Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence and consultations cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. The correspondent is Major Samuel Hennell, British Resident in the Persian Gulf. It is the sixth in a series of eleven items.The item concerns the death of Esai ben Tareef [Shaikh ‘Īsá bin Ḥamad bin Ṭarīf Āl Bin ‘Alī al-‘Utbī, Shaikh of al-Bid’].The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft no 689/48’, ‘Col[lection]: 17’, ‘Collection No 6 of No 45’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 269, and terminates at f 271 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, consultations, minutes, and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai]. The main correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; the Government of India; Heskeal bin Yusoof [Hizqial bin Yusuf], Acting Native Agent at Muscat; Henry Glass, Collector of Customs at Bombay. It is the fourth in a series of four items concerning the Persian Gulf (the others are IOR/F/4/2100/98232, 98233, and 98234).The item concerns:The complaints of Shaik Khuleefa bin Shakboot [Shaikh Khalifah bin Shakhbut Al Nahyan, Shaikh of Abu Dhabi] that one of his boats and its cargo was seized by the Governor of the Chaab [Banu Ka'b]The conduct of vessels carrying British colours and passes leaving Bushire [Bushehr], including new rules for these vesselsThe payment of a pension to the son of the late Native Agent at Shiraz, Mirza Juwad [Jawad]Reports of the movements, visitors, and correspondence of Syed Thooweene [Sayyid Thuwaini bin Sa’id Al Bu Sa’id] at MuscatThe movements of the people of the Nejd, and disputes between the Bunijaburs [Beni Jabir] and Munwuliks [al-Mawalik].The item includes a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft 683, P.C. [Previous Communication] 4878, [Season 18]45’, ‘Vol: 4’, ‘Collection No 9 of No 32’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 385 and terminates at f 404, 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: This item consists of copies of correspondence, consultations, resolutions, and minutes, cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. The correspondent is Major Samuel Hennell, British Resident in the Persian Gulf. It is the ninth in a series of eleven items.The item concerns the grant of registers to vessels belonging to Persian subjects residing in Bombay, in accordance with the Bombay Coasting Vessels Act, 1838.The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft no 689/48’, ‘Col[lection]: 17’, ‘Collection No 9 of No 45’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 288, and terminates at f 291 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, notifications, and consultations cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; Lieutenant-Colonel Justin Sheil, Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Tehran; John George Taylor, Acting Agent, Basra; and Richard Spooner, Collector of Customs, Bombay. It is the first in a series of four volumes about the trade in enslaved people.The item concerns reports that enslaved people are being imported into the Gulf, including to Mohemerah [Khorramshahr] in trading vessels from India, and the commanders of these vessels evade detection by not showing their papers to the British officials in the Gulf ports. The item contains a supplement to the
Bombay Gazette, which prints a notification reminding commanders to show their papers.The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft No 217-1853’ and ‘Collection Vol: 1 of No. 77’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 259, and terminates at f 279, 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/4/2550/149197. It is the ninth in a series of sixteen items on the Persian Gulf.The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Henry Bartle Edward Frere, Commissioner in Sind [Sindh]; John MacLeod, Deputy Collector of Customs, Kurrachee [Karachi]; and Richard Spooner, Acting Collector of Customs, Bombay [Mumbai].The item concerns a report of vessels arriving in Kurrachee from Arabian and Persian ports without the required documentation. This leads to a wider discussion about the existing regulations for ‘native vessels’ trading between the Persian Gulf and the western coast of British India, and the need to better enforce these. Reference is made to Article V of the General Treaty with the Arab Tribes of the Persian Gulf of 1820, and to a notification published by the Government of Bombay on 2 January 1835, both of which are reproduced on f 553.Apart from the two reproductions mentioned above, the material in this file is dated 1852-1853.The item contains a table of contents (f 550), and the title page (f 549) contains the following references: Draft Number ‘358 - 1854’, ‘Collection No. 10 of No. 84 of 1853. Vol. 9’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’. The collection number was originally given as ‘7’ but this has been crossed out and replaced with ‘10’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 549 and terminates at f 556, 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, resolutions, 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 main correspondents are the Government of Bombay and Augustus Le Messurier, Advocate General at Bombay. It is the tenth in a series of fifty-one items on the Persian Gulf.The item concerns the validity of British registers granted to vessels built in British India and the right of such vessels to the protection of the British consular agents in foreign ports.The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Collection No 9 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 396, and terminates at f 405, 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, consultations, resolutions, and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. These political letters appear in IOR/F/4/2203/108134. