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; Major Samuel Hennell, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; and Moollah Houssein, [Mullā Ḥusayn], British Agent at Shargah [Sharjah]. It is the twenty-second in a series of fifty-one items on the Persian Gulf.This item concerns:A report that the fort of Brymee [Al Buraymi] has surrendered to the Chief of Sohar [Sayyid Syf bin Hamūd Āl Bū Sa‘īd, Chief of Suhar] and the Sheik of Aboothabee [Shaikh Sa‘īd bin Ṭaḥnūn Āl Nahyān of Abu Dhabi] and that the defenders were permitted to reach the sea coast with their armsThe postponement of reinforcements arriving at Brymee from Nedgd [Najd]The reaction of the shaikhs of the Gulf to the fall of Brymee.The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Collection No 1 of No 169’, ‘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 506, and terminates at f 519, 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. These political letters appear in IOR/F/4/2203/108134. The correspondents are the Government of Bombay and Major Samuel Hennell, British Political Resident in the Persian Gulf. It is the twenty-eighth in a series of thirty items.The item concerns the siege of the fort of Guadel [Gwadar] by Fukeer bin Mahomed [Faqīr bin Muḥammad], Chief of Katish [Kech], and the intervention of the Muscat authorities.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 793, and terminates at f 796 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; Major Samuel Hennell, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; the British Agent at Shiraz [Mīrzā Muḥammad]; and Mollah Houssin [Mullā Ḥusayn], British Agent at Shargah [Sharjah]. It is the nineteenth in a series of fifty-one items on the Persian Gulf.This item concerns:An attack on a fishing boat from Bahrein [Bahrain] and a ghooncha [ghanja] from Koweit [Kuwait] by some men from the Howajer [al-Hawājir] tribe and the group’s capture by Shaik Alli bin Khuleefa [Shaikh ‘Alī bin Khalīfah Āl Khalīfah]The reconciliation of the Governor of Fars, Houssein Khan [Muḥammad Ḥusayn Khān Muqaddam Marāgha’i] with the Eel Begee [I̅l-Begī, deputy to the leader of the Bakhtīyarī tribe]The siege of Brymee [Al Buraymi] by Saeed ben Tahnoon [Shaikh Sa‘īd bin Ṭaḥnūn Āl Nahyān of Abu Dhabi]Plans by Sheik Sultan ben Suggur [Shaikh Sulṭān I bin Ṣaqr al-Qāsimī of Ra’s al-Khaymah] and Sheik Mukhtoom [Shaikh Maktūm I bin Buṭṭī Āl Bū Falāsah of Dubai] to relieve Brymee, which were not executedReinforcements sent to Brymee by Ameer Fysul bin Turkee [Amīr Fayṣal bin Turkī bin ‘Abdullāh Āl Sa‘ūd].The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Collection No 2 of No 144’, ‘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 480, and terminates at f 493, 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: Translation of a letter from Abbas Meerza [Crown Prince of Persia, ʿAbbās Mīrzā Qājār] to his Vizier, the Kaim Makaum [Mīrzā Abū al-Qāsim Farāhānī, Qāʾim-Maqām]. The letter concerns the ongoing war between Persia [Iran] and Russia in the Caucasus [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828]. Abbas Meerza details an attack by himself and his forces against Russian forces, during which Persian troops from Irak [Arak] deserted and began to ‘plunder and devastate the country’. He describes their conduct and complains that their behaviour is detrimental to his ability to fight Russia.The letter includes an extract of a letter from the commandant of the fortress of Abbas-Abad [ʿAbbasabad], Mahomed Ameen Khan [Muḥammad Amīn Khān Qājār Davallū], to Ibrahim Khan [Ibrāhīm Khān], detailing the Russian siege of Abbas-Abad.This document was originally enclosed, numbered 5, in the letter of the East India Company Envoy to Persia, Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, to the Secret Committee of the East India Company of 10 July 1827 (IOR/L/PS/9/71/21).Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
