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1061. IOR/R/15/1/157, ff 17-18

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/157, ff 17-18
Title:
Letter no.164 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 report of an act of piracy and an incident of alleged murder, committed by subjects of the Shaikh of Bahrain against Banyan traders, who are British subjects, in Bahrain. Jones reports that the Shaikh of Bahrain [Muḥammad bin Khalīfah Āl Khalīfah] has agreed to pay reparations for...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 May 1856
Extent:
2 folios

1062. IOR/R/15/1/160, f 34

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/160, f 34
Title:
Copy of letter no.3551 of 1860 from Henry Lacon Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to A W Lodwick, Civil Auditor
Scope & Content:
The letter is related to the payment of arrears of salary to the heirs of the late Agent at Brymee [Al Buraymī], following an initial enquiry by the Resident (folio 33), and copied to the Resident for reference.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Sep 1860
Extent:
1 folio

1063. IOR/R/15/1/183

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/183
Title:
File 58 Bahrain affairs
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence to/from three British Residents at Bushire, Captain James Felix Jones, Captain Herbert Frederick Disbrowe and Lieutenant-Colonel Lewis Pelly. A number of topics are discussed in the file, most prominent among them are the following: Relations between Britain a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
6 Mar 1862-4 Apr 1868
Extent:
1 volume (183 folios)

1064. IOR/R/15/1/123

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/123
Title:
Vol 166: 1850 Slave Trade
Scope & Content:
The file is comprised of correspondence and reports sent to and from the Resident in the Persian Gulf, Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, relating to reports of slaves being imported from Africa to the Persian and Arabian coasts of the Gulf. Intelligence reports are sent to Hennell by his agents...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Jan 1850-12 Dec 1850
Extent:
1 file, 16 items (38 folios)

1065. IOR/R/15/1/142

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/142
Title:
Vol 193: 1854/55 Persia; General
Scope & Content:
This file consists of letters sent from and to the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf, Bushire. The two officials corresponding on behalf of the Residency are Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, and Herbert Frederick Disbrowe, Assistant Resident in the Persian Gulf, who i...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Jan 1854-20 Feb 1855
Extent:
1 volume (79 folios)

1066. IOR/R/15/1/135

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/135
Title:
`Political Diary of the Residency in the Persian Gulf – Native Departments’
Scope & Content:
The volume is a political diary recording ‘native’ correspondence sent and received by the Residency, visits made by the Resident, visitors received at the Residency, and other occurrences of note. All of the correspondence detailed in the volume was sent to or received from Arab and Persian inh...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Sep 1850-31 Oct 1852
Extent:
1 volume (137 folios)

1067. IOR/R/15/1/126, f 23

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/126, f 23
Title:
Letter (Office No 70 of 1851 and Cons No 13 of 1851) from Lieutenant Colonel Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, at Bushire to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary to the Government, Political Department, Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter is reporting that Shaikh Sultan ben Suggur [Sulṭān bin Saqr] has violated a promise made to the Resident indicating that he would not send troops to the aid of Lingah [Bandar-e-Lengeh]. It explains that 500 troops have been dispatched under the guise of evacuating women and children. ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Mar 1851
Extent:

1 folio

1068. IOR/R/15/1/126, f 50

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/126, f 50
Title:
Letter No 199 of 1851 from Lieutenant Colonel Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, at Bushire to Justin Sheil, HM Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Persia, Tehran
Scope & Content:
The letter reports that the Province of Fars is in a state of tranquillity. The exception being the area around Gowbundee where Fort Malekaya has been taken by Shaikh Yoosoof bin Moobaruk, former Chief of Nabend. It notes that a force under the command of Shaikh Abdoolla ben Khulfan – brother of...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Jun 1851
Extent:

1 folio

1069. IOR/R/15/1/126, f 51

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/126, f 51
Title:
Letter No 234 of 1851 from Lieutenant Colonel Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, at a camp near Bushire to Justin Sheil, HM Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Persia, Tehran
Scope & Content:
The letter is reporting that the sons of the Ex Chief of Bahrain, Shaikh Abdoollah ben Ahmed [‘Abdullāh bin Aḥmad Āl Khalīfah] have left the island of Kenn with their followers to join with the Wahabee Ameer [Wahabi Amir]; their intention being to invade Bahrain. It notes that the combined flee...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Jul 1851
Extent:

1 folio

1070. IOR/R/15/1/126, f 53

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/126, f 53
Title:
Letter (Office No 255A and Cons No 15 of 1851) from Lieutenant Colonel Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, at a camp near Bushire to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary to the Government, Secret Department, Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter is explaining that if a peaceable arrangement can be made for the removal of the Kenn fleet from Kateef [Al-Qaṭīf], and the peace between Ameer Fysul and Shaikh Mahomed ben Khuleef established; the British squadron at Bahrain can be removed. It explains that under such circumstances, ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Aug 1851
Extent:

1 folio