‘Proposed negotiations with the Joasmee and Wahabee chiefs for the suppression of piracy.’
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- ‘Proposed negotiations with the Joasmee and Wahabee chiefs for the suppression of piracy.’
- Date:
- 1807/1814
- Description:
- Abstract: This item consists mostly of copies of correspondence, minutes and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, letters to and from the governments of Bengal and Bombay.The primary subjects are:The efforts of the Imam of Muscat to reinstate Sultan bin Suggur [Shaikh Sulṭān bin Ṣaqr al-Qāsimī] as Ruler of Rusul Khyma [Ra's al-Khaymah, and various spellings throughout]The hope that the treaty originally made between Britain and the Joasmee [Qawasim] in 1806 might be renewed and agreements made with other Gulf rulers, and the instructions given to William Bruce, Resident at Bushire [Bushehr], to this endReports of piracy in the Gulf, off the coasts of Cutch [Kutch] and Sind [Sindh], and around the port of Porebunder [Porbandar], and the actions taken to counter thisAn approach from Sauad ben Abdil Azees [Sa‘ūd bin ‘Abd al-‘Azīz Āl Sa‘ūd], Emir of Diriyah, seeking closer relations with Britain.The title page (f 208) of the item contains the following references: ‘Bombay Political No. 19, Season 1814/15, Draft 190’; and ‘Examiner’s Office, January 1815’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at 208, and terminates at 250, 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 side of each folio.Pagination: the volume also contains an original pagination sequence.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival item
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Alliances
Piracy
Sulṭān I bin Ṣaqr al-Qāsimī
Emir of Diriyah
Āl Bū Sa'īd dynasty, Imam of Muscat and Oman - Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000001714.0x0002a5_ar
81055/vdc_100000001714.0x0002a5_en
IOR/F/4/449/10779
IOR/F/4/449/10779