IOR/F/4/2238/112339

The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, 31 August 1847. A copy of this Political Letter can be found at IOR/F/4/2238/112322, alongside details of further enclosures. The item is the eighteenth in a series of fifty-nine items on events in the Persian Gulf.

The item relates to a complaint by Major Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, against the baghlah, Mansoorree [Manṣūrī], which he says left Bushire [Bushehr] without complying with the terms of a Government of Bombay notification from 15 March 1845. In a letter dated 27 May 1847, Hennell reports to the government that the penalty enforced against the vessel has had the desired effect on the mercantile community of Bushire and that it should now be released from detention. The item also includes a minute by John Willoughby, Council member of the government, stating that Hennell had previously been informed of the vessel’s release.

The title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Bombay Political Department’, ‘Draft No. 345/48’, ‘Collection No. 2 of No. 107, Vol: 18.’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’. The title page also contains a note that relevant correspondence can be found in Collection No. 4 accompanying despatch from the Government of Bombay, 11 May No. 69 of 1847.