Formal Recognition of Sayyid Turkī bin Sa‘īd Āl Bū Sa‘īd as Ruler of Muscat
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Letter and Enclosure to HM Secretary of State for India, dated 27 December 1871, concerning the formal recognition of Syud Toorkee [Sayyid Turkī bin Sa‘īd Āl Bū Sa‘īd] as Ruler of Muscat. The main correspondents are Lieutenant-Colonel Lewis Pelly, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; and Maj...
‘State of affairs between His Highness the Imam of Muscat and the Sohar authorities’
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Enclosure nos. 2-9 to a despatch from the Secret Department, Government of Bombay [Mumbai], dated 3 February 1852. The enclosures are dated 22 September 1851-2 February 1852. The enclosures consist of copies of correspondence relating to a peace treaty between Sayud Sayud [Sayyid Sa‘īd bin Sul...
Political No. 140 of 1873, Forwarding a Copy of a Letter from the Officiating Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Reporting the Settlement of All the Outstanding Claims of British Subjects Against the Persian Government
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This item consists of copies of a Political Despatch from the Government of India Foreign Department to the Secretary of State for India, dated 4 August 1873 and received by the India Office Secret Department on 3 September 1873, forwarding a copy of a letter from the Officiating Political Reside...
Political No. 17 of 1876, Enslaved Persons inGwadur
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This item consists of a copy of a Political Letter from the Government of India’s Foreign Department, to the Secretary of State for India, No. 17 of 1876, dated 21 January 1876, submitting enclosures related to enslaved persons in Gwadur [Gwadar], dated 20 September 1875-18 January 1876. The en...
Copy of a Letter from Lord Minto, Governor-General of Bengal, to Sir Harford Jones, Envoy to Persia
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A copy of a letter from Lord Minto, Governor-General of Bengal, to Sir Harford Jones, British Envoy Extraordinary to Persia [Iran], sent from Fort William and dated 31 October 1808. The letter: reprimands Jones for leaving for Persia without communicating with Minto; outlines the political situat...
Copy of a Letter from Brigadier-General John Malcolm, Head of Mission to Persia, to the Secret Committee
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A copy of a letter from Captain John Malcolm, Envoy of the Supreme Government of India to Persia [Iran], to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company, sent from Bushire [Būshehr] and dated 3 February 1800. The letter reports Malcolm’s arrival in Bushire and meeting ...
Copy of a Letter from the Chairman of the Court of Directors, to Hosein Mahommed, Persian Minister
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A copy of a letter from Sir Charles Grant, Chairman of the Court of Directors of the East India Company, to Hosein Mahommed [Hājī Muhammad Hossein Khān Amīn al-Dawlah], Persian Minister, sent from London and dated 21 March 1810. The letter concerns the arrival of Mirza Abu’l Hasan [Mīrzā Abul Has...
'Substance of a Firman from His Majesty Fath Ally Shah to Sir Harford Jones Baronet and KC'
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Copy of a firman from the Shah of Persia [Iran], Fath Ally Shah [Fath-Ali Shah Qajar], to HM Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Extraordinary to Persia, Sir Harford Jones. The firman concerns an incident in which the Governor of Bagdad [Baghdad], Suliman Pacha [Sulayman Pasha] entreated the protec...
File 390/1917 Pt 1 ‘Persia: proceedings of Mr. Otto Brandley, representative of the Oriental Carpet Manufacturers in Kerman’
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This part contains correspondence and India Office minute papers mostly concerning whether the Swiss subject Otto Brandly (also spelled Brandley in the papers), who was suspected by the British Government of having pro-German sympathies, should be allowed return to Persia [Iran], as a representa...
Coll 16/31 'Secretariat Procedure Persian Gulf. Liaison between Persian Gulf, Govt. of India, Tehran, etc. Repetition of telegrams and despatches.'
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The file comprises copies of letters, telegrams and other papers concerning affairs in the Persian Gulf, including relations between the three main British authorities in the Gulf, namely the Senior Naval Officer in the Persian Gulf, the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, and HM Representati...
