‘Vol 224 1856/57 Bahrain; Abu Dhabi; Sharjah, Ras al-Khaimah; Hamriya; Muscat and Bandar `Abbas; Slave Trade’

Content

The volume contains correspondence relating to a number of subjects, listed below. The principal correspondents throughout are Commander (James) Felix Jones, initially Acting Resident, then Resident in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; and Henry Lacon Anderson, 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. .

The volumes contain correspondence relating to events in the Gulf, and are arranged by subject as follows:

• Bahrain (folios 10-24); despatches 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. in response to 1854-55 events in Bahrain; theft of property from Banyan Merchant of Indian extraction. (Indian) traders in Bahrain, and the suspicious death of a Banyan Merchant of Indian extraction. trader;
• Aboothabee [Abu Dhabi] (folios 25-65): the attack upon Abu Dhabi of the deposed Shaikh Sa’id bin Tahnun, in collaboration with Shaikh Sultan bin Saqr; an act of piracy off the Al-Qaṭīf coast;
• Shargah, Rasul Khymah [Ra’s al-Khaymah], and Himreeyah [Ḩamrīyah] (folios 66-127): an incident of piracy at Sharjah, and attempts by British officials to obtain compensation; conflict between Shaikh Sultan bin Saqr, ruler of Ra’s al-Khaymah, and the tribes of Ḩamrīyah; Wahhābī A follower of the Islamic reform movement known as Wahhabism; also used to refer to the people and territories ruled by the Al-Saud family. forces moving toward the Oman coast;
• Muscat and Bunder Abbass [Bandar-e ʻAbbās] (folios 128-62): investigation into the shipwreck and plunder of a vessel carrying pilgrims, and the murder of some of the vessel’s crew; the treatment of British subjects at Muscat; conflict and settlement between the Persian Government and Imam of Muscat over customs at Persian ports including Bandar-e ʻAbbās;
• The Slave Trade (folios 163-297): resources in the Gulf for fighting the maritime slave trade; Jones’s recommendations for improvements and changes to the policing of waters; the actions of the British Agent at Lingah [Bandar-e Lengeh], in relation to diplomatic relations between Britain and Persia; the capture of a boat carrying slaves under Turkish colours.

Extent and format

2 volumes, 96 items (309 folios)

It is grouped into

Letter no.5595 of 1856 from Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to the Resident in the Persian Gulf

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Letter no.2656 of 1856 from Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to the Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf [Commander Felix Jones]

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Letter no.2651 of 1856 from Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to the Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf

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Letter no.164 of 1856 from Commander Felix Jones, Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay

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Letter no.3157 of 1856 from Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to Commander Felix Jones, Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf

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Letter no.216 of 1856 from Commander Felix Jones, Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay

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Letter no.4429 of 1856 from Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to Commander Felix Jones, Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf

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Letter no.280 of 1856 from Commander Felix Jones, Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay

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Letter no.5593 of 1856 from Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to the Resident in the Persian Gulf [Commander James Felix Jones]

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Letter no.3983 of 1856 from Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to the Resident in the Persian Gulf

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Letter no.132 of 1856 from Commander Felix Jones, Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay

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Letter no.2801 of 1856 from Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to Commander Felix Jones, Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf

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Letter no.2100 of 1857 from Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to the Resident in the Persian Gulf

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Letter no.244 of 1856 from Commander Felix Jones, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay

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Letter no.279 of 1856 from Commander Felix Jones, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay

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Letter no.5097 of 1856 from Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to Commander Felix Jones, Resident in the Persian Gulf

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Letter no.338 of 1856 from Commander Felix Jones, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay

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Letter no.57 of 1857 from Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to Commander Felix Jones, Political Agent and Resident in the Persian Gulf

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Letter no.360 of 1856 from Commander Felix Jones, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay

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Letter no.221 of 1857 from Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to Commander Felix Jones, Political Agent with the Persian Expeditionary Force

