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1. ‘Persian Merchants. Complaint – that impediments are thrown in their way, with reference to their commercial dealings in India and especially so, in Bombay. – ’
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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. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; the Government of India; Lieutenant-Colonel Justin Sheil, HM Ambassador to Tehran; and Archibald David Robertson, Deputy Collector of Customs, Bombay.The item concerns complaints by Persian [Iranian] merchants that they are asked to pay excessive import duties at Indian ports and that the importation or transhipment of opium is not allowed. The item contains a report from the Deputy Collector of Customs, giving a statement of Persian imports and customs duties paid between 1848 and 1850, and an explanation of the Treaty of Commerce in force.The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft No 626’, ‘1852’ and ‘Collection No 3 of No 51’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 268, and terminates at f 281, 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. Intelligence of the state of affairs at Tehran – Vol: 41’
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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/4/2302/118727. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Major Samuel Hennell, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; Alexander Hector, a British merchant; and Mirza Mahmood [Mīrzā Muḥammad], British Agent at Shiraz. It is the forty-first in a series of fifty-one items on the Persian Gulf.The item concerns:Intelligence about disorder in Shiraz and speculations about the instigatorsEvents at Tehran immediately following the death of Mahomed Shah [Muḥammad Qājār, Shāh of Persia [Iran]]A dispute between Alexander Hector and the port officials at Bushire [Bushehr] who refused to take charge of 5,000 muskets which he was importingSettlement about the amount payable by Sheik Houssein [Shaikh Ḥusayn] at Bushire due to him having delayed a boat and assaulted one of the ownersConcerns about cossids carrying British messages being seized between Shiraz and Isfahan.The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Collection No 3 of No 4’, ‘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 628, and terminates at f 644, 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. ‘Persian Gulf. Opposition offered by the Shaik of Mohumrah to the trade of British subjects with that Port – Vol: 40’
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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/4/2302/118727. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Major Samuel Hennell, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; and Major Henry Rawlinson, Political Agent in Turkish Arabia [Ottoman Iraq]. It is the fortieth in a series of fifty-one items on the Persian Gulf.The item concerns Rawlinson’s complaint against Hajee Jaabar, Shaik of Mohumrah [Shaikh Jābir bin Mirdāw al-Ka‘bī of Khorramshahr] that he has obstructed British trade at that port. Rawlinson has requested that some British vessels be sent to Mohumrah.The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Collection No 2 of No 4’, ‘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 622, and terminates at f 627, 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.
4. ‘Mocha. Acts of oppression on the part of the authorities at – towards the merchants trading under the British flag to that port.’
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- Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, minutes and consultations cited in, or enclosed with, letters from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai].The item concerns complaints of unfair treatment by British subjects trading in Mocha, and in particular the efforts of Stafford Bettesworth Haines, Commander of HMS Palinurus, to seek redress on behalf of these merchants. It includes:A petition from a group of Surat merchants complaining of additional fees being charged at Mocha, something they claim is at odds with an earlier agreementThe investigations of Haines into the duties being charged on goods traded by British subjects in MochaThe alleged interference of the Mocha authorities in the trade in certain goods, in particular coffee, to the detriment of British subjectsAccusations of damage caused to goods while being held in the Custom House in MochaThe correspondence of Haines with Ibrahim Pasha [Ibrahim Pasha Kavali], Commander in Chief of the Egyptian Army in Yemen, and Solyman Aga [Sulaymān Āghā], Governor [Dola] of Mocha, regarding the above complaintsThe representation made by Lieutenant Colonel Patrick Campbell, Consul General in Egypt, to Mehemit Ali [Muḥammad 'Alī Pāshā al-Mas'ūd bin Āghā], Viceroy of Egypt [Wali of Egypt and Sudan].As well as the above, correspondents include: Meeya Shaik Tyeb Ebrahimjee [Mīrzā Shaikh Ṭayyib Ibrāhīmjī], Native Agent at Mocha; Sir Charles Malcolm, Superintendent of the Indian Navy; Sir Robert Grant, Governor of Bombay; and John Pollard Willoughby, Secretary to Government, Bombay.The item contains a table of contents (ff 400r-401v), and the title page (f 399) contains the following references: ‘P C [Previous Communication] 2196, No. 7, Draft 573-1838, Collection No. 6 of No. 32’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 399 and terminates at f 425, 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.
