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321. IOR/R/15/1/128, ff 63-65

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/128, ff 63-65
Title:
Letter no.133 of 1851 from Commodore John Patterson Porter, Commanding Indian Naval Squadron, Persian Gulf, to Lt-Col Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
Letter with two enclosures. Porter writes that Lt Balfour, Commanding Officer of the Euphrates, having demanded a boat from the Kenn [Kish] Island forces in lieu of the one captured from Bahrain, reports of further seizures by Faysal's people at Qais [Qeys] of Bahraini boats. Two enclosures are ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Aug 1851
Extent:

3 folios

322. IOR/R/15/1/128, ff 66-67

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/128, ff 66-67
Title:
Letter no.142 of 1851 from Commodore John Patterson Porter, Commanding Indian Naval Squadron, Persian Gulf, to Lt-Col Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
Porter provides details of the recent movements of the Honourable Company's [East India Company] ships on the Arab coast, in the wake of the breaking of the blockade at al-Qatif, and a peace agreement between the Emir of Najd and the Sheikh of Bahrain. Porter reports on the decision taken on boar...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Aug 1851
Extent:
2 folios

323. IOR/R/15/1/128, ff 68v-69

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/128, ff 68v-69
Title:
Letter no.132 of 1851 from Commodore John Patterson Porter, Commanding Indian Naval Squadron, Honourable Company's sloop Clive, Bahrain, to Lieutenant William Balfour, Commanding the Honourable Company's brig Euphrates
Scope & Content:
Letter acknowledging receipt of three items of correspondence from Balfour. Porter requests that a strict blockade of the harbour at al-Qatif is maintained, pending further instructions from the Resident at Bushire.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Jul 1851
Extent:
1 folio

324. IOR/R/15/1/128, ff 69-70

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/128, ff 69-70
Title:
Letter no.135 of 1851 from Commodore John Patterson Porter, Commanding Indian Naval Squadron,Honourable Company's sloop Clive, Bahrain, to Lieutenant William Balfour, Commanding the Honourable Company's brig Euphrates
Scope & Content:
Porter instructs Balfour, in lieu of peace having been concluded between Amir Faisal and the Bahrain chiefs, to ensure that no vessels from Katiff [Al-Qatif] are interfered with. Instruction that Balfour demands three boats from the Kenn [Kish] chief, in lieu of those captured from the Bahrain pe...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Aug 1851
Extent:
1 folio

325. IOR/R/15/1/128, ff 70-71

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/128, ff 70-71
Title:
Letter no.139 of 1851 from Commodore John Patterson Porter, Commanding Indian Naval Squadron,Honourable Company's sloop Clive, Bahrain, to Lieutenant William Balfour, Commanding the Honourable Company's brig Euphrates
Scope & Content:
Porter instructs Balfour to raise the blockade of al-Qatif harbour, and to return without delay to Bahrain. Porter also states his reasons for wanting three boats taken from the Kenn [Kish] tribe.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Aug 1851
Extent:

2 folios

326. IOR/R/15/1/128, ff 72-73

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/128, ff 72-73
Title:
Letter no.20 of 1851 from Lieutenant William Balfour, Commanding the Honourable Company's brig Euphrates, to Commodore John Patterson Porter, Commanding Indian Naval Squadron, Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
Report of the movements of vessels outside the harbour at al-Qatif, where Balfour is stationed as part of the blockade of the port. Balfour describes the nature of the shallow waters, and the risks to his vessel and the Tigris of damage on the shallow banks. Balfour continues that he was informed...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Aug 1851
Extent:

2 folios

327. IOR/R/15/1/128, ff 77-79

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/128, ff 77-79
Title:
Letter no.174 of 1851 from Commodore John Patterson Porter, Indian Squadron Persian Gulf, to Lt-Col Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
Covering letter to an enclosure (ff 78-79), relating to the proceedings of the Imam of Muscat on the Batinah coast. The enclosure is a copy of a letter from Lieutenant Tronson, Commanding the Brigantine Tigris, to Commodore J. P. Porter, Indian Squadron Persian Gulf, dated 20 September 1851. Tron...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Oct 1851
Extent:
3 folios

328. IOR/R/15/1/128, ff 80-82

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/128, ff 80-82
Title:
Letter from Lt James Tronson, Commanding the Honourable Company's brig Tigris, to Commodore John Patterson Porter, Commanding Indian Squadron, Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
Tronson reports that he has received news of the death of the Sharjah Native Agent Mullā Husayn; the result of a fever. In light of events, and of his crew being sick, Tronson states that he made his way back to Bushire via Lingah [Bandar-e Lengeh]. Tronson also writes of a robbery at sea: the t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Nov 1851
Extent:
3 folios

329. IOR/R/15/1/129, f 13

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/129, f 13
Title:
Letter No. 1426 of 1852 from Henry Edward Goldsmid, Secretary to the Government, Political Department, Bombay to Lieutenant Colonel Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, at Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter is granting the Resident permission to apply for a leave of absence from the Bombay Presidency. It also notes that the Governor of Bombay was pleased to hear that the policies the Resident has been implementing have contributed successfully to the current tranquillity of the Persian G...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Mar 1852
Extent:

1 folio

330. IOR/R/15/1/129, f 14

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/129, f 14
Title:
Letter No. 1431 of 1852 from Henry Edward Goldsmid, Secretary to the Government, Political Department, Bombay to Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball
Scope & Content:
The letter is informing Captain Kemball that the Governor of Bombay has appointed him to the position of Resident in the Persian Gulf.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Mar 1852
Extent:

1 folio

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