Abstract: The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence, minutes and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, letters to and from the Government of Bombay. The item relates to the salary and allowances of Captain David Seton, the Resident at Muscat, with particular mention of Seton's request for money to build a house for the Residency and his complaints about his salary in comparison with his predecessor, Dr Bogle. In his correspondence, Seton also makes reference to the poor health that he has endured over the years as a result of his service in the region and the fact that he has been forced to forfeit 'comfort, health and affluence' and use his own funds for public service. The item also includes discussions on the raising of allowances for the position of Resident at Muscat, with the Government of Bombay requesting input from the Government of Bengal.The item contains a statement of the allowances drawn monthly by Captain David Seton during his time as the Resident at Muscat (f 53 verso).Correspondents: Government of Bombay; East India Company Court of Directors; Captain David Seton, Resident at Muscat; Gilbert Lord Minto, Governor General in Council, Fort William; Henry Shank, Private Secretary to Governor of Bombay.The title page of the item contains the following references: 'Political No. 17, Season 1808/9, Draft 170, Para 71' and 'Examiner's Office October 1808'.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 46 and terminates at f 58, 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.
Abstract: This item comprises enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] Secret Department to the Secret Committee [Bombay Secret Letter], No. 7 dated 16 January 1857. The enclosures are dated 25 December 1856-14 January 1857.The primary correspondents are Lieutenant-General Sir James Outram, Commanding the Persian Expeditionary Force; Brigadier William Marcus Coghlan, Political Resident, Aden; and the Government of Bombay. Also included are several Resolutions and Minutes of the Board, the Governor and President in Council, and individual members in Council.The papers chiefly relate to the appointment of Outram’s personal staff for the duration of the campaign in Persia [Iran], notably:The appointment of Reverend George Percy Badger as Assistant Chaplain and Arabic InterpreterOutram’s requests for Lieutenant W H F Sykes, 3rd Regiment Bombay Light Cavalry (stationed in England) and, pending Sykes’s arrival, Captain Charles Hervey, 2nd Regiment European Light Infantry, to be appointed Aide de Camp and Private SecretaryThe proposed salaries for the Private Secretary and Reverend Badger and their assistantsThe proposed withdrawal from Aden of Lieutenant Robert Lambert Playfair, Assistant Political Resident, for service with Outram in the Persian Gulf, including: the objections of Brigadier Coghlan who asserts that Playfair’s work and duties in Aden are indispensable and that there is no suitably qualified substitute for his Assistant; Playfair’s letter arguing against Coghlan and pleading his case to join Outram (ff 109-110); discussions between the members in Council concerning Playfair and Coghlan’s positions, and their ultimate sanctioning of Coghlan’s viewsUncertainty expressed by the Military Auditor General regarding the proper emolument (salary) for the rank of Lieutenant-General in the Field.Physical description: 1 item (20 folios)
Abstract: This part of the volume consists of copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 95 of 1847, dated 12 November 1847. The enclosures are numbered 3-29 and are dated 14 April to 30 October 1847.The enclosures consist of correspondence, and minutes and resolutions of the Government of Bombay, relating to the steam ship
Nitocrison the River Euphrates. They discuss matters including:The price which should be paid for the purchase of a supply of coal for the use of the
Nitocrison the Euphrates (to be landed at Bussorah [Basra, also spelled Bussora in this item] and stored at Bagdad [Baghdad]), and the type of coal which would be most suitableThe resolution of the Government of Bombay that the officer proceeding in command of the
Nitocrisshould be enabled to distribute presents to persons (‘Arab Chiefs’) from whom he may receive aid in facilitating the surveys contemplatedThe amended scale of establishment (rates of pay for the Commander and crew) submitted by the Superintendent of the Indian Navy to the Governor of Bombay for the
NitocrisThe recommendation of the Political Agent in Turkish Arabia [Ottoman Iraq] that Lieutenant James Felix Jones, commanding the steamer
