‘Persian Gulf – Murder of the Chief of Aboothabee & his brother – Vol: 3’
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- ‘Persian Gulf – Murder of the Chief of Aboothabee & his brother – Vol: 3’
- Date:
- 1845/1845
- 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; Captain Samuel Hennell, British Resident in the Persian Gulf; Moollah Hussein [Mullā Ḥusayn], British Agent at Sharga [Sharjah]; Hajee Jassim [Ḥājī Jāsim], British Agent at Bahrein [Bahrain]; and Esai bin Khalid Al Boo Fullah [‘Īsá bin Khālid Āl Bū Falāḥ]. It is the third in a series of fifteen items on the Persian Gulf (the others are IOR/F/4/2131/101199, IOR/F/4/2131/101200, IOR/F/4/2131/101202, IOR/F/4/2131/101203, IOR/F/4/2131/101204, IOR/F/4/2131/101205, IOR/F/4/2131/101206, IOR/F/4/2131/101207, IOR/F/4/2131/101208, IOR/F/4/2131/101209, IOR/F/4/2131/101210, IOR/F/4/2131/101211, IOR/F/4/2131/101212 and IOR/F/4/2131/101213).The item concerns the assassination of Khuleefa bin Shakboot [Shaikh Khalīfah bin Shakhbūṭ Āl Nahyān], Chief of Aboothabee [Shaikh of Abu Dhabi] and his brother Sultan [Sulṭān], by Esai bin Khalid Al Boo Fullah on 4 July 1845, and his subsequent assumption of the role of Chief of the Beniyas [Banī Yās]. A discussion of the reaction of the other Gulf shaikhs and the proposed British response is also included.The item contains a contents page, and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft 252/46, P.C. [Previous Communication] 5171, Collection No 1 of No 106’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 583, and terminates at f 594, 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:
- Assassination
Emir of Abu Dhabi - Geographic region:
- Aboothabee
- Rights:
- المُلكية العامة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100097992690.0x000001_ar
81055/vdc_100097992690.0x000001_en
IOR/F/4/2131/101201
IOR/F/4/2131/101201