Abstract: This part of the volume consists of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 13 of 1841, dated 28 February 1841. The enclosures are dated 18 February 1840 to 28 February 1841, and relate to the Persian Gulf and Zanzibar.The enclosures mostly consist of copies of correspondence between the Secretary to the Government of Bombay (John Pollard Willoughby) and the following: the Resident in the Persian Gulf (Captain Samuel Hennell); the Superintendent of the Indian Navy (Captain Robert Oliver); the Secretary to the Government of India (Thomas Herbert Maddock); and the British Agent at Muscat (Captain Atkins Hamerton).The correspondence concerns matters including:The suggestion of the Resident in the Persian Gulf that the European troops at Karrack [Kharg], should be removed from the Island and accommodated on shipboard during the hot season for health reasons, and the probable expense which would be incurred if this suggestion were adoptedThe British Agent at Muscat having arranged a passage to Bombay for the Chief of Sohar (Saied Hamood bin Azan) and his party, in the interests of maintaining good relations between the Chief of Sohar and the Imaum [Imam] of MuscatThe disapproval of the Government of Bombay of the transfer, at the suggestion of the Resident in the Persian Gulf, of a portion of the European crew of the East India Company’s steam ship
Bereniceto vessels of the Indian Naval Squadron in the Persian Gulf, in contradiction of orders given by the Superintendent of the Indian Navy to the Commander of the
BereniceThe British Agent at Muscat proceeding to Zanzibar, and requesting permission to employ a writer and interpreter whilst on the mission to ZanzibarThe opinion of the Resident in the Persian Gulf as to whether it was still necessary for a Native Agent to be employed at Muscat, in addition to the European officer appointed British Agent at Muscat.In addition, this part also includes the following:Extracts of letters from the Native Agent at Shargah [Sharjah] (Moollah Hoossain), reporting on events which had recently taken place on the Arabian Coast, principally concerning relations between Shaikh Sultan bin Suggur [Shaikh Sulṭān bin Saqr Āl Qāsimī] of Sharjah, his son Suggur, and Shaikh Mukhtoom of Debay [Shaikh Maktoum bin Bati ibn Suhayl of Dubai]Intelligence received from the Native Agent at Muscat (Rubil bin Aslan) about the state of affairs in Muscat (also spelled Muskat)Intelligence received from the News Writer at Shiraz (Meerza Riza) and other sources about events in Persia [Iran].Physical description: There is an abstract of contents of the despatch, numbered 1-40, on folios 59-66. These numbers are repeated for reference on the last verso of each enclosure.
Abstract: This part of the volume consists of copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 31 of 1850, dated 25 May 1850. Enclosure Nos. 3-29, dated 27 December 1849 to 24 May 1850, consist of correspondence, and minutes of the Government of Bombay.The enclosures cover matters including:The Political Agent at Aden, Captain Stafford Bettesworth Haines, reporting that the ‘tranquillity’ of the neighbourhood of Aden had been threatened by a serious quarrel between the Sultan of Lahedge [Lahej or Lahij, also spelled Lahidge in this item], Sultan Ali M’Houssain [‘Alī I bin Muḥsin al-‘Abdalī], and his brother Abdullah, but that it has been settledHaines requesting the sanction of the Government of Bombay for a bill for 156 Rupees one Anna and ten Pies for the pay of an Interpreter employed at the request of the Senior Naval Officer at Aden, Captain John Parke Sanders, commanding the Honourable Company’s sloop of war
Elphinstone, to accompany him to Judda [Jeddah], Hodeida [Al Hudaydah] and MochaHaines reporting the return to Aden from Mussowah [Massawa, also spelled Mussowa in this item] of the Honourable Company’s schooner
Constance; his immediately sending to Egypt and England the despatches of HM Consul for Abyssinia [the Ethiopian Empire] at Mussowah, Walter Plowden; and Haines stating that he intends to send the vessel back to Mussowah for the protection of British interests thereThe Governor of Bombay in Council confirming that as the ‘Arab Contractor’ Ali Boo Bucker [Alī Abū Bakr, also spelled Ali Boo Bukur in this item] is willing to carry out repairs to the bridge over the Khore Muksa [Khawr Maksar] creek at Aden at his own expense, the superintendence of the Executive Engineer may be dispensed with, and it is not necessary to erect another bridge while that one lasts. The correspondence on this subject includes a letter from the Executive Engineer at Aden to the Commanding Engineer at Aden, with an enclosed ‘PLAN ELEVATION & SECTION of the Old Arab Bridge across the “Khore Maksa”’ (folio 54)Haines submitting an audit to the Government of Bombay on the stipends paid by him in German Crowns to the Sultan of Lahidge and other ‘Arab Chieftains’, and questions raised about whether these stipends should be paid in Company’s Rupees or German Crowns in future, and the rate of exchange of Rupees to German Crowns which should be used.The correspondence (including enclosed correspondence) is between the following: the Government of Bombay; the Political Agent at Aden; the Civil Auditor, Bombay, William Simson; the Military Board, Bombay; the Secretary to the Government of India with the Governor-General; Lieutenant G N Adams commanding the Honourable Company’s schooner
