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-fourth in a series of twenty-eight items on the Persian Gulf. The correspondents are the Government of Bombay and Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf.The item concerns instances of ‘Bedowins’ [Bedouins] visiting Bahrein [Bahrain], who have subsequently committed ‘piracies’ while travelling on vessels belonging to the ruler of Bahrein or his subjects. A particular case of a group belonging to the Monasir [al-Manāṣīr] tribe is reported on.The item contains a table of contents (f 663), and the title page (f 662) contains the following references: ‘Dft. No. 424 of 1851’, Collection No. 1, Vol. 24’, and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 662 and terminates at f 668, 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.
Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, consultations, memoranda, resolutions, and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai]. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Captain Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf; and Shaik Abdoolla bin Ahmed [Shaikh ‘Abdullah bin Ahmad Al Khalifah], Shaikh of Bahrein [Bahrain]. It is the eighth in a series of ten items on the Persian Gulf (the others are IOR/F/4/1767/72461, IOR/F/4/1767/72462, IOR/F/4/1767/72463, IOR/F/4/1767/72464, IOR/F/4/1767/72465, IOR/F/4/1767/72466, IOR/F/4/1767/72467, IOR/F/4/72469, and IOR/F/4/1767/72470).The item concerns Shaik Abdolla’s desire to force Esa bin Tareef [Shaikh ‘Isa bin Hamad bin Tarif Al Bin ‘Ali al-‘Utbi] and his followers to return to Bahrein from Aboothabee [Abu Dhabi], and the Resident’s reluctance to allow him to use aggressive measures against Esa bin Tareef and the Shaikh of Aboothabee.The item contains a contents page, and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft 550, 1839, P.C. [Previous Communication] 2491’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 849 and terminates at f 858, as it was originally 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.
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 and Major Samuel Hennell, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf. It is the twenty-third in a series of fifty-one items on the Persian Gulf.This item concerns:The arrival of Mahomed Ul Ujajee [Muḥammad bin Sayf al-‘Ajjājī] at Bahrein [Bahrain]Letters written by Mahomed bin Khuleefa [Shaikh Muḥammad bin Khalīfah Āl Khalīfah of Bahrain] to Ameer Fysul [Amīr Fayṣal bin Turkī bin ‘Abdullāh Āl Sa‘ūd] offering to join him in an attack on Oman.The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Collection No 2 of No 169’, ‘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 520, and terminates at f 525, 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.
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/4/2416/130506. It is the fourth in a series of twenty-eight items on the Persian Gulf.The main correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf; and Hajee Jassem [Ḥājjī Jāsim], Agent at Bahrein [Bahrain].The item concerns the plunder of a boat belonging to the people of Karrak [Jazireh-ye Khark, also rendered as Karrack in the item], by a group from the Huwajir [al-Hawājir, also rendered as Huwajee and Howejier in the item] tribe. Hennell demands compensation from Sheik Mahomed ben Khuleefa [Shaikh Muḥammad bin Khalīfah Āl Khalīfah], the Ruler of Bahrein, who he deems to be responsible for the group who carried out the attack. The item includes a statement by Abdool Rahman [‘Abd al-Raḥmān], the nakhoda [nakhuda] of the plundered boat, and a letter from Sheik Mahomed ben Khuleefa.The item contains a table of contents (f 464), and the title page (f 463) contains the following references: ‘Dft. No. 424 of 1851’, Collection No. 1, Vol. 4’, and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 463 and terminates at f 480, 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.
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 and Major Samuel Hennell, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf. It is the twenty-fifth in a series of fifty-one items on the Persian Gulf.This item concerns the mediation by Shaik Soobah of Koweit [Shaikh Sabāh II bin Jābir I Āl Sabāh of Kuwait] between Shaik Mahomed bin Khuleefa [Shaikh Muḥammad bin Khalīfah Āl Khalīfah], the current ruler of Bahrein [Bahrain] and his great-uncle Shaik Abdoollah bin Ahmed [Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Aḥmad Āl Khalīfah], the ex-ruler of Bahrein. Shaik Mahomed rejects the offer of reconciliation but offers to provide for Shaik Abdoollah on condition that he stay in Koweit.The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Collection No 4 of No 169’, ‘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 533, and terminates at f 536, 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.
Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, minutes, and consultations cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; and Hajee Jassem [Ḥājjī Jāsim], British Agent at Bahrein [Bahrain]. It is the first in a series of three items about the Persian Gulf.The item concerns:A visit by Ameer Fysul [Amīr Fayṣal bin Turkī bin ‘Abdullāh Āl Sa‘ūd] to Lahsah [Al Hasa]A rumoured expedition by Abdullah ben Fysul [‘Abdullāh bin Fayṣal], son of Ameer Fysul, to OmanPayment of zikat [zakat] by Mahomed ben Khuleefa [Shaikh Muḥammad bin Khalīfah Āl Khalīfah of Bahrain].The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft No 350-1853’, ‘Collection No. 1 of No. 16 of 1853’, and ‘Supplementary Volume 1’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 4, and terminates at f 7, 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.
Abstract: The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence cited in, or enclosed with, a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, 31 August 1847. A copy of this Political Letter can be found at IOR/F/4/2238/112322, alongside details of further enclosures. The item is the sixteenth in a series of fifty-nine items on events in the Persian Gulf.The item contains a letter from Major Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to the Government of Bombay, dated 24 May 1847. Hennell makes assurances that he will not support or encourage the former Shaik of Bahrein [Shaikh of Bahrain] in any plans the Shaik may have to take back control of the island. Hennell’s letter, which also states that he is keeping HM’s Minister at the Court of Persia [Iran] updated on the situation, is forwarded to the Government of India.The title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Bombay Political Department’, ‘Draft No. 345/48’, ‘Collection No. 2 of No. 107, Vol: 16.’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’. The title page also contains a note that relevant correspondence can be found in Collection No. 2 accompanying despatch from the Government of Bombay, 30 January No. 11 of 1847.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 351, and terminates at f 353, 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.
Abstract: A map indicating the locations of one buoy and one stone beacon in Bahrein Harbour in the Persian Gulf. The buoy and beacon are marked in manuscript with corresponding arrows drawn in the right margin.The base map on which the buoys are indicated is Admiralty chart 3380, 'Published at the Admiralty, 2nd. Octr. 1903'.A hand stamp on the verso reads, 'British India Steam Navigation Co. Ltd. Received 19 Aug. 1908'.Physical description: Materials: Printed on paper with manuscript additions in coloured inkDimensions: 465 x 470mm, on sheet 685 x 490mm
Abstract: Genre/Subject Matter:View of the Old Portuguese Fort or Qal'at al-Bahrain, location of the ancient capital of the Dilmun civilization. The fortified structure along the horizon is at the top of a tel.In the middle-ground, immediately in front of the fort, a large number reed or palm frond structures as well as several crumbling stone-built structures can be seen. Figures and animals are visible amongst the structures.A stony plain makes up the foreground where some figures are blurred. Along the upper walls of the structure along the horizon to the left a number of figures stand.Inscriptions:Upper right, in pencil alongside image: 'c', '39'Below image, in pen: 'Old Portuguese Fort, Bahrein'Physical description: Dimensions:127 x 208 mmFormat:Albumen print on paperCondition:The print is in good condition with staining and light creasing in the sky area in the upper left and right corners and minor surface dirt throughout. Inscriptions on the verso are faintly visible on the recto.Foliation:‘c’ (crossed out); ‘39’Process:Albumen print
