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6521. IOR/R/15/1/157, f 161

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/157, f 161
Title:
Letter no.220 of 1857 from Commander Felix Jones, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to His Excellency Charles Murray, Tehran
Scope & Content:
The letter is an apology for Jones’s inadvertent breaking of a sealed letter addressed to Murray, and a report on the arrival at Bushire of a warship belonging to the Imam of Muscat, understood to be carrying 15,000 dollars, bound for Tehran, as part of settlement between Persia and Muscat. The ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Jul 1856
Extent:
1 folio

6522. IOR/R/15/1/157, f 210

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/157, f 210
Title:
Letter no.175 of 1856 from Commander Felix Jones, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter relates to a slave imported to Ras al Khyma [Ra’s al-Khaymah] from Africa by a Muscat vessel. Jones writes that the slave has requested to return to his country, and that he has been put on a vessel to Bombay for this purpose.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 May 1856
Extent:
1 folio

6523. IOR/R/15/1/157, ff 34-50

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/157, ff 34-50
Title:
Letter no.244 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 a raid by the former ruler of Aboothabee [Abu Dhabi] Saeed ben Tahnoon [Sa’id bin Tahnun] on Abu Dhabi, aided by the Joasmee [Qāsimī] chief Sultan ben Suggur [Sultan bin Saqr]. The following enclosures follow Jones’s letter: 1. Letter no.152 of 1856 (fol...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Aug 1856
Extent:
17 folios

6524. IOR/R/15/1/157, ff 93-94

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/157, ff 93-94
Title:
Letter no.192 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 and its enclosure is related to the theft of cargo from a shipwrecked vessel at Sharjah. Jones writes to state that he is inclined to disregard the recent testimonies obtained from the Chief Magistrate at Bombay, suggesting that the claims are “pure fabrication”. Jones also thinks tha...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Jun 1856
Extent:
2 folios

6525. IOR/R/15/1/157, ff 100-101

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/157, ff 100-101
Title:
Letter no.165 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 compensation to be paid for the plunder of cargo from a shipwrecked vessel at Sharjah. Jones writes that it has come to his attention that the inhabitants of Himireyah [Ḩamrīyah] were involved in the appropriation of cargo. Jones also discusses the estimates of the losses of...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 May 1856
Extent:
2 folios

6526. IOR/R/15/1/157, ff 103-107

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/157, ff 103-107
Title:
Letter no.170 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 and its enclosures relate to Jones’s recent tour of the Gulf. Jones’s letter focuses on discussion of the present conflict between Shaikh Sultan ben Suggur [Sultan bin Saqr] of Ras al Khymah [Ra’s al-Khaymah] and the tribes of Himreyah [Ḩamrīyah], in which the Resident holds little ho...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 May 1856
Extent:
7 folios

6527. IOR/R/15/1/157, ff 111-115

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/157, ff 111-115
Title:
Letter no.219 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 and its enslosures relate to affairs on the Arab and Persian coasts of the Gulf, including the signing of a truce between the tribes of Himreyeh [Ḩamrīyah] and the brother of the Joasmee [Qāsimī] chief of Ra’s al-Khaymah. The letter includes the following enclosures: 1. The translate...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Jul 1856
Extent:
5 folios

6528. IOR/R/15/1/157, ff 118-119

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/157, ff 118-119
Title:
Letter no.286 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 relate to a claim made by inhabitants of Koweit [Kuwait] against the Shaikh of Aboothabee [Abu Dhabi] for the salvage of a boat. The enclosure is the translated extract of a letter (folio 119) from Hajee Yacoob [Hajjī Yaqoob], the British Agent at Sharjah, to Jones, d...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Sep 1856
Extent:
2 folios

6529. IOR/R/15/1/157, ff 129-132

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/157, ff 129-132
Title:
Letter no.37 of 1856 from Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to Commander Felix Jones, Officiating Resident in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
The letter and its enclosures relate to an act of piracy committed off the coast of Ra’s al Ḥadd in Oman, in which the vessel El Hamra was plundered and several of her crew murdered. Anderson requests that Jones institute enquiries into the incident, which occured in the Imam of Muscat’s territo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Jan 1856
Extent:
4 folios

6530. IOR/R/15/1/157, ff 149-150

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/157, ff 149-150
Title:
Letter no.129 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 is a covering letter, relating to the treatment of the owners of vessels flying British flags at Muscat. The enclosure is the translation of a letter (folio 150) from Jones to the Native Agent at Muscat, dated 22 March 1856, instructing the Native Agent that correspondence on such matt...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Apr 1856
Extent:
2 folios