vessel from ShargahBrief details on the recent tour of the Gulf undertaken by Lowe, including: shipwrecks; the seizure of a ship carrying enslaved people; and his communications with sheiks [shaikhs] at the ports he visited during his tour.Correspondents include: Hennell; Lowe; Sheik Mahomed ben Khuleefa; Sultan bin Selamah [Sulṭān bin Salāmah]; Sheik Esai bin Tareef; and the Government of Bombay.The item contains multiple spellings for individuals and places.The title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Bombay Political Department’, ‘Draft No. 345/48, Coll: 2, Vol: 46’, ‘Collection No. 2 of No. 21’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 513, and terminates at f 537, 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.