IOR/F/4/1596/64626

The item consists of enclosures to political letters from the East India Company Court of Directors and the governments of Bombay [Mumbai] and India. It is the second in a series of two items on general affairs in the Persian Gulf (the other is IOR/F/4/1596/64625, which contains the political letters).

In particular, the item relates to:

• An attack on the British Agent at Bahrein [Bahrain] ordered by the sons of the Shaikh, Abdoollah bin Ahmed [‘Abdullāh bin Aḥmad Āl Khalīfah], due to a dispute over money, resulting in the British sending ships to Bahrein to blockade the port and enforce punishment for the Agent's attackers
• The impact of the war between the Imaum [Imam] of Muscat and the people of Mombassa [Mombasa, also written Bombasa in text] with regards to trading at Mandavie [Mandvi] and Bombay, including: requests for intervention by the Resident at Cutch [Kuchchh] and the Rao of Cutch; and discussion by the Government of Bombay as to whether it can intervene against the Imaum's right to prevent supplies from these ports reaching his enemies
• Numerous administrative points regarding the Bushire [Būshehr] Residency (also called the Persian Gulf Residency), including: charges incurred by the temporary removal of the Residency to the island of Corgo [Kharko] in 1832; absences, resignations and appointments of Residents; allowances adjusted for interim appointments; the discharge of several public servants from the Residency; and the management and disposal of various articles in the Residency Treasury, including sealed packages of great value belonging to Reza Kooly Mirza [Rizā Qulī Mīrzā Farmānfarmā], a list of which can be found at ff 533-534
• Minor points regarding the Imaum of Muscat, including: a proposal by the Bourbon authorities to establish a colony at Zanzibar; privileges for the Imaum's imports of salt into Calcutta [Kolkata]; presents sent by the Imaum to Lady Grant; and the Imaum's concerns that he has upset the British in some way.

To a lesser extent, the item also includes mention of:

• Claims by the Shaikh of Kishm [Qeshm] for salvage remuneration following his rescue of the merchant vessel Prinsep
• 'Piracy' committed in the Gulf of Cutch and on the Kattywar [Kāthiāwār] coast
• Repairs and alterations required for the Company ship Cyrene
• The question of whether charges of the Bushire Residency and the Turkish Arabia Agency should be debited to the Government of Bombay or to the Government of India.

Principal correspondents include: the governments of Bombay and India; Shaikh Abdoollah bin Ahmed; David Anderson Blane and James Morison, successive Residents at Bushire; Samuel Hennell, Assistant (and Acting) Resident at Bushire; Sayyid Sa‘īd bin Sulṭān Āl Bū Sa‘īd, Imam of Muscat; and Henry Pottinger, Resident at Cutch.

The title page of the item contains the following references: 'Bombay Political Department', 'P.C. [Previous Communication] 1944, Draft 432, 1837' and 'Examiner's Office'.