'Précis of correspondence regarding the affairs of the Persian Gulf, 1801-1853' [93v] (186/344)
The record is made up of 1 volume (172 folios). It was created in 1906. 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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Part V—Chap. XXXVII.
sea defences, as might have been considered to have been tacitly admitted
when in the first instance he surrendered his guns and towers to be
destroyed by Sir William Grant Keir and which he could not have
objected to had it been ^ formally demanded of him at the time of the Treaty.
But Sultan bin Saggar in his conference with Lieutenant Macleod shewed so
great an anxiety to establish his right, under the Treaty, to build forts, that
there was little chance of his agreeing to relinquish it, unless in return for some
great concession on our part, and if this could not be done in the present
disposition of Sultan bin Saggar to aggrandize himself, by establishing his
complete authority over the whole of the Joassmi ports, the omission of this
and other important points in the Treaty must remain over as they were until
the British Government should be called on to send another expedition to
the Gulf.
305 - Viewing, however, the omission of the Treaty on this point, the
Bombay Government had not thought it becoming the dignity of the Govern
ment to press a measure which he could not ultimately enforce under the
power of any Treaty.
306. 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.
informed the Resident in their letter
iNo. 997, dated 15th August 1823, that " there being nothing in the treaties
en titling us to object to this measure, they must of course be considered at
liberty to re-build their forts without any molestation on the part of the British
(jovernment, if they are so disposed to do"
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A précis of correspondence regarding the affairs of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , 1801-1853 prepared by Jerome Antony Saldanha and published by Government of India Central Printing Office, Calcutta in 1906.
The précis is divided up into eight sections, as follows:
Part I: British Envoys to Persia and from Persia, 1801-1814.
Part II: British policy in regard to Maskat [Muscat] and the Maritime Arab tribes on the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , 1801-1815.
Part III: Affairs on the Persian Coast and Islands, 1801-1820.
Part IV: British Residents and Agents in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and at Maskat, 1801-1813.
Part V: British policy in regard to Maskat and the Maritime Arab Tribes. Vigorous measures taken for the suppression of piracies and for security of peace in the Gulf. Persian Coast and Islands Affairs, 1818-1823.
Part VI: British policy in regard to Maskat and the Maritime Arab tribes, 1823-1853.
Part VII: Affairs on the Persian Coast and Islands, 1823-1853.
Part VIII: British Residents and Agents in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and Maskat, 1823-1853.
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The volume is arranged roughly chronologically and divided into twelve chapters. Folios 5-9 is a detailed list of the contents of the file.
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Foliation: the sequence commences at the front cover, and terminates at the inside back cover; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located 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.
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