‘Persian Gulf – Arabian Chieftains. Vol: 3’
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- ‘Persian Gulf – Arabian Chieftains. Vol: 3’
- Date:
- 1837/1838
- Description:
- Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, consultations, memoranda, resolutions, and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai]. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Sheikh Sultan bin Suggur [Shaikh Sultan I bin Saqr al-Qasimi, Shaikh of Ra’s al-Khaymah]; Captain Samuel Hennell, Officiating Resident in the Persian Gulf; the Government of India; and the Court of Directors of the East India Company. It is the third in a series of ten items on the Persian Gulf (the others are IOR/F/4/1767/72461, IOR/F/4/1767/72462, IOR/F/4/1767/72464, IOR/F/4/1767/72465, IOR/F/4/1767/72466, IOR/F/4/1767/72467, IOR/F/4/1767/72468, IOR/F/4/72469, and IOR/F/4/1767/72470).The item concerns Hennell’s efforts to negotiate a renewal of the previous year’s truce between the maritime shaikhs for the duration of the pearling season (April to November 1837), and proposals for a permanent maritime truce. It also contains a list of presents given to the shaikhs, and proposals for a neutral line along the Gulf to protect trade by prohibiting vessels of war from cruising between the line and the Persian [Iranian] Coast.The item contains a contents page, and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft 550, 1839, P.C. [Previous Communication] 2491’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 759 and terminates at f 789, as it was originally 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:
- Treaties
Emir of Abu Dhabi - Geographic region:
- Aboothabee
- Rights:
- المُلكية العامة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000001878.0x00011a_ar
81055/vdc_100000001878.0x00011a_en
IOR/F/4/1767/72463
IOR/F/4/1767/72463