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1071. IOR/R/15/1/126, f 69

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/126, f 69
Title:
Letter (Office No 430 and Cons No 90 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The letter is reporting that HM Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Persia has withdrawn his demand for the recall of Mirza Hassan Ally Khan, Governor of Bushire; instead he will accept monetary compensation for the loss sustained by the supercargo of an unspecified m...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Dec 1851
Extent:

1 folio

1072. IOR/R/15/1/126, ff 7-9

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/126, ff 7-9
Title:
Letter No 4 of 1851 from Lieutenant Charles G Constable, Commander of the HC Schooner Constance to Commodore John P Porter, Commander of the Persian Gulf Squadron, at Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter is reporting on the outcome of a cruise by the HC Schooner Constance made 'in quest of pirates'. It details the proceedings of the Lieutenant's investigations at Lingah [Bandar-e-Lengeh], the island of Inderabia [Hendorābī, Jazīreh-ye], and the island of Keim [Kish]. The source of th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Feb 1857
Extent:

3 folios

1073. IOR/R/15/1/126, ff 10-11

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/126, ff 10-11
Title:
Letter (Office No 28 Cons No 5 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 the Resident has dispatched the HC Schooner Constance to Inderabia [Hendorābī, Jazīreh-ye] in response to reports that two boats are engaged in pirate activity in the area. It explains that the Resident believes that the boats in question were sent by the Asseeloo , ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Feb 1851
Extent:

2 folios

1074. IOR/R/15/1/126, ff 44-46

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/126, ff 44-46
Title:
Letter No 145 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 is reporting that as a result of an agreement reached between Shaikh Saeed ben Guzeeb, Chief of Lingah [Bandar-e-Lengeh], and Mirza Naeem, Commander of the Persian forces, the Joasmee [Quwāsim] allies of the former have left Lingah. Background details on how this agreement was reached...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 May 1851
Extent:

3 folios

1075. IOR/R/15/1/171

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/171
Title:
Vol 259 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 (James) Felix Jones)...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Persian
Date Range:
18 Nov 1857-30 Nov 1861
Extent:
1 volume (237 folios)

1076. IOR/R/15/1/195

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/195
Title:
'No 413 Vol 19. Revised Commercial Treaty with Muscat'
Scope & Content:
This file concerns the conclusion of the Treaty of Friendship, Commerce and Navigation with the Sultan of Muscat, Sayyid Fayṣal bin Turkī Āl Bū Sa‘īd on 19 March 1891. The new treaty was modelled on a recently concluded treaty with Zanzibar. It superseded the Treaty of Commerce of May 1839 and i...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1 Sep 1887-26 Jun 1905
Extent:
1 volume (180 folios)

1077. IOR/R/15/1/154

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/154
Title:
Vol 215: Persia and Persian Coast; Miscellaneous
Scope & Content:
This volume consists mostly of correspondence between the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf, Bushire, and the Secretary to the Government of Bombay. Writing on behalf of the Residency are Commander (James) Felix Jones, Acting Resident (and later in the volume, Resident) in the Persian Gulf...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Feb 1856-25 May 1857
Extent:
1 volume (95 folios)

1078. IOR/R/15/1/162

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/162
Title:
'Head V Oman Ports Subject 1 to 18 inclusive'
Scope & Content:
Bushire Residency correspondence, inwards and outwards. The correspondence is mainly concerned with the recovery of fines exacted against the rulers of the Trucial Coast. The reasons for the fines include breaching the maritime peace, abducting of slaves, and plundering of pearls. Topics include...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
10 Jan 1857-28 Jun 1861
Extent:
1 volume (334 folios)

1079. IOR/R/15/1/126, ff 30-31

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/126, ff 30-31
Title:
Letter (Office No 96 and Cons No 25 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 Resident is reporting that he has received a proposal from Shaikh Mahomed [Muḥammad] and Shaikh Ahmed [Aḥmad], sons of the late Ex Chief of Bahrain, Abdool ben Ahmed [Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Aḥmad Āl Khalīfah]. The proposal is for the current ruler of the island, Shaikh Mahomed ben Khuleefa [Mu...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Apr 1851
Extent:

2 folios

1080. IOR/R/15/1/184

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/184
Title:
12 File 323 I - Interference of Persian Agents in Bahrain Affairs
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence related to the Persian Government's claim of sovereignty over Bahrain and the actions of some its agents in connection to operations taken by the British Government against the chiefs of Bahrain that it had accused of acts of piracy. The correspondence include...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Farsi
Date Range:
11 Nov 1869-18 Mar 1887
Extent:
1 volume (56 folios)