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1. ‘Persian Mission. A supply of Tents for Her Majesty’s Mission at Tehran, forwarded via Bushire, at the requisition of Lieutenant Colonel Farrant, Her Majesty’s Charge d’Affaires-’
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- Abstract: The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence, minutes and resolutions, cited in, or enclosed with, an extract from a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, 23 June 1849.The item concerns the manufacturing and transportation of tents to be used by Her Majesty’s Mission in Persia [Iran]. The request for these tents was originally made in January 1846 by Lieutenant-Colonel Justin Sheil, HM Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Persia. The request is carried out between 1848 and 1849, with the tents being manufactured in Bombay and transported to Tehran via Bushire [Bushehr]. In particular, the item relates to:Details about the tents (number, design, fabric, dimensions, cost etc.) and how they should be packaged for transportThe tendering process at Bombay, including applications made by numerous manufacturersArrangements made for the transportation of the tents, including the difficulties arising from the combined weight of the finished productsA request that Major Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, inspects the tents on their arrival at Bushire, as payment by HM Government will only be made if the tents arrive at Tehran in good condition.A report of the committee charged with inspecting the finished products in Bombay can be found at folio 545.Principal correspondents include: Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Farrant, HM Chargé d’Affaires at Tehran; the Military Board, Bombay; Major David Davidson, Commissary General of the Army; Captain Elgate Whichelo, Deputy Commissary General; Commodore Stephen Lushington, Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Navy; and the Government of Bombay.The title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Bombay Political Department’, ‘Draft No. 714/49’, ‘Collection No. 16 of No. 56’, and ‘Examiner’s Office’. The collection number was originally ‘28’, but this has been crossed out and replaced with ‘16’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 522, and terminates at f 552, 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.
2. ‘Persian Gulf and Aden. Claim of the owner of the Bugla “Futhool Kheir” to the balance of freight due to him for the conveyance of Government stores to Aden.’
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- 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/4/2416/130506. It is the thirteenth in a series of twenty-eight items on the Persian Gulf.The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf; Major David Davidson, Commissary General of the Army, Bombay; Captain Elgate Whichelo, Deputy Commissary General, Bombay; Captain George James Duncan Milne, Sub-Assistant Commissary General at Aden; Captain Stafford Bettesworth Haines, Political Agent at Aden; and Khojah Heskael [Khawājah Ḥizqīl bin Yūsuf], Native Agent at Muscat.The item concerns a claim made by Mahomed bin Salim [Muḥammad bin Sālim], the owner of the vessel Futeh-ool Kheir[ Fatḥ al-Khayr. Multiple spellings for this name are present in the item]. Mahomed bin Salim’s claim is for the balance of freight due to him for the conveyance of Government stores to Aden, and the amount of expenses incurred by him in landing the stores at Muscat, where he was detained for several months due to the weather conditions. The Government of Bombay makes enquiries into the details of the voyage made by the Futeh-ool Kheirand of the cargo it transported. The item contains letters and reports submitted by the Government of Bombay Military Board, the Army Commissariat Department at Bombay, the Native Agent at Muscat, and British officials at Aden.The item contains a table of contents (ff 554-556), and the title page (f 553) contains the following references: ‘Dft. No. 424 of 1851’, Collection No. 1, Vol. 13’, and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 553 and terminates at f 584, 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.
3. 'No. 1. Convention concernant les Chemins de fer en Turquie d'Asie.'
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- Abstract: This item consists of an agreement drawn up by the Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (Ibrahim Hakki Pasha) and A P (on behalf of the King), to avoid future disputes regarding the transportation of goods by railway in Asiatic Turkey.The main body of the document is in French.Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
4. Ext 5440/41 'Supply of foodstuffs to Persia'
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- Abstract: This file consists of correspondence between the War Office, Secretary of State of India, Government of India, HM Ambassador to Iran, and the Political Resident of the Persian Gulf regarding the distribution of military and civil supplies to Persia. Topics discussed include:Using foodstuff provision as strategy to gain support for possible military measures.Reports on stocks in Persia.Wheat shortage in Bushire.Establishing United Kingdom Commercial Corporation (U.K.C.C.) as single authority to oversee Persian imports of wheat, sugar, rice, tires and tubes for motor vehicles.Commodity-specific quota restrictions for spices, hides, and tanning materials.The importance of food supply in British future position in Persia.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 31; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
5. PZ 1906/1940 'Persian Gulf: shipment of Political Residents' personal stores'
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- Abstract: This file contains correspondence relating to the interception of mail sent by the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Geoffrey Prior. Details of the intercepted mail, regarding the shipment of his personal stores, are included in the file, alongside correspondence relating directly to the subject of the censorship of personal mail received by British officials. Some of the correspondence includes handwritten annotations.The main correspondents in the file are the Political Resident, Charles de Graz in the British Postal Censorship Department, Cecil Herbert Silver (Admin Officer for Political Intelligence) and Roland Tennyson Peel (Assistant Secretary for Political Department).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 11; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.