Settlement of Differences Between the Shah of Persia and the State of Muscat Concerning the Port of Bunder Abbass
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Despatch from the Foreign Department, Government of India, to the Secretary of State for India, Number 87 of 1866, dated 17 May, containing enclosures dated 17 May 1866. The principal enclosure consists of a copy of a letter from the Secretary to the Government of India to HM Minister Plenipote...
Policy to be Pursued for ‘the Preservation of Peace at Sea beyond the Limits of the Persian Gulf’
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Secret Despatch from the Foreign Department, Government of India, to the Secretary of State for India, No. 14 of 1871, dated 3 April 1871. The despatch draws the attention of the Secretary of State to separate letter No. 13 of 3 April 1871 (IOR/L/PS/5/266, ff 368-380) on the subject of the polic...
[Affairs in] Muscat: Sultan of Muscat recognising the jurisdiction of the Political Agent and Consul at Muscat over subjects of the Native States of India
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Despatch from the Foreign Department, Government of India, to the Secretary of State for India, No. 180 of 1873, dated 9 October 1873, containing enclosures dated 1 July-9 October 1873. The enclosures consist of copies of correspondence relating to a formal agreement by the Sultan [Sulṭān] of ...
Colonel Henry Pottinger’s Arrangements in Sinde [Sindh] Regarding the Advance of the Army of the Indus
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Copies of correspondence, minutes and other documents chiefly relating to logistical and financial arrangements made by Colonel Henry Pottinger, Resident in Sinde [Sindh, also spelled Scinde and Sind in this volume], in connection with the Army of the Indus arriving and marching through Sinde (a...
Arrangements Made for Providing Captain Arthur Conolly of the Bengal Cavalry with a Passage to India
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The item comprises enclosures to a despatch, Number 125 of 1839, dated 23 November 1839, from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the East India Company Secret Committee relating to the arrangements made by the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf for providing Captain Arthur Conolly ...
The Provision of a Passage to Liverpool for the Boiler Makers Employed on the Euphrates Expedition
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This part of the volume consists of a copy of an enclosure to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 49 of 1840, dated 22 July 1840. The enclosure consists of a letter from the Superintendent of the Indian Navy, Captain Robert Oliver, to the ...
Letter from the Imam of Muscat to Viscount Palmerston, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, with Enclosures
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This item consists of two translated copies of a letter from the Imam of Muskat [Muscat], Saeed Seyed bin Sultan [Sayyid Sa‘īd bin Sulṭān Āl Bū Sa‘īd], also spelled Syeed Saeed Bin Sooltan in this item] to Viscount Palmerston, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, dated 1 May 1841, with enclos...
‘Conduct of the garrison of Shurkia in preventing the Honble Company's Schooner "Emily" from entering the harbour of Muscat’
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Enclosure nos. 2-5 to a despatch from the Secret Department, Government of Bombay [Mumbai], dated 30 December 1844. The enclosures are dated 8 November-21 December 1844. The enclosures consist of copies of correspondence relating to an incident in which the East India Company schooner Emily ar...
‘Claim preferred by Hajee Aga Baba to be considered a British subject in his commercial transactions with Persia’
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Enclosures no. 2-4 to a despatch from the Secret Department, Bombay [Mumbai] Castle, dated 24 February 1848. The enclosures are dated 21 January-8 February 1848. The enclosures consist of copies of correspondence relating to a decision by the Government of Bombay to allow a merchant named Hajee A...
Political No. 13 of 1873, Supplying Information Required by the Lords of the Treasury, with Regard to Expenses Incurred on Account of ‘Liberated’ Enslaved People, and Expressing the Opinion that the Amount in Question should be regarded as an Imperial Charge
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This item consists of a copy of a Political Despatch from the Government of India Foreign Department to the Secretary of State for India, dated 17 January 1873, supplying information required by the Lords of the Treasury, with regard to expenses incurred on account of ‘liberated’ enslaved people...
