Letter to the Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf [Commander Felix Jones] from Khinjee Gopulldass
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The letter relates to compensation for the theft of cargo from a shipwrecked vessel at Sharjah. Gopulldass, the owner of the shipwrecked boat, writes with instructions to pay the compensation to his agent at Maskat [Muscat].
Letter no.4558 of 1856 from Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to Commander Felix Jones, Resident in the Persian Gulf
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The letter is an acknowledgement of receipt of Jones’s earlier letter, relating to correspondence with Shaikh Sultan bin Suggar [Sultan bin Saqr], the chief of Sharjah, over compensation claims relating to the theft of cargo from a shipwrecked vessel at Sharjah. Anderson writes that Jones, in his...
Letter no.3158 of 1856 from Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to Commander Felix Jones, Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf
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The letter is an acknowledgement of receipt of Jones’s earlier letter relating to maritime offences committed by the inhabitants of Himreyeh [Ḩamrīyah]. Anderson writes that the Government approves of Jones’s proceedings.
Letter no.3164 of 1856 from Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to Commander Felix Jones, Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf
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The letter is an acknowledgement of receipt of Jones’s earlier letter (folios 103-04) relating to his tour of the Gulf and his efforts to mediate in the conflict between Shaikh Sultan bin Saqr of Ra’s al-Khaymah and the tribes of Ḩamrīyah. Anderson writes that the Governor in Council approves of ...
Letter no.5036 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 an acknowledgement of receipt of Jones’s earlier letter (folio 118) relating to the settlement for a claim between subjects of Koweit [Kuwait] and the Shaikh of Abu Dhabi over a boat. Anderson writes that the Government approves of proceedings.
Letter no.134 of 1857 from Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to Commander Felix Jones, Political Agent with the Persian Expeditionary Force
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The letter is an acknowledgement of receipt of Jones’s earlier letter (folio 121) relating to reports of Wahabee [Wahhābī] movements towards Oman, with the request that Jones do everything in his power to ensure tranquility in the region.
Letter no.2750 of 1856 from Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay to Commander Felix Jones, Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf
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The letter is an acknowledgement of receipt of Jones’s earlier covering letter, containing instructions for the Native Agent at Muscat, on what to do in the event of the ill-treatment of British subjects at that port. Anderson writes that the Government approves of Jones’s proceedings.
Letter no.245 from Commander Felix Jones, Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay
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The letter relates to the whereabouts of a Soor [Ṣūr] inhabitant charged with kidnapping a Somali girl. Jones writes that information from the British Agent at Muscat suggests that the man is now residing in Aden. Appended to Jones’s letter is the translated extract of a letter from the British ...
Letter no.340 of 1856 from Commander Felix Jones, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Brigadier William Coghlan, Political Resident at Aden
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The letter is an acknowledgement of receipt of Coghlan’s letter to Jones (folio 183). Jones writes that the British Agent at Muscat will convey direct to Coghlan full details of the case involving the kidnap of a Somali girl by an inhabitant of Ṣūr, who is now believed to be residing at Aden.
Letter no.149 of 1856 from Commander Felix Jones, Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay
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The letter relates to naval resources available in the Gulf for the suppression of the slave trade. Jones writes that, in consequence of the departure of the British Mission from Persia, and the monthly despatch of packets for the Presidency, he has not been able to spare a single vessel for sla...
