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1. ‘I/1 First Appointment of a Pol: Agent to Koweit, (Capt S. G. Knox).’
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- Abstract: Copies of correspondence sent and letter received by the Political Agent at Kuwait (Captain Stuart George Knox):a letter from Knox describing his arrival in Kuwait, the Ruler of Kuwait’s [Shaikh Mubarak bin Ṣabāḥ Āl Ṣabāḥ] response to his arrival, accommodation and food offered by the Shaikh, and Knox’s plans to build a house for himself (ff 6-9);a reduction in allowance for Knox, imposed by the Government of India, and Knox’s objection to the reduction (ff 11-15);correspondence relating to the granting of privilege leave, and additional leave on medical grounds, to Knox (ff 16-19);correspondence concerning Knox’s early recall to Kuwait by the Foreign Office, before the completion of his leave entitlement, made in response to Shaikh Mubarak’s establishment of a post on Bubiyan [Jazīrat Būbiyān] (ff 20-27);further correspondence relating to pay and allowances for the Political Agent at Kuwait (ff 28-30).An office note at the front of the file (f 3) states that further papers leading up to the appointment of a Political Agent at Kuwait can be found in early correspondence in the Kuwait Political Agency files X/I (IOR/R/15/5/24) and XXII/I (IOR/R/15/5/59).Physical description: Foliation: The foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 33; 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 2-32; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
2. ‘The Memorial of Captain Isaac Hart HMs 65th Regiment of Foot Serving in Persia to the Court of Directors of the Honble East India Company’
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- Abstract: A memorial by Captain Isaac Hart, of the 65th Regiment of Foot, in Tabreez [Tabriz], to the Court of Directors of the East India Company, of 10 February 1827. In the memorial, Captain Hart requests that he be awarded the ‘same indulgence as granted to all other officers similarly situated in Persia’, indicating that he has received arrears of pay since December 1819, while the other officers have received arrears of pay since September 1813. He indicates that he entered the service at the same time as the other officers, and refers to the recommendations of the Prince Royal [Crown Prince of Persia, 'Abbās Mīrzā Qājār] on his behalf as proof that the services rendered by him to the Persian Government are of no less importance than those of the other officers.This document was originally enclosed in the letter of the East India Company Envoy to Persia [Iran], 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: 1 item (2 folios)
3. ‘Persian Gulf – Leave of absence to Lieutenant Kemball Assistant in the – Vol: 17’
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- Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, minutes, reports, notifications, and consultations cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai]. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Major Samuel Hennell, British Resident in the Persian Gulf; Lieutenant Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Assistant Resident in the Persian Gulf; and the Government of India. It is the seventeenth in a series of twenty items on the Persian Gulf (the others are IOR/F/4/2180/106055, IOR/F/4/2180/106056, IOR/F/4/2180/106057, IOR/F/4/2180/106058, IOR/F/4/2180/106059, IOR/F/4/2180/106060, IOR/F/4/2181/106061, IOR/F/4/2181/106062, IOR/F/4/2181/106063, IOR/F/4/2181/106064, IOR/F/4/2181/106065, IOR/F/4/2181/106066, IOR/F/4/2181/106067, IOR/F/4/2181/106068, IOR/F/4/2181/106069, IOR/F/4/2181/106070, IOR/F/4/2181/106072, IOR/F/4/2181/106073, and IOR/F/4/2181/106074).The item concerns three months’ leave being granted to Lieutenant Kemball, and his salary during that time.The item contains a contents page, and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft 282/47, P.C. [Previous Communication] 5573, Coll[ection]: 10, Collection No 13 of No 11’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 97, and terminates at f 111, 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.
4. ‘Persian Gulf – Residency – Establishment. Vol: 3’
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- Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, consultations, resolutions, and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai]. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Lieutenant Colonel Henry Robertson, Officiating Resident in the Persian Gulf; the Government of India; Captain Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf; and Thomas Mackenzie, Acting Assistant Resident in the Persian Gulf. It is the third in a series of six items on the Persian Gulf (the others are IOR/F/4/2005/89510, IOR/F/4/2005/89511, IOR/F/4/2005/89513, IOR/F/4/2005/89514, and IOR/F/4/2006/89515).The item concerns:The size of the establishment of the Residency in the Persian Gulf, which was increased temporarily in 1841The temporary employment of additional clerks at the ResidencyThe cessation of a payment of a deputation allowance to Residency staff.The item includes a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft 612/43, P.C. [Previous Communication] 3902, Collection No 11’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 839 and terminates at f 872, 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. ‘Persian Gulf Increase of salary to the Native Agent at Lingah – sanctioned’
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- Abstract: The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, dated 28 April 1854, and found at IOR/F/4/2575/152543. It is the fifth in a series of thirteen items about the Persian Gulf.The item relates to a request made by Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to the Government of Bombay, for an increase in salary for Moolla Ahmed [Mullā Aḥmad, also rendered in text as Molla Ahmed], Native Agent at Lingah [Bander-e Lengeh]. Kemball provides a brief history of the position and his reasons for recommending the increase, as well as a note comparing the salaries of Native Agents at Sheraz [Shiraz], Sharga [Sharjah], Bahrein [Bahrain] and Lingah.The Government of Bombay forwards the request to the Government of India, whose response is also included in the item.Kemball is also referred to as the Resident at Bushire [Bushehr].The title page of the item contains the following references: 'Bombay Political Department', 'P.C. [Previous Communication] 8964', Draft Number '908 [18]54', 'Collection No. 1 of No. 32 of 1854', 'Vol: 5', and 'Examiner's Office'. Originally, the Collection number was given as '5' but this has been crossed out and replaced with '1'.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 280, and terminates at f 287, 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.
