IOR/F/4/2077/95835

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 and Captain Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf. It is the seventh in a series of seven items on affairs of the Persian Gulf (the others are IOR/F/4/2077/95829, IOR/F/4/2077/95830, IOR/F/4/2077/95831, IOR/F/4/2077/95832, IOR/F/4/2077/95833, and IOR/F/4/2077/95834).

The item concerns:

• The prevalence of an anti-British faction at Muscat
• A complaint by the Imaum of Muscat [Imam of Muscat, Sayyid Sa’id bin Sultan Al Bu Sa’id], that heavier customs duties have been levied on his vessels at Kurrachee [Karachi] than was previously the case
• Hostilities between Syed Sooweenee [Sayyid Thuwaini bin Sa’id Al Bu Sa’id] and tribes in the interior of Oman
• Hostilities between Joasmee [al-Qasimi] and Debaye [Dubai] boats on the pearl banks, and the settlement of these disputes
• The attack on a boat from Ejman [Ajman] by a boat from Shargah [Sharjah]
• The capture and destruction of the Persian [Iranian] seaport town of Congoon [Kangan] by a force from Dashtee [Dashti]
• The arrival of Abdoollah bin Ahmed [Shaikh ‘Abdullah bin Ahmad Al Khalifah] in Bahrein [Bahrain]
• An increase in duty on mules and horses exported from Bushire [Bushehr] by British subjects
• The replacement of Ameer Meerza Nubbee Khan [Amir Divan Mirza Nabi Khan Qazvini] as Governor of Fars by Hoossain Khan [Mirza Mohammad Hossein Khan Moqaddam Maraqei]
• The murder of Beebee Asseelo [Bibi 'Asilu], the widow of Mirza Jawad, the late Native Agent at Shiraz
• The rescue of the Dutch brigantine Seennoo from Batavia [Jakarta] off the coast of Bushire.

The item includes a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft 78, P.C. [Previous Communication] 4624, [Season 18]45’, ‘Collection No 8 of No 92’.