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6071. 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

6072. 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

6073. 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

6074. 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

6075. IOR/R/15/1/157, ff 280-282

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/157, ff 280-282
Title:
Letter no.333 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 enclosure are a continuation of correspondence relating to the unauthorised seizure of two slaves by the British Agent at Lingah [Bandar-e Lengeh], and their return to their owner at Jones’s instigation. The letter and enclosure are Jones’s response to the Government’s enquiry...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Nov 1856
Extent:
3 folios

6076. IOR/R/15/1/157, ff 283-286

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/157, ff 283-286
Title:
Letter no.249 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 enclosures relate to the capture by British naval officials of a presumably Turkish vessel found carrying twelve slaves. The enclosures are as follows: 1. Letter no.157 of 1856 (folio 284) from Commodore Richard Ethersey, Commanding Officer Persian Gulf Squadron, to Jones, dated ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Aug 1856
Extent:
4 folios

6077. 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

6078. 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

6079. 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

6080. IOR/R/15/1/160, f 1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/160, f 1
Title:
Letter no.121 of 1857 (Secret Department) from Commander Felix Jones, Political Agent of the Persian Field Force, Civil Commissioner & Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Lieutenant-General Sir James Outram, Commanding the Persian Field Force
Scope & Content:
The letter reports the death of the Imam of Muscat [Sa‘id bin Sulṭān al-Sa‘id], while en route to Zanzibar. Enclosed with the letter is the translation of an extract of a letter (folio 1v) received from the British Agent at Muscat, dated 31 January 1857, containing the original news.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Feb 1857
Extent:
1 folio