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71. IOR/R/15/1/157, ff 220-255

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/157, ff 220-255
Title:
Letter no.238 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 the results of the season’s efforts to suppress the slave trade on the Persian and Arab coasts. Topics covered include: willingness of some of the Arab Shaikhs to follow the new slave trade suppression treaty; resistance to measures on the Persian coast, a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Aug 1856
Extent:
35 folios

72. IOR/R/15/1/157, ff 256-264

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/157, ff 256-264
Title:
Letter no.276 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 the actions of the British Agent at Lingah [Bandar-e Lengeh], Moolla Ahmed, understood to have exceeded his responsibilities in the seizure of two slaves at Bandar-e Lengeh, and Jones’s efforts to prevent a diplomatic dispute with the Persian authorities. ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Sep 1856
Extent:
9 folios

73. IOR/R/15/1/157, ff 265-266

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/157, ff 265-266
Title:
Letter no.308 of 1856 from Commander Felix Jones, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter is a covering letter, enclosing letter no.189 of 1856 (folio 266) from Commodore Richard Ethersey, Commanding Officer Persian Gulf Squadron, to Jones, dated 10 September 1856. Ethersey’s letter concerns the despatch of 59 slaves retrieved from trading vessels to Bombay on board the Vic...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Oct 1856
Extent:
2 folios

74. IOR/R/15/1/157, ff 267-270

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/157, ff 267-270
Title:
Letter no.311 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 the surrender of two slaves to the British Agent at Sharjah, by a Shaikh under the authority of Shaikh Sultan bin Suggur [Sultan bin Saqr]. Jones writes that the slaves have reached Bassidore, where they are in the care of Commodore Richard Ethersey, Comma...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Oct 1856
Extent:
4 folios

75. IOR/R/15/1/157, ff 271-275

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/157, ff 271-275
Title:
Letter no.316 of 1856 from Commander Felix Jones, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter is a covering letter, enclosing correspondence from Commodore Richard Ethersey, Commanding Officer Persian Gulf Squadron, relating to British efforts to suppress the slave trade to the Gulf. the enclosures are as follows: 1. Letter no.185 of 1856 (folio 272) from Ethersey to Jones, d...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Oct 1856
Extent:
5 folios

76. IOR/R/15/1/157, ff 276-279

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/157, ff 276-279
Title:
Letter no.4787 of 1856 from Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to Commander Felix Jones, Resident in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
The letter and its enclosures relate to the slave trade, and the surrender of two slaves at Linga [Bandar-e Lengeh] to the Persian authorities, who were originally seized illegally by the British Agent at Bandar-e Lengeh. Anderson requests that Jones explain why he surrendered the two slaves, wh...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Oct 1856
Extent:
4 folios

77. IOR/R/15/1/157, ff 288-292

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/157, ff 288-292
Title:
Letter no.278 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 arrangements to despatch a captured vessel, found carrying twelve slaves and under Turkish colours, to the Turkish authorities in Basra. The enclosures are as follows: 1. Letter no.258 of 1856 (folio 289) from Jones to Lieutenant Giles, Commanding Officer...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Sep 1856
Extent:
5 folios

78. IOR/R/15/1/157, ff 294-295

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/157, ff 294-295
Title:
Letter no.321 of 1856 from Commander Felix Jones, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter is a covering letter, forwarding correspondence (folio 295) from Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Political Agent in Turkish Arabia, addressed to Jones and dated 25 September 1856, relating to the handing over to the Turkish authorities in Basra of a vessel carrying slaves and flying T...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Oct 1856
Extent:
2 folios

79. IOR/R/15/1/157, ff 296-297

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/157, ff 296-297
Title:
Letter no.1176 of 1857 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 an extract of paragraph 11 of despatch no.8 of 1857 (folio 296) from the Court of Directors, dated 14 January 1856, relating to the capture by the British authorities of a vessel under Turkish colours carrying twelve slaves. The extract notes that, thoug...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Mar 1857
Extent:
2 folios

80. IOR/R/15/1/157, f 24

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/157, f 24
Title:
Letter no.280 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 a recent case of shipwreck, plunder and murder at Jumail by Bahraini subjects. Jones writes that the suspected case of murder has turned out to be a drowning caused by the initial shipwreck.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Sep 1856
Extent:
1 folio