‘Persian Gulf. Failure of the Stratagem of the acting Governor of Sharga to Capture the Fort of Ejman – Vol: 4’
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- ‘Persian Gulf. Failure of the Stratagem of the acting Governor of Sharga to Capture the Fort of Ejman – Vol: 4’
- Date:
- 1848/1848
- 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/4/2302/118727. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; and Moollah Houssein [Mullā Ḥusayn], British Agent at Shargah [Sharjah]. It is the fourth in a series of fifty-one items on the Persian Gulf.The item concerns an attempt by Shaik Abdullah bin Sultan [Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Sulṭān], the Acting Governor of Shargah, to capture the fort of Ejman [Ajman]. His failure resulted in a closer union between the shaikhs of Ejman, Amulgavine [Umm al-Qaywayn], and Debaye [Dubai], and peace between them and Saed bin Tahnoon [Shaikh Sa‘īd bin Ṭaḥnūn Āl Nahyān, Shaikh of Abu Dhabi]. The item also records the increased tension between Saed bin Tahnoon and Mahomed bin Syf ul Ujajee [Muḥammad bin Sayf al-‘Ajjājī].The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Collection No 3 of No 129’, ‘Coll[ection]: 17’ and ‘Draft no 465 of 49’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 359, and terminates at f 364, 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:
- Military incursions
Bilateral relations - Geographic region:
- Ejman
- Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100098764349.0x000001_ar
81055/vdc_100098764349.0x000001_en
IOR/F/4/2302/118730
IOR/F/4/2302/118730