Abstract: This item consists mostly of copies of correspondence and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, letters to and from the Government of Bombay. It is the second in a series of eight items on the subject of the alleged piracy of the Joasmee [al-Qawāsim, also referred to as Joassmee] (the others are: IOR/F/4/648/17850, IOR/F/4/649/17852, IOR/F/4/650/17853 and 17854, IOR/F/4/651/17855, and IOR/F/4/652/17856 and 17857). The main subjects are:Reports of sightings of Joasmee ships and of their attacks against merchant shipping, particularly in the Persian Gulf, off the coasts of Scind [Sindh] and Guzerat [Gujarat], and off the Malabar CoastMeasures taken to tackle Joasmee piracy, including providing convoys for merchant ships between Surat and Mocha as well as up and down the Persian Gulf, and sending ships to cruise off the coasts of Scind and Cutch [Kutch]The capture by the Joasmees of the East India Company Pattamar
Durria Dowlut[
Darya Dawlat. Also referred to as
Derriah Dowlutand
Deria Dowlet] and reports of its capture and the fate of its crew, including depositions from two of themAn incident in which the
Vestalfired on ships from Muscat, believing them to be Joasmee pirates, and a subsequent investigation into the incident. It includes an extract of the log of the
Vestalfrom 1-12 May 1817 (ff 104v to 105v)The activities in the Persian Gulf of Rahma bin Jaubir, who is now opposed to the JoasmeeConcerns that the forces deployed against the Joasmee pirates are insufficient, and suggestions that a larger expedition should be carried out against them.The main correspondents are: Francis Warden, Chief Secretary, Government of Bombay; Henry Meriton, Superintendent of Marine; Charles William Elwood, Agent at Porebunder [Porbandar]; William Bruce, Resident at Bushire; the East India Company’s Broker at Muscat; Captain William Hill, Commander of the
Towey; and Lieutenant Frederick Faithful, Commander of the
Vestal.The title page (f 5) of the item contains the following references: ‘PC 16, Draft 383, 1821/2’; and ‘Examiner’s Office, 1821’.Physical description: There is no chronological order.
Abstract: A collection of letters outward by John MacLeod, Resident in the Persian Gulf at Bushire, between 12 December 1822 and 1 September 1823. The majority of letters are sent to British officials at Basrah, Tehran and Tabriz, including Captain Robert Taylor and Major Henry Willock, and to British naval and military officers operating in the Persian Gulf, including Captain Frederick Faithfull and his successor, Captain Hardy. These letters cover a number of topics, including MacLeod's 1823 trip to the Arab littoral of the Persian Gulf; procedures for enforcing the General Treaty with the Arab Tribes of the Persian Gulf of 1820 following the withdrawal from Qishm; relations between Britain, Persia, the sheikhs of the Arabian littoral of the Gulf, Raḥmah bin Jābir al-Jalāhimah and the Imam of Muscat; construction works undertaken by the Arab shaikhs; and procedures for pilotage at the port of Bushire.Physical description: Foliation: The foliation sequence commences at the front cover and terminates at the back cover with pencil numbers enclosed in circle in the front top right corner of each folio. An original pagination sequence 1-43 starts on folio 2 and consists of larger pencil numbers on top right of recto and top left of verso of each folio.Condition: There is some insect damage to the bottom right hand corner of the volume causing some of the text to be missing on the bottom right hand corner of the recto and the bottom left hand corner of the verso of the folios 1-7.