Correspondence from Government of India (Political Department) at Bombay to Persian Gulf and to ships of Persian Gulf Squadron.

This file contains letters covering the period from February 1856 to March 1857. The letters consist of correspondence between the Resident in the Persian Gulf F Jones and the Secretary to the Government of Bombay H S Anderson. They concern several recent incidents in the Gulf and contain other correspondence related to these incidents, which include:

• Insult reported as offered to an officer of the Persian Gulf Squadron by an Persian [Iranian] soldier
• Request for a translator to be attached to squadron vessels
• Accusation of disobedience of orders by Lieutenant F E Manners in taking the Clive to Muscat when ordered to go direct to Bombay
• Complaints against the Civil Surgeon to the Bushehr Residency J McAlister by the Commander of the Persian Gulf Squadron Commodore R Ethersey and Acting Lieutenant R Dickinson of the Indian Navy
• Complaint regarding charges made on treasure shipped to Bombay from Bushehr