'Persian Gulf. Despatch of a vessel of war to Mohumra.'

Content

This item consists of copies of correspondence, minutes, and consultations cited in, or enclosed with, political letters 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. . These political letters appear in IOR/F/4/2416/130506. It is the sixth in a series of twenty-eight items on the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .

The correspondents are: 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 Government of India; Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; Commodore John Patterson Porter, Commanding the Indian Naval Squadron, Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; and Lieutenant-Colonel William Fenwick Williams, HM Commissioner for settling the boundaries between Turkey [Ottoman Empire] and Persia [Iran].

The item concerns Lieutenant-Colonel Williams’s request for HC Ship Clive to remain for an extended period at Mohumrah [Khorramshahr, also rendered as Mahumrah and Mahumerah in the item], and Hennell’s decision to despatch HC brig Euphrates to Mohumrah to replace the Clive .

The item contains a table of contents (f 499), and the title page (f 498) contains the following references: ‘Dft. No. 424 of 1851’, Collection No. 1, Vol. 6’, and ‘Examiner’s Office’.

Extent and format

1 item (7 folios)

Arrangement

The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the item.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 498 and terminates at f 504, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the bottom right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.

Pagination: the item also contains an original pagination sequence.

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/F/4/2416/130511

History of this record

Date(s)

5 Mar 1850-12 Jun 1850 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

Boundaries

Places

Mohumrah

People & organisations

Senior Naval Officer in the Persian GulfPolitical Resident, Persian GulfGovernment of BombayWilliam Fenwick Williams

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