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301. IOR/R/15/1/132, ff 1A-2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/132, ff 1A-2
Title:
Letter from Justin Sheil, HM Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Persia, at Tehran to Lieutenant Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
The letter is informing the Resident that the Persian Government has appointed Mirza Mahmood Khan — son-in-law of the Minister of Foreign Affairs — to oversee the detention of Persian slaving vessels from a British cruizer; the British have been authorised to detain Persian ships suspected of car...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Dec 1851
Extent:
2 folios

302. IOR/R/15/1/132, ff 94-101

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/132, ff 94-101
Title:
Letter No. 302 from Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, at Bushire to William Taylor Thomson, HM Chargé d'affaires at the Court of Persia, at Tehran
Scope & Content:
The letter is reporting that Shaikh Houssein Nasir put to sea with many boats in order to restore himself to power in Persia. It notes however that he departed peacefully, and did not undertake any hostile or irregular acts at sea. It reports that the Resident has declined to get involved, thoug...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Sep 1853
Extent:

8 folios

303. IOR/R/15/1/132, ff 104-105

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/132, ff 104-105
Title:
Letter from William Taylor Thomson, HM Chargé d'affaires at the Court of Persia, at Tehran to Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Political Resident Bushire [Resident in the Persian Gulf]
Scope & Content:
The letter is informing the Resident that George William Frederick Villiers, Earl of Clarendon and Foreign Secretary, has approved of the steps taken by Commodore George Robinson to obtain reparation for the acts of 'piracy and plunder' committed by the Shaikh of the island of Charrack [Khārk, Ja...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Dec 1853
Extent:

2 folios

304. IOR/R/15/1/137, ff 41-42

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/137, ff 41-42
Title:
Printed circular no.4322 of 1853 from J. G. Lumsden, Secretary to Government, to the Resident in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
The circular relates to complimentary addresses being made to public officers on the occasion of their retirement or removal from office, stating that such practice should be ‘systematically discouraged’.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Oct 1853
Extent:
2 folios

305. IOR/R/15/1/139, f 2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/139, f 2
Title:
Letter No. 5: Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire, to His Excellency Colonel Justin Sheil CB, Her Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Persia, Tehran
Scope & Content:
In this letter, Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, refers to the plunder and destruction of a boat belonging to Hajee Yacoob [Hajji Yaqoob] by the people of Kirrah on the Persian Coast, which occurred seven years ago. Kemball proposes that he disburse to Hajee Yacoob the balan...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Jan 1853
Extent:
1 folio

306. IOR/R/15/1/139, f 7

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/139, f 7
Title:
Letter No. 108: Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to His Excellency Colonel Justin Sheil CB, Her Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Persia, Tehran
Scope & Content:
This letter concerns the state of affairs around Tungistoon [Tangestān] and Bunder Abbas [Bandar-e 'Abbās]. Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, refers to his letter of 15 February (no. 60) and reports on the cessation of disorder near Tungistoon. He states that Ahmed Khan has ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Mar 1853
Extent:
1 folio

307. IOR/R/15/1/139, ff 8-9v

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/139, ff 8-9v
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, received 28 March 1853, William Taylour Thomson informs Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, that he has been presented to the Shah [Nāṣer al-Dīn Shāh Qājār] as Her Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires at the Court of Persia. The recto of the second folio of this letter i...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Feb 1853
Extent:
2 folios

308. IOR/R/15/1/146, ff 6-27

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/146, ff 6-27
Title:
Circular N. 4142 of the Territorial Department Revenue from the Officiating Secretary to the Government at Bombay Castle, Charles Edward Fraser Tytler, to the Resident in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
Circular N. 4142 of the Territorial Department Revenue from the Officiating Secretary to the Government at Bombay Castle, Charles Edward Fraser Tytler, to the Resident in the Persian Gulf, requesting a report to the Government of any traffic in opium in the Gulf. In enclosure: Extracts from a l...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Sep 1854
Extent:
22 folios

309. IOR/R/15/1/146, ff 28-39

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/146, ff 28-39
Title:
Circular N. 4291 of the Territorial Department Revenue from the Officiating Secretary to the Government at Bombay Castle, Charles Edward Fraser Tytler, to the Resident in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
Circular N. 4291 of the Territorial Department Revenue from the Officiating Secretary to the Government at Bombay Castle, Charles Edward Fraser Tytler, to the Resident in the Persian Gulf, forwarding letters, memoranda and reports on employment and promotions of native servants.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Sep 1854
Extent:
12 folios

310. IOR/R/15/1/150, f 18

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/150, f 18
Title:
Letter General No. 201 of 1856 from Commander James Felix Jones, Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf, at Bushire to Peter Stephen, British Agent at Ispahan [Eşfahān]
Scope & Content:
The letter is forwarding a notification (not present) from the General Department concerning the suppression of slavery in Africa.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Jun 1856
Extent:

1 folio