Abstract: Genre/Subject Matter:View of the Old Portuguese Fort or Qal'at al-Bahrain, location of the ancient capital of the Dilmun civilization. The fortified structure along the horizon is at the top of a tel.In the middle-ground, immediately in front of the fort, a large number reed or palm frond structures as well as several crumbling stone-built structures can be seen. Figures and animals are visible amongst the structures.A stony plain makes up the foreground where some figures are blurred. Along the upper walls of the structure along the horizon to the left a number of figures stand.Inscriptions:Upper right, in pencil alongside image: 'c', '39'Below image, in pen: 'Old Portuguese Fort, Bahrein'Physical description: Dimensions:127 x 208 mmFormat:Albumen print on paperCondition:The print is in good condition with staining and light creasing in the sky area in the upper left and right corners and minor surface dirt throughout. Inscriptions on the verso are faintly visible on the recto.Foliation:‘c’ (crossed out); ‘39’Process:Albumen print
Abstract: The volume contains copies of letters sent by Major Samuel Hennell, British Political Resident in the Persian Gulf at Bushire, mainly to Arthur Malet, Secretary (later Chief Secretary) to the Government of Bombay in the Secret Department, at Bombay Castle.Their correspondence discusses events in the Persian Gulf between 1847 and 1849 and their significance for British foreign policy, relations and interests in the region. The main topics of discussion are: anti-slavery measures and the ambitions of both the Ottoman Turkish Government and the Persian Government, to extend their influence and authority over Bahrain and other Arab Maritime Chiefdoms of the Trucial Coast.Many of the enclosures referred to by the Resident in his letters to the Bombay Government and others, are present in the volume. Copies of the Resident’s Arabic correspondence with British Government native agents and ruling sheikhs, as well as his copies of correspondence between Ottoman Turkish and Persian officials, are in the form of English translations only and comprise:Letter of friendship from the Ottoman Governor of Bussorah [Basra] to Sheikh Mahomed bin Khuleefa [Shaikh Muḥammed bin Khalīfah Āl Khalīfah] the Chief of Bahrein, inviting the latter to put himself under the protection of Turkey (folios 10-11);Letter from Hajee Yacoob, British Government Pilot at Kharg [Khārk], reporting the intelligence gathering activities of Ottoman Turkish officials in Koweit [Kuwait] (folios 11-12);Letter from the Governor of Bunder Abass [Bandar-e ʻAbbās] enquiring about an alleged request made by the Imam of Muscat, to transfer to British protection, Bunder Abass and other lands in the Persian Gulf leased to him by Shah of Persia (folio 31);Letters from the British Government Native Agent at Muscat, reporting cases of public sale and purchase of slaves in the ports of Muscat, in contravention of the anti-slavery provisions of the Treaty of 1845 between Muscat and Great Britain (folios 36-38, 48-49);Letters from Mirza Abdool Jubbar [Mirza Abdul Jabbar], the Persian Consul at Bagdad [Baghdad] to Abdullah ben Ahmed [‘Abdullāh bin Aḥmad Āl Khalīfah] the former Chief of Bahrein, to Ali and Mahomed [Alī bin Muḥammed Āl Khalīfah and Muḥammed bin ‘Abdullāh Āl Khalīfah] the sons of the present ruler of Bahrein, Sheikh Mahomed ben Khuleefa about the desire of the Persian Government to establish its authority over Bahrein (folios 51-55);Letter from the British Government Native Agent at Shargah [Sharjah] reporting the renewed importation of slaves into Lingah, in contravention of the Imperial firmans (royal decrees) and orders issued by the Persian authorities, prohibiting the maritime slave trade in their ports on the Persian Gulf (folios 61-62);Exchange of letters between the British Political Resident and Syed Soweynee [Sayyid Thuwaynī bin Sa‘īd Āl Bū Sa‘īd] Governor of Muscat, regarding alleged Persian aggression against Bunder Abass and other lands on the Persian coast of the Gulf, belonging to the Imam of Muscat (folios 66-68);Exchange of letters of friendship between the British Political Resident and Sheikh Mahomed ben Khuleefa, Chief of Bahrein (folios 74-76, 84);Exchange of letters between the British Political Resident and Sheikh Syed Humood ben Azan [Ḥamūd bin Azan Āl Bū Sa‘īd] the Chief of Sohar [Ṣuḥār] and the agreement with the British Government, signed by his son Syed Syf ben