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401. IOR/R/15/1/63, f 10

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/63, f 10
Title:
Letter from David Anderson Blane, Resident in the Persian Gulf, at Bushire, to William Denton, Commander and Senior Officer of the Indian Navy in the Persian Gulf, at Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter is requesting the transfer of personnel from the detachment aboard HC brig of war Euphrates to the HC schooner Fly.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Jul 1833
Extent:
1 folio

402. IOR/R/15/1/63, f 14

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/63, f 14
Title:
Letter No. 40 of 1833 from David Anderson Blane, Resident in the Persian Gulf, at Bushire, to Charles Norris, Chief Secretary to the Government, Political Department, Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter is enclosing a number of communications from the Government Agent at Sharga [Sharjah] respecting the state of relations between the Wahabee [Wahhabi], the Joasmees [Qawāsim], and the Beniyas [Bani Yas]; no copies of these enclosures have been included in this volume.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Oct 1833
Extent:
1 folio

403. IOR/R/15/1/63, ff 1v-2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/63, ff 1v-2
Title:
Letter No. 14 of 1833 from David Anderson Blane, Resident in the Persian Gulf, at Bushire to Charles Norris, Chief Secretary to the Government, Political Department, Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter is enclosing a communication received by the Resident from the Government Agent at Sharga [Sharjah] concerning the progress of the Wahabee [Wahhabi] sect in Arabia, along with another enclosure from the Government Agent at Muscat; copies of these enclosures are not provided in this vol...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Apr 1833
Extent:
2 folios

404. IOR/R/15/1/63, ff 2v-3

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/63, ff 2v-3
Title:
Letter No. 15 of 1833 from David Anderson Blane, Resident in the Persian Gulf, at Bushire to Charles Norris, Chief Secretary to the Government, Political Department, Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter is reporting on a 'revolution' that has taken place in the town of Bushire; Prince Reza Kooli Mirza as been expelled from the town, and the authority of the Governor of Bushire now rests with Jemal Khan Bushiry. The letter provides some background information on the 'immediate cause o...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Apr 1833
Extent:
2 folios

405. IOR/R/15/1/63, ff 4v-5

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/63, ff 4v-5
Title:
Letter from David Anderson Blane, Resident in the Persian Gulf, at Bushire, to John Pepper, Commander and Senior Officer of the Indian Navy in the Persian Gulf, at Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter conveys the concerns of the Resident concerning the poor condition of the crews serving the Indian Navy in the Persian Gulf.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 May 1833
Extent:
2 folios

406. IOR/R/15/1/65, f 19

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/65, f 19
Title:
Letter No. 1428 from William Henry Wathen, Secretary to Government, Bombay to Assistant in Charge of the Residency in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
The letter is in response to a letter dated 18 July, no. 30, which transmitted a copy of a letter to the Acting Governor of Muscat communicating the news of the British Government regarding the disputes rising between his Highness the Imaum [Imam, Sa‘īd bin Sulṭān Āl Sa‘īd] and his neighbours. It...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Sep 1834
Extent:
1 folio

407. IOR/R/15/1/77, f 15

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/77, f 15
Title:
Letter No. 1327 from Lestock Robert Reid, Acting Chief Secretary to the Government, Political Department, Bombay to the Officiating Resident in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
The letter is acknowledging the receipt of a communication from the Resident — No. 16 dated 29 April 1838 — respecting the suppression of the slave trade. To affect this goal, it authorises him to make arrangements with the Imam of Muscat and the Arab chiefs not subject to Ottoman, or Persian con...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Jul 1838
Extent:
1 folio

408. IOR/R/15/1/77, f 16

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/77, f 16
Title:
Letter No. 1346 from Lestock Robert Reid, Acting Chief Secretary to the Government, Political Department, Bombay to the Officiating Resident in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
The letter is acknowledging the receipt of a communication from the Resident — No. 15 dated 28 April 1838 — on the subject of kidnapping slaves from the coast of Burburra [Berbera]. In response, it conveys the approval of the Governor of Bombay over the agreement the Resident has reached with the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Jul 1838
Extent:
1 folio

409. IOR/R/15/1/77, f 17

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/77, f 17
Title:
Letter No. 517C of 1838 from John Pollard Willoughby, Secretary to the Government, Political Department, Bombay to the Resident in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
The letter is acknowledging the receipt of a communication from the Resident — dated 16 October 1838 — concerning the state of affairs at Bahrain, and the Province of Nedjd [Najd]. In response, it requests that the Resident reports on the level of tribute that the Shaikh of Bahrain could afford i...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Dec 1838
Extent:
1 folio

410. IOR/R/15/1/92, f 13

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/92, f 13
Title:
Letter from Captain Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Commodore George Barnes Brucks, Commanding the Indian Naval Squadron in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
The letter concerns a case of piracy committed at Debaye [Dubai], suspected of having been carried out by men associated with the fugitive Jubber Rugagree [Jassim bin Jaber Raqraqi]. Hennell requests that Brucks add an additional forty Crowns to the amount to be demanded from the Shaikh of Biddah...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Feb 1841
Extent:
1 folio