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49. Turkish Arabia Affairs
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- Abstract: This item comprises a copy of an enclosure to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 16 of 1847, dated 12 February 1847. The enclosure is dated 11 December 1846.The enclosure comprises two copies of the same despatch from Major Henry Creswicke Rawlinson, Political Agent in Turkish Arabia [Ottoman Iraq], forwarding, for the information of the Government of Bombay and the Governor-General of India, copies of his communications to Henry Wellesley, HM Minister Plenipotentiary at Constantinople [Istanbul], reporting on affairs in the Bagdad Pachalic [Baghdad Pashalik].The papers cover Rawlinson’s concerns that the recent death of Moollah Abdooll Azzeez [Mullā ‘Abd al-‘Azīz], the Persian [Iranian] Consul in Baghdad (also referred to as the ‘Persian Agent’), will engender a number of problems in the Pashalic. He refers to the following:The number of pilgrims in the city without a ‘national protector’The increased mutual depredations of the Turco-Persian frontier tribesThe inability and unwillingness of the unpaid deputy of the late Agent to ‘deal with political questions of any magnitude’ including representing Persia at a conference proposed (on the orders of Tehran) by the Governor of Kermanshah on the frontier to settle the differences between tribes preparatory to the settlement provided for in the Treaty (of Erzurum)Rawlinson’s lack of authority from the Foreign Office to represent Persian interests, but intention to mediate between Nejib Pasha [Muḥammad Najīb Pāshā, Governor of Baghdad] and the Persian authorities to promote good relations.Physical description: 1 item (8 folios)
50. Punjab and Afghanistan Affairs
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- Abstract: This part of the volume consists of copies of enclosures to a secret despatch from the Government of India Foreign Department to the Secret Committee, Number 65 of 1856, dated 22 December 1856. The enclosures are numbered 3-7 and are dated 1 November to 5 December 1856.They consist of despatches from the Officiating Secretary to the Chief Commissioner of the Punjab, and related correspondence, concerning matters including: the Commissioner and Superintendent, Peshawur [Peshawar] Division, and the Officiating Deputy Commissioner, Peshawur, reporting the effect of the blockade against the Lowarghai [Lwargai] branch of the Shinwaree [Shīnwārī] tribe; the Chief Commissioner of the Punjab reporting overtures from the ‘notorious’ Ghilzye [Ghilzā’ī] ‘Chief’, Mahomed Shah Khan [Muḥammad Shāh Khān], and the Chief Commissioner’s recommendation that he should not be allowed to enter British territory, due to British relations with Ameer Dost Mahomed Khan [Amīr Dūst Muḥammad Khān Bārakzāy].Other correspondents are: the Secretary to the Government of India Foreign Department; and Mahomed Shah Khan and Ubdool Kurreem Khan [‘Abd al-Karīm Khān].Physical description: 1 item (13 folios)
51. Persian Gulf Affairs
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- 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 26 of 1840, dated 20 May 1840. The enclosures are numbered 1-56 and are dated 7 March -23 May 1840.Topics discussed include:Information received by Honourable Company’s Sloop of War Clive(enclosure 1)Intelligence from Shiraz (enclosures 3, 11, and 12)Information relayed by the Resident in the Persian Gulf to the Imam of Muscat on the conduct of the Governor of Shinas (enclosure 5)Translation of a letter from Shaihk Kuleefa bin Shackboot [Shaikh Khalīfah bin Shakhbūṭ Āl Nahyān] concerning his actions at Brymee [Buraymi] and a dispute with the Shaikh of BrymeeCopy of a letter from Captain Atkins Hamerton with notes of his journey to Brymee (enclosure 13)Casualties among the troops at Karrack [Kharg Island]Translation of a letter from the Imam of Muscat on the activity of Khorshid Pasha [Khūrshīd Pāshā] in the area as well as an extract from Khojah Reuben [Khawājah Rūbin bin Aṣlān], the Native Agent at Muscat (enclosure 19)Thoughts of the Resident in the Persian Gulf on policy to counter the activities of Egyptian power in the Gulf (enclosures 20-21)The desire of the Imam of Muscat to form a matrimonial alliance with the niece of the Shah of Persia [Iran]The co-operation of the Imam’s fleet with HC warshipsThe conduct of Shaikh Humood bin Suroor [Shaikh Ḥamad bin Surūr] of the Brymee shaikhs (enclosures 21-29)Translations of letters from the Native Agent at Sharjah reporting that Shaikh Sultan bin Suggar [Shaikh Ṣaqr bin Sulṭān al-Qāsimī], the Ruler of Ras el Khyma [Ra’s al-Khaymah] had summoned all the heads of the Bedouin tribes following alarm at reports that the Imam of Muscat was assembling an army at Batinah (enclosure 29)Translations of letters from the Native Agent at Bahrain with the latest intelligence from Nedge [Najd].Correspondents include: the Resident in the Persian Gulf; HM Consul in Egypt (Colonel Hodges); the Imam of Muscat; the Native Agent at Muscat; the Native Agent at Bahrain; and the Native Agent at Sharjah.Physical description: 1 item (195 folios)
