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1. IOR/R/15/1/132

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/132
Title:
Vol 180: Secret letters Inward and Outward
Scope & Content:
The file contains Secret and Political correspondence sent inwards and outwards from the British Residency in the Persian Gulf; the file primarily represents communications between the Resident, and the Secret and Political Department of the Bombay Government. It covers diplomatic relations wit...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Dec 1851-19 Jan 1856
Extent:
1 volume, 78 items (237 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/1/132, f 102

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/132, f 102
Title:
Letter from William Taylor Thomson, HM Chargé d'affaires at the Court of Persia, at Tehran to Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, at Bushire
Scope & Content:
The letter is informing the Resident that the Chargé d'affaires has suspended diplomatic relations with the Persian Government.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Nov 1853
Extent:

1 folio

3. IOR/R/15/1/132, f 135

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/132, f 135
Title:
Letter from Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, at Bushire to William Taylor Thomson, HM Chargé d'affaires at the Court of Persia, at Tehran
Scope & Content:
The letter is reporting that no work appears to have been undertaken to strengthen the defences at Karrack [Khārk, Jazīreh-ye] beyond the general repair of the walls, and that the reinforcements sent to the island have been relieved; the garrison's strength remains the same.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Apr 1854
Extent:

1 folio

4. IOR/R/15/1/132, f 136

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/132, f 136
Title:
Letter No. 192 of 1854 from Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, at Bushire to the Officer Commanding any of the HC Steamers of War touching at Muscat en route to the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
The letter is requesting that any steamer receiving this communication calls at Rusulkhymah [Ra's al-Khaymah], Amulgavine, Ejmaun, Shargah [Sharjah], Deboie [Dubai], Bassidore [Bāsaʻīdū], and Lingah [Bandar-e-Lengeh] while on route to Bushire; it is intended that the ship should pick up any corre...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 May 1854
Extent:

1 folio

5. IOR/R/15/1/132, f 221

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/132, f 221
Title:
Letter from Henry Frederick Disbrowe, Assistant Resident in the Persian Gulf, in charge at Bushire to Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Political Agent in Turkish Arabia, at Baghdad
Scope & Content:
The letter is forwarding a copy of a communication sent to the Assistant Resident by the British Agent at Muscat (see ff 213-219) dated 9 October 1855. It states this is in order to inform him that Syed Saeed [Sa‘īd bin Sultān Āl Sa‘īd], the Imam of Muscat, is contemplating calling on the assista...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Oct 1855
Extent:

1 folio

6. IOR/R/15/1/132, f 223

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/132, f 223
Title:
Letter from Commander James Felix Jones, Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf, at Bushire to Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Political Agent in Turkish Arabia, at Baghdad
Scope & Content:
The letter is informing the Political Agent that the dispute between Syed Saeed [Sa‘īd bin Sultān Āl Sa‘īd], the Imam of Muscat, and the Persians over Bunder Abbas [Bandar-e ʻAbbās] has been brought to a satisfactory settlement. It includes a short extract of a letter from the British Minister at...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Dec 1855
Extent:

1 folio

7. IOR/R/15/1/132, f 233

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/132, f 233
Title:
Letter from Commodore Richard Ethersey, Commander of the Indian Naval Squadron in the Persian Gulf, aboard the HC Corvette Falkland in the Bushire Roads, to Commander James Felix Jones, Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
The letter advises that the Acting Resident's proposal to hire a native boat to convey a packet to Bassidore [Bāsaʻīdū] — for transmission to Bombay — may not be the speediest means of transmitting it to India. Instead the Commodore advises awaiting the arrival of the steamer Semiramis at Bushire.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Dec 1855
Extent:

1 folio

8. IOR/R/15/1/132, ff 1A-2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/132, ff 1A-2
Title:
Letter from Justin Sheil, HM Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Persia, at Tehran to Lieutenant Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
The letter is informing the Resident that the Persian Government has appointed Mirza Mahmood Khan — son-in-law of the Minister of Foreign Affairs — to oversee the detention of Persian slaving vessels from a British cruizer; the British have been authorised to detain Persian ships suspected of car...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Dec 1851
Extent:
2 folios

9. IOR/R/15/1/132, ff 94-101

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/132, ff 94-101
Title:
Letter No. 302 from Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, at Bushire to William Taylor Thomson, HM Chargé d'affaires at the Court of Persia, at Tehran
Scope & Content:
The letter is reporting that Shaikh Houssein Nasir put to sea with many boats in order to restore himself to power in Persia. It notes however that he departed peacefully, and did not undertake any hostile or irregular acts at sea. It reports that the Resident has declined to get involved, thoug...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Sep 1853
Extent:

8 folios

10. IOR/R/15/1/132, ff 104-105

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/132, ff 104-105
Title:
Letter from William Taylor Thomson, HM Chargé d'affaires at the Court of Persia, at Tehran to Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Political Resident Bushire [Resident in the Persian Gulf]
Scope & Content:
The letter is informing the Resident that George William Frederick Villiers, Earl of Clarendon and Foreign Secretary, has approved of the steps taken by Commodore George Robinson to obtain reparation for the acts of 'piracy and plunder' committed by the Shaikh of the island of Charrack [Khārk, Ja...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Dec 1853
Extent:

2 folios