‘Persian Gulf Relative to the complaint of the seizure and detention at Kishm of merchandize [etc] belonging to Hindoo British subjects.-’

Content

The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence, minutes and resolutions, cited in, or enclosed with, a Political Letter 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. to the East India Company Court of Directors The London-based directors of the East India Company who dealt with the daily conduct of the Company's affairs. , 29 August 1854. A copy of this letter can be found at IOR/F/4/2586/154786, alongside details of further enclosures. The item is the seventh in a series of nine items on events in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. 1853-54.

The item relates to a complaint by certain Hindoo [Hindu] British subjects residing in Kerman and Yezd [Yazd, also rendered in text as Zezd and Zeyd]. They complain that their merchandise has been seized on the island of Kishm [Qeshm] by the Sheikh Abdul Rahman ben Suggur [Shaikh ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Ṣaqr, also rendered in text as Abd Urrhaman], in retaliation to the Persian [Iranian] authorities seizing control of Bunder Abbas [Bandar-e ʻAbbas]. Their complaint is made to William Taylor Thomson, HM Minister at Tehran, who forwards it to Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. . Kemball in turn forwards it 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. , alongside a copy of his subsequent instructions to Commodore Robinson, Commanding the Indian Naval Squadron in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , to investigate the issue at Kishm.

Taylor Thomson is also referred to as HM Chargé d'Affaires at Tehran.

The title page of the item contains the following references: 'Bombay Political Department', Draft Number '20 1855', 'Collection No. 5 of No. 58 of 1854', 'Vol: 6' and 'Examiner's Office'. Originally, the Collection number was given as '6' but this has been crossed out and replaced with '5'.

Extent and format

1 item (6 folios)

Arrangement

The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the item. The item also contains a table of contents (f 880), noting ‘No’, ‘From’, ‘To’, ‘Subject’, ‘Date and No. of Docu[men]t’ and ‘Date and No. of Consul[tation]’.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 879, and terminates at f 884, 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/4/2586/154792

History of this record

Date(s)

4 May 1854-31 Jul 1854 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

Seizure of property

Places

Kishm

People & organisations

Government of BombayPolitical Resident, Persian GulfHM Ambassador to Iran

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