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
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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.
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
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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...
Letter no.174 of 1851 from Commodore John Patterson Porter, Indian Squadron Persian Gulf, to Lt-Col Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf
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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...
Letter from Lt James Tronson, Commanding the Honourable Company's brig Tigris, to Commodore John Patterson Porter, Commanding Indian Squadron, Persian Gulf
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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...
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
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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...
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
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The letter is informing Captain Kemball that his appointment as Resident in the Persian Gulf has been confirmed by the Government of India.
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
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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...
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
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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.
Letter from the Advocate General, to Charles Allen, Officiating Secretary to the Government of India
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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...