52. Persian Gulf Affairs
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- 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 29 of 1853, dated 28 April 1853. The enclosures are numbered 3-16 and are dated 1 December 1852-21 April 1853.The papers relate to the march of a Wahabee [Wahhābī] force from Nedjd [Najd] to Brymee [Buraymi] in Oman via Guttur [Qatar].The correspondents are the Resident in the Persian Gulf (Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball) and the Chief Secretary to Government, Bombay.Physical description: 1 item (69 folios)
53. Persian Gulf Affairs
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- Abstract: This item comprises copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 26 of 1856, dated 16 April 1856. The enclosures are dated 7 October 1855-12 April 1856.The enclosures relate to British policy towards the intended migration of the Al Ali [Āl ‘Alī] tribe, residing at Ges [Kish, also was known as Kenn, also spelled Geis in this item], to the Arabian coast in the neighbourhood of Kutiffe [Al-Qaṭīf], and British reaction to their actual migration to Demaum [Dammam]. They cover the efforts of Lieutenant Frederick Disbrowe, Assistant Resident, Persian Gulf, and Commander Felix Jones, Indian Navy, Acting Resident, Persian Gulf, to prevent a further attack on Bahrein [Bahrain] and disorder in the Gulf from disrupting British trade, and chiefly comprise their letters to or correspondence with the following:Mahomed ben Khuleefa, Sheikh of Bahrein [Shaikh Muḥammed bin Khalīfah Āl Khalīfah, also spelled Khulifa in this item]Commodore Richard Ethersey, Commander of the Indian Naval Squadron in the Persian Gulf, and other senior Indian Navy officers and vessel commandersSheikh Mahomed ben Abdullah, Sheikh of Demaum [Muḥammad bin ‘Abdullāh, Shaikh of Dammam], who was in dispute with the Sheikh of Bahrein over re-establishing his claim to the ‘chieftainship’ of Bahrein and who had attacked Bahrein the previous yearAli bin Sultan [Alī bin Sulṭān], chief of the Al Ali tribe, who had allied with the Sheikh of Demaum in the attack on Bahrein in the previous yearThe Wahabee Ameer [Wahhābī Amīr] Fysul [Fayṣal bin Turkī bin ‘Abdullāh, Āl Sa‘ūd], Ruler of Nedjid [Najd]The British Agent at BahreinThe Government of Bombay.The papers notably cover and include:Disbrowe’s dissuasion of the Sheikh of Bahrein from undertaking offensive action against the Al Ali and advice to confine himself to defensive actionsThe Wahabee Ameer’s claim that he would prefer Ali bin Sultan and his Al Ali followers not to migrate to his territory, but that he would not be ‘inhospitable’ to them if they did locate in Wahabee country, and the Government of Bombay’s belief that the Ameer in reality supports hostilities against the Sheikh of BahreinWarnings given: by Disbrowe to Ali bin Sultan, not to break the agreement he made with Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, former Resident in the Persian Gulf, to give three months’ notice of any intention to move from Ges; and by Jones to the Sheikh of Demaum that harbouring the Al Ali is a violation of his agreement with KemballThe belief of Disbrowe and Jones that, despite his denials, the Sheikh of Demaum instigated the migration of the Al Ali to his territoryThe instructions given by Disbrowe and Jones to commanding officers of the Naval Squadron in the Gulf regarding measures to enforce the removal of Ali bin Sultan and his followers from Demaum, including issuing warnings, ultimatums, threats and, as a last resort, capturing the Al Ali’s boats and valuables and taking them to Bassidore [Basaidu], whilst carefully restricting any actions of force to sea and portsThe authorisation by the Honorary Board, Bombay, to Jones to assemble a sufficient naval force and use coercion to make the Al Ali leave Demaum, including permission to burn their boats.Physical description: 1 item (48 folios)
