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/4/2504/142197; IOR/F/4/2504/142199; and IOR/F/4/2504/142200. The item is the fourteenth in a series of sixteen items about the Persian Gulf.The item contains a letter from Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to the Government of Bombay, regarding a complaint he has received from Sheik Saeed ben Guzeeb, Governor of Lingah [Shaikh Sa‘īd bin Qaḍīb, Shaikh of Bander-e Lengeh]. Following a dispute at Nukheeloo [Bandar-e Nakhilu] between sailors, which resulted in the death of one of his subjects, Sheik Saeed complains that the nakhodah [nakhuda] of the
Mahmoodee[
Maḥmūdī] has not yet taken responsibility for the actions of his crew, nor paid the 'blood-money' owed to the deceased's family.Kemball makes suggestions to the Government for rectifying the situation, including contacting the owner of the
Mahmoodee, Hajee Mahomed Bauker [Ḥājjī Muḥammad Bāqir], and potentially penalising the
Mahmoodeeusing penalties prescribed in a Government notification of 5 July 1852 (copy included at folios 1268-1273). Kemball also includes a copy of a testimonial document signed by Moollah Mahomed [Mullā Muḥammad], nakhodah of the
Sils[
Sayl], the crew of which was also involved in the dispute.The Government requests the opinion of Augustus Smith Le Messurier, Advocate-General, Bombay, on whether the notification can be applied, and responds to Kemball with the result.Kemball is also referred to as the Resident at Bushire [Bushehr].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: 14', and 'Examiner's Office'. Originally, the Collection number was given as '5' but this has been crossed out.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 1260, and terminates at f 1274, 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, political letters from the Government of Bombay. These political letters appear in IOR/F/4/2302/118727. The correspondents are the Government of Bombay and Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf. It is the fifth in a series of fifty-one items on the Persian Gulf.The item concerns the results an interview between Hennell and the Shaikh of Lingah [Bander-e Lengeh], Shaik Saad bin Guzeeb [Sa‘īd bin Qāzib], in which they discussed:A complaint by Shaik Saad about customs duty at Muscat being incorrectly applied to one of his shipsRelations between Lingah and Nabend [Damagheh-ye Nay Band]The proposed relocation of the al boo Soomut tribe [Āl Bū Ṣamad] from Lingah to Bahrein [Bahrain].The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Collection No 4 of No 129’, ‘Coll[ection]: 17’ and ‘Draft no 465 of 49’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 365, and terminates at f 370, 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.