Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, minutes, and consultations cited in, or enclosed with, a political letter from the Government of Bombay.The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay and Major Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf.The item concerns five letters from Hennell regarding various incidents in the Gulf. These are:A request from Khooshal [Khvushḥāl], a native of Tatta [Thatta] in Sinde [Sindh], for protection for himself and his compatriots residing at Bahrein [Bahrain], who he claims are subject to the exactions of the followers of Mahomed bin Khuleefa [Shaikh Muḥammad bin Khalīfah Āl Khalīfah], the Ruler of Bahrein. Included is a ‘list of the Hindoos residing in Bahrein with the place of their birth’A claim from Khooshal for compensation for his cargo which was plundered in Bahrein harbourA dispute between Syed Sooweney [Sayyid Thuwaynī bin Sa‘īd Āl Bū Sa‘īd, also rendered as Syed Soowenee], the Governor of Muscat, and Shaik Sultan bin Suggur the chief of Ras el Kheymah [Shaikh Sulṭān I bin Ṣaqr al-Qāsimī, Ruler of Ra’s al-Khaymah and Sharjah] regarding the ownership of the fort of Kussaab [Khasab]A copy of instructions issued by Hennell to Lieutenant Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Assistant Resident in the Persian Gulf, for his forthcoming trip to the Arabian coast of the Gulf. These mostly relate to the conflict that has broken out as a result of the erection by Shaik Sultan bin Suggur of a fort at Khan [Al Khan], contrary to an earlier promise he made to suspend its constructionA report that Houssein Khan [Muḥammad Ḥusayn Khān Muqaddam Marāgha’i], the Governor of Fars, has sent a force to Bunder Abass [Bandar-e ʻAbbas], and that the Governor of Bunder Abass, Shaik Syf [Shaikh Sayf bin Nabhān al-Ma‘walī], has appealed to Syed Soowenee for help.The item contains a table of contents (ff 399-400), and the title page (f 398) contains the following references: ‘P C [Previous Communication] 5507, Coll. 7, Vol. 16’, ‘D/t 197/47’, ‘Collection No. 4 of No. 53’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 398 and