54. Persian Gulf Affairs
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- Abstract: This item comprises copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 45 of 1856, dated 25 June 1856. The enclosures are dated 5 May-19 June 1856.The enclosures chiefly comprise copies of the correspondence of Commander Felix Jones, Acting Resident, Persian Gulf, with Commodore Richard Ethersey, Indian Navy, Commanding the Indian Naval Squadron in the Persian Gulf, and the Government of Bombay, relating to the removal of the Al Ali [Āl ‘Alī] tribe from Demaum [Dammam].They notably cover and include:Jones’s and Ethersey’s agreement to make a demonstration of naval strength at Demaum with the Ajdaha, Semiramisand Falkland, and if that fails to bombard the town and fort of Demaum, followed if necessary by further coercive measures including the blockading of the port and destruction of any captured Al Ali boatsEthersey’s reservations regarding the agreed measures to be taken at Demaum, due to: the inadequacy of naval resources to carry out the Demaum action in addition to policing the Gulf and searching vessels for enslaved persons; the unsuitability of the Ajdahafor the shallow seas around Demaum; and the urgent need for the Semiramisto return to Bombay [Mumbai] for repairsJones’s hope that a brief show of naval strength at Bahrein [Bahrain] and his negotiations with the Sheikh of Demaum [Muḥammad bin ‘Abdullāh, Shaikh of Dammam] will achieve the British objective, his reluctant agreement that the Semiramisreturn to Bombay before the monsoons set in, and his decision to retain the Constanceat Bushire [Bushehr] during the temporary withdrawal of the Ajdahaand FalklandEthersey’s provision of the Ajdahafor Jones’s visit to Demaum and tour of the Gulf, due to the inadequate cabin accommodation on his own vessel the FalklandJones’s report to the Government of Bombay on his proceedings at Bahrein regarding the Al Ali, including: his meetings with Sheikh Mahomed ben Khuleefa [Muḥammad bin Khalīfah Āl Khalīfah, Shaikh of Bahrain], the Sheikh of Demaum and with Ali ben Sultan [Alī bin Sulṭān], chief of the Al Ali; the agreement of Jones and the Sheikh of Bahrein not to force the Al Ali to return to Geis [Kish, also was known as Kenn] due to its unsuitable living conditions, and proposal that the Al Ali go to Kuweit [Kuwait], Grane [Kuwait] or Aboothabee [Abu Dhabi]; Jones’s encouragement of those Al Ali who wish to reconcile with the Sheikh of Bahrein and return to the island without punishment; Jones’s consent to the Sheikh of Demaum’s request (f 367) to allow the Al Ali to remain at Demaum until the month of Ramadhan [Ramadan] has ended; Ali ben Sultan’s compliance following Jones’s threat to bring the squadron to Demaum; Jones’s pleasure that he has achieved a ‘peaceful resolution’ and relief at the avoidance of a potentially ineffective and expensive blockadeJones’s orders to Ethersey that the Semiramisshould go to Bombay should any important despatches arrive at Bushire for India.In this item Jones also reports unverified intelligence from the Acting Native Agent at Muscat that the agents of the Imam of Muscat and Persia [Iran] at Kishm [Qeshm] have agreed that the Imam will take possession of Bunder Abbas [Bandar Abbas].Physical description: 1 item (25 folios)
55. Persian Gulf Affairs
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- Abstract: This item comprises copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 110 of 1846, dated 30 September 1846. The enclosures are dated 14 May-29 September 1846.The principal correspondents are: Major Samuel Hennell, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; the Secretary to the Government, Bombay; and the Under-Secretary to the Government of India. Also included are minutes of the Governor and President and members in Council, Bombay.The papers cover and include the following matters:Proceedings regarding the settlement of the British Government’s claims, on behalf of British subjects and of Persian subjects, upon the Shaik [Shaikh, also spelled Sheik in this item] of Kenn [Kish, also referred to as Ges in this item], on account of the property ‘plundered’ by inhabitants of the island from the wreck of the HC [Honourable Company’s] schooner Emilyin 1845 (a large portion of which is alleged to have come into the possession of the Sheik of Kenn). Included are copies of Hennell’s letter to