Letter no.192 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 and its enclosure is related to the theft of cargo from a shipwrecked vessel at Sharjah. Jones writes to state that he is inclined to disregard the recent testimonies obtained from the Chief Magistrate at Bombay, suggesting that the claims are “pure fabrication”. Jones also thinks tha...
Letter no.165 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 compensation to be paid for the plunder of cargo from a shipwrecked vessel at Sharjah. Jones writes that it has come to his attention that the inhabitants of Himireyah [Ḩamrīyah] were involved in the appropriation of cargo. Jones also discusses the estimates of the losses of...
Letter no.170 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 and its enclosures relate to Jones’s recent tour of the Gulf. Jones’s letter focuses on discussion of the present conflict between Shaikh Sultan ben Suggur [Sultan bin Saqr] of Ras al Khymah [Ra’s al-Khaymah] and the tribes of Himreyah [Ḩamrīyah], in which the Resident holds little ho...
Letter no.219 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 and its enslosures relate to affairs on the Arab and Persian coasts of the Gulf, including the signing of a truce between the tribes of Himreyeh [Ḩamrīyah] and the brother of the Joasmee [Qāsimī] chief of Ra’s al-Khaymah. The letter includes the following enclosures: 1. The translate...
Letter no.286 of 1856 from Commander Felix Jones, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay
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The letter and its enclosure relate to a claim made by inhabitants of Koweit [Kuwait] against the Shaikh of Aboothabee [Abu Dhabi] for the salvage of a boat. The enclosure is the translated extract of a letter (folio 119) from Hajee Yacoob [Hajjī Yaqoob], the British Agent at Sharjah, to Jones, d...
Letter no.37 of 1856 from Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to Commander Felix Jones, Officiating Resident in the Persian Gulf
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The letter and its enclosures relate to an act of piracy committed off the coast of Ra’s al Ḥadd in Oman, in which the vessel El Hamra was plundered and several of her crew murdered. Anderson requests that Jones institute enquiries into the incident, which occured in the Imam of Muscat’s territo...
Letter no.129 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 is a covering letter, relating to the treatment of the owners of vessels flying British flags at Muscat. The enclosure is the translation of a letter (folio 150) from Jones to the Native Agent at Muscat, dated 22 March 1856, instructing the Native Agent that correspondence on such matt...
Copy of letter no.4309 of 1856 from Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to Brigadier William Coghlan, Political Resident at Aden
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The letter relates to the whereabouts of a Soor [Ṣūr] inhabitant charged with kidnapping a Somali girl, and believed to have moved to Aden in Yemen. Anderson requests Coghlan’s assistance in tracing and apprehending the man.
Letter no.333 of 1856 from Commander Felix Jones, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay
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The letter and its enclosure are a continuation of correspondence relating to the unauthorised seizure of two slaves by the British Agent at Lingah [Bandar-e Lengeh], and their return to their owner at Jones’s instigation. The letter and enclosure are Jones’s response to the Government’s enquiry...
Letter no.249 of 1856 from Commander Felix Jones, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay
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The letter and enclosures relate to the capture by British naval officials of a presumably Turkish vessel found carrying twelve slaves. The enclosures are as follows: 1. Letter no.157 of 1856 (folio 284) from Commodore Richard Ethersey, Commanding Officer Persian Gulf Squadron, to Jones, dated ...
