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391. IOR/R/15/1/128, ff 70-71

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/128, ff 70-71
Title:
Letter no.139 of 1851 from Commodore John Patterson Porter, Commanding Indian Naval Squadron,Honourable Company's sloop Clive, Bahrain, to Lieutenant William Balfour, Commanding the Honourable Company's brig Euphrates
Scope & Content:
Porter instructs Balfour to raise the blockade of al-Qatif harbour, and to return without delay to Bahrain. Porter also states his reasons for wanting three boats taken from the Kenn [Kish] tribe.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Aug 1851
Extent:

2 folios

392. IOR/R/15/1/128, ff 72-73

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/128, ff 72-73
Title:
Letter no.20 of 1851 from Lieutenant William Balfour, Commanding the Honourable Company's brig Euphrates, to Commodore John Patterson Porter, Commanding Indian Naval Squadron, Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
Report of the movements of vessels outside the harbour at al-Qatif, where Balfour is stationed as part of the blockade of the port. Balfour describes the nature of the shallow waters, and the risks to his vessel and the Tigris of damage on the shallow banks. Balfour continues that he was informed...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Aug 1851
Extent:

2 folios

393. IOR/R/15/1/128, ff 77-79

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/128, ff 77-79
Title:
Letter no.174 of 1851 from Commodore John Patterson Porter, Indian Squadron Persian Gulf, to Lt-Col Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
Covering letter to an enclosure (ff 78-79), relating to the proceedings of the Imam of Muscat on the Batinah coast. The enclosure is a copy of a letter from Lieutenant Tronson, Commanding the Brigantine Tigris, to Commodore J. P. Porter, Indian Squadron Persian Gulf, dated 20 September 1851. Tron...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Oct 1851
Extent:
3 folios

394. IOR/R/15/1/128, ff 80-82

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/128, ff 80-82
Title:
Letter from Lt James Tronson, Commanding the Honourable Company's brig Tigris, to Commodore John Patterson Porter, Commanding Indian Squadron, Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
Tronson reports that he has received news of the death of the Sharjah Native Agent Mullā Husayn; the result of a fever. In light of events, and of his crew being sick, Tronson states that he made his way back to Bushire via Lingah [Bandar-e Lengeh]. Tronson also writes of a robbery at sea: the t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Nov 1851
Extent:
3 folios

395. IOR/R/15/1/129, f 13

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/129, f 13
Title:
Letter No. 1426 of 1852 from Henry Edward Goldsmid, Secretary to the Government, Political Department, Bombay to Lieutenant Colonel Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, at Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter is granting the Resident permission to apply for a leave of absence from the Bombay Presidency. It also notes that the Governor of Bombay was pleased to hear that the policies the Resident has been implementing have contributed successfully to the current tranquillity of the Persian G...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Mar 1852
Extent:

1 folio

396. IOR/R/15/1/129, f 14

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/129, f 14
Title:
Letter No. 1431 of 1852 from Henry Edward Goldsmid, Secretary to the Government, Political Department, Bombay to Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball
Scope & Content:
The letter is informing Captain Kemball that the Governor of Bombay has appointed him to the position of Resident in the Persian Gulf.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Mar 1852
Extent:

1 folio

397. IOR/R/15/1/129, f 16

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/129, f 16
Title:
Letter No. 2250 of 1852 from Henry Edward Goldsmid, Secretary to the Government, Political Department, Bombay to Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
The letter is informing Captain Kemball that his appointment as Resident in the Persian Gulf has been confirmed by the Government of India.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 May 1852
Extent:

1 folio

398. IOR/R/15/1/129, f 17

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/129, f 17
Title:
Letter No. 2314 of 1852 from Henry Edward Goldsmid, Secretary to the Government, Political Department, Bombay to Lieutenant Herbert Frederick Disbrowe, First European Regiment of Fusiliers
Scope & Content:
The letter is informing the Lieutenant that he has been appointed Assistant to the Resident in the Persian Gulf, though it instructs him not to leave Bombay until he has completed a special duty for the Military Auditor General. It further notes that the appointment is dependant upon him complet...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 May 1852
Extent:

1 folio

399. IOR/R/15/1/129, f 18

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/129, f 18
Title:
Letter No. 3549 of 1852 from Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary to the Government, Political Department, Bombay to Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
The letter is informing the Resident that Lieutenant Herbert Frederick Disbrowe will continue to act as Pension Pay Master, Poona Division, until 1 September 1852. At which point he will take up his appointment as Assistant to the Resident in the Persian Gulf.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Aug 1852
Extent:

1 folio

400. IOR/R/15/1/130, f 133

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/130, f 133
Title:
Letter from the Advocate General, to Charles Allen, Officiating Secretary to the Government of India
Scope & Content:
Discussion of whether there is a case to be made against the Imam of Muscat, over the plunder and destruction of the British merchant ship Centaur. The Advocate General concludes that there is not, but that the Imam should be called upon to help in the recovery of the stolen property, and to puni...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jun 1852
Extent:
1 folio