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51. IOR/R/15/1/132, ff 234-235

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/132, ff 234-235
Title:
Letter No. 46 of 1856 from Henry Lacon Anderson, Secretary to the Government, Secret Department, Bombay to Commander James Felix Jones, Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
The letter is informing the acting Resident that the HC Steamers Victoria and Ajdaha have been ordered to Bushire for the purpose of making a 'demonstration' to the Persian Authorities. It notes that an additional military force will be dispatched in the event intelligence indicates it to be nece...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Jan 1856
Extent:

2 folios

52. IOR/R/15/1/132, f 37

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/132, f 37
Title:
Letter No. 442 of 1852 from Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary to the Government, Secret Department, Bombay to Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
The letter concerns the vessel to be used by the British to investigate suspected fortification work at Karrack [Khārk, Jazīreh-ye]. It confirms that the Resident's suggestion that the vessel uses the excuse of refilling its water tanks will be adopted, so that it may visit the island without rai...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Dec 1852
Extent:

1 folio

53. IOR/R/15/1/132, f 38

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/132, f 38
Title:
Letter Office No. 363 of 1852 from Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, at Bushire to Commodore George Robinson, Commander of the Indian Naval Squadron in the Persin Gulf
Scope & Content:
The letter is referring to documents issued by the Resident related to concessions granted by 'Mahomedan [Mohammedan] powers' to the British for the search and seizure of national vessels engaged in piracy. It informs the Commodore that the firmans (related to the 'Ottoman Porte') contained withi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Oct 1852
Extent:

1 folio

54. IOR/R/15/1/132, f 51

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/132, f 51
Title:
Letter No. 64 of 1853 from Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary to the Government, Secret Department, Bombay to Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
The letter — in response to the Resident's communication No. 8 of 23 December 1852 — is stating that the Bombay Government approves of the Resident's intentions; the Resident has proposed a non-committal stance with respect to a proposed attack on Ṣuḥār.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Mar 1853
Extent:

1 folio

55. IOR/R/15/1/132, f 91

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/132, f 91
Title:
Letter No. 43 of 1854 from Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary to the Government, Secret Department, Bombay to Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident at Bushire [Resident in the Persian Gulf]
Scope & Content:
The letter is informing the Resident that he is to confine his interactions with the authorities in Persia to matters of a routine nature; in the event of any emergencies it notes he should be guided by the instructions of HM Chargé d'affaires at the Court of Persia. It further notes that in the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Feb 1854
Extent:

1 folio

56. IOR/R/15/1/132, f 222

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/132, f 222
Title:
Letter No. 64 of 1855 from Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Political Agent in Turkish Arabia, at Baghdad to Commander James Felix Jones, Officiating Resident in the Persian Gulf, at Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter is urging that Syed Saeed [Sa‘īd bin Sultān Āl Sa‘īd], the Imam of Muscat, should be dissuaded from recruiting mercenary Arabs from Bussorah [Basra], as it will hamper British efforts to preserve friendly relations between the Persian Government and Turkish Authorities.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Dec 1855
Extent:

1 folio

57. IOR/R/15/1/132, f 232

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/132, f 232
Title:
Letter No. 451 of 1855 from Commander James Felix Jones, Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf, at Bushire to Commodore Richard Ethersey, Commander of the Indian Naval Squadron in the Persian Gulf, at the Bushire Roads
Scope & Content:
The letter is enquiring as to whether a native boat may be hired to convey a packet to Bassidore [Bāsaʻīdū], so that it may be conveyed from there to Bombay. It explains that Charles Augustus Murray, the late British Envoy to Persia, had suggested that all disposable British vessels should be ret...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Dec 1855
Extent:

1 folio

58. IOR/R/15/1/132, ff 3-4

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/132, ff 3-4
Title:
Letter No. 78 of 1852 from Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary to the Government, Secret Department, Bombay to Lieutenant Colonel Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
The letter is enclosing a communication (No. 44 of 1852) from Stephen Lushington, Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Navy, to Lucius Bentinck Cary, Viscount Falkland, President and Governor in Council, Bombay, dated 22 January 1852. The enclosure concerns instructions to be issued for the guidance...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Feb 1852
Extent:
2 folios

59. IOR/R/15/1/132, ff 60-62

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/132, ff 60-62
Title:
Letter No. 178 of 1853 Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, at Bushire to William Taylor Thomas, HM Chargé d'affaires at the Court of Persia, at Tehran
Scope & Content:
The letter is enclosing a report on the state of Persian fortifications at Karrack [Khārk, Jazīreh-ye]; the investigation was undertaken as a result of a suggestion from James Howard Harris, Lord Malmesbury and the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. Note that Karrack is also spelt Kharg in...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Jun 1853
Extent:

3 folios

60. IOR/R/15/1/132, ff 116-117

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/132, ff 116-117
Title:
Letter No. 62 of 1854 from Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary to the Government, Secret Department, Bombay to Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, at Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter is instructing the Resident that in the event that Persia declares war on Turkey, the steamer Akbar — currently at Bushire — should be ordered to immediately return to Bombay. It further conveys the approval of the Bombay Government over the Resident's decision to send the steamer Auck...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Feb 1854
Extent:

2 folios