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241. IOR/R/15/1/157, ff 100-101

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/157, ff 100-101
Title:
Letter no.165 of 1856 from Commander Felix Jones, Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter relates to compensation to be paid for the plunder of cargo from a shipwrecked vessel at Sharjah. Jones writes that it has come to his attention that the inhabitants of Himireyah [Ḩamrīyah] were involved in the appropriation of cargo. Jones also discusses the estimates of the losses of...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 May 1856
Extent:
2 folios

242. IOR/R/15/1/157, ff 103-107

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/157, ff 103-107
Title:
Letter no.170 of 1856 from Commander Felix Jones, Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter and its enclosures relate to Jones’s recent tour of the Gulf. Jones’s letter focuses on discussion of the present conflict between Shaikh Sultan ben Suggur [Sultan bin Saqr] of Ras al Khymah [Ra’s al-Khaymah] and the tribes of Himreyah [Ḩamrīyah], in which the Resident holds little ho...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 May 1856
Extent:
7 folios

243. IOR/R/15/1/157, ff 111-115

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/157, ff 111-115
Title:
Letter no.219 of 1856 from Commander Felix Jones, Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter and its enslosures relate to affairs on the Arab and Persian coasts of the Gulf, including the signing of a truce between the tribes of Himreyeh [Ḩamrīyah] and the brother of the Joasmee [Qāsimī] chief of Ra’s al-Khaymah. The letter includes the following enclosures: 1. The translate...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Jul 1856
Extent:
5 folios

244. IOR/R/15/1/157, ff 118-119

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/157, ff 118-119
Title:
Letter no.286 of 1856 from Commander Felix Jones, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter and its enclosure relate to a claim made by inhabitants of Koweit [Kuwait] against the Shaikh of Aboothabee [Abu Dhabi] for the salvage of a boat. The enclosure is the translated extract of a letter (folio 119) from Hajee Yacoob [Hajjī Yaqoob], the British Agent at Sharjah, to Jones, d...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Sep 1856
Extent:
2 folios

245. IOR/R/15/1/157, ff 129-132

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/157, ff 129-132
Title:
Letter no.37 of 1856 from Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to Commander Felix Jones, Officiating Resident in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
The letter and its enclosures relate to an act of piracy committed off the coast of Ra’s al Ḥadd in Oman, in which the vessel El Hamra was plundered and several of her crew murdered. Anderson requests that Jones institute enquiries into the incident, which occured in the Imam of Muscat’s territo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Jan 1856
Extent:
4 folios

246. IOR/R/15/1/157, ff 149-150

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/157, ff 149-150
Title:
Letter no.129 of 1856 from Commander Felix Jones, Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter is a covering letter, relating to the treatment of the owners of vessels flying British flags at Muscat. The enclosure is the translation of a letter (folio 150) from Jones to the Native Agent at Muscat, dated 22 March 1856, instructing the Native Agent that correspondence on such matt...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Apr 1856
Extent:
2 folios

247. IOR/R/15/1/157, ff 181-182

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/157, ff 181-182
Title:
Copy of letter no.4309 of 1856 from Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to Brigadier William Coghlan, Political Resident at Aden
Scope & Content:
The letter relates to the whereabouts of a Soor [Ṣūr] inhabitant charged with kidnapping a Somali girl, and believed to have moved to Aden in Yemen. Anderson requests Coghlan’s assistance in tracing and apprehending the man.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Sep 1856
Extent:
2 folios

248. IOR/R/15/1/157, ff 280-282

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/157, ff 280-282
Title:
Letter no.333 of 1856 from Commander Felix Jones, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter and its enclosure are a continuation of correspondence relating to the unauthorised seizure of two slaves by the British Agent at Lingah [Bandar-e Lengeh], and their return to their owner at Jones’s instigation. The letter and enclosure are Jones’s response to the Government’s enquiry...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Nov 1856
Extent:
3 folios

249. IOR/R/15/1/157, ff 283-286

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/157, ff 283-286
Title:
Letter no.249 of 1856 from Commander Felix Jones, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter and enclosures relate to the capture by British naval officials of a presumably Turkish vessel found carrying twelve slaves. The enclosures are as follows: 1. Letter no.157 of 1856 (folio 284) from Commodore Richard Ethersey, Commanding Officer Persian Gulf Squadron, to Jones, dated ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Aug 1856
Extent:
4 folios

250. IOR/R/15/1/149, f 29

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/149, f 29
Title:
Letter no.445 of 1855 from Commander Felix Jones, Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter relates to the gift of a gold watch and diamond ring to Meerza Mahmood Khan, the Persian Slave Trade Commissioner, in appreciation of his good work. Appended to Jones’s letter is the translation of a letter from Khan to Jones, dated 14 December 1855, which is an expression of thanks f...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Dec 1855
Extent:
1 folio