Letter no.4 of 1851 from Lt James Tronson, Commanding Officer of the Honourable Company's ship Euphrates, to Commodore John Patterson Porter, Commanding Officer of the Indian Naval Squadron, Persian Gulf
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Tronson reports on current events on the Arabian coast of the Gulf. He states that he has visited the British Agent at Sharjah, who told him that all was presently quiet on the Arab coast, and that the sheikhs had 'made up their quarrels.'
Letter no.206 of 1851 from Lt-Col Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Commodore John Patterson Porter, Commanding Officer of the Indian Naval Squadron, Persian Gulf
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Hennell requests Porter to arrange transport for Sheikh Abdool Azeez ['Abd al-'Aziz], a confidential envoy of Ameer Faysul [Amir Faysal], the Regent of Nedjd [Najd] from Bushire to Kateef [al-Qatif]. Hennell notes that al-Qatif is currently being blockaded by a fleet belonging to the Sheikh of Ba...
Extract of a letter from Lt Chitty, Officer in temporary charge of the Honourable Company's ship Tigris, to Lt William Balfour, Commanding Officer of the Honourable Company's ship Euphrates
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Intelligence report, suggesting that the Said Said [Sa'id bin Sultan Al Sa'id], Imam of Muscat, is attempting reconciliation with the sheikhs of Ras el Khyma [Ra's al-Khaymah] and Sohar [Suhur], with whom he has been on unfriendly terms in recent times.
Extract of letter no.2 of 1851 from Lt Leeds, Commanding Officer of the Honourable Company's ship Constance, to Lt William Balfour, Commanding Officer of the Honourable Company's ship Euphrates
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Leeds reports that intelligence from the Sharjah Agent (Mullā Husayn) states that all boats have returned from the coast of Africa, arriving with some 1000 slaves.
Letter no.6752 of 1850, from Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf
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Covering letter with an enclosure; a request by Malet that the Resident follow the Court of Directors' instructions whenever the occasion may offer. The enclosure (f 4) is an extract from a Despatch from the Court of Directors (dated 11 September 1850), reminding that 'small coins, copper plate i...
Letter no.192 of 1851, from Lt-Col Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to His Excellency Lt-Col Justin Sheil, Her Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Persia
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Letter including a completed form detailing British subjects present in Fars on 31 March 1851. Hennell notes that on this form (as opposed to previous returns) he has noted only British subjects of European (and not Asiatic) origin. Hennell also writes that he encloses a return from Commodore Por...
Letter (Office No. 196 and Cons No. 37 of 1852) from Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, at Bushire to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary to the Government, Bombay
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The letter is acknowledging the appointment of Captain Kemball as Resident in the Persian Gulf.
Letter No. 222 of 1852 from Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, at Bushire to Colonel Justin Sheil, HM Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Persia, Tehran
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The letter is seeking guidance on the rights of British subjects engaged in internal Persian trade, and their right of exemption to duty payments. It explains that the extension of the trading operations of Messrs Lynch & Company and Messrs Hector & Company of Baghdad has convinced the Re...
Letter no.971 of 1852 from Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary of the Government Bombay, to Lt-Col Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf
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Letter acknowledging receipt of Hennell's previous letter (ff 2-3) on the subject of payment by the Bahrain chief of security on behalf of the Guttur [Qatar] chiefs, and agreement of reduced amount (700 crowns), in light of the chief of Wukrah's [Al-Wakrah] departure from Qatar.
Letter no.3262 of 1852 from Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary to the Government Bombay, to Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf
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Letter acknowledging receipt of Kemball's earlier despatches (f 11, ff 14-17), and sending approval from the Government of Kemball's proposed actions. Malet writes that the Government has also instructed Hamerton to discourage any interference on the part of the Imam of Muscat with affairs in Bah...