the Governor of Fars, the statement of Hajee Jacoob [Ḥājjī Ya‘qūb], the Government Pilot sent to investigate the whereabouts of the ‘treasure’, and correspondence between the Sheik of Kenn and Commodore John Croft Hawkins, in relation to the payment, by instalments, of compensation (ff 392-397)Copper sheathing recovered by ‘salvors’ [divers] of Debaye [Dubai] from a location where HMS Foxran aground in January, the Bahrein [Bahrain] Native Agent’s detention of the metal and prevention of its sale in Bahrein, its conveyance to Bushire [Bushehr] for sale by Hennell and division of the profits between the salvors and the British GovernmentA copy of Hennell’s report to HM Minister at the Court of Persia [Iran], forwarded for the information of the Government of Bombay, on the prospective early return to Bushire of Shaik Nasir [Shaikh Nāṣir II Āl Madhkūr] and containing his views on Houssein Khan [Ḥusayn Khān], Ruler of Fars, and the general character of his Government (ff 409-411)The placing, by Hennell, of the HC schooner Constanceat the disposal of Commodore Hawkins for despatch to the Presidency of BombayIntelligence reports, sent by Heskeal bin Yusoof [Ḥizqīl bin Yūsuf], Acting Native Agent at Muscat, to the Persian Secretary to Government (ff 416, 419-420, 425, 428, 430-431, 433-434), covering affairs in Muscat, notably political matters, conflicts between inhabitants and tribes, killings and disturbances. The reports mention the bugla [buggalow] Futhool Moobaruckwhich left Bombay in May running aground near Jazir, whose crew were allegedly refused assistance by the inhabitants and robbed of their clothes (f 420), and the fate of Thomas Brookman, an English traveller in Oman (f 434).Physical description: 1 item (55 folios)
56. Persian Gulf Affairs: The Murder at Bushire of the Governor of the Roodhilla Districts
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- Abstract: This item comprises copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 154 of 1846, dated 31 December 1846. The enclosures are dated 14 September-21 November 1846.The enclosures concern events following the recent murder of Shaik Saadoon [Shaikh Sa‘dūn, also spelled Sadoon in this item], Governor of the Districts of Roodhilla [Dehrud-e Olya], also spelled Rodhilla in this item], by two of his relatives with assistance from members of the Beni Hajir [Banū Hājir] tribe, including: the consequent fierce conflict between the Beni Hajirs and the forces of Bakir Khan, Chief of Tungistoon [Bāqir Khān Tangistani] who was connected with Shaik Saadoon; the fear of Sheik Nasir [Shaikh Nāṣir II Āl Madhkūr], Governor of Bushire [Bushehr], and the inhabitants of that town, of being attacked and plundered by the neighbouring tribes of Tungistan [Tangestan]; and the general ‘disturbed state of the district in the vicinity of Bushire’.The principal correspondent is Major Samuel Hennell, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf.Physical description: 1 file (10 folios)
57. Bagdad Affairs
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- Abstract: This part of the volume consists of a copy of an enclosure to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 64 of 1850, dated 15 November 1850. The enclosure is numbered 3 and is dated 12 November 1850.The papers relate to affairs in the vicinity of the Bagdad Pachalic [Baghdad Pashalik], specifically events involving Kurdish tribes on the Ottoman/Persia [Iran] border.The principal correspondents are as follows: Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Acting Political Agent in Turkish Arabia (also referred to in the item as Acting HM Consul at Bagdad and Officiating Political Resident, Bagdad); Sir Stratford Canning, HM Ambassador at Constantinople [Istanbul].Physical description: 1 item (10 folios)
58. Bagdad and Persian Gulf Affairs
