Letter no.190 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 and plunder of a vessel carrying pilgrims off the Oman coast near Ra’s al Ḥadd, and Jones’s correspondence with the Imam of Muscat Sa‘id bin Sulṭān on the matter. Jones writes that he believes the shipwreck to have taken place in an area unde...
Letter no.262 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 a covering letter, relating to reports by the Native Agent at Muscat of the ill-treatment of owners of vessels flying the British flag at Muscat. The first enclosure is a copy of letter no.32 of 1856 (folio 147) from the Persian Department, containing the substance of a letter from...
Letter no.2964 of 1856 from Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to the Resident in the Persian Gulf [Commander Felix Jones]
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The letter and its enclosure relate to the ill-treatment of British subjects at Muscat, and protection to be extended to them. The letter encloses an extract of paragraph 19 from despatch no.23 of 1857 (folio 153), dated 17 April 1857, stating surprise on the part of the Court of Directors that a...
Letter no.2654 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, its enclosures relating to relations between the Imam of Muscat and the Persian Government, and protection to the region’s shipping. The enclosures are as follows: 1. An extract of paragraph 9 of despatch no.8 of 1856 (folio 155) from the Court of Directors, dat...
Letter no.202 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 enclosure relate to the settlement arrived at between the Persian Government and the Imam of Muscat, under which Bunder Abbas [Bandar-e ʻAbbās] came under the Imam’s authority. The enclosure is the translation of a letter (folio 160) from the British Agent at Muscat, to Jones, ...
Letter no.5078 of 1855 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 and its enclosures relate to an instance in which a slave who had absconded from Bushire, returned to that port in the service of the Indian Navy. In response to Jones’s predecessor Captain Arnold Kemball’s request from Government on guidance in the matter, should the man be re-enslav...
Letter no.1227 of 1857 from Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to the Resident in the Persian Gulf [Commander Felix Jones]
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The letter is a covering letter, relating to the case of a slave who had escaped servitude from Bushire and joined the Indian Navy, before returning to Bushire at a later date. Enclosed with the letter is an extract from paragraph 2 of despatch no.3 of 1857 (folio 172), from the Court of Directo...
Letter no.595 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, relating to the purchase of slaves by Indian pilgrims at Lingah [Bandar-e Lengeh]. Enclosed with the letter is an extract of paragraph 2 of despatch no.30 of 1855 (folio 174) from the Court of Directors, dated 19 December 1855. The extract notes with pleasure the...
Letter no.597 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, relating to the recovery of fines imposed upon the chiefs of Charrack [Bandar-e Chārak], Khelat [Kelat] and Lingah [Bandar-e Lengeh] for the import and sale of slaves in their territories. Enclosed with the letter is an extract of paragraph 4 of despatch no.30 of...
Letter no.606 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 a covering letter, relating to the kidnap and sale of a Somallee [Somali] girl by an inhabitant of Soor [Ṣūr]. Enclosed with the letter is an extract of paragraph 15 from despatch no.30 of 1855 (folio 178) from the Court of Directors, dated 19 December 1855, stating that in the eve...
