Report No.67 of 1863 detailing the tribes, trades and resources of the Gulf Littoral
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Report from Pelly to the Chief Secretary to Government in the Political Department, Bombay, compiled in Bushire 13 April 1863. The report details the tribes, trade and resources of the Gulf Littoral which is divided into seven areas according to their political administration. The report also i...
Handwritten appendices detailing annual imports and exports, each appendix is labelled A-F
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The appendices include: A. Approximate annual imports by sea from India to Busreh [Basra] and Baghdad B. Approximate annual imports by sea from England to Busreh and Baghdad C. Approximate annual imports by sea from Europe overland to Baghdad D. Approximate annual imports from Persia to Baghdad ...
The memo contains information in Persian, with English translation, regarding the Dashtee [Dashti] tribe and the villages that are subordinate to it. For the town of Dashtee (folio 8) the memo gives details of the tribute paid to the Governor of Bushire; for each subordinate village the followi...
Reports by Haji Ahmed, the Residency munshi and others on trade, travel and history of the Gulf Region
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The file contains two reports in Arabic and English by Hajee Ahmed [Haji Ahmed], the Residency Arabic Moonshee [Munshi] on trade in the Gulf Region and a journey he undertook from Bushire to Felahieh via Busreh [Basra], Koweit [Kuwait] and Mahomerah [Khorramshahr]. Also contained in the file a...
'Hajee Ahmed, Residency Arabic Moonshee's, Statement of Trade carried on at Koweit, Busreh, Mahomereh, Felahieh, Bushire, Bahrein, Bunder-Abbass and Lingeh. The goods exported and imported and the duties levied on them.'
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Detailed statements by Hajee Ahmed [Haji Ahmed], in Arabic and English, of trade carried out in the towns of Koweit [Kuwait], Busreh [Basra], Mahomereh [Khorramshahr], Felahieh, Bushire, Bahrein [Bahrain], Bunder-Abbass [Bandar Abbas] and Lingeh [Lengeh]; the goods exported and imported; and the...
Hajee Ahmed Residency Arabic Moonshee's Journal during his travels from Bushire to Busreh, Koweit, Mahomereh, Felahieh and back
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Journal, in Arabic and English, recording Hajee Ahmed's [Haji Ahmed] travels from Bushire to Busreh [Basra], Koweit [Kuwait], Mahomereh [Khorramshahr], Felahieh and back. The journal contains daily entries from 24 February 1863 to 21 March 1863 (also given as Hijri dates 6 Ramazan 1279 to 1 Sher...
Memo: by Abol Cassim Moonshee concerning the district of Guttur [Qatar]
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Memorandum, in Arabic and English, written by Abol Cassim, Residency Moonshee [Munshi] detailing the recent history of Guttur [Qatar] from 1218 Hijri (c.1803). The history includes details of the principal settlements of Al Bida'a [Doha], Al Wakrah and Al Zabarah, the tribes that occupied them ...
'Memorandum - from Ebrahim ben Rujeb: What I know about Bahrein'
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Memorandum written in Arabic by Ebrahim ben Rujeb [Ibrahim bin Rajab] and translated into English 17 February 1872 detailing what he knows of the history of Bahrein [Bahrain]. The dates in the history are given using the Hijri calendar and have been given in this description, with the Gregorian ...
Articles of Agreement between the Sultan of Muscat and representatives of the British Government on the proposed extension of the telegraph line from Persia
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Seven articles, written in English and Arabic, laying out the terms and conditions of the agreement between the British Government and the state of Muskat [Muscat] regarding the laying of 'one or more telegraph lines within the territories appertaining to the state of Muskat'. The agreement was...
Report No. 73 of 1864 by Lewis Pelly on his journey from Bandar Abbas to Cape Jask reconnoitering the route of the proposed telegraph line
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Report by Lewis Pelly on his journey from Bunder Abbass [Bandar Abbas] through Minow [Minab] to Cape Jashk [Jask] to examine what effect the shore-line of the area and the nature of the local inhabitants may have on the proposed extension of the telegraph line through the region. The report gi...