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Letter no.55 of 1856 from Commander Felix Jones, Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay

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Letter no.2016 of 1856 from Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to Commander Felix Jones, Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf

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Letter no.62 of 1856 from Commander Felix Jones, Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay

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Letter no.1525 of 1856 from Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to Commander Felix Jones, Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf

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Letter no.131 of 1856 from Commander Felix Jones, Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay

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Letter no.2751 of 1856 from Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to Commander Felix Jones, Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf

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Letter no.3107 of 1856 from Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to Commander Felix Jones, Officiating Resident in the Persian Gulf

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Letter no.167 of 1856 from Commander Felix Jones, Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay

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Letter no.3670 of 1856 from Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to Commander Felix Jones, Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf

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Letter to the Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf [Commander Felix Jones] from Khinjee Gopulldass

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Letter no.2329 of 1856 from Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to Commander Felix Jones, Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf

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Letter no.192 of 1856 from Commander Felix Jones, Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay

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Letter no.4558 of 1856 from Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to Commander Felix Jones, Resident in the Persian Gulf

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Letter no.3984 of 1856 from Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to the Resident in the Persian Gulf

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Letter no.2098 of 1857 from Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to the Resident in the Persian Gulf

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Letter no.165 of 1856 from Commander Felix Jones, Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay

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Letter no.3158 of 1856 from Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to Commander Felix Jones, Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf

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Letter no.170 of 1856 from Commander Felix Jones, Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay

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Letter no.3164 of 1856 from Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to Commander Felix Jones, Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf

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Letter no.2099 of 1857 from Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to the Resident in the Persian Gulf

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Letter no.219 of 1856 from Commander Felix Jones, Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay

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Letter no.4881 of 1856 from Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to Commander Felix Jones, Resident in the Persian Gulf

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Letter no.286 of 1856 from Commander Felix Jones, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay

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Letter no.5036 of 1856 from Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to Commander Felix Jones, Resident in the Persian Gulf

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Letter no.347 of 1856 from Commander Felix Jones, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay

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Letter no.134 of 1857 from Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to Commander Felix Jones, Political Agent with the Persian Expeditionary Force

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Letter no.37 of 1856 from Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to Commander Felix Jones, Officiating Resident in the Persian Gulf

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Letter no.166 of 1856 from Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to Commander Felix Jones, Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf

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Letter no.1284 of 1856 from Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to Commander Felix Jones, Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf

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Letter no.190 of 1856 from Commander Felix Jones, Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay

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Letter no.262 of 1856 from Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to Commander Felix Jones, Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf

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Letter no.129 of 1856 from Commander Felix Jones, Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay

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Letter no.2750 of 1856 from Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay to Commander Felix Jones, Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf

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Letter no.2964 of 1856 from Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to the Resident in the Persian Gulf [Commander Felix Jones]

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Letter no.2654 of 1856 from Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to the Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf [Commander Felix Jones]

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Letter no.172 of 1856 from Commander Felix Jones, Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay

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Letter no.202 of 1856 from Commander Felix Jones, Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay

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Letter no.220 of 1857 from Commander Felix Jones, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to His Excellency Charles Murray, Tehran

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Letter no.5078 of 1855 from Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to Commander Felix Jones, Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf

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Letter no.1227 of 1857 from Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to the Resident in the Persian Gulf [Commander Felix Jones]

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Letter no.595 of 1856 from Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to the Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf [Commander Felix Jones]

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Letter no.597 of 1856 from Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to the Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf [Commander Felix Jones]

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Letter no.606 of 1856 from Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to Commander Felix Jones, Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf

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Letter no.3156 of 1856 from Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to Commander Felix Jones, Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf

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Letter no.245 from Commander Felix Jones, Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay

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Copy of letter no.4309 of 1856 from Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to Brigadier William Coghlan, Political Resident at Aden

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Letter from Brigadier William Coghlan, Political Resident at Aden, to Commander Felix Jones, Resident in the Persian Gulph [Gulf]

