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311. IOR/R/15/1/160, f 4

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/160, f 4
Title:
Letter no.204 of 1858 (Political Department) from Captain Felix Jones, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Lacon Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter relates to Residency income, and contains a list of financial penalties collected from various shaikhs and tribal leaders for infractions to the maritime peace, and credited to that month’s Residency accounts.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Jun 1858
Extent:
1 folio

312. IOR/R/15/1/170, ff 2-67

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/170, ff 2-67
Title:
Report on the War with Persia, with covering letter
Scope & Content:
Letter from Henry Lacon Anderson, Secretary to Government, Bombay to Captain Felix Jones, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, 24 February 1859 acknowledging receipt of the narrative of events of the War with Persia, drawn up by Lieutenant Herbert Disbrowe and sent to the Governor in Council ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Feb 1859
Extent:
66 folios

313. IOR/R/15/1/168

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/168
Title:
Vol 255 Slave Trade
Scope & Content:
The volume's correspondence and other papers document British officials' attempts to suppress the slave trade in the Gulf, and their procedures for dealing with liberated slaves. The principal correspondents in the file are the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Captain Felix Jones), H. L. ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Mar 1857-18 Dec 1861
Extent:
1 volume (184 folios)

314. IOR/R/15/1/146

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/146
Title:
Political Department 1854/55 Bushire Residency Persia and Persian Coast
Scope & Content:
The file contains letters mainly received by the Resident in the Persian Gulf regarding Persia and the Persian coast of the Gulf, from the Secretaries to the Government at Bombay Castle. There are also two documents which become part of the file at a later stage, in 1856; they were both proclama...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Persian
Date Range:
Sep 1854-Dec 1856
Extent:
1 file, 6 items (51 folios)

315. IOR/R/15/1/123, f 37

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/123, f 37
Title:
Letter No. 462 of 1850 from Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to His Excellency Lieutenant-Colonel Justin Sheil, Her Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Persia
Scope & Content:
The letter is a report stating that Mirza Bakir, a Tufungdar (representative) of Feerooz Mirza (Firouz Mirza Nosrat ed-Dowleh) Governor of Fars, arrived in Bushire, acting in the capacity of a Mohussil for the implementation of more stringent measures in the suppression of the slave trade. Samue...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Dec 1850
Extent:
1 folio

316. IOR/R/15/1/123, ff 9-11

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/123, ff 9-11
Title:
Letter No. 60 of 1850 from Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary to the Government Bombay, to Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
The letter relates to the suppression of the slave trade in the Persian Gulf. The letter is a covering letter sent with an enclosed letter, itself with another letter as an enclosure. The enclosed letter (ff 10-11) is from A. Galloway and John Shepherd, East India House, London, to the Governmen...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Mar 1850
Extent:
3 folios

317. IOR/R/15/1/123, ff 12-13

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/123, ff 12-13
Title:
Letter No. 179 of 1850 from Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary to the Government Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter is a report of a slave trading incident on the Muscat coast. The letter encloses translated extracts from a report received by the Government Agent at Muscat, Khojeh Hiskael [Khojah Hiskal], describing the detention of a bugla [buggalow] from Bahrain, under British colours at Muscat, ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 May 1850
Extent:
2 folios

318. IOR/R/15/1/123, ff 16-17

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/123, ff 16-17
Title:
Letter No. 245 of 1850 from Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary to the Government Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter relates to the slave trade on the Arab coast of the Persian Gulf, and contains a translated copy of a letter received from the Native Agent at Sharjah, Moollah Houssein [Mullā Husayn], dated 29 May 1850, reporting a marked increase in the slave trade to the Persian Gulf from Zanzibar ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Jun 1850
Extent:
2 folios

319. IOR/R/15/1/124, ff 1B-2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/124, ff 1B-2
Title:
Letter No. 306: A Malcolm to Samuel Hennell, British Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire
Scope & Content:
In this letter Mr Malcolm, a British merchant in Bushire, refers to a notification from Prince Feroze Mirza [Firouz Mirza], Governor of Shiraz, that he intends to take Bushire by assault and is allowing all those under British protection fifteen days to leave Bushire. Malcolm expresses his concer...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Nov 1850
Extent:
2 folios

320. IOR/R/15/1/138, 85v

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/138, 85v
Title:
Letter no.1729 of 1853 from Henry Edward Goldsmid, Secretary to the Government, Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter is a note that states that 'a copy of the above' (letter no.1728, folio 85) should be sent to Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Apr 1853
Extent:
1 folio