Letters outward [48r] (106/216)
The record is made up of 1 volume (100 folios). It was created in 13 Dec 1842-30 Dec 1843. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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The volume contains copies of letters sent by the British Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , mainly to J P Willoughby, Secretary to the Government of Bombay From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions. , in 1843. Although Captain Samuel Hennell was Resident at this time, letters dated January to October 1843 were sent by Lieutenant Colonel H D Robertson, Captain Atkins D Hamerton and Lieutenant Arnold Burowes Kemball, who successively officiated for Captain Hennell during his absence.
The letters often contain or enclose separately, copies of other pertinent correspondence sent or received by the Resident, such as: local intelligence reports from the native agents Non-British agents affiliated with the British Government. and occasional letters from or to local Arab rulers about military conflict, maritime treaty infractions and dispute resolution. The local intelligence reports are from British Government Native Agents Non-British agents affiliated with the British Government. Hajee Jassim at Bahrein [Bahrain], Moollah Hoosein at Shargah [Sharjah] and Reuben Aslan (also referred to as Khojal or Khojah Reuben) at Muscat. The letters from Arab rulers include: Sheikh Mubarak bin Abdullah of Demaum, ex-Sheikh Abdullah bin Ahmed of Bahrain, Sheikh Sultan bin Suggur of Ras-el Khyma, Sheikh Abdoollah bin Rashid of Amulgavine [Umm-ul-Kawain], Sheikh Mucktoom bin Butye of Debaie [Dubai] and Sheikh Khuleefa bin Shaboot of Aboothabee [Abu Dhabi].
All copies of the Resident’s Arabic correspondence with native agents Non-British agents affiliated with the British Government. and ruling sheikhs, a petition by the islanders of Karrack [Kharg], transcripts of oral statements made by merchants and a slave child in the course of investigations, are in the form of English translations. There are no Arabic originals or copies in the volume.
The correspondence discusses events in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. in 1843, predominantly in relation to: slavery, piracy, conflicts between the rulers and inhabitants of the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. Sheikdoms, civil war in Bahrain and their implications for British foreign policy, relations and interests in the region. Typical contents include:
- Letters from the officiating British Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. to Commodore W Lowe at Bassadore [Bāsa‘īdū], with orders to transport six Arab pirates in British custody to the Imam of Muscat for punishment. The Resident also expresses his views on the maritime treaties and punishable acts, such as the selling of persons and the seizure of boats as punishment for piracy, 1843 (folio 12);
- Letter from Syed Soweynee, Governor of Muscat and others from the Native Agent Non-British agents affiliated with the British Government. at Muscat, to the British Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , about the recovery of several Indian slave children living with Muscat inhabitants, including a transcript of the oral testimony of one of the slave children, February to July, 1843 (folios 17-20, 61-62);
- Letters from Lieutenant A B Kemball, Assistant British Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. in Charge, to J P Willoughby, Secretary to the Government of Bombay From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions. reporting on his tour of the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. by ship, to negotiate the annual renewal of the Maritime Truce with the ruling sheikhs and obtain their signatures, May 1843 (folios 29-30, 36-46);
- Letters from Lieutenant A B Kemball, Assistant British Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. to in Charge, to J P Willoughby, Secretary to the Government of Bombay From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions. reporting on the plunder of vessels and other disturbances at Bahrain, including further attacks for supremacy of the island after its recent invasion by Sheikh Mahomed bin Khuleefa, March-June 1843 (folios 12-13, 16-17, 21-22, 27-28,47-49, 51-53);
- Letters from Lieutenant Colonel H D Robertson, officiating British Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. to Colonel Justin Sheil, British Chargé d’Affaires at the Court of the Shah of Persia, Tehran, as well as internal Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. memoranda by Captain A D Hamerton, about the management of the British Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. , its personnel, especially interpreter Hajee Ahmed and British coal agent Hajee Yacoob, arrangements for the temporary transfer of the Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. to Karrack Island, relations with the island inhabitants and with the Persian authorities, January, March- April, July-August 1843 (folios 1-5, 10, 23-26, 67-68, 76-78).
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- 1 volume (100 folios)
- Arrangement
The letters are arranged chronologically. Many letters incorporate extracts from earlier letters or enclose them separately.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: numbered 1 to 100, from the front to the back of the volume. The numbering is written in pencil on the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. , in the top right corner.
Pagination: numbered 23-30, 53-62, 65-68, 75-78, 81-88, 101-110, 129-148, 153-158, 177-198, 209-216, 231-240, 243-246, 257-270, 301-304, 307-310, 323-328, 331-346, 357-362, 377-382, 427-430, 449-456, 459, 460 and 471-486, from the front to the back of the volume. The numbering is written in ink, in the top right and left corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. and verso The back of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'v'. respectively.
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- IOR/R/15/1/99
- Title
- Letters outward
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:ii-v, 1r:100v, iii-r:iv-v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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