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41. IOR/R/15/1/157, ff 76-82

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/157, ff 76-82
Title:
Letter no.131 of 1856 from Commander Felix Jones, Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter and its enclosures relate to ongoing efforts by British officials to recover property plundered from a shipwrecked vessel at Sharjah, or to obtain compensation from Shaikh Sultan ben Suggar [Sultan bin Saqr]. The following enclosures are included with Jones’s letter: 1. Letter no.70 ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Apr 1856
Extent:
7 folios

42. IOR/R/15/1/157, ff 84-86

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/157, ff 84-86
Title:
Letter no.3107 of 1856 from Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to Commander Felix Jones, Officiating Resident in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
The letter is a covering letter, relating to the piracy and plunder of a shipwrecked vessel’s cargo at Sharjah. Enclosed with Anderson’s letter are statements taken by the Senior Magistrate of Police, from the owner of the shipwrecked vessel (folio 85) and the merchant who charted the vessel (fol...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Jun 1856
Extent:
3 folios

43. IOR/R/15/1/157, ff 87-88

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/157, ff 87-88
Title:
Letter no.167 of 1856 from Commander Felix Jones, Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter relates to ongoing attempts to obtain compensation form Shaikh Sultan ben Suggar [Sultan bin Saqr] for the goods plundered by his subjects from a shipwrecked vessel at Sharjah. The letter describes Shaikh Sultan’s acceptance to pay compensation, the level of compensation set, the culpa...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 May 1856
Extent:
2 folios

44. IOR/R/15/1/157, ff 91-92

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/157, ff 91-92
Title:
Letter no.2329 of 1856 from Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to Commander Felix Jones, Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
The letter is a covering letter, transmitting a letter from Soultan bin Sugur bin Rashid bin Mutur, the chief of Sharjah [Shaikh Sultan bin Saqr], addressed to the Governor in Council of Bombay, dated 3 February 1856. Shaikh Sultan’s letter relates to the shipwreck and plunder of a vessel at Shar...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 May 1856
Extent:
2 folios

45. IOR/R/15/1/157, ff 96-97

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/157, ff 96-97
Title:
Letter no.3984 of 1856 from Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to the Resident in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
The letter is a covering letter, enclosing an extract of paragraph 3 from despatch no.32 of 1856 (folio 97) from the Court of Directors, dated 11 June 1856. The extract is related to the theft of cargo from a shipwrecked vessel at Sharjah, and states that acts of piracy against vessels belonging ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Aug 1856
Extent:
2 folios

46. IOR/R/15/1/157, ff 98-99

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/157, ff 98-99
Title:
Letter no.2098 of 1857 from Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to the Resident in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
The letter is a covering letter, enclosing an extract of paragraph 31 from despatch no.16 of 1857 (folio 99) from the Court of Directors, dated 11 February 1857. The letter relates to the plunder of cargo from a shipwrecked vessel at Sharjah, and details the terms and level of compensation payabl...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 May 1857
Extent:
2 folios

47. IOR/R/15/1/157, ff 109-110

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/157, ff 109-110
Title:
Letter no.2099 of 1857 from Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to the Resident in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
The letter is a covering letter, containing an extract of paragraph 32 of despatch no.16 of 1857 (folio 110), dated 11 February 1857. The extract states that Commander Jones’s attempt at mediation between Shaikh Soultan bin Suggur [Sultan bin Saqr] of Ra’s al-Khaymah and the tribes of Humreya [Ḩa...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 May 1857
Extent:
2 folios

48. IOR/R/15/1/157, ff 116-117

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/157, ff 116-117
Title:
Letter no.4881 of 1856 from Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to Commander Felix Jones, Resident in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
The letter is a covering letter, enclosing a Resolution by the Board (folio 117), dated 21 October 1856, which reports the satisfactory reports of affairs at Sharjah by the British Agent [Hajjī Yaqoob], the truce agreed between the Joasmee [Qāsimī] chief and the Shaikhs in league with the tribes ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Oct 1856
Extent:
2 folios

49. IOR/R/15/1/157, ff 121-126

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/157, ff 121-126
Title:
Letter no.347 of 1856 from Commander Felix Jones, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter and its enclosures relate to recent communications with the Joasmee [Qāsimī] chief, Shaikh Sultan ben Suggur [Sultan bin Saqr] over Persian actions in Lingah [Bandar-e Lengeh] and Jones’s insistence that the Shaikh should not interfere with the situation at Bandar-e Lengeh; exchanges ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Nov 1856
Extent:
6 folios

50. IOR/R/15/1/157, ff 133-136

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/157, ff 133-136
Title:
Letter no.166 of 1856 from Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to Commander Felix Jones, Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
The letter and its enclosures relate to the shipwrecking of a vessel carrying pilgrims off the coast of Oman near Ra’s al Ḥadd, its reported plunder of its possession by Bedouins, and several members of its crew murdered. Anderson encloses a copy of letter no.160 of 1856 (folio 133) from Brigadie...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Jan 1856
Extent:
4 folios