Letter no.333 of 1856 from Commander Felix Jones, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay
IOR/R/15/1/157, ff 280-282
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The record is made up of 3 folios. It was created in 4 Nov 1856. 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 letter and its enclosure are a continuation of correspondence relating to the unauthorised seizure of two slaves by the British Agent at Lingah [Bandar-e Lengeh], and their return to their owner at Jones’s instigation. The letter and enclosure are Jones’s response to the Government’s enquiry into why Jones took the action he did, with the explanation that negotiations between Britain and Persia risked further complication with the affair. Jones also discusses the extent of the slave trade between Africa and the Gulf, and states his belief that the treaty with the Imam of Muscat [Sa‘id bin Sulṭān] is a ‘dead letter’.
The enclosure is the translation of a letter (folio 282) from Jones to the British Agent at Muscat, dated 15 October 1856, a covering letter, the original of which included correspondence concerning the slave trade from the Joasmee [ Qāsimī One of the ruling families of the United Arab Emirates; also used to refer to a confederation of seafaring Arabs led by the Qāsimī tribe from Ras al Khaima. ] chief [Shaikh Sultan bin Saqr].
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- 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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- IOR/R/15/1/157, ff 280-282
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Letter no.333 of 1856 from Commander Felix Jones, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/157, ff 280-282, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100024066926.0x00005a> [accessed 12 June 2026]
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- IOR/R/15/1/157, ff 280-282
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- Letter no.333 of 1856 from Commander Felix Jones, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay
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- 280r:282v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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