The Anglo-Persian War: The British Capture and Occupation of Karrack and Bushire
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This part of the volume consists of a copy of an enclosure to a secret despatch from the Government of India Foreign Department to the Secret Committee, Number 4 of 1857, dated 8 January 1857. The enclosure is numbered 3 and is dated 5 January 1857. The enclosure consists of The Calcutta Gazett...
Enclosure in Letter from Henry Willock to the Secret Committee of 29 Mar 1820
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A copy of a letter from William Bruce, Resident at Bushire [Būshehr], to Mountstuart Elphinstone, Governor of Bombay [Mumbai], sent from Bushire and dated 6 February 1820. The letter concerns the vessels of the ‘pirate’ Rahma ben Jauber [Rahmah bin Jābir al-Jalāhimah], currently laying in Bushir...
Enclosure in Letter from Henry Willock to the Secret Committee of 1 Sep 1821
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A copy of a letter from Francis Warden, Chief Secretary of the Government of Bombay [Mumbai], to Dr Andrew Jukes, sent from Bombay Castle and dated 10 May 1821. The letter charges Jukes with a mission to the Gulf to discuss with Persian officials the issue of Kishm [Qeshm], which is claimed by P...
Papers Regarding the Disputes between Muscat and the Wahabees (Vol 3) - Question of the Policy to be Adopted by the British Government towards the New Sultan of Muscat, Syud Salim - Question of the Attitude to be Adopted towards the Wahabee Envoy at Katif - Question of the Tenure by which Muscat Holds Bunder Abbas
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This item is a collection to India Political Despatch No. 61 of 23 August 1866, from the Secretary of State for India to the Government of India Foreign Department (the Political Despatch itself is not included in this item). The collection consists of papers forwarded with the Government of Ind...
Anglo-Persian War: British Operations in the Persian Gulf and the Appointment of Lieutenant-General Sir James Outram as Commander of the Expeditionary Force
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This part of the volume consists of copies of enclosures to a secret despatch from the Government of India Foreign Department to the Secret Committee, Number 7 of 1857, dated 22 January 1857. The enclosures are numbered 3-9 and are dated 22 December 1856-19 January 1857. The enclosures consist...
The Accession of Syud Toorkee to Power in Muscat and the Policy to be Taken by the British Government
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Secret Despatch from the Foreign Department, Government of India, to the Secretary of State for India, No. 27 of 1871, dated 23 May 1871, containing enclosures dated 23 February-23 May 1871. The enclosures consist of copies of correspondence relating to questions which have arisen in connection...
‘Dispatches received from Her Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at the Court of Persia’
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Enclosures nos. 2-4 to a dispatch from the Secret Department, Bombay [Mumbai] Castle, dated 23 April 1845. The enclosures are dated 8 December 1844-15 February 1845. The enclosures consist of copies of dispatches from Justin Sheil, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at the Court o...
The Anglo-Persian War: The Despatch of a Regiment of Sind Irregular Horse to the Persian Gulf
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This item comprises enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] Secret Department to the Secret Committee [Bombay Secret Letter], No. 23 dated 2 February 1857. The enclosures are dated 17 January-2 February 1857. The item comprises correspondence, by letter and electric tel...
File 815/1917 Pt 1A 'Persian Gulf: lighting and buoying; improvements on original scheme; proposals for lights at Shaikh Shuaib, Henjam, Muscat and Jask'
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This part is mainly composed of interdepartmental correspondence discussing the negotiations for the installation and maintenance of lighthouses and buoying in the Persian Gulf after the First World War, specifically at Muscat, Henjam and Sheikh Shuaib. Related matters of discussion include the ...
File 815/1917 Pt 7 'Persian Gulf:- Lighting and Buoying. Lighthouse Tender, and Despatch Vessel.'
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This part contains interdepartmental correspondence and memoranda relating to lighting and buoying in the Persian Gulf. Notable topics of discussion include the following: Changes to RIMS Nearchus and its personnel (referred to as its 'revised permanent establishment') Proposed new arrangements...
