‘Persian Gulf. Affairs of -’

Title:

‘Persian Gulf. Affairs of -’

Date:

1845/1846

Description:

Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, minutes, and consultations cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. These political letters appear in IOR/F/4/2174/105546. It is the seventh in a series of forty-five items on the Persian Gulf.The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Major Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf; Mollah Hussein [Mullā Ḥusayn], Native Agent at Shargah [Sharjah]; and Sheikh Maktoom bin Butye, Chief of Debaie [Shaikh Maktūm I bin Buṭṭī Āl Bū Falāsah, Ruler of Dubai].The item concerns the relations between Saad bin Mootluk [Sa‘d bin Muṭlaq al-Muṭayrī, also referred to as Saad ul Mooteyree in the item] at Brymee [al-Buraymi], and the rulers of Oman and the Gulf. It includes:The reported extortions of Saad bin Mootluk and his followersThe formation of an alliance against Saad bin Mootluk by the ‘principal chiefs of Oman’, and the agreement of Sheikh Maktoom bin Butye and Sheikh Saed bin Tahnoon [Shaikh Sa‘īd bin Ṭaḥnūn Āl Nahyān, Ruler of Abu Dhabi] to join themSaad bin Mootluk’s relationship with Suggur bin Sultan [Ṣaqr bin Sultān al-Qāsimī] of Shargah [Sharjah]A request from Sheikh Maktoom bin Butye to Hennell to prevent aid from being sent to Saad bin MootlukHennell’s recommendation that Britain does not intervene in the situation.The item also contains the comments of the Government of Bombay (ff 334-35) regarding despatches from Hennell that are not included in this item.The item contains a table of contents (f 327), and the title page (f 326) contains the following references: ‘P C [Previous Communication] 5507, Coll. 7, Vol. 7’, ‘D/t 197/47’, ‘Collection No. 6 of No. 20’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: ​Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 326 and terminates at f 335, 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 file

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Alliances
Sa‘d bin Muṭlaq al-Muṭayrī

Geographic region:

Brymee

Rights:

المُلكية العامة

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100098591419.0x000001_ar
81055/vdc_100098591419.0x000001_en
IOR/F/4/2174/105552
IOR/F/4/2174/105552

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