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Container Reference (shelfmark) IOR/R/15/1/128

51. 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

52. 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

53. IOR/R/15/1/128, ff 74-75

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/128, ff 74-75
Title:
Letter from Lieutenant William Balfour, Commanding the Honourable Company's brig Euphrates, to Commodore John Patterson Porter, Commanding Indian Naval Squadron
Scope & Content:
Balfour reports an update on events at al-Qatif harbour since his last letter (ff 72-73), noting that the Bahrain fleet departed on 2 August. Reports that he has carried out Porter's instructions (as detailed in f 69), and that the Kenn [Kish] tribes have delivered up a boat to British officers. ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Aug 1851
Extent:
2 folios

54. 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

55. 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

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