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Measures for the Recovery of the Company's Property which was plundered by the Sheikh of Busheab on board the Country Ship Hector in the Persian Gulph
Scope & Content:
The item consists of correspondence regarding the capture and plundering of a British ship, the Hector, by the Shaikh of Nuckholoo [Nokhaylo], also referred to as the Shaikh of Busheab [Lavan]. The correspondence is particularly concerned with the potential for assistance from the Government of ...
‘Appointment of Mr Claudius James Rich to be Resident at Bagdad – Mr Hine allowed the option of resuming his former situation of Assistant to the Residency and to discharge it’s Medical duties – Application from Mr Rich regarding his allowances submitted to the Court’s favourable consideration.’
Scope & Content:
The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence, minutes and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, letters to and from the Government of Bombay. The item relates to the appointment of Claudius James Rich to the position of Resident at Bagdad [Baghdad]; the importance of maintaining...
The Residencies of Muscat and Bushire consolidated in the person of Mr N. H. Smith, who has in consequence been granted an additional allowance of 500 R p m [Rupees per mensem]. Messrs Babington and Jas. Williams appointed his Assistants.
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This item consists of copies of correspondence and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Governments of Bombay and Bengal. The principal correspondent is the Government of Bombay. The main event discussed is the consolidation of the Political Residency at Muscat and...
‘Mocha. Compensation for losses sustained by the Native Agent and his clerk at – during the plunder of that place by the Bedowins on the 13th December 1833.’
Scope & Content:
This item consists of copies of correspondence, minutes and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, letters from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] and the East India Company Court of Directors. The item concerns the claims for compensation made by Sheik Tayb [Mirza Shaikh Tayyib Ibrahimji], Nat...
‘Persian Gulf – Surrender of a Pirate demanded from the Governor of Bidda and the Chief of Debaye called upon to punish some of his people who had committed a robbery at Bassadore.’
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This item consists of copies of correspondence, minutes, and consultations, cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. It is the seventh in a series of seven items about the Persian Gulf (the others are IOR/F/4/1912/81793, 81794, 81795, 81796, 81797, and 81798)....
‘Kidnapping children. Regarding the traffic carried on between the Nizam’s Territory and the Coast of Arabia Vol: 2’
Scope & Content:
This item consists of copies of correspondence, consultations, resolutions, and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai]. The main correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen, Secretary of State fo...
‘Muscat. Slave trade. Treaty entered into by His Highness the Imaum for apprehending British subjects engaged in the-’
Scope & Content:
The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence and minutes, which are enclosures to a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, dated 30 January 1846. A copy of this letter can be found at IOR/F/4/2157/103838. The item relates to a ...
‘Persian Gulf. Cruise of Her Majesty’s Ships “Fox” & “Pilot” Commodore Sir H. M. Blackwood Bart.’
Scope & Content:
This item consists of copies of correspondence and consultations cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. These political letters appear in IOR/F/4/2174/105546. It is the twenty-third in a series of forty-five items on the Persian Gulf. The item contains let...
'Claims of Major W Jacob & Lt Col Grant connected with the pleas for the defences of Aden'
Scope & Content:
The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, a Military Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, dated 10 September 1847. The item relates to requests for remuneration made by Major William Jacob, Bo...
‘Bussorah. Euphrates Flotilla. Claims advanced for rent for premises for buildings appropriated to the use of.’
Scope & Content:
The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence, minutes and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, an extract Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, dated 30 November 1847. The item relates to two separate claims by Colonel Robe...
