Removal of the Embargo Placed on the Vessels of the Shaikh of Kishm Visiting India

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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 East India Company's 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 1 of 1841, dated 28 January 1841. The enclosures are dated 15 November 1840 to 27 January 1841.

The enclosures mainly consist of copies of letters sent and received by 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. , relating to the embargo placed on the vessels of the Shaikh of Kishm [Qishm], Shaikh Abdool Ruhman bin Suggur [Shaikh ‘Abd al-Rahman bin Saqr], visiting India being removed, and the Shaikh’s buggalow Large trading vessel. [sailing vessel] the Yacoob (also written as Acoob) being released, upon his entering into an engagement to pay a demand from the British Government for the plunder of the buggalow Large trading vessel. Futeh Ool Ruhman .

This correspondence is between 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. and the following: 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); Shaikh Abdool Ruhman bin Suggur of Kishm, and his Agent Mahomed Moolla Hussan (also spelled Mahomed Moola Hoossein); the Collector of Customs, Bombay; the Superintendent of the Indian Navy; the Secretary to the Government of Fort St George; and the Secretary to the Government of India.

Letters from the Resident in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. include copies of enclosed letters to the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. at Muscat, to Shaikh Abdool Ruhman, and from the Imam of Muscat.

Extent and format

1 item (45 folios)

It is part of

‘ENCLOSURES TO SECRET LETTERS FROM BOMBAY’, Vol 29

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Ref: IOR/L/PS/5/391

Arrangement

There is an abstract of contents of the despatch, numbered 1-15, on folios 3-5. These numbers are repeated for reference on the verso The back of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'v'. of the last folio 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/5/391, ff 2-46

Former external reference(s)

No. 1 of 1841

History of this record

Date(s)

28 Jan 1841 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

Economic sanctionsSailing vessels

Places

IndiaKishm

People & organisations

Political Resident, Persian GulfShaikh of Kishm

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Removal of the Embargo Placed on the Vessels of the Shaikh of Kishm Visiting India, British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/5/391, ff 2-46, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100080366299.0x000007> [accessed 2 October 2024]

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