‘Persian Gulf. Relative to a passage to Bombay provided to a Persian officer of rank on board the steamer “Ajdaha”.’
Scope & Content:
This item consists of copies of correspondence, resolutions, and consultations cited in, or enclosed with, extracts of a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, 17 November 1856. The political letter appears in IOR/F/4/2667/177852. The enclosu...
Referring to a Correspondence with Admiral Drury respecting the advantages that might result from a Ship of War occasionally visiting the Gulph of Arabia
Scope & Content:
The item consists of correspondence between the Government of Bombay and Rear Admiral William O’Brien Drury, Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Station, regarding a proposal for increased British naval presence in the Gulf of Arabia [Red Sea] in order to resist French influence in the region.
‘Arabian Horses sent as a present to Her Majesty the Queen of England by the Imaum of Muscat’
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 and Aga Mahomed Rahim Shirazee [Āghā Muḥammad Raḥim Shirāzi], Agent of the Imaum of Muscat [Ima...
‘Persian Gulf – Slave Trade – A female child purchased at Mangalore and taken to Muscat.’
Scope & Content:
This item consists of copies of correspondence, minutes, and consultations, cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. It is the fifth in a series of seven items about the Persian Gulf (the others are IOR/F/4/1912/81793, 81794, 81795, 81796, 81798, 81799). The c...
‘Persian Gulf. Projected marriage of the Imaum of Muscat with a Persian Princess.’
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 November 1847. A copy of this Political Letter can be found at IOR/F/4/2238/112322, alongside detai...
‘Persian Gulf. Establishment. Donation to Mr. Edwards for Extra duties – Vol: 18’
Scope & Content:
This item consists of copies of correspondence, minutes, and consultations cited in, or enclosed with, a political letter from the Government of Bombay, which appears in IOR/F/4/2445/134344. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Political Resident i...
‘Persian Gulf. Slave Trade. Buglas “Saiad” and “Futtool Moobaruck”. Further proceedings reported.’
Scope & Content:
This item consists of copies of correspondence, resolutions, and consultations cited in, or enclosed with, extracts of Political Letters from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, 3 October 1856. The enclosures are dated 24 April-October 1856. It is the second in...
‘Expense of presents incurred by Mr Rich the Resident at Bagdad’
Scope & Content:
This item consists of copies of correspondence and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, letters to and from the Government of Bombay. It concerns the amount spent on presents by the Bagdad [Baghdad] Residency, and includes a statement showing this expenditure since 1798, along with instructions f...
‘Presents to the King of Persia and Imaum [Imam] of Muscat’
Scope & Content:
The item consists of extracts of Political Letters and Political Consultations from the Government of Bombay relating to gifts of glassware and porcelain for the King of Persia and the Imaum [Imam] of Muscat. In particular, the extracts are concerned with the decision to detain, in India, the gl...