Humood [Sayyid Syf bin Ḥamūd Āl Bū Sa‘īd] on 22 May 1849, prohibiting the African slave trade in the ports of Sohar (folios 79-81).The volume also contains copies of several letters from the Resident to: Major Henry Creswicke Rawlinson, British Political Agent for Turkish Arabia at Baghdad; Lieutenant-Colonels Justin Sheil and Francis Farrant, British Minister Plenipotentiary and British Chargé d’Affaires respectively, at the Court of the Shah of Persia, Tehran; Commodore Hawkins, commanding the Indian Naval Squadron in the Persian Gulf. The correspondence discusses similar topics, including the merits of seeking an extension of the anti-slavery orders issued by the Ottoman Porte, to allow for the confiscation of foreign Persian and Arab slave ships in Turkish waters, as well as native Turkish slave ships.Physical description: Foliation: the contents are numbered 2 to 140, from the front to the back of the volume. The numbering is written in pencil on the recto, in the top right hand corner and encircled. Folios 42, 71, 87-133 and 136-140 are blank. The front cover of the volume and the inside back cover of the volume are unnumbered. This is the main numbering system and should be used for referencing this volume.Pagination: the contents were originally numbered 1-101, 103-167, from the front to the back of the volume. Pages 78-80 and 136-138 are blank. The number 102 has been omitted, resulting in an unnumbered page between pages 101 and 103. The numbering is written in ink in the top right or left corner of the recto and verso respectively. Unnumbered pages: the index at the front and back of the volume and the numerous blank pages towards the end of the volume.Condition: broken spine cover. Folio 26 and the unnumbered folio adjoining it have been stuck together at the corners. This does not obscure any text, since the inaccessible side of both folios is blank.
Abstract: The volume contains copies of correspondence sent and original correspondence received by the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf, Bushire, relating to Bahrein [Bahrain] and the Wahabees [Wahhabis]. The Political Resident in the Persian Gulf throughout the period was Captain (James) Felix Jones.The main correspondents are Hajee Jassem [Ḥājjī Jāsim], British Agent at Bahrein; Henry Lacon Anderson, Secretary to Government, Bombay, and Acting Secretaries to Government, Bombay; Herbert Frederick Disbrowe, Assistant Resident in the Persian Gulf; Commanders of the Persian Gulf Squadron; Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Political Agent in Turkish Arabia, Baghdad; Mahomed ben Khuleefa, Sheikh (or Chief) of Bahrein [Muḥammed bin Khalīfah Āl Khalīfah]; Mahomed bin Abdullah [Muḥammad bin ‘Abdullāh], Sheikh (or Chief) of Demaum [Dammām]; and other local rulers and officials. Correspondence from local rulers and officials is mostly translated into English, but there are two letters in the original.The papers include: reports of relations between the Sheikhs of Demaum and Bahrein; infringements of maritime peace; rules observed by the Resident in registering British subjects in Bahrein, and in defining their privileges of exemption from taxation, June - August 1861 (folios 23-27); account of 'vexatious' behaviour by the Sheikh of Bahrein towards the British Agent and British subjects trading in his territories, September 1858 - March 1861 (folios 103-127); moves by the Ottoman Empire and Persia to obtain influence over Bahrein, March 1859- January 1862 (folios 150-187); and the removal of Mahomed bin Abdullah from Demaum, and the first visit to the backwaters and shallows south of Bahrein by the steam gunboat
Hugh Rose, June 1861 - January 1862 (folios 169-220).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at 1 on the front cover and terminates at 227 on the back cover. The numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and can be found in the top right corner of the recto page of each folio. Foliation anomaly: ff 70A and 70B.Condition: there are holes resulting from insect damage and damage to the edges of pages throughout the volume. This occasionally results in loss of text.