5. ‘Unfriendly conduct of the Dola of Mocha towards the Surat Merchants’
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- Abstract: The item consists of extracts of Political Letters and Political Consultations from the Government of Bombay concerned with the action taken by the Resident at Mocha, Captain Bagnold, in response to a dispute between Surat merchants and the Dola [Governor] of Mocha. The dispute relates to outstanding accounts owed to the merchants for goods supplied to the Dola. Topics covered include:Instructions to the Resident at Mocha regarding the use of an East India Company cruiser with the order not to take action unless authorised by Henry Salt, Consul General at CairoThe Resident at Mocha’s and the Consul General at Cairo's differing views on how to settle the disputeThe Pacha [Pasha] of Egypt's offer to write to the Imaum of Senna [Imam of Ṣanʻā', Yemen] on behalf of the Company and the Pacha's general concerns regarding the weaknesses of the Imaum's governmentThe Resident at Mocha’s unauthorised action of requesting Captain Bremer to bring his squadron to Mocha and the Company’s concerns that this move may have caused the Pacha of Egypt and the Turkish Government to suspect that the Company is attempting to widen its influence in the Red SeaThe death of a Turkish soldier as a result of an affray between ‘some of the Factory’ at Mocha and a group of Turkish soldiers, and the Company’s wishes to stress that this incident was unconnected to the presence of the squadron at MochaThe successful settlement of the dispute due to the actions of the Resident at Mocha.The correspondence consists mainly of letters between the Resident at Mocha and William Newnham, Chief Secretary of the Government of Bombay. The other correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; the Court of Directors; the Agent at Surat; the Secretary of the Government of Bombay; the Secretary of the Supreme Government at Fort William; Syed Abdulla [Sayyid ‘Abdullāh, of Mocha]; Imaum H Mehdee [Al-Qasimi, Mahdi Abdullah, Imam of Yemen]; Henry Salt, Consul General at Cairo; Stratford Canning, Ambassador to Constantinople; Admiral William Hall Gage; Captain Bremer; Captain Robert Taylor, Political Agent at Bussora [Basra].The item also contains a table of contents noting the page number, date, author and recipient of each letter (f 195 recto) as well as a copy of the petition against the Dola of Mocha made by the Surat merchants (ff 203 recto – 206 verso).The bulk of the item dates from the years 1826 and 1827.The title page of the item contains the following references: 'P.C. 681, Draft 367, 1829/30', ‘Collection No. 9’ and 'Examiner's Office 1829'.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at 194, and terminates at 270, 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 file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
6. 'Complaints Preferred Against the Political Agent in Turkish Arabia by the Agent of Messrs Hector of Bagdad on Matters of Trade'
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- Abstract: This item comprises copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 21 of 1844, dated 29 February 1844. The enclosures are dated 8 December 1843-29 February 1844.The enclosures comprise an explanation by Lieutenant Colonel Robert Taylor, Political Agent in Turkish Arabia [Ottoman Iraq], as submitted to the Chief Secretary to the Government of Bombay and forwarded to the Government of India, with regard to the complaints made against him and the Bagdad [Baghdad] agency by British merchants Messrs Hector & Co, on matters of trade.Taylor defends the trading activities of the poorly paid native staff of the Agency and the firm Lynch & Co, which is the only competitor of Hector & Co in Bagdad. He also stresses that: he has no power to influence the 'proverbially slow' and 'often corrupt' processes of the local courts and public officials; the local inhabitants are understandably unhappy about European traders affecting their own profits and previous sources of gain; and that the Pacha [Pasha] of Bagdad is perfectly entitled to apply to any of the mercantile community for steam vessels or steam apparatus for his flotilla of ships to keep the peace in the seas.Physical description: There is an abstract of contents of the despatch, numbered 1-4, on folio 251. These numbers are repeated for reference on the verso of the last folio of each enclosure.
7. ‘Correspondence respecting the prohibition on the part of Ibrahim Pasha, of the sale of Coffee at Mocha to British Merchants’
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- Abstract: The item consists of copies and extracts of enclosures to political letters from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] to the East India Company Court of Directors. The item relates to:The prohibition on the part of Ibrahim Pasha [Ibrāhīm Pasha Kavali], Commander in Chief of the Egyptian army in Yemen, of the sale of coffee at Mocha to British merchants and efforts by Stafford Bettesworth Haines, Commander of the Company ship Palinurus, to reverse this orderGeneral concerns about the Egyptians’ growing monopoly of the trade at MochaA charge levied against Surat merchants at Mocha for 1300 dollars by order of the Pasha, contested by Haines on the basis that the charge was based on a one-off gift made years before by the Surat merchants and that this current charge contradicts the 1821 treaty agreed with the present Imaum of Sennar [Imam of Sana'a], the relevant article of which is cited at folio 393A report by John Croft Hawkins, Commander of the Company ship Clive, on the state of affairs of Egyptian and Turkish activity in Juddah [Jeddah] and the Hedjay [Hejaz].As well as the above, correspondents include: Charles Sloam, Acting Consul General of Egypt; Kurimbhaee Ibrahimjee [Karīmbhā'ī Ibrāhīmjī], Acting Native Agent at Mocha; and Sir Charles Malcolm, Superintendent of the Indian Navy.The title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Bombay Political Department’, ‘P.C. [Previous Communication] 1979, Collection No. 4, Draft 609, 1837’ and ‘Examiner's Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 384, 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.