Abstract: Translation of a letter from Hussan Khan Sirdar [Ḥasan Qulī Khān Qājār] to Abbas Meerza [Crown Prince of Persia, ʿAbbās Mīrzā Qājār], of 23 Shawal [Shawwāl, 1242 AH] [20 May 1827]. The letter concerns the ongoing war between Persia [Iran] and Russia [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828]. Hussan Khan Sirdar gives details of the Russian siege of Erivan [Yerevan], including the bombardment of the city and the conditions faced by the population. He also details the delay to the progress of a courier sent by Abbas Meerza caused by Russian troop movements in the area surrounding Erivan.This document was originally enclosed, numbered 3 in dispatch No. 49, in the letter of the East India Company Envoy to Persia, Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, to the Secret Committee of the East India Company of 22 June 1827 (IOR/L/PS/9/71/1).Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
Abstract: This bundle consists of summaries, and partial transcripts, of secret letters received from HM Consul at Tehran, Richard W Stevens (24 September, 2, 8, 13, 14, 15, and 18 October 1856, Numbers 64-66, 68-69, 71-73, and 75).The subject matter includes the size and composition of the Persian Army besieging Herat, the tactics of the besieging and besieged forces at Herat, an alleged plot by Sheeah [Shia] residents to open the gates of Herat and reprisals by Eesa Khan [Isa Khan Bardorani, Minister-Regent of Herat], the transfer of Mahomed Yoosoof [Mohammad Yusuf Khan] as prisoner to Tehran, the reaction of the Persian Court to rumours of British activity in the Persian Gulf, and a Turkish demand for the destruction of Persian fortifications near Mahumrah [Mohammerah].Physical description: 1 item (6 folios)
Abstract: Memorandum of the siege of Erivan [Yerevan] by Russian troops under the command of General Peskowitch [General Ivan Fyodorovich Paskevich-Erivansky, Governor-General of Georgia] from 5 October 1827 to 13 October 1827, by Lieutenant-Colonel William Monteith of the Madras Engineers, in Tabreez [Tabriz], dated 17 December 1827. This document was supplied to the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, by Monteith, with information procured by him from Russian officers (see IOR/L/PS/9/71/145). The memorandum gives an account of the siege and capture of Erivan, and includes details of the composition of General Peskowitch’s forces and the casualties suffered by the Persians. Monteith also reflects on the impact of the siege on the war between Russia and Persia [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828], arguing that the fall of Erivan allowed Russian troops to seize Tabreez and Khoey [Khoy] and provided Russia with captured provisions with which to continue their offensive against Persia.This document was originally enclosed, numbered 2, in Macdonald Kinneir’s dispatch No. 28 to the Secret Committee of the East India Company of 17 December 1827 (IOR/L/PS/9/71/145).Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, consultations, reports, 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 and Heskeal bin Yusoof [Ḥizqīl bin Yūsuf], Acting British Agent at Muscat. It is the twenty-first in a series of thirty items.The item concerns an attack on Juwazir [Demi Zirr] by Fakeer bin Mahomed [Faqīr bin Muḥammad], Chief of Kuteesh [Kech] because Syud Thooenee [Sayyid Thuwaynī bin Sa‘īd Āl Bū Sa‘īd], Governor of Muscat, had not paid the customary sum to the people of Juwazir to allow them to pay bin Mahomed.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 49’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 750, and terminates at f 755 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: Map detailing the Russian siege of the fortress of Erivan [Yerevan] between 5 October 1827 and 13 October 1827 during the war between Persia [Iran] and Russia [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828], drawn up by Lieutenant-Colonel William Monteith. The map is based upon information procured by Monteith from Russian officers (see IOR/L/PS/9/71/145). The map illustrates the fortress of Erivan and the surrounding environs, indicating the sites of the bazaar, gardens, houses and vineyards of the city of Erivan, and the locations of the Russian artillery batteries and trench systems utilised during the siege. The map also shows the landscape surrounding Erivan, including hydrography and hachuring to represent the gorge of the River Zengue [River Hrazdan] and the surrounding hills. Included is a diagram of the profile of the wall of the fortress of Erivan.This document was originally enclosed, numbered 1, in dispatch No. 28 of the East India Company Envoy to Persia, Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, to the Secret Committee of the East India Company of 17 December 1827 (IOR/L/PS/9/71/145).Physical description: Manuscript: coloured ink on paperDimensions: 595 x 425mm, on sheet 630 x 458mm
