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421. IOR/R/15/1/128, ff 41v-42

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/128, ff 41v-42
Title:
Letter no.8 of 1851 from Lt Frederick Erskine Manners, Brigantine Tigris, to Commodore John Patterson Porter, Commanding Indian Naval Squadron, Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
Letter enclosing a report on the Tigris's patrol of the Qatar coast. Manners reports that Afeerat [Fuwairit] was almost deserted, as was Wukruh [al-Wakra], and that most inhabitants of these towns had moved to Ed Biddeh [al Bidda]. Manners reports that he met the three sheikhs of Fuwairit, al-Wak...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Apr 1851
Extent:
4 folios

422. IOR/R/15/1/128, ff 51-52

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/128, ff 51-52
Title:
Extract of letter no.12 of 1851 from Lt Constable, Commanding the Honourable Company's ship Constance, to Commodore John Patterson Porter, Commanding Officer of the Indian Naval Squadron, Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
Letter reporting on the Constance's arrival at Bassadore [Bāsa‘īdū, Qeshm Island], having cruised the Gulf in search of vessels suspected of transporting slaves. Constable reports that he had no reason to suspect any of those vessels encountered of carrying slaves. Reports of other encounters and...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Jun 1851
Extent:
2 folios

423. IOR/R/15/1/128, ff 52v-54

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/128, ff 52v-54
Title:
Extract of a letter from Lt Chitty, Officer in temporary change of the Honourable Company's Brigantine Tigris, to Commodore John Patterson Porter, Commanding Officer of the Indian Naval Squadron, Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
Chitty reports of his meeting with Sheikh Mubarak bin Ahmad on Qais [Qeys] Island, who informs Chitty that he has taken possession of El Biddah [al Bidda], and has resettled his people there from Qeys. Mubarak claimed that the ryots [Indian peasants] of Bahrain had risen in favour of him, but tha...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Jun 1851
Extent:
2 folios

424. IOR/R/15/1/128, ff 57-59

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/128, ff 57-59
Title:
Letter no.245 of 1851 from Lt-Col Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Commodore John Patterson Porter, Commanding Indian Naval Squadron, Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
Hennell states that he is pleased that British actions appear to have prevented Bahrain falling to the Wahhabis. He instructs Porter to not attack the Wahhabi fleet if they remain in the port at al-Qatif.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Jul 1851
Extent:
3 folios

425. IOR/R/15/1/130, f 74

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/130, f 74
Title:
Letter no. 1321 of 1852 from Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary to Government Bombay, to Captain Arnold Kemball, Assistant Resident in Charge, Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
Acknowledgment of Hennell's letter A (f 73), giving approval of his proceedings.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Mar 1852
Extent:
1 folio

426. IOR/R/15/1/132, f 37

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/132, f 37
Title:
Letter No. 442 of 1852 from Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary to the Government, Secret Department, Bombay to Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
The letter concerns the vessel to be used by the British to investigate suspected fortification work at Karrack [Khārk, Jazīreh-ye]. It confirms that the Resident's suggestion that the vessel uses the excuse of refilling its water tanks will be adopted, so that it may visit the island without rai...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Dec 1852
Extent:

1 folio

427. IOR/R/15/1/132, f 38

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/132, f 38
Title:
Letter Office No. 363 of 1852 from Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, at Bushire to Commodore George Robinson, Commander of the Indian Naval Squadron in the Persin Gulf
Scope & Content:
The letter is referring to documents issued by the Resident related to concessions granted by 'Mahomedan [Mohammedan] powers' to the British for the search and seizure of national vessels engaged in piracy. It informs the Commodore that the firmans (related to the 'Ottoman Porte') contained withi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Oct 1852
Extent:

1 folio

428. IOR/R/15/1/132, f 51

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/132, f 51
Title:
Letter No. 64 of 1853 from Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary to the Government, Secret Department, Bombay to Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
The letter — in response to the Resident's communication No. 8 of 23 December 1852 — is stating that the Bombay Government approves of the Resident's intentions; the Resident has proposed a non-committal stance with respect to a proposed attack on Ṣuḥār.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Mar 1853
Extent:

1 folio

429. IOR/R/15/1/132, f 91

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/132, f 91
Title:
Letter No. 43 of 1854 from Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary to the Government, Secret Department, Bombay to Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident at Bushire [Resident in the Persian Gulf]
Scope & Content:
The letter is informing the Resident that he is to confine his interactions with the authorities in Persia to matters of a routine nature; in the event of any emergencies it notes he should be guided by the instructions of HM Chargé d'affaires at the Court of Persia. It further notes that in the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Feb 1854
Extent:

1 folio

430. IOR/R/15/1/132, f 222

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/132, f 222
Title:
Letter No. 64 of 1855 from Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Political Agent in Turkish Arabia, at Baghdad to Commander James Felix Jones, Officiating Resident in the Persian Gulf, at Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter is urging that Syed Saeed [Sa‘īd bin Sultān Āl Sa‘īd], the Imam of Muscat, should be dissuaded from recruiting mercenary Arabs from Bussorah [Basra], as it will hamper British efforts to preserve friendly relations between the Persian Government and Turkish Authorities.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Dec 1855
Extent:

1 folio