Nitocris, be appointed Surveyor in Mesopotamia [Iraq] in addition to his present duties, to carry out ‘surveying mapping and reporting on the countries watered by the Tigris and Euphrates, and their affluents’, and his subsequent appointment on an allowance of five Rupees per day or 150 Rupees per month when actually employed on survey duty.The main correspondents are the following: the Chief Secretary to the Government of Bombay, Arthur Malet; the Superintendent of the Indian Navy, Captain Robert Oliver; the Political Agent in Turkish Arabia, Major Henry Creswicke Rawlinson; and the Under-Secretary to the Government of India with the Governor-General, William Edwards.Physical description: 1 item (44 folios)
Abstract: Enclosure nos. 2-15 to a despatch from the Secret Department, Government of Bombay [Mumbai], dated 1 October 1844. The enclosures are dated 16 July-27 September 1844.The enclosures consist of copies of correspondence relating to the pay, deployment and appointment of military and naval personnel in British India, the Indian Ocean and the Persian Gulf, including:A decision that the detachment that protected Hyderabad during the Battle of Dubba [also known as the Battle of Dubbo or the Battle of Hyderabad] on 24 March 1843 should be eligible for the same six-months’ worth of batta [allowance or expenses] granted to detachments actively involved in the battleThe arrival at Trincomalee of Commodore Henry Ducie Chads to take command of ‘the Squadron in the Indian Seas’A recommendation that artillery serving on the steam vessels on the Euphrates and Tigris rivers should be withdrawnThe appointment of a new Superintendent of Canals and Forests in Sinde [Sindh].The primary correspondents are: Commodore Chads; the Governor of Sinde; the Native Agent, Muscat; the Naval Commander-in-Chief, East Indies; the Superintendent of the Indian Navy; the Quartermaster-General, Bombay; and the Government of India.Physical description: 1 item (29 folios)
Abstract: A letter from Captain Isaac Hart, in Tabreez [Tabriz], to the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, of 10 February 1827. The letter concerns the memorial submitted by Captain Hart to the Court of Directors of the East India Company, through which he hopes to receive similar ‘indulgences’ to other British officers serving in Persia (see IOR/L/PS/9/70/190). In the letter, Captain Hart, who is training Persian troops, indicates that he believes that he has not received the same treatment as other officers due to his being in the service of HM Government, while they are in the service of the East India Company. He appeals to Macdonald Kinneir to make representations to the Company in favour of his memorial on the basis that Macdonald Kinneir is familiar with the case, including his duties, which are ‘not of an easy or trifling nature’.This document was originally enclosed in Macdonald Kinneir’s letter to the Secret Committee of the East India Company of 12 February 1827 (IOR/L/PS/9/70/188).Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
Abstract: A letter from the Shah of Persia [Iran] [Fath-‘Ali Shāh Qājār] to the Chairman of the Court of Directors of the East India Company (IOR/L/PS/9/70/191(1)), and a translation of the letter (IOR/L/PS/9/70/191(2)). In the letter, the Shah petitions on behalf of Captain Isaac Hart, who has been in Persia training Persian troops. The Shah expresses his approbation for the services rendered by Captain Hart and requests that he receive the same ‘approbation and rewards’ as other officers who have been similarly engaged in Persia, who have been ‘munificently rewarded’ for their services by the Court of Directors.This document was originally enclosed 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 12 February 1827 (IOR/L/PS/9/70/188).Physical description: Folio 1 comprises a large sheet which has been folded
Abstract: Letter from the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald Kinneir, in Tabreez [Tabriz], to the Secret Committee of the East India Company, of 12 February 1827, which was received on 16 April 1827. The letter forwards a memorial by Captain Isaac Hart to the Court of Directors of the East India Company, which was originally enclosed (now catalogued as IOR/L/PS/9/70/190), along with a letter from Captain Hart to Macdonald Kinneir, and a letter from the Shah of Persia to the Court of Directors of the East India Company in support of the memorial (now catalogued as IOR/L/PS/9/70/189 and 191). In the letter, Macdonald Kinneir attests to Captain Hart’s meritorious conduct in Persia in his role training Persian troops, in support of his memorial to receive the same ‘indulgences’ received by fellow British officers serving in Persia. He also makes representations regarding a request for permission for Captain Hart to wear the Order of the Lion and the Sun, which was awarded to him by the Prince Royal, Abbas Meerza [Crown Prince of Persia, 'Abbās Mīrzā Qājār].Physical description: 1 item (3 folios)