‘Vol 251 Unsettled affairs for Resident’s attention during Tour of Arab Ports, 1859/60; Turkish Arabia, Mohumrah [Khorramshahr], General’

Content

The file contains miscellaneous correspondence and reports produced at or for the attention of the 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. . The chief correspondents in the file are Captain Felix Jones, Resident in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , and Henry 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. :

• Outstanding affairs for the Resident’s attention during the course of his tour of the Gulf in 1859 (folios 3-10), arranged by port. On the reverse of these pages are diary entries (folios 9v-10v), covering the period 28 April to 21 May 1859, and containing details of the Resident’s tour, including ports visited, gun salutes, and gifts to rulers;
• A table of affairs for the Resident’s attention during the course of his tour of the Gulf in 1860 (folios 14-20). Additional pencil annotations have been made in the table’s remarks column at a later date. A second table (folios 21-22) entitled ‘Memorandum of cash sent with Resident for payments on Tour of 1860’ has information on the details and amounts of payments made and received;
• Correspondence dated 9 May to 22 September 1860 (folios 24-28), chiefly concerning the Government’s complaints over the longwinded nature of Jones’s reports to Government;
• Correspondence between 15 April and 23 December 1859 (folios 30-36), concerning the likely split between Muscat and Zanzibar, and the implications of the split for the British Agent at Muscat, including Jones’s reservations relating to the efficacy of having a Native Agent Non-British agents affiliated with the British Government. of Jewish extraction in Arab Muscat;
• Correspondence, dated 29 June 1857 (folios 38-39), relating to the Resident’s legal ability to solemnise marriages;
• Correspondence from Anderson, dated 7 June 1857 (folios 40-41) enclosing a Court of Director’s despatch stressing the importance of having European officers investigate any allegations of torture;
• A report, forwarded by Anderson to Jones, and authored by Richard Spooner, Commissioner of Customs, Salt and Opium, dated 11 May 1857 (folios 42-52), containing tables showing the chief imports from Bushire into Bombay and Bussora [Basra] into Bombay, and exports from Bombay to Bushire and Bombay to Basra;
• A circular from Government, dated 4 November 1858 (folios 53-55), with printed Government of India correspondence, relating to the conduct of officers with regard to the religion of natives of India.

Extent and format

1 file (55 folios)

Arrangement

The file is arranged by subject, each subject being separated from the next by a blue title sheet (ff 2, 12, 23, 29, 37). Within most of the subjects, correspondence is arranged in rough chronological order from earliest first to latest last. The subjects themselves do not follow any chronological arrangement.

Part of the file’s content has been written on the reverse of some pages (ff 9v-10v), meaning that this appears in reverse order and upsidedown. Some incoming letters in the file contain synopses of the letter’s content on the reverse side, arranged at a 90 degree angle to the main text. Portions of the file (ff 14-20, 21-22) are arranged in tables in landscape format.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: The foliation sequence starts on the front cover and ends on the last folio; these numbers are written in pencil, and 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. The following foliation anomalies occur: 11, and 11A. The inside back cover is unfoliated.

There is evidence of insect damage throughout the file, in the form of holes in pages. Some of these holes are in areas of pages that contain text.

Written in

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/15/1/166

Former external reference(s)

Volume 251

History of this record

Date(s)

6 Jun 1857-22 Sep 1860 (CE, Gregorian)

Places

MuscatZanzibar

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