IOR/F/4/2006/89515

This item consists of copies of correspondence, consultations, resolutions, and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai]. The main correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Lieutenant Colonel Henry Robertson, Officiating Resident in the Persian Gulf; Commodore William Lowe, commanding the Indian Navy Persian Gulf Squadron; Commander John Porter of the EIC brig Euphrates; and Moollah Hoossein [Mullah Husayn], British Agent at Sharjah. It is the sixth in a series of six items on the Persian Gulf (the others are IOR/F/4/2005/89510, IOR/F/4/2005/89511, IOR/F/4/2005/89512, IOR/F/4/2005/89513, and IOR/F/4/2005/89514).

The item concerns:

• Six passengers who seized control of a trading baghlah from Kishm [Qeshm]; their murder of the nakhoda; their capture at Cheroo [Bandar-e Chiru]; and a discussion of what should be done with the prisoners
• An act of ‘piracy’ carried out at Nabend [Damagheh-ye Nay Band] on a Persian boat from Karrack [Khark/Kharg]
• The inefficiency of the Gulf Squadron caused by a lack of experienced officers
• Robertson’s request to be relieved of his position due to ill-health and a loss of confidence of the Government of Bombay in him, including a justification for all his actions since becoming Officiating Resident.

The item includes a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft 612/43, P.C. [Previous Communication] 3902, Collection No 11’.