8. 'Transactions at Bussora & Bagdad vol I'
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- Abstract: This item consists primarily of copies of correspondence, minutes and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Governments of Bombay and Bengal. It is the first in a series of three items on Bussora [Basra] and Bagdad [Baghdad] (the others are IOR/F/4/706/19083 and 19084). The main correspondents are the Government of Bombay; the Political Agent in Turkish Arabia, Claudius James Rich; the Political Resident in Bussora, Robert Taylor.Letters from Taylor describe the attack of the Najadah [Najdi] Arabs on Bussora; the growing friction between the Arabs and Turks; whom British protection covers; river piracy on the Euphrates. The item is mainly concerned with the dispute between the Pasha of Bagdad [Pasha of Baghdad, Dāwūd Pasha], and the Political Agent, Rich. The British complaints against the Pasha are that:He has confiscated the property of Anthony Swoboda and Mr SturmeyHe refuses to recognise European rights set down in treaties, encouraged by the Khazmadar Hajee Talib Aga [Hājjī Talib Agha, Khazanadar]He has doubled customs duties on European goods.As a result, Taylor moved his establishment from Bussora to Muhammareh [Khorramshahr] and on Rich’s orders, imposed a trade embargo on all ships under British colours. On Rich’s return from Mosul to Bagdad [Baghdad], the Pasha attempted to violently seize the Residency, which was unsuccessful. He then prevented Rich from leaving Bagdad until he had agreed to revised trade terms and lifted the embargo. Rich’s death from cholera on 5 October 1821 is also recorded, along with the legal disputes arising from the embargo.This item includes a contents page, and the title page contains the following references: ‘Political No. 10, Season [18]23/4, Draft 102, P C 80’; and ‘Examiner’s Office, 1822’.Physical description: The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the item.
9. 'File F/1 Correspondence with the Municipalities regarding Judicial Matters'
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- Abstract: This file contains letters, memos, budgetary ledgers primarily on judicial disputes between shopkeepers and the Manama Municipality. The disputes mainly pertain to the non-payment of Municipal Taxes. Few folios refer to disputes between individuals with the Manama Municipality arbitrating.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 62; 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 4-62; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
10. 'File K/14 Claim of Faraj ibn Subait of Khasab against Salim ibn Musabbih of Dubai (Trucial Coast)
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- Abstract: This file contains correspondence regarding a monetary claim made by Faraj bin Subait of Khasab on Salim ibn Musabbih of Dubai for diving work conducted during the pearling season of 1933.Physical description: Foliation: The foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 17; 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 4-5 and ff 9-13; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
11. 'File 9/1 V Claims and complaints'
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- Abstract: This file contains letters and correspondence between various merchants and suppliers of goods, primarily building materials and manufactured equipment, relating to claims of unpaid bills, damaged goods, and other trade disputes. Most of the papers are exchanges between Kuwaiti merchants and the Political Agency in Kuwait. A minority of the papers are those relating to merchandise suppliers to Kuwaiti businesses, mainly in the United Kingdom, Iran or Iraq.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at inside back cover with 326; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. Additional foliation sequences are present in parallel between ff 3-60, ff 129-160 and ff 195-215; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled. A previous foliation sequence, which is present between ff 2-326 and is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
12. 'File 8/1 GWADUR-KALAT BOUNDARY 1912-1942'
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- Abstract: This volume is mainly comprised of correspondence relating to the boundary between Muscat-controlled Gwadur [Gwadar] and the state of Kalat. Much of the correspondence discusses longstanding British concerns that the boundary should be officially defined and demarcated before any valuable minerals are discovered in the area. A settlement of the boundary is initially suggested in May 1913 by the Agent to the Governor-General and Chief Commissioner in Baluchistan (Lieutenant-Colonel J Ramsay); the issue is raised again in May 1938, with the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Sir Trenchard Craven William Fowle) making the case for the establishment of a small boundary commission for the purpose of settling the frontier dispute.The volume includes discussion of the following: the Sultan of Muscat's concerns regarding a reported Trans-Persian railway survey near Gwadur in 1912; territorial disputes between the Gwadur and Mekran authorities; trade disputes between Kalat and Muscat (also spelled as Maskat and Masqat in the earlier correspondence); whether the Burmah Oil Company and Indian Oil Concessions Limited should be permitted to negotiate with the Sultan of Muscat, in spite of the fact that the Sultan cannot grant an oil concession without the Government of India's approval; the likelihood of the Khan of Kelat being in favour of demarcation; travel arrangements and expenses for the proposed boundary commission; the alleged crossing of the Gwadur boundary by Kalat state officials; rumours of the Khan of Kalat's intentions to invade Gwadur; reported incidents between Muscat and Kalat subjects.The volume features the following principal correspondents: the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; the Political Agent and Consul, Muscat; the Agent to the Governor-General and Chief Commissioner in Baluchistan; the British Agent, Gwadur; the Sultan of Muscat; the Director of the Persian Gulf Section of the Indo-European Telegraph Department; the Assistant Political Agent, Mekran; officials of the Government of India's External Affairs Department.Also included in the volume is a sketch map of Gwadur and the surrounding region. The Arabic language material mainly consists of correspondence between British representatives and the Sultan of Muscat. The file also includes a small amount of correspondence in Farsi.Whilst the volume includes material dating from 1912 to 1942, it should be noted that there is no material covering the period of 1920-1936.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 215; 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 62-202; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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