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1. IOR/R/15/1/128, ff 21-24

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/128, ff 21-24
Title:
Letter from Assistant Surgeon James McAlister, Bushire, to Lt-Col Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
McAlister writes to Hennell, responding in great detail to Porter's response (ff 19-20) to his version of events in his complaint against Porter (initially outlined in f 15). McAlister requests that Hennell have no objections to him making copies of this and his previous letter, to send to His Lo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Oct 1851
Extent:
4 folios

2. IOR/R/15/1/128, ff 74-75

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/128, ff 74-75
Title:
Letter from Lieutenant William Balfour, Commanding the Honourable Company's brig Euphrates, to Commodore John Patterson Porter, Commanding Indian Naval Squadron
Scope & Content:
Balfour reports an update on events at al-Qatif harbour since his last letter (ff 72-73), noting that the Bahrain fleet departed on 2 August. Reports that he has carried out Porter's instructions (as detailed in f 69), and that the Kenn [Kish] tribes have delivered up a boat to British officers. ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Aug 1851
Extent:
2 folios

3. IOR/R/15/1/128, f 36

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/128, f 36
Title:
Letter from Lt Manners Brigantine Tigris, to Commodore John Patterson Porter, Commanding Indian Naval Squadron, Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
Report on the movements and activities of the Tigris, including landing at Sharjah and his meeting with the British Agent there, whose despatches have been forwarded with the letter.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Mar 1851
Extent:

1 folio

4. IOR/R/15/1/128, f 37

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/128, f 37
Title:
Letter from Lieutenant Manners Brigantine Tigris, to Commodore John Patterson Porter, Commanding the Indian Naval Squadron in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
The letter is a report on affairs at Bahrain.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Mar 1851
Extent:
1 folio

5. IOR/R/15/1/128, f 68

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/128, f 68
Title:
Letter no.126 of 1851 from Commodore John Patterson Porter, Commanding Indian Naval Squadron, Persian Gulf, to Lieutenant William Balfour, Commanding the Honourable Company's brig Euphrates
Scope & Content:
Porter instructs Balfour to proceed to Katiff [al-Qatif] harbour to prevent the departure of vessels with Utub crews sailing to Bahrain, in the wake of the blockade created by Bahraini boats being broken.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Jul 1851
Extent:
1 folio

6. IOR/R/15/1/128, f 68v

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/128, f 68v
Title:
Letter no.127 of 1851 from Commodore John Patterson Porter, Commanding Indian Naval Squadron, Honourable Company's sloop Clive, Bahrain, to Lieutenant William Balfour, Commanding the Honourable Company's brig Euphrates
Scope & Content:
Further instructions from Porter, requesting the prevention of any Wahabee [Wahhabi] boats leaving the harbour at Katiff [al-Qatif]. Enclosed is a letter from the Resident (not in the volume), to be delivered to the Kenn [Kish] chiefs.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Jul 1851
Extent:
1 folio

7. IOR/R/15/1/128, f 69

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/128, f 69
Title:
Letter no.134 of 1851 from Commodore John Patterson Porter, Commanding Indian Naval Squadron, Honourable Company's sloop Clive, Bahrain, to Lieutenant William Balfour, Commanding the Honourable Company's brig Euphrates
Scope & Content:
Letter acknowledging receipt of three items of correspondence from Balfour, along with instructions that Balfour demands a boat from the Kenn [Kish] chiefs, in lieu of one captured by them from Bahrain.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Jul 1851
Extent:
1 folio

8. IOR/R/15/1/128, f 72

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/128, f 72
Title:
Letter no.19 of 1851 from Lieutenant William Balfour, Commanding the Honourable Company's brig Euphrates, to Commodore John Patterson Porter, Commanding Indian Naval Squadron
Scope & Content:
Letter acknowledging receipt of Porter's letter (no.132, ff 68v-69), informing him that the instructions therein have been strictly followed.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Jul 1851
Extent:
1 folio

9. IOR/R/15/1/128, f 76

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/128, f 76
Title:
Letter no.143 of 1851 from Commodore John Patterson Porter, Indian Squadron Persian Gulf, to Lt-Col Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
Letter acknowledging receipt of Hennell's earlier letters (including f 62). Porter writes that he is unable to carry out Hennell's request to escort the Kenn [Kish] boats from Katiff [al-Qatif] to any part of the Arab coast, as the crews of his boats are in too 'weak and sickly state' at present....
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Aug 1851
Extent:
1 folio

10. IOR/R/15/1/128, ff 15-16

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/128, ff 15-16
Title:
Letter from Assistant Surgeon James McAlister, Bushire, to Lt-Col Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
Letter in which McAlister writes to complain to Hennell of the 'uncourteous tenor' of correspondence sent to him by Commodore Porter of the Indian Naval Squadron in the Persian Gulf.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Sep 1851
Extent:
2 folios