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Major Samuel Hennell, British Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; and H Young, Collector of Customs at Bombay. It is the thirtieth in a series of thirty items.The item concerns the bugla [baghlah]
Moosooree, which left Bushire [Bushehr] without obtaining a port clearance from Hennell, and the measures taken in Bombay to enforce a penalty on the ship.The item contains a contents page, and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft 700/47, Collection No 18 of No 69’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 806, and terminates at f 812 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, consultations, and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Major Samuel Hennell, British Resident in the Persian Gulf; and Sheikh Saeed bin Tahnoon, Chief of Aboothabee [Shaikh Sa‘īd bin Ṭaḥnūn Āl Nahyān, Shaikh of Abu Dhabi]. It is the fifth in a series of eleven items.The item concerns Sheikh Saeed’s claim to be a dependent of the Imaum [Imam] of Muscat [Sayyid Sa‘īd bin Sulṭān Āl Bū Sa‘īd], and Hennell’s opinion that this is because of the requirement for ships to carry authenticated registers when arriving at British ports.The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft no 689/48’, ‘Col[lection]: 17’, ‘Collection No 5 of No 45’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 265, and terminates at f 268 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 Captain Atkins Hamerton, British Consul and Agent in the Dominions of the Imam of Muscat. It is the seventh in a series of fifty-one items on the Persian Gulf.The item concerns a ruling by the Imam of Muscat [Sayyid Sa‘īd bin Sulṭān Āl Bū Sa‘īd] that all vessels belonging to his subjects sailing from any of his ports are to carry passes signed by Hamerton. These passes can be obtained at Muscat or Zanzibar.The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Collection No 6 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 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 file comprises correspondence relating to the distribution of notices concerning shipping regulations at Bahrain and along the Trucial Coast. Correspondence dated 1935 (ff 2-8) relates to a notice, issued by the Deputy Conservator of the Bombay Port Trust, dated 12 June 1935, announcing the exemption of compulsory pilotage for sailing vessels under 350 net registered tonnage, including the translation of the notice into Arabic, and its distribution on the Trucial Coast by the Residency Agent at Sharjah. Also included in the file is a Government of Bahrain notice, dated 26 June 1938, announcing changes in rates paid (referred to as
Kanchiaand
Hamali) on the landing of cargo at Bahrain (f 9).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 12; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-9; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.
Abstract: The file chiefly comprises letters received by the Political Agency from Gray, Mackenzie and Company, enclosing articles from vessels at Bahrain, for endorsement by the Agency. Most of the letters have dated handwritten notes, usually made by the Assistant Political Agent (A.P.A.), confirming that the endorsements had been signed. The file also contains a single letter from the Political Agent at Bahrain, to Gray, Mackenzie and Company, dated 25 March 1950, noting that articles received from the SS
City of Chelmsfordwere deposited at the Agency forty-eight hours after the vessel’s arrival at port, in contravention of Section 257(1) of the Shipping Act (quoted in the Agent’s letter, f 4).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 35; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: The file contains correspondence concerning Italian shipping in the Persian Gulf and individuals representing Italian interests. Topics covered include:British concerns about an American archaeologist, Count Prorok, a naturalised American subject (ff 18-72). Suspicions were harboured that he was working for the Californian Arabian Standard Oil Company. The Sultan of Muscat refused to issue him a visa to travel into the interior of Oman.also discussed are the activities of an Italian, Tullio Pastori, recruiting labourers for Eritrea (ff 76-78).visit by the Italian warship,
Eritrea, to the Gulf.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover, and terminates at the inside back cover; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. Two additional foliation sequences are present in parallel between ff 2-87 and between ff 88-95 respectively; these numbers are also written in pencil, and can be found in the same position as the main sequence, but they are not circled.