Abstract: Letter from the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, at the Royal Camp on the borders of the Lake of Shahee [Lake Urmia], to the Secret Committee of the East India Company, of 10 July 1827, which was received from the Foreign Office on 18 September 1827. The letter concerns the ongoing war between Russia and Persia [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828], detailing the failure of the Russian siege of Erivan [Yerevan], and the subsequent movement of Russian troops, commanded by General Paskevitch [General Ivan Fyodorovich Paskevich-Erivansky], to Nukshirvan [Nakhchivan]. The letter also reports: the onset of disease in the Russian army; the arrest of General Benkendoff [General Konstantin Khristoforovich Benkendorf] for his conduct in battle against the Persians (see IOR/L/PS/9/71/11); and the presence of the Archbishop of Tiflis [Tbilisi] in General Paskevitch’s camp, through whom Paskevitch is purportedly corresponding with the ‘principle Armenians’ in Persia and the adjacent provinces of the Ottoman Empire.The letter originally enclosed copies of the following documents:Macdonald Kinneir’s dispatches Nos. 53 and 54 to the Chief Secretary to the Government of India, George Swinton (now catalogued as IOR/L/PS/9/71/22-23)Correspondence between General Paskevitch and Macdonald Kinneir (now catalogued as IOR/L/PS/9/71/24 and 27)A letter from General Paskevitch to Abbas Meerza [Crown Prince of Persia, ʿAbbās Mīrzā Qājār] (IOR/L/PS/9/71/25)A letter from Abbas Meerza to his Vizier (IOR/L/PS/9/71/26).Physical description: 1 item (4 folios)
Abstract: Copy of dispatch No. 48 from the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, in Tabreez [Tabriz], to the Chief Secretary to the Supreme Government of India, George Swinton, of 13 May 1827. The letter originally enclosed copies of correspondence from the Sirdar of Erivan [Sardar of Iravan or Yerevan, Ḥusayn Qulī Khan Qājār] to Abbas Meerza [Crown Prince of Persia, ʿAbbās Mīrzā Qājār] concerning the Russian siege at Erivan (now catalogued as IOR/L/PS/9/70/229-230). Macdonald Kinneir indicates that he has reason to believe the veracity of the details reported in the enclosed documents, and reports on the progress of the Russian siege, indicating that Russia is seeking to capture Erivan as quickly as possible and suggesting that Erivan will soon fall.This document was originally enclosed in Macdonald Kinneir’s letter to the Secret Committee of the East India Company of 14 May 1827 (IOR/L/PS/9/70/227).Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
Abstract: Copy of dispatch No. 49 from the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, in Tabreez [Tabriz], to the Chief Secretary to the Government of India, George Swinton, of 1 June 1827. The letter originally enclosed papers concerning the ongoing war between Russia and Persia in the Caucasus [Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828] and other matters (now catalogued as IOR/L/PS/9/71/3-10). This letter concerns the ongoing war, detailing the Russian siege of Erivan [Yerevan], giving an account of a battle between Russian and Persian forces, and reporting on the movements of the army of the Shah of Persia [Fatḥ-‘Alī Shāh Qājār]. The letter also covers: military events in Dagistan [Dagestan]; the disgrace of the former Vizier to the Prince-Governor of Fars, Mahomed Zekee Khan [Muḥammad Zakī Khān], resulting from a dispute with British officials over the imprisonment of Sheikh Abdool Russool of Bushire [Shaikh of Bushehr, Shaikh ʿAbd al-Rasūl Khān]; and an incident in which an individual bearing letters from the Government of India to Macdonald Kinneir was ‘plundered’ by ‘banditti’. A postscript also details the capture of communications between Russian generals (catalogued as IOR/L/PS/9/71/9-10).This document was originally enclosed in Macdonald Kinneir’s letter to the Secret Committee of the East India Company of 22 June 1827 (IOR/L/PS/9/71/1).Physical description: 1 item (4 folios)