‘Persian Gulf Aboothabee A Slight increase in the next annual present to the Sheikh of- authorized to mark the sense Government entertain of his conduct in furnishing a subject of his guilty of an irregularity on the Pearl banks.-’
‘Persian Gulf Aboothabee A Slight increase in the next annual present to the Sheikh of- authorized to mark the sense Government entertain of his conduct in furnishing a subject of his guilty of an irregularity on the Pearl banks.-’
Date:
1855/1855
Description:
Abstract: The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, extracts of a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, 15 January 1856. A copy of this letter can be found at IOR/F/4/2641/169196, alongside details of further enclosures. The item is the third in a series of twelve items on events in the Persian Gulf.The item contains a letter from Commander Felix Jones, Acting Resident, Persian Gulf, to the Government of Bombay, reporting on the recent 'exemplary proceedings' of Zaid bin Khuleefah, Sheik of Aboothabee [Shaikh Zayid bin Khalīfah, Shaikh of Abu Dhabi]. Jones forwards a copy of a letter to him from the British Agent at Shargah [Sharjah], which provides details of the proceedings, and suggests increasing the value of the annual present given to the Sheik in recognition.The title page of the item contains the following references: 'Bombay Political Department', Draft Number '633 [18]56', 'Collection No. 1 of No. 1 of 1856.', 'Vol: 3', and 'Examiner's Office'. Originally, the Collection number was given as '3' but this has been crossed out and replaced with '1'.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 499, and terminates at f 502, 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.