Letter no.245 from Commander Felix Jones, Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay
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The letter relates to the whereabouts of a Soor [Ṣūr] inhabitant charged with kidnapping a Somali girl. Jones writes that information from the British Agent at Muscat suggests that the man is now residing in Aden. Appended to Jones’s letter is the translated extract of a letter from the British ...
Letter no.340 of 1856 from Commander Felix Jones, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Brigadier William Coghlan, Political Resident at Aden
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The letter is an acknowledgement of receipt of Coghlan’s letter to Jones (folio 183). Jones writes that the British Agent at Muscat will convey direct to Coghlan full details of the case involving the kidnap of a Somali girl by an inhabitant of Ṣūr, who is now believed to be residing at Aden.
Letter no.149 of 1856 from Commander Felix Jones, Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay
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The letter relates to naval resources available in the Gulf for the suppression of the slave trade. Jones writes that, in consequence of the departure of the British Mission from Persia, and the monthly despatch of packets for the Presidency, he has not been able to spare a single vessel for sla...
Letter no.2795 of 1856 from Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to Commander Felix Jones, Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf
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The letter is an acknowledgement of receipt of Jones’s earlier letter (folios 190-91) relating to measures to check the slave trade from East Africa. Anderson writes that Government approves of his proceedings, and that the Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Navy has been requested to despatch a s...
Letter no.3163 of 1856 from Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to Commander Felix Jones, Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf
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The letter is an acknowledgement of receipt of Jones’s earlier letter regarding the addition of an engagement to the slave trade suppression treaties signed with the Shaikhs of the Arab coast. Anderson writes that Jones’s actions are approved by Government, and that further instructions will follow.
Letter no.3180 of 1856 from Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to Commander Felix Jones, Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf
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The letter is an acknowledgement of receipt of Jones’s earlier letter relating to an African slave who has been despatched to Bombay via steamer, for return to his own country. Anderson writes that Government approves of Jones’s proceedings.
Letter no.4411 of 1856 from Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to Commander Felix Jones, Resident in the Persian Gulf
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The letter is an acknowledgement of receipt of Jones’s earlier letter, relating to a complaint made by Shaikh Sultan bin Saqr, chief of Russul-Khyma [Ra’s al-Khaymah], about his treatment by British officials in relation to the slave trade. Anderson writes that the Government approves of the gene...
Letter no.4386 of 1856 from Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to Commander Felix Jones, Resident in the Persian Gulf
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The letter is an acknowledgement of receipt of Jones’s earlier letter relating to the capture of the vessel under Turkish colours, found carrying twelve slaves. Anderson writes that the Government awaits further report from Jones and the Political Agent in Turkish Arabia at Baghdad.
Letter no.4570 of 1856 from Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to Commander Felix Jones, Resident in the Persian Gulf
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The letter is an acknowledgement of receipt of Jones’s earlier letter relating to arrangements for the despatch of a captured Turkish vessel, found carrying slaves, to the Turkish authorities at Basra. Anderson requests that Jones forward to Government any Turkish Firman or treaty for the suppres...
Letter no.5595 of 1856 from Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to the Resident in the Persian Gulf
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The letter is a covering letter, enclosing an extract of paragraph 63 from despatch no.24 of 1856 (folio 12) from the Court of Directors, dated 16 April 1856. The extract relates to an act of piracy committed by a subject of Kuwait upon the Amaieer tribe, and expresses satisfaction that the Resid...
