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IOR/R/15/1/104
- Record Id:
- 040-000227536
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000227427
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000193.0x00004d
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023509669.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/1/104
- Title:
- Vol 147 Letters inward
- Scope & Content:
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The file contains letters received by Captain Samuel Hennell, British Political Resident in the Persian Gulf at Bushire, in 1844.
Most letters are from British naval officers in the Persian Gulf Squadron, reporting on maritime affairs along the Trucial Coast in 1844 (folios 2-3, 7-14, 16-21, 37-40, 43-46). A few of these naval patrol reports are addressed to Captain A H Nott, Senior Marine Officer in the Persian Gulf, rather than to the Resident. The reports are from the following officers: Commander James Fitzjames, aboard Her Majesty’s sloop Clio; Lieutenant Arnold Burrowes Kemball aboard the East India Company sloop of war Elphinstone; Captain John P Porter, commanding the Elphinstone; Lieutenant A MacDonald commanding the East India Company schooner Mahi; Captain A H Nott, aboard the East India Company schooner Coote; Commander H A Cruisby aboard the East India Company cruizer Auckland.
The reports mention meetings and other communications with the Arab Chiefs of the Trucial Coast sheikdoms about the state of relations between them, including:
- Relations between the Sheik of Sharjah and Ras al-Khaimah, with the Sheiks of Ajman, Dubai and Umm al-Qaiwain;
- Disputes over pearl fishing rights;
- Seizure and plundering of boats and the making of reparations for these and similar acts of piracy committed by subjects of the Sheikh of Dubai against those of Sharjah and other similar cases, committed by subjects of the Sheikhs of Abu Dhabi and Bahrain;
- Terms of the Maritime Truce in relation to Arab Chiefs transporting men and military stores by boat along the shore from port to port to support land attacks;
- Use of force at sea to compel the return of fugitive debtors seeking refuge with another Arab Chief.
The file also contains letters received from Lieutenant Colonel Justin Sheil, British Minister at the Court of Tehran, Persia, about various Persian affairs and especially the rights of the Persian Government to charge British merchants additional import duties, particularly with regard to goods landed or transhipped at the Persian port of Bushire. This correspondence includes the opinion of Lord Aberdeen, British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, London and a translation, partly in French and partly in English, of an undated commercial treaty between Russia and Persia, May to July 1844 (folios 5-6, 24-35).
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000209245
033-000227426
036-000227427
037-000227428
038-000227469
040-000227536 - Is part of:
- IOR/R : India Office Records transferred later through official channels
IOR/R/15 : Records of the British Residency and Agencies in the Persian Gulf
IOR/R/15/1 : Political Residency, Bushire
IOR/R/15/1/1-118 : Political Residency, Bushire: letters received and sent
IOR/R/15/1/38-118 : Political Residency, Bushire: correspondence received and sent
IOR/R/15/1/104 : Vol 147 Letters inward - Hierarchy:
- 032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0001]/036-000227427[0001]/037-000227428[0004]/038-000227469[0067]/040-000227536
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (48 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000193.0x00004d
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
French - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1844
- End Date:
- 1844
- Date Range:
- 13 Feb 1844-24 Dec 1844
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Foliation: numbered 2-19, 20, 20A and 21-48, from the front to the back of the file. The numbering is written in pencil on the recto, in the top right corner and encircled. The front of the file cover is numbered 1.
Most of the 18 letters and their enclosures were originally numbered in ink, usually on the recto of the folio only, in the top right corner, as follows: 38-41, 90-92, 113, 142-143, 165-167, 178-179, 181, 183, 185, 187, 189, 191, 193, 195-196, 218, 220, 222, 224, 266-267, 291, 341, -343, 377, 379. There are many gaps in the number sequence.
- Administrative Context:
- The letters are arranged chronologically. Many letters incorporate copies or extracts from earlier letters or enclose them separately.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)