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Letter no.340 of 1856 from Commander Felix Jones, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Brigadier William Coghlan, Political Resident at Aden

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Letter no.607 of 1856 from Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to Commander Felix Jones, Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf

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Letter no.604 of 1856 from Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to Commander Felix Jones, Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf

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Letter no.149 of 1856 from Commander Felix Jones, Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay

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Letter no.145 of 1856 from Commander Felix Jones, Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay

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Letter no.2795 of 1856 from Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to Commander Felix Jones, Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf

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Letter no.168 of 1856 from Commander Felix Jones, Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay

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Letter no.3163 of 1856 from Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to Commander Felix Jones, Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf

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Letter no.3976 of 1856 from Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to Commander Felix Jones, Resident in the Persian Gulf

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Letter no.257 of 1856 from Commander Felix Jones, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay

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Letter no.175 of 1856 from Commander Felix Jones, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay

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Letter no.3180 of 1856 from Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to Commander Felix Jones, Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf

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Letter no.1175 of 1857 from Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to Commander Felix Jones, Resident in the Persian Gulf

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Letter no.240 of 1856 from Commander Felix Jones, Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay

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Letter no.4411 of 1856 from Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to Commander Felix Jones, Resident in the Persian Gulf

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Letter no.1177 of 1857 from Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to Commander Felix Jones, Resident in the Persian Gulf

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Letter no.238 of 1856 from Commander Felix Jones, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay

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Letter no.276 of 1856 from Commander Felix Jones, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay

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Letter no.308 of 1856 from Commander Felix Jones, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay

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Letter no.311 of 1856 from Commander Felix Jones, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay

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Letter no.316 of 1856 from Commander Felix Jones, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay

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Letter no.4787 of 1856 from Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to Commander Felix Jones, Resident in the Persian Gulf

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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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Letter no.249 of 1856 from Commander Felix Jones, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay

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Letter no.4386 of 1856 from Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to Commander Felix Jones, Resident in the Persian Gulf

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Letter no.278 of 1856 from Commander Felix Jones, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay

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Letter no.4570 of 1856 from Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to Commander Felix Jones, Resident in the Persian Gulf

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Letter no.321 of 1856 from Commander Felix Jones, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay

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Letter no.1176 of 1857 from Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to Commander Felix Jones, Resident in the Persian Gulf

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Arrangement

The contents of the volume are arranged under a number of headings (see Scope and Content), each heading having its own title cover sheet. At the front of the first book (folios 1B-8) is an index page of correspondence in the volumes, showing date, letter number, address, subject and page numbers, which refer to the original pagination sequence. The correspondence included under each heading is arranged in approximate chronological order, from the earliest at the front to the latest at the rear, and based on the date of outgoing correspondence sent by the Resident. Responses from Government to the Resident’s letters are arranged directly after the correspondence they respond to.

Many of the incoming and outgoing letters in the volume have a synopsis of the letter’s content written on the reverse, which is usually written at a 90 degree angle to the main written content on the front side.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: This item is in two parts and the foliation sequence runs through both volumes as a continuous sequence. The foliation sequence begins on the title page of part one and ends on the third sheet from the back of part two. The sequence uses numbers written in pencil, which can be found in the top-right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. An original pagination sequence is present between ff 11-297; these numbers are written in ink and can be found in the top left and top right of the verso The back of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'v'. and recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side respectively. The following foliation anomalies occur: 1, 1A and 1B.

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English in Latin script

Type

Letter book

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/R/15/1/157

Former external reference(s)

Volume 224

History of this record

Date(s)

7 Dec 1855-21 Mar 1857 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

SlaveryShipwrecksPiracy

Places

AboothabeeBahreinMuscatShargahBunder AbbasHimreeyahRasul Khyma

People & organisations

Indian Navy, Commander-in-Chief

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