6. ‘Persian Gulf – Leave of absence granted to Major Hennell, Resident in the – Vol: 18’
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- Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai]. The correspondents are the Government of Bombay and Major Samuel Hennell, British Resident in the Persian Gulf. It is the eighteenth in a series of twenty items on the Persian Gulf (the others are IOR/F/4/2180/106055, IOR/F/4/2180/106056, IOR/F/4/2180/106057, IOR/F/4/2180/106058, IOR/F/4/2180/106059, IOR/F/4/2180/106060, IOR/F/4/2181/106061, IOR/F/4/2181/106062, IOR/F/4/2181/106063, IOR/F/4/2181/106064, IOR/F/4/2181/106065, IOR/F/4/2181/106066, IOR/F/4/2181/106067, IOR/F/4/2181/106068, IOR/F/4/2181/106069, IOR/F/4/2181/106070, IOR/F/4/2181/106071, IOR/F/4/2181/106073, and IOR/F/4/2181/106074).The item concerns a request by Major Hennell for three months’ leave from October 1847.The item contains a contents page, and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft 282/47, P.C. [Previous Communication] 5573, Coll[ection]: 10, Collection No 14 of No 11’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 112, and terminates at f 116, 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.
7. ‘Persian Gulf. Remittances – Vol: 16’
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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 correspondent is Jackson William Muspratt, the General Pay Master, Bombay. It is the sixteenth in a series of fifty-one items on the Persian Gulf.The item concerns the delay of the arrival of the Persian Gulf Residency remittance list at the office of the General Pay Master.The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Collection No 15 of No 129’, ‘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 430, and terminates at f 433, 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. ‘Persian Gulf. Establishment. Donation to Mr. Edwards for Extra duties – Vol: 18’
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- Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, minutes, and consultations cited in, or enclosed with, a political letter from the Government of Bombay, which appears in IOR/F/4/2445/134344. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; William Simson, Bombay Civil Auditor; Major David Wilson, previous Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; and Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Robertson, previous Officiating Political Resident in the Persian Gulf. It is the eighteenth in a series of twenty-one items on events in the Persian Gulf.The item concerns a request by Hennell that the Government of Bombay temporarily increase the salary of James Edwards, Accountant at the British Residency at Bushire [Bushehr], as he has been taking over some of the duties of Lieutenant Arnold Burrows Kemball while the latter is performing the duties of the Political Agent in Turkish Arabia [Ottoman Iraq]. The item includes earlier testimonies from previous British Residents about the quality of Edwards’s work.The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft N 34 – 1852’, and ‘Collection No 32’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 260, and terminates at f 265, 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.
9. ‘Persian Gulf. Medical Officer attached to the Residency in the – Vol: 20’
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- Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, minutes, and consultations cited in, or enclosed with, a political letter from the Government of Bombay, which appears in IOR/F/4/2445/134344. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; James McAlister, Civil Surgeon at the British Residency, Bushire [Bushehr]; Gilbert James Blane, Acting Civil Auditor, Bombay; and the Bombay Medical Board. It is the twentieth in a series of twenty-one items on events in the Persian Gulf.The item concerns:The instructions left with McAlister when he was left in charge of the Residency while Hennell proceeded on a tour of the Gulf, and McAlister’s remuneration for his servicesA request for leave by McAlister.The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft N 34 – 1852’, and ‘Collection No 32’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 271, 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.
10. ‘Persian Gulf. Application of Mr. Edwards Head Clerk and Accountant of the Residency Establishment for a personal allowance. Vol: 5’
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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; Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; James Edwards, Residency Accountant; and William Simson, Bombay Civil Auditor. It is the fifth in a series of five items.The item concerns an application by Edwards for a personal allowance in addition to his salary, in view of his long years of excellent service.The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft No 653_1853’ and ‘Collection No. 21 of No. 53 of 1853’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 576, and terminates at f 580, 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.
11. ‘Salary and allowances to Mr Rich as Resident at Bussorah and Bagdad.’
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- Abstract: This item consists mostly of copies of correspondence, memoranda and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, letters to and from the Governments of Bengal and Bombay. It concerns the salary and allowances to be paid to Claudius James Rich, the Resident at Baghdad.The main subjects are:The plan to consolidate the residencies at Bagdad [Baghdad] and Bussora [Basra, sometimes referred to as Bussorah], and the implications of this for future expenditureThe salary and allowances received by Rich’s predecessor, Sir Harford JonesThe question of whether the current situation in Bagdad demands higher levels of expenditure than previouslyCalculations of the salary and allowance payments to be paid to Rich in arrears and in the future.The primary correspondents are: Claudius James Rich, Resident at Baghdad; and John Elphinstone, Civil Auditor and Accountant General, Government of Bombay.The title page (f 5) of the item contains the following references: ‘Political No. 31, Season 1814/15, Draft 20’; and ‘Examiner’s Office, November 1812’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at 5, and terminates at 54, 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.Folio 5a contains fragments of seals that have become detached from folio 5.Pagination: the volume also contains an original pagination sequence.
12. 'Ship Discovery'
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- Abstract: Ledger of the Discovery(Captain John Evans), to accompany her voyage from England to Mocha and back, 1700-02.The ledger contains the accounts of pay and other financial records of each of the ship's crewmembers.There is a list of the ship's crew on folio 10.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 41; 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 includes a sequence of blank pages, ff 42-51, which have not been digitised.