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, 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-fourth in a series of fifty-nine items on events in the Persian Gulf.The item relates to the recent declaration by Sheik Saed ben Guzeeb, Sheik of Lingah [Shaikh Sa‘īd bin Qaḍīb, Shaikh of Bandar-e Lengeh], that all vessels from his port which travel to India should be treated as Persian [Iranian] and therefore granted the benefits given to Persian subjects under the current treaties existing between Great Britain and Persia. He states that all vessels from his port will be given a register with his seal as proof of identity.The item contains the Government of Bombay’s response to this news and their subsequent instructions to Major Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, and to the Collector of Customs.The item also contains a copy of the rukum supplied by the Governor of Shiraz to Sheik Saed, dated April 1847, confirming that he should be granted the same privileges as a Persian subject (folios 437-438).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 435, and terminates at f 439, 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 and consultations cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors. These political letters appear in IOR/F/4/2550/149197. It is the third in a series of sixteen items on the Persian Gulf. The correspondents are the Government of Bombay and Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf.The item concerns the settlement of the claim made by Sheik Saeed ben Guzeel the Governor of Lingah [Shaikh Sa‘īd bin Qaḍīb, Shaikh of Bander-e Lengeh] against the bugla [baghlah]
Mahmoodee[
Maḥmūdī] as a result of the death of one of his dependents at the hands of the ship’s crew, while at the port of Nukheeloo [Bandar-e Nakhilu]. Kemball reports that Hajee Mahomed Bakir [Ḥājjī Muḥammad Bāqir], the nakhoda [nakhuda] of the
Mahmoodee, has made a payment to settle the case.The item contains a table of contents (f 459), and the title page (f 458) contains the following references: Draft N[umber] 358 - 1854’, ‘Collection No. 10 of No. 84 of 1853. Vol. 3’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 458 and terminates at f 461, 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 resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, extracts of a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, 16 February 1856. A copy of this letter can be found at IOR/F/4/2641/169196, alongside details of further enclosures. The item is the eighth in a series of twelve items on events in the Persian Gulf.The item contains a letter from Commander Felix Jones, Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf, to the Government of Bombay, dated 31 December 1855. He reports that he has now received the money paid by the Sheikh of Lingah [Shaikh of Bandar-e Lengeh], who was fined for the attacks committed at the pearl banks by the Boo Soomait [Būsmayṭ] tribe.The item also contains a letter to the Government of Bombay from the Government of India, dated 11 January 1856, approving of the actions taken by Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to prevent the conflict at the pearl banks.The Government of Bombay's responses are included in the item.The title page of the item contains the following references: 'Bombay Political Department', Draft Number '633 [18]56', 'Collection No. 1 of No. 16 of 1856.', 'Vol: 8', and 'Examiner's Office'. Originally, the Collection number was given as '4' 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 548, and terminates at f 551, 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 which form enclosures to a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, dated 3 August 1846. A copy of this letter can be found at IOR/F/4/2157/103838.The item relates to a report by Heskeal bin Yusoof [Ḥizqīl bin Yūsuf], Native Agent at Muscat, that an enslaved man named Yusoof [Yūsuf] from Hyderabad had fled from Shaik Said bin Guzeeb, Chief of Linga [Shaikh Sa‘īd bin Qaḍīb, Shaikh of Bandar-e Lengeh]. Heskeal bin Yusoof’s report provides details of Yusoof’s backstory and how they came to meet.The item also contains correspondence from the Government of Bombay and Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, which confirms that, as a ‘native of India’, Yusoof should not be enslaved and is free to travel wherever he wishes as a free man. Hennell confirms that he has written a letter of remonstrance to Shaik Said bin Guzeeb.The title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Bombay Political Department’, ‘P.C. [Previous Communication] 5410, Draft 786/46’, ‘Vol: 11’, ‘Collection N. 10 of N. 99’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’. The ‘N. 10’ has been crossed out with different ink.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 896, and terminates at f 903, 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.