IOR/L/PS/5/483

The volume contains manuscript copies of secret letters, despatches, memoranda, translations of letters, intelligence reports and financial statements relating to diplomatic and military affairs in Aden, Turkish Arabia, Bahrain and Persia [Iran].

The main matters covered are:

• Revolts and rebellions by tribes in Ottoman-controlled Arabia
• Outbreak of disease
• Relations with Russia and Persia
• Despatch of British armed forces to the region
• Condition of buildings in British consulates
• Surveying of Somali coast
• The dispute between the Imam of Muscat and the Shah of Persia over the lease of Bandar Abbas.

The principal correspondents are: the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; Henry Creswicke Rawlinson, Political Agent, Turkish Arabia; H L Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay; Earl of Clarendon, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, London; the Political Resident, Aden; the Political Agent, Muscat; the Political Agent, Lingah [Bandar-e-Lengeh]; Political Agent, Meshad; the Sultan of Lahedj [Sultan of Lahej]; Syed Saeed bin Sultan, Imaam of Muscat [Sayyid Sa‘īd bin Sulṭān Āl Bū Sa‘īd]; and the Sedr Azim [Ṣadr-i Aʿẓam].