Letter no.2795 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 190-91) relating to measures to check the slave trade from East Africa. Anderson writes that Government approves of his proceedings, and that the Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Navy has been requested to despatch a s...
Letter no.3163 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 regarding the addition of an engagement to the slave trade suppression treaties signed with the Shaikhs of the Arab coast. Anderson writes that Jones’s actions are approved by Government, and that further instructions will follow.
Letter no.3180 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 an African slave who has been despatched to Bombay via steamer, for return to his own country. Anderson writes that Government approves of Jones’s proceedings.
Letter no.4411 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 a complaint made by Shaikh Sultan bin Saqr, chief of Russul-Khyma [Ra’s al-Khaymah], about his treatment by British officials in relation to the slave trade. Anderson writes that the Government approves of the gene...
Letter no.4386 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 the capture of the vessel under Turkish colours, found carrying twelve slaves. Anderson writes that the Government awaits further report from Jones and the Political Agent in Turkish Arabia at Baghdad.
Letter no.4570 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 arrangements for the despatch of a captured Turkish vessel, found carrying slaves, to the Turkish authorities at Basra. Anderson requests that Jones forward to Government any Turkish Firman or treaty for the suppres...
Letter no.5595 of 1856 from Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to the Resident in the Persian Gulf
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The letter is a covering letter, enclosing an extract of paragraph 63 from despatch no.24 of 1856 (folio 12) from the Court of Directors, dated 16 April 1856. The extract relates to an act of piracy committed by a subject of Kuwait upon the Amaieer tribe, and expresses satisfaction that the Resid...
Letter no.2656 of 1856 from Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to the Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf [Commander Felix Jones]
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The letter is a covering letter, enclosing an extract of paragraph 14 from despatch no.8 of 1856 from the Court of Directors, dated 20 February 1856. The extract states that the Resident (Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball) did right to discourage the Shaikh of Bahrain’s intentions to settle a rival...
Letter no.2651 of 1856 from Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to the Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf
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The letter is a covering letter, enclosing an extract of paragraph 6 of extract no.8 of 1856 (folio 16), dated 20 February 1856, from the Court of Directors. The extract relates to the Amaieer chief Humeed bin Mujdel, and praises the actions that naval commanders took against him at Kutiffe [Al-Q...
Letter no.216 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 and its enclosures relate to the shipwreck of a vessel, its plunder by Bahraini subjects, and the alleged murder of a Banyan trader at Bahrain. Jones encloses a copy of his letter (no.181 of 1856) to Commodore Richard Ethersey, Commanding Officer Persian Gulf Squadron, dated 2 June 185...
