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51. IOR/R/15/1/149, ff 180-181

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/149, ff 180-181
Title:
Letter no.4672 of 1855 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, enclosing a Government circular relating to the fall of Sebastapool [Sevastopol]. The printed copy of the circular (no.3359 of 1855), dated 13 November 1855, draws attention to a copy of a letter, included on the same printed page as the circular, from F Courtenay...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Nov 1855
Extent:
2 folios

52. IOR/R/15/1/149, ff 182-184

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/149, ff 182-184
Title:
Letter no.430 of 1855 from Commander Felix Jones, Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf, Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter is a covering letter with notes, relating to the circumstances surrounding Jones’s transfer from his role as Government Agent and Consul-General at Baghdad, to Resident at Bushire. The enclosure is a copy of a letter (folio 184) from Captain Arnold Kemball, Consul-General at Baghdad to...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Dec 1855
Extent:
3 folios

53. IOR/R/15/1/149, ff 185-187

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/149, ff 185-187
Title:
Letter no.440 of 1855 from Commander Felix Jones, Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter is a covering letter, enclosing a letter from Captain Arnold Kemball, Political Agent in Turkish Arabia, to Jones, dated 18 October 1855, itself a covering letter, with a letter sent by Lord Stratford de Redcliffe, British Ambassador in Constantinople, to Kemball, dated 19 September 18...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Dec 1855
Extent:
3 folios

54. IOR/R/15/1/149, f 6

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/149, f 6
Title:
Letter no.122 of 1855 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter relates to the late despatch to Bombay of manumitted slaves from the Gulf. Kemball writes to account for the current delay in sending a number of slaves to Bombay. Enclosed with Kemball’s letter (not included in the volume) was a letter from Lieutenant Alexander Foulerton, Senior Naval...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Apr 1855
Extent:
1 folio

55. IOR/R/15/1/149, f 14

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/149, f 14
Title:
Letter no.205 of 1855 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter is a reply to Anderson’s earlier letter (folio 11), which enclosed an extract of a despatch from the Court of Directors, enquiring after the fate of a number of slaves found on a bugulah [buggalow, or boat] in the Persian Gulf. Kemball writes to state that the slaves in question were ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Jun 1855
Extent:
1 folio

56. IOR/R/15/1/149, f 172

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/149, f 172
Title:
Letter no.412 of 1855 from Commander Felix Jones, Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter is a request for instructions from the Resident as to the extent of his (and his Political Agents’) jurisdiction in relation to notarial affairs. Jones writes that Britain has two consular agents in Persia, but that he, as the Resident at Bushire, is distinct from these individuals, an...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Nov 1855
Extent:

1 folio

57. IOR/R/15/1/149, f 173

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/149, f 173
Title:
Letter no.5393 of 1855 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 reply to Jones’s query over the extent of his jurisdictive powers at Bushire (folio 172). Anderson refers Jones to a letter sent to one of his predecessors, Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, which stated that granting the Resident consular jurisdiction would be inconsistent with...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Dec 1855
Extent:
1 folio

58. IOR/R/15/1/149, f 188

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/149, f 188
Title:
Letter no.459 of 1855 from Commander Felix Jones, Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter is a covering letter, the original of which enclosed for the Governor in Council’s information, a copy of a letter addressed to Jones from Lord Stratford de Redcliffe, dated 27 October. The enclosure is not included in the volume.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Dec 1855
Extent:
1 folio

59. IOR/R/15/1/149, ff 3-4

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/149, ff 3-4
Title:
Letter no.49 of 1855 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter and its enclosure relate to the slave trade on the Arab coast. Enclosed with Kemball’s letter is the translation of a letter (folio 4) from Shaikh Sultan bin Suggar [Sultan bin Saqr], the Joasmee [Qāsimī] ruler, to Kemball, dated 31 December 1854. In his letter Shaikh Sultan states tha...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Jan 1855
Extent:
2 folios

60. IOR/R/15/1/149, ff 20-21

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/149, ff 20-21
Title:
Letter no.210 of 1855 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter is a response to questions raised by the Court of Directors in a court extract (IOR/R/15/1/143, f 325) over efforts to suppress the slave trade in the Persian Gulf. Kemball regrets that he did not explain in more detail why the slave trade on the Oman coast has been continued with impu...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Jun 1855
Extent:
2 folios