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‘Africa. The Agents of the Church Missionary Society on the Eastern Cost of- recommended to the protection of the Imaum of Muscat.’
Scope & Content:
The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence cited in, or enclosed with, a letter from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] to the East India Company Court of Directors, 10 June 1845, which provides an update on previous instructions received from the Court. The previous instructions...
‘Reports of Journeys made into the S.E. Coast of Arabia by some officers of the Surveying Brig “Palinurus”’
Scope & Content:
The item consists of copies of correspondence enclosed with an extract Marine Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, dated 30 September 1847. The item contains a letter from the Superintendent of the Indian Navy to the Governor of Bombay, dated 7 Augu...
‘Persian Gulf Treaty between Captain Bruce and the Prince of Shiraz Disavowed by the Governor of Bombay.’
Scope & Content:
The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, extracts from a Bombay [Mumbai] Political Consultation, 28 May 1845. The papers contained in this item are partial enclosures to a Political Letter sent from the Government of Bombay to the East In...
‘Arabian Gulf. Piracy by the Mahara Arabs in 1836 of a Native vessel called the “Bhowany Pursad”.’
Scope & Content:
The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, an extract from a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] to the East India Company Court of Directors, dated 31 December 1845. The item relates to the fate of the Bhowany Pursad [...
‘Persian Gulf. Hostilities between the chief of Aboothabee and the chief of Rasel Khyma. – Vol: 42’
Scope & Content:
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 correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Major Samuel Hennell, Political Residen...
'Persian Gulf. Piracy. Commission of a – by a party of the Huwajir tribe on a Bushire Buteel.'
Scope & Content:
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/4/2416/130506. It is the fifth in a series of twenty-eight items on the Persian Gulf. The corresponden...
‘Muscat. Proceedings connected with the recovery of the Cargo of the Ship “Centaur” of Calcutta, lost near-’
Scope & Content:
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, 2 October 1852, and found at IOR/F/4/2504/142185. It is the third in a series of sixteen items about t...
Attempts of the French to obtain possession of the Island of Cameran in the Red Sea
Scope & Content:
This item consists primarily of copies of correspondence and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, letters from the Governments of Bengal and Bombay concerning the purchase of the Island of Cameran [Kamaran, also spelt Kameran, Kumran, and Camran] by Syed Mohamed Akil [Sayyid Muḥammad Aqil al-...
‘Persian Gulf Latest intelligence from the Arabian Coast – Vol: 18’
Scope & Content:
This item consists of copies of correspondence, consultations, reports, and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. These political letters appear in IOR/F/4/2203/108134. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Major Samuel Hennell, Politica...
‘Persian Gulf. Intelligence furnished by the Native Agent at Sharghah.’
Scope & Content:
The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence cited in, or enclosed with, a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, 30 September 1847. A copy of this Political Letter can be found at IOR/F/4/2238/112322, alongside details of furth...