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- 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 15 of 1840, dated 31 March 1840. The enclosures are numbered 3-93 and are dated 18 September 1839 to 31 March 1840.The papers relate to Bagdad [Baghdad] and Persian Gulf affairs:The equipping and expenses of the Euphrates expeditionCapture of the fort of Ghuznee [Ghazni]Matters relating to the appointment of the British Agent at Muscat during the ‘unhealthy season’Copy of a diary kept by Captain Hammerton while residing at Shargah [Sharjah], from 27 November 1839 to 6 January 1840, as well as letters from the Native Agent at ShargahReport from the Resident in the Persian Gulf on his interviews with the Chiefs of Brymee [Al Buraymi]Letters from the Resident in the Persian Gulf to Korshid Pasha [Khūrshid Pāshā] and the Governor of Kuteef [Al-Qatif]Correspondence with HM Consul General in Egypt regarding the deputation of a mission to Muscat by HH the Sultan of MuscatCopy of despatches from Lieutenant-Colonel Shiel, HM Chargé d’Affaires at TehranPresents sent to the Sultan of Muscat by Korshid Pasha.On folio 142 a note in black ink states ‘The following enclosures to Bombay Secret Letter No. 15, dated 13th March 1840, are missing from the Collection below viz:- 7-9, 13, 15, 17-28, 30-1, 33-4, 36-7, & 39.’Physical description: 1 item (331 folios)
59. Aden Affairs
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- 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 94 of 1843, dated 29 December 1843. The enclosures are numbered 3-12 and are dated 25 November to 29 December 1843.The correspondence relates to affairs in the vicinity of Aden including the assemblage of a group of Arab tribesmen within eight miles of Aden with the ostensible object of military activity against Lahedge [Lahej] but possibly also Aden.The primary correspondents are the Political Agent at Aden and the Secretary to the Government of India.Physical description: 1 item (37 folios)
60. Aden Affairs
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- 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 92 of 1840, dated 31 October 1840. The enclosures are numbered 3-42 and are dated 1 September to 27 October 1840. They mostly consist of correspondence relating to Aden affairs.The enclosures concern matters including:The Political Agent at Aden, Captain Stafford Bettesworth Haines, reporting the arrival at Aden of the Honourable Company’s sloop of war Elphinstone, brig Euphrates, and steamer Victoriacarrying the mail, and forwarding the reports of the Commanders of the Elphinstoneand the Euphratesto the Government of BombayThe proposed appointment by Haines of Mr Hatchatoor as Agent at TadjouraThe amount of reward to be paid to the Commander, Captain Warden, and crew of the barque Arielfor assistance provided at Aden over several days in November and December 1839, and the Political Agent at Aden paying Warden 200 German Crowns on account of the two brass guns which he suppliedThe approbation of the Government of India of the ‘gallantry’ with which the attack on Aden by ‘a large body of Arabs’ on 5 July 1840 was repulsedHaines reporting that he has ordered the Elphinstoneto return to Aden for subsequent despatch to the Persian Gulf, and the Government of Bombay referring him to previous instructions for the detention of the Elphinstoneat Mocha during the ‘present settled state of affairs’, for the protection of British interests in that areaThe crediting of money raised from the sale of goods recovered from the barque Duria Dowlut, which was wrecked at Aden in 1837, to the Government of MadrasThe political state of affairs in the neighbourhood of AdenMeasures taken by the Political Agent at Aden to counteract attempts to establish French influence on the eastern coast of AfricaOvertures from the King of Shoa [Shewa] to establish friendly relations with the British Government, and the question of whether or not it would be advisable to send a British mission to ShoaHaines’s opinion on the strength and description of the force required to proceed into the interior from AdenThe Government of Bombay informing the Government of India that it is impossible at present for it equip a force of the strength and description considered necessary by the British authorities at Aden, for an attack on Lahedge [Lahej].The correspondence is mainly between Haines and the Government of Bombay, and between the Government of Bombay and the Officiating Secretary to the Government of India.Other correspondents include: Captain Sanders, Commander of the Honourable Company’s sloop of war Cliveand Senior Naval Officer at Aden; Lieutenant Richard Ethersey, Commander of the Elphinstone; Lieutenant W Barker, Commander of the Euphrates; the King of Shoa; and Reverend F L Karff.The enclosures also include copies of commercial treaties entered into, in September 1840, between the East India Company and the following: the Governor of Zeyla [Zeila], Syed Mahomed bar [Sayyid Muḥammad Barr]; and the Governor of Mocha, Sherriff Hussein bin ali bin Hydar al Hassenee [Sharīf Ḥusayn bin 'Alī bin Ḥaydar].Physical description: 1 item (106 folios)