Persian Gulf, Persian, and Zanzibar Affairs

Content

This part of the volume consists of Enclosures to a Despatch from 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. Secret Department to the Secret Committee Pre-1784, the Committee responsible for protecting East India Company shipping. Post-1784, its main role was to transmit communications between the Board of Control and the Company's Indian governments on matters requiring secrecy. , Number 67 of 1841, dated 30 August 1841. The enclosures are dated 12 April to 30 August 1841, and are mostly copies of correspondence relating to the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , Persia [Iran], and Zanzibar.

The correspondence mainly consists of the following: letters from the Resident in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. (Captain Samuel Hennell); reports from the British Agent at Muscat on a mission to Zanzibar (Captain Atkins Hamerton); and correspondence between the Acting Secretary to Government, Bombay, and the Secretary to the Government of India. Other correspondents include the Imam of Muscat.

The enclosures relate to subjects including: the state of affairs in Persia; the conduct of a Frenchman, calling himself the Comte de Pron, at Muscat; the suggestion that the European troops at Karrack [Kharg], should be accommodated on board vessels stationed off that Island during the hot Summer months, for health reasons; and other matters relating to Nedgd [Nejd], Bahrein [Bahrain], Aboothabee [Abu Dhabi], Debay [Dubai], and Oman.

Extent and format

1 item (184 folios)

It is part of

‘ENCLOSURES TO SECRET LETTERS FROM BOMBAY’

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Ref: IOR/L/PS/5/397

Arrangement

There is an abstract of contents of the despatch, numbered 1-35, on folios 1-6. These numbers are repeated for reference on the last verso The back of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'v'. of each enclosure.

Written in

English in Latin script

Type

Archival item

Access & Reference

Original held at

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.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/L/PS/5/397, ff 1a-183

Former external reference(s)

Secret No. 67 of 1841

History of this record

Date(s)

30 Aug 1841 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

Mortality rate

Places

PersiaKarrack (island)MuscatZanzibar

People & organisations

Political Resident, Persian GulfGovernment of India, Foreign and Political DepartmentĀl Bū Sa'īd dynasty, Imam of Muscat and OmanPolitical Agent and Consul, Zanzibar

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