‘Persian Gulf. Friendly relations between the Sheiks of Debaye and Aboothabee.’
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- ‘Persian Gulf. Friendly relations between the Sheiks of Debaye and Aboothabee.’
- Date:
- 1850/1850
- Description:
- Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence and consultations cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. These political letters appear in IOR/F/4/2416/130506. It is the twenty-fifth in a series of twenty-eight items on the Persian Gulf. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf; and Lieutenant James Tronson, commanding HC brig Euphrates.The item concerns relations between Aboothabee [Abu Dhabi] and Debaye [Dubai, also rendered as Debai in the text]. It includes:The case of an attack by a group from Debaye on two boats from Aboothabee, resulting in the seizure of four enslaved people [also referred to as ‘seedies’ [Sīdīs]] and several items from the boats. Hennell sends the Euphratesto Debaye to demand the restitution of the items and enslaved peopleThe efforts of Sheik Saeed ben Tahnoon [Shaikh Sa‘īd bin Ṭaḥnūn Āl Nahyān] of Aboothabee and Sheik Mukhtoom [Shaikh Maktūm I bin Buṭṭī Āl Bū Falāsah] of Debaye to restore peaceful relations.The item contains a table of contents (f 670), and the title page (f 669) contains the following references: ‘Dft. No. 424 of 1851’, Collection No. 1, Vol. 25’, and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 669 and terminates at f 676, 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:
- Tribal relations
Seizure of vessels and cargoes - Geographic region:
- Trucial Coast
- Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100108387176.0x000001_ar
81055/vdc_100108387176.0x000001_en
IOR/F/4/2416/130530
IOR/F/4/2416/130530