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131. IOR/R/15/1/137, f 40

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/137, f 40
Title:
Circular no.4265 of 1854 from the Chief Secretary
Scope & Content:
The circular is a request that the Political Resident, when writing letters on foolscap paper, write thirty lines per side, with an average of seven words per line.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Oct 1853
Extent:
1 folio

132. IOR/R/15/1/137, ff 21-22

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/137, ff 21-22
Title:
Docket enclosing paragraph 2 of Resolution no.562 passed by Government
Scope & Content:
The docket and its enclosure relate to the opium trade in the Persian Gulf. The enclosure, an extract of paragraph 2 of Resolution no.562, dated 29 January 1853, notes that opium is grown in the northern parts of Asia Minor and Persia, and shipped at Constantinople [Istanbul] in the vessels of th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Aug 1853
Extent:
2 folios

133. IOR/R/15/1/144, ff 10-11

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/144, ff 10-11
Title:
Letter from L Darling, to Her British Majesty's Consul at Bushire
Scope & Content:
In this letter, L Darling writes to the British Consul at Bushire to obtain commercial information regarding the market of Bushire in relation to imports and exports. Darling’s questions cover the following subjects: duties levied upon imports; the articles that are usually imported and exported;...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Feb 1854
Extent:
2 folios

134. IOR/R/15/1/119, ff 3-4

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/119, ff 3-4
Title:
Letter no.3 of 1850 from Major Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary to the Government Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter describes a meeting between Sheikh Saeed ben Tahnoon [Sa'id bin Tahnun] of Abu Dhabi and Saad bin Mooltuk of Brymee [al Buraimi] at Muscat, and their discussion of the payment of of zukat (tribute) to a Wahhabi agent.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Jan 1850
Extent:
2 folios

135. IOR/R/15/1/128, ff 21-24

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/128, ff 21-24
Title:
Letter from Assistant Surgeon James McAlister, Bushire, to Lt-Col Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
McAlister writes to Hennell, responding in great detail to Porter's response (ff 19-20) to his version of events in his complaint against Porter (initially outlined in f 15). McAlister requests that Hennell have no objections to him making copies of this and his previous letter, to send to His Lo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Oct 1851
Extent:
4 folios

136. IOR/R/15/1/131, f 15

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/131, f 15
Title:
Letter No. 137: Commodore George Robinson, Commander of the Indian Naval Squadron in the Persian Gulf, Writing from the Honourable Company's Sloop Clive, Near Bushire, to Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
This letter relates to Commodore George Robinson's most recent visit to the Arabian coast. Robinson responds to a request made by Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, in a letter dated 3 September (no. 295). In that letter, Kemball transmitted a translation of a letter that he ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Sep 1852
Extent:
1 folio

137. IOR/R/15/1/134 ff 49-50

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/134 ff 49-50
Title:
Letters of recommendation for Residency staff members, written by Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Resident of the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
Copies of letters of recommendation for the Residency accountant, superintendent, two extra clerks, Arabic secretary, Persian secretary, shroff (money-changer), and apothecary, on the event of the impending departure of Hennell from the Residency.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Feb 1852
Extent:
2 folios

138. IOR/R/15/1/139, f 48

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/139, f 48
Title:
Letter No. 110: Commodore George Robinson, Commander of the Persian Gulf Squadron, HC Sloop Clive, at Sea, to Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire
Scope & Content:
In this letter to Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, Commodore George Robinson, Commander of the Persian Gulf Squadron, refers to Kemball's letter of 19 July (no. 214) and reports on his recent visit to the lower end of the Gulf. He provides information concerning the attempts...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Sep 1853
Extent:
1 folio

139. IOR/R/15/1/139, ff 18-19v

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/139, ff 18-19v
Title:
Letter from William Taylour Thomson, Her Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires at the Court of Persia, Tehran, to Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire
Scope & Content:
In this letter William Taylour Thomson, Her Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires at the Court of Persia, informs Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, that he has resumed his diplomatic relations with the Persian Government, and asks Kemball to makes this known to the British subjects in ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Nov 1853
Extent:
2 folios

140. IOR/R/15/1/139, ff 30-31

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/139, ff 30-31
Title:
Letter No. 51: Commodore George Robinson, Commander of the Persian Gulf Squadron, Writing from the HC Sloop Clive, off Sharjah, to Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire
Scope & Content:
In this letter Commodore George Robinson, Commander of the Persian Gulf Squadron, encloses a copy of a letter received from Lieutenant James Tronson, Commander of the HC brigantine Tigris, which contains intelligence received from the Agent at Sharjah, Hadjee Yacoob [Hajji Yaqoob]. The enclosure,...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 May 1853
Extent:
2 folios