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‘Persian Gulf. Report of the cruise of the Hon’ble Company’s Sloop “Elphinstone” round the &ca &ca. – Vol: 6’
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This item consists of copies of correspondence, consultations, and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. These political letters appear in IOR/F/4/2349/123808. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Major Samuel Hennell, British Political...
Proceedings in consequence of the accidental killing of the Persian Ambassador Haji Kheleel Khan at Mazagaon. Examiners Office June 1804
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This item consist of letters, extracts of letters, and a copy of dispatches between, principally, the Court of Directors of the East India Company and the Secret Committee of the Government of Bombay regarding the proceedings in consequence of the death of the Persian Ambassador, Haji Khali Khan...
‘Piracy of a vessel in the Gulph of Cutch belonging to Shah Zara Darab a Prince of Caboul’
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This item consists mostly of copies of correspondence and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, letters from the Government of Bombay. It concerns a request from Shahzada Darab, of the ruling Durrani dynasty of Afghanistan, for assistance in recovering property plundered by pirates during a voyage...
Report by Major Wilson, Resident at Bushire, dated 11th September 1830, with observations on the Political condition of the Dourannee & neighbouring states by Mr. C. Masson. Vol: 4
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The item consists of a copy of a covering letter from David Wilson, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to the Government of Bombay, with enclosures. It is the fourth in a series of four items on general affairs in the Persian Gulf (the others are: IOR/F/4/1398/55440, IOR/F/4/1398/55441 and IOR/F/4/13...
The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence, minutes and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, extracts of the Government of Bombay Political Consultations. It is the third in a series of four items on general affairs in the Persian Gulf (the others are: IOR/F/4/1398/55440, IOR/...
‘Application of the Pasha of Egypt for two armed Ships to be employed against the Wahabees’
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The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence cited in, or enclosed with, letters from the Government of Bombay. The item consists of correspondence regarding an application by the Pasha of Egypt [Muḥammad ʻAlī Pāshā] to procure or purchase two armed ships from the East India C...
‘Persian Gulf Relative to the exaction of responsibility from the Chief of the – for acts of aggression by their subjects-’
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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, 13 January 1853, and found at IOR/F/4/2504/142185. Further enclosures to the letter can be found at: I...
‘Slave Trade. Proceedings adopted in view to the suppression of the- in the Persian Gulf and along the Eastern Coast of Africa’
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The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence cited in, or enclosed with, a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, 31 March 1847. A copy of this Political Letter can be found at IOR/F/4/2191/107336. Further enclosures can be foun...
‘Persian Gulf. Relative to the adjustment of aggressions committed by Vessels belonging to subjects of the Chiefs of Debaee and Aboothabee. –’
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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. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; the Government of Ind...
‘Proceedings adopted in consequence of the depredations committed by the Joasmee Pirates in the Persian Gulph,’ Vol. 2
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This item consists mostly of copies of correspondence and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, letters to and from the Government of Bombay. It is the second in a series of eight items on the subject of the alleged piracy of the Joasmee [al-Qawāsim, also referred to as Joassmee] (the others are: ...