Constance; HM Consul for Abyssinia; the Executive Engineer at Aden, Captain William Swainson Suart; the Commanding Engineer at Aden; and the Senior Naval Officer at Aden.Enclosure Nos. 30-31, listed in the abstract of contents as copies of the
Bombay Overland Timesand the
Bombay Overland Telegraph and Courierdated 25 May 1850, are recorded as missing in a note dated 31 October 1906.Physical description: 1 item (53 folios)
Abstract: The file contains correspondence between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf and the Government of India concerning a request by the Resident to upgrade the pay of certain First Interpreters in the Vernacular cadre of the Persian Gulf Residency: namely, those at Muscat, Kuwait, and Khorramshahr. The reason for the request was that the value of good interpreters had been forced up by the prices that oil companies and other concerns were prepared to pay for them (folio 5), with consequent loss of good staff.The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 9, 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 volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes relating to civilian officers under the Government of India volunteering for military service with the War Office during the First World War. Topics discussed include the activities of officers on loan, such as intelligence, liaison with Indian troops, and administration. Also discussed are requests for them to be returned to their duties with the Government of India and repercussions for military operations in Europe.Correspondents include officials of the War Office and the India Office.Each part includes a divider which gives the subject and part numbers, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references contained in that part by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 265; 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 volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes relating to the loan by the India Office of four political officers to the War Office.The discussion in the volume relates to the:Dates of appointment and pensionable allowanceRange of duties undertaken in the War Office and possibility of retention.The principal correspondents include the Viceroy of India and officials of the War Office.Each part includes a divider which gives the subject and part numbers, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references contained in that part by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 263; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The file contains one foliation anomaly, folio 110a.
Abstract: The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes relating to the role of interpreters and political officers on loan to the War Office.The discussion in the volume relates to the:Dates of appointment of various officers as interpreters and press officersPay of certain political officers whose services have been lent to War Office as interpreters, on their transfer to Indian Units as combatant officersObjection of the Government of India to the grant of permission to Captain B R Reiley, Bombay Political Department, now on leave, to serve in a combatant capacity under the War Office.The principal correspondents include the Viceroy of India and officials of the War Office.The volume includes a divider which gives the subject number, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 199; 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 volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes relating to the role of interpreters and political officers on loan to the War Office.The discussion in the volume relates to the:Dates of appointment of various officers as interpreters and press officersRates of pay and allowances for officers.The principal correspondents include the Viceroy of India and officials of the War Office.The volume includes a divider which gives the subject number, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 175; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The volume contains one foliation anomaly, f 72a.
Abstract: The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes relating to the role of interpreters and political officers on loan to the War Office.The discussion in the volume relates to the:Dates of appointment of various officers as interpreters and press officersRates of pay and allowances for officers.The principal correspondents include the Viceroy of India and officials of the War Office.Each part includes a divider which gives the subject number, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 379; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The file has one foliation anomaly, f 339a.
Abstract: The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes relating to civilian officers under the Government of India volunteering for military or naval service during the First World War.Correspondents include officials of the War Office and the India Office.The volume includes a divider which gives the subject number, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 168; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.