India, Aden and Persian Gulf Affairs

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This part of the volume consists of copies 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. [Mumbai] Secret Department to the 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 100 of 1847, dated 30 November 1847. The enclosures are numbered 3-16 and are dated 6 October to 26 November 1847.

The enclosures consist of resolutions of 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. on despatches from the 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. , and letters from the Chief Secretary of 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. , Arthur Malet, forwarding copies of despatches from the 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. and copies of other letters, to the following recipients: the Secretary to the Government of India with the Governor-General, Henry Miers Elliot; the Resident in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , Major Samuel Hennell; the Acting 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. in Turkish Arabia A term used by the British officials to describe the territory roughly corresponding to, but not coextensive with, modern-day Iraq under the control of the Ottoman Empire. [Ottoman Iraq], Lieutenant Arnold Burrowes Kemball; and HM Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary A diplomatic representative who ranks below an ambassador. The term can be shortened to 'envoy'. at the Court of Persia [Iran], Lieutenant-Colonel Justin Sheil.

Enclosure Nos. 3-5 listed in the abstract of contents are not included in this item (a note dated 30 October 1906 states that they are missing). They are listed as being: a resolution on a despatch from the 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. ; a letter from Malet to the Political Superintendent of Sawunt Warree [Savantvadi or Sawantwadi], requesting his opinion on the subject of extending to the refugee 'insurgents' now in Goa territory the clemency applied for on their behalf by the Government of Portugal; and a letter from Malet to Elliot, forwarding copies of the despatch from the 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. and the letter to the Political Superintendent of Sawunt Warree.

Enclosure Nos. 6-16 relate to the following:

• The 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. informing 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. that the Sublime Porte [the Government of the Ottoman Empire] has abandoned all intention of enforcing the ‘objectionable’ passport regulations recently promulgated in the Pachalic of Bagdad [Pashalik of Baghdad] towards British ‘Mahomedan’ [Muslim] subjects arriving at Bagdad, and 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. requesting the Acting 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. in Turkish Arabia A term used by the British officials to describe the territory roughly corresponding to, but not coextensive with, modern-day Iraq under the control of the Ottoman Empire. to state whether or not it is the intention of the Turkish Government to enforce these regulations in the case of ‘Hindoo’ [Hindu] or other British subjects who are not ‘Mahomedan’ travelling from India to Turkish Arabia A term used by the British officials to describe the territory roughly corresponding to, but not coextensive with, modern-day Iraq under the control of the Ottoman Empire.
• The 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. stating that it is their intention to pass no decision upon the proposed change to the future administration of Aden until they hear further from ‘His Lordship’ [the Governor-General of India?] on the subject
• A conference between the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and the Sheik of Bahrein [Shaikh of Bahrain], Mahomed bin Khuleefa [Muḥammad bin Khalīfah Āl Khalīfah], in May 1847, regarding the latter’s fear of an attack from a number of disaffected subjects who had settled on the Island of Kenn [Kish] on the Persian Coast, and Major Hennell soliciting authority, in case of necessity, to intimate to the Uttoobee [Banī ʿUtbah] settlers in Kenn that any attack made by them from that island upon the islands of Bahrein would be resisted by the British Naval Force in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .

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1 item (20 folios)

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‘ENCLOSURES TO SECRET LETTERS FROM BOMBAY’, Vol 90

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English in Latin script

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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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IOR/L/PS/5/452, ff 178-197

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No. 100 of 1847

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Date(s)

30 Nov 1847-30 October 1906 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

Passports

Places

Pachalic of BagdadAdenKenn Island

People & organisations

King of BahrainPolitical Resident, Persian GulfGovernment of the Ottoman Empire

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