Letter No. 108: Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to His Excellency Colonel Justin Sheil CB, Her Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Persia, Tehran
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This letter concerns the state of affairs around Tungistoon [Tangestān] and Bunder Abbas [Bandar-e 'Abbās]. Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, refers to his letter of 15 February (no. 60) and reports on the cessation of disorder near Tungistoon. He states that Ahmed Khan has ...
Letter from William Taylour Thomson, Her Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires at the Court of Persia, Tehran, to Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire
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In this letter, received 28 March 1853, William Taylour Thomson informs Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, that he has been presented to the Shah [Nāṣer al-Dīn Shāh Qājār] as Her Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires at the Court of Persia. The recto of the second folio of this letter i...
Circular N. 4142 of the Territorial Department Revenue from the Officiating Secretary to the Government at Bombay Castle, Charles Edward Fraser Tytler, to the Resident in the Persian Gulf
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Circular N. 4142 of the Territorial Department Revenue from the Officiating Secretary to the Government at Bombay Castle, Charles Edward Fraser Tytler, to the Resident in the Persian Gulf, requesting a report to the Government of any traffic in opium in the Gulf. In enclosure: Extracts from a l...
Circular N. 4291 of the Territorial Department Revenue from the Officiating Secretary to the Government at Bombay Castle, Charles Edward Fraser Tytler, to the Resident in the Persian Gulf
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Circular N. 4291 of the Territorial Department Revenue from the Officiating Secretary to the Government at Bombay Castle, Charles Edward Fraser Tytler, to the Resident in the Persian Gulf, forwarding letters, memoranda and reports on employment and promotions of native servants.
Letter General No. 201 of 1856 from Commander James Felix Jones, Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf, at Bushire to Peter Stephen, British Agent at Ispahan [Eşfahān]
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The letter is forwarding a notification (not present) from the General Department concerning the suppression of slavery in Africa.
Letter no.204 of 1858 (Political Department) from Captain Felix Jones, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Lacon Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay
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The letter relates to Residency income, and contains a list of financial penalties collected from various shaikhs and tribal leaders for infractions to the maritime peace, and credited to that month’s Residency accounts.
Report on the War with Persia, with covering letter
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Letter from Henry Lacon Anderson, Secretary to Government, Bombay to Captain Felix Jones, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, 24 February 1859 acknowledging receipt of the narrative of events of the War with Persia, drawn up by Lieutenant Herbert Disbrowe and sent to the Governor in Council ...
Correspondence relating to Treaty of Friendship, Commerce and Navigation between Great Britain and Sa'id bin Taimur, Sultan of Muscat and Oman signed in 1937 to replace a treaty signed in 1891. The file includes correspondence on municipal tax; prolongation of 1891 treaty; the Sultan's draft wit...
This file concerns protests by Petroleum Development (Qatar) Limited to the British Political Agent at Bahrain regarding the plan of Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Jāsim Āl Thānī, the Ruler of Qatar, to impose a system of taxation on its employees and the question of whether this breaches Article 10 of the...
File No. 1/9 TELEGRAMS RECEIVED AND ISSUED FOR VARIOUS AUTHORITIES
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The file comprises telegrams to and from the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf regarding matters relating to the administration and staffing of the Political Residency and Political Agencies in the Persian Gulf. Matters discussed in the file include: telegrams regarding leave arrangements f...
