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‘Application of the Pasha of Egypt for two armed Ships to be employed against the Wahabees’
Scope & Content:
The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence cited in, or enclosed with, letters from the Government of Bombay. The item consists of correspondence regarding an application by the Pasha of Egypt [Muḥammad ʻAlī Pāshā] to procure or purchase two armed ships from the East India C...
‘Persian Gulf Relative to the exaction of responsibility from the Chief of the – for acts of aggression by their subjects-’
Scope & Content:
The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, 13 January 1853, and found at IOR/F/4/2504/142185. Further enclosures to the letter can be found at: I...
‘Slave Trade. Proceedings adopted in view to the suppression of the- in the Persian Gulf and along the Eastern Coast of Africa’
Scope & Content:
The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence cited in, or enclosed with, a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, 31 March 1847. A copy of this Political Letter can be found at IOR/F/4/2191/107336. Further enclosures can be foun...
‘Persian Gulf. Relative to the adjustment of aggressions committed by Vessels belonging to subjects of the Chiefs of Debaee and Aboothabee. –’
Scope & Content:
This item consists of copies of correspondence, minutes, and consultations cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; the Government of Ind...
‘Proceedings adopted in consequence of the depredations committed by the Joasmee Pirates in the Persian Gulph,’ Vol. 2
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This item consists mostly of copies of correspondence and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, letters to and from the Government of Bombay. It is the second in a series of eight items on the subject of the alleged piracy of the Joasmee [al-Qawāsim, also referred to as Joassmee] (the others are: ...
‘Persian Gulf. Proceedings connected with the settlement of certain matters on the Arabian Coast.’
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The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, 3 November 1852, and found at IOR/F/4/2504/142185. It is the fifth in a series of sixteen items about ...
The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence, minutes and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, extracts of the Government of Bombay Political Consultations. It is the second in a series of 4 items on general affairs in the Persian Gulf (the others are: IOR/F/4/1398/55440, IOR/F/...
‘Proceedings relating to the Bushire Residency & Bussorah Agency. Question as to removing the former from Bushire to the island of Kharrack.’
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The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence, minutes and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, letters from the Government of Bombay, the Government of Bengal, and the Court of Directors of the East India Company. The item relates to the suggestion – first in 1828 by Captain Da...
‘Proceedings regarding the proposed arrangement of substituting for the Resident in the Persian Gulf an Assistant under the Envoy at Tehraun – Channel of his correspondence – Reduction in the Residency Establishment and appointment of Major Morison to the Office of Resident.’
Scope & Content:
The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence, minutes and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, letters from the governments of Bombay [Mumbai], Fort St George [Madras, i.e. Chennai], and the East India Company Court of Directors. The item relates to proposals by the Court of Di...
‘Persian Gulf. Bahrein. Visit of the special Agent from the Sheik of steps taken to levy a fine on certain places on the Gutter Coast – Vol: 7’
Scope & Content:
This item consists of copies of correspondence, consultations, and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, a political letter from the Government of Bombay, which appears in IOR/F/4/2445/134344. The main correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Political Agent...
