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‘Persian Gulf. Precis of intelligence relative to the proceedings of His Highness Syed Soweynee, the new Ruler of Muscat, against his rebellious subjects on the territory of Battinah.’
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This item consists of copies of correspondence, resolutions, and consultations cited in, or enclosed with, a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, dated 8 March 1858. The Political Letter appears in IOR/F/4/2728/198372. The enclosures are da...
‘Persian Gulf - Nedjd - Invasion of - by Sheik Khaled.’
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This item consists of copies of correspondence and consultations cited in, or enclosed with, letters from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] to the East India Company Court of Directors. The item concerns two military campaigns conducted by Egyptian forces in the Arabian Peninsula. The first cam...
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 correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Lieutenant Colonel Henry Robertson, Officiating Resident in the Persian ...
‘Trade between India, Cairo, Alexandria and Malta, prohibited. and the Provisional Treaty concluded with the Pascha of Egypt, not ratified.’
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The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence, minutes and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, letters from the Government of Bombay. The item is chiefly concerned with the Government of Bombay's opinions on the draft Treaty negotiated between the Pasha of Egypt and John Benzoni...
‘Proceedings connected with an unauthorized negociation entered into with the Prince Royal of Shiraz by Mr Bruce vol 3’
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This item consists of copies of correspondence, consultations, and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. It is the third in a series of three items about a negotiation by William Bruce (the others are IOR/F/4/894/23288 and 23289). The principal ...
‘Proceedings connected with the concessions made by the Imaum of Muscat for the suppression of the Slave Trade with Europeans vol 2’
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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 second in a series of three items on Muscat and the slave trade (the others are IOR/F/4/913/25777 and IOR/F/4/914/25779). The princip...
‘Relative to the refusal, on the part of Captain Rowband of the Steamer “Hugh Lindsay”, to convey Mr Naylor, the Packet Agent and Her Majesty’s Vice Consul at Mocha, on board that vessel from Suez to Mocha; - to Mr Naylor’s uncivil treatment towards Sheik Tyeb, the late Native Agent; - also to the seizure by him of a bugla belonging to Syed Abdool bin Assum, in consequence of a claim advanced by an individual named Majet Abdool Russool to the said vessel.’
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The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence, minutes and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] to the East India Company Court of Directors. The item relates to activities of Sampson Naylor, Packet Agent (also called Steam...
‘Turkish Arabia. Leave of absence granted by the Governor General to the Political Agent in-.’
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The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, 3 July 1847. A copy of this Political Letter can be found at IOR/F/4/2238/112322, alongside details of...
‘Persian Gulf. Bahrein. Plunder of two boats of, by the Chief of Junnah. Proceedings in consequence’
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The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, 31 March 1852, and found at IOR/F/4/2475/138723. It is the second in a series of eight items about the...
‘Persian Gulf. Items of Maritime intelligence communicated by the Resident in the – reported. Vol: 1’
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This item consists of copies of correspondence, minutes, memoranda, resolutions, and consultations cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. The main correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Political Resident in the Persia...
