‘Persian Gulf. Defeat of the Biddah forces by those of Bahrein and the death of Sheik Esai bin Tareef-’
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- ‘Persian Gulf. Defeat of the Biddah forces by those of Bahrein and the death of Sheik Esai bin Tareef-’
- Date:
- 1847/1848
- Description:
- Abstract: The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, 31 January 1848. A copy of this Political Letter can be found at IOR/F/4/2238/112322, alongside details of further enclosures. The item is the forty-seventh in a series of fifty-nine items on events in the Persian Gulf.The item relates to reports by Hajee Jassem [Ḥājjī Jāsim], Native Agent at Bahrein [Bahrain], on the recent battle near Foweyrat [Fujairat] between the forces of Sheik Esai ben Tareef of Biddah [Shaikh ‘Īsá bin Ṭarīf, Ruler of al-Bid] and Sheik Mahomed ben Khuleefa [Shaikh Muḥammad bin Khalīfah Āl Khalīfah], Chief of Bahrein. Hajee Jassem’s reports include details of the troops sent from numerous places to reinforce both sides and the consequences of the battle. The item contains the reactions of Major Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, and the Government of Bombay to the news that Sheik Esai ben Tareef was killed during the battle.The item contains multiple spellings for individuals and places.The title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Bombay Political Department’, ‘Draft No. 345/48, Coll: 2, Vol: 47’, ‘Collection No. 3 of No. 21’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 538, and terminates at f 546, 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 item also contains an original pagination sequence.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival item
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Battles
Death
‘Īsá bin Ḥamad bin Ṭarīf Āl Bin ‘Alī al-‘Utbī
King of Bahrain - Geographic region:
- Foweyrat
- Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100098005100.0x000001_ar
81055/vdc_100098005100.0x000001_en
IOR/F/4/2238/112368
IOR/F/4/2238/112368