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21. IOR/R/15/1/128, ff 70-71

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/128, ff 70-71
Title:
Letter no.139 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:
Porter instructs Balfour to raise the blockade of al-Qatif harbour, and to return without delay to Bahrain. Porter also states his reasons for wanting three boats taken from the Kenn [Kish] tribe.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Aug 1851
Extent:

2 folios

22. IOR/R/15/1/128, ff 72-73

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/128, ff 72-73
Title:
Letter no.20 of 1851 from Lieutenant William Balfour, Commanding the Honourable Company's brig Euphrates, to Commodore John Patterson Porter, Commanding Indian Naval Squadron, Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
Report of the movements of vessels outside the harbour at al-Qatif, where Balfour is stationed as part of the blockade of the port. Balfour describes the nature of the shallow waters, and the risks to his vessel and the Tigris of damage on the shallow banks. Balfour continues that he was informed...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Aug 1851
Extent:

2 folios

23. IOR/R/15/1/128, ff 77-79

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/128, ff 77-79
Title:
Letter no.174 of 1851 from Commodore John Patterson Porter, Indian Squadron Persian Gulf, to Lt-Col Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
Covering letter to an enclosure (ff 78-79), relating to the proceedings of the Imam of Muscat on the Batinah coast. The enclosure is a copy of a letter from Lieutenant Tronson, Commanding the Brigantine Tigris, to Commodore J. P. Porter, Indian Squadron Persian Gulf, dated 20 September 1851. Tron...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Oct 1851
Extent:
3 folios

24. IOR/R/15/1/128, ff 80-82

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/128, ff 80-82
Title:
Letter from Lt James Tronson, Commanding the Honourable Company's brig Tigris, to Commodore John Patterson Porter, Commanding Indian Squadron, Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
Tronson reports that he has received news of the death of the Sharjah Native Agent Mullā Husayn; the result of a fever. In light of events, and of his crew being sick, Tronson states that he made his way back to Bushire via Lingah [Bandar-e Lengeh]. Tronson also writes of a robbery at sea: the t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Nov 1851
Extent:
3 folios

25. IOR/R/15/1/128, f 33

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/128, f 33
Title:
Letter no.35 of 1850 from Commodore John Patterson Porter, Indian Squadron Persian Gulf, to Lt-Col Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
Response to Hennell's letter of 22 February (ff 31-32), suggesting that 20 March would be the best date to send all sailing vessels in the squadron to the coast of Qatar. Requests the assistance of a Bahrain pilot in conducting the vessels along the Qatar coast, agreeing with Hennell that the 'pl...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Feb 1851
Extent:
1 folio

26. IOR/R/15/1/128, f 56

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/128, f 56
Title:
Letter no.125 of 1851 from Commodore J. P. Porter, Commanding Indian Naval Squadron, Persian Gulf, to Lt-Col Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
Porter responds to Hennell's requests for action at Bahrain and al-Qatif (f 55). He states that the vessels Euphrates and Tigris can be despatched to the site of the blockade, and that fifty-five boats comprise the Wahhabi force at al-Qatif. He requests further instructions from Hennell.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Jul 1851
Extent:
1 folio

27. IOR/R/15/1/128, ff 8-9

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/128, ff 8-9
Title:
Letter no.259 of 1851 from Lt-Col Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to the Assistant Surgeon James McAlister, Bushire Residency
Scope & Content:
Letter in which Hennell writes about an enquiry surrounding the events of an altercation between his and McAlister's servants, over access to a water well in the town. Hennell writes of his 'entire disapprobation' with McAlister in the wake of an altercation, and complains of McAlister not consul...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Aug 1851
Extent:
2 folios

28. IOR/R/15/1/128, ff 19-20

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/128, ff 19-20
Title:
Letter no.169 of 1851 from Commodore John Patterson Porter, Indian Naval Squadron, to Lt-Col Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
Porter's reply to Hennell's letter (ff 17-18) stating the grievances held by the Bushire Assistant Surgeon James McAlister against Porter, provoked by the uncourteous letter McAlister claims to have received from Porter (see f 15). Porter gives his version of events surrounding the origins of the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Oct 1851
Extent:
2 folios

29. IOR/R/15/1/128, ff 41v-42

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/128, ff 41v-42
Title:
Letter no.8 of 1851 from Lt Frederick Erskine Manners, Brigantine Tigris, to Commodore John Patterson Porter, Commanding Indian Naval Squadron, Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
Letter enclosing a report on the Tigris's patrol of the Qatar coast. Manners reports that Afeerat [Fuwairit] was almost deserted, as was Wukruh [al-Wakra], and that most inhabitants of these towns had moved to Ed Biddeh [al Bidda]. Manners reports that he met the three sheikhs of Fuwairit, al-Wak...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Apr 1851
Extent:
4 folios

30. IOR/R/15/1/128, ff 51-52

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/128, ff 51-52
Title:
Extract of letter no.12 of 1851 from Lt Constable, Commanding the Honourable Company's ship Constance, to Commodore John Patterson Porter, Commanding Officer of the Indian Naval Squadron, Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
Letter reporting on the Constance's arrival at Bassadore [Bāsa‘īdū, Qeshm Island], having cruised the Gulf in search of vessels suspected of transporting slaves. Constable reports that he had no reason to suspect any of those vessels encountered of carrying slaves. Reports of other encounters and...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Jun 1851
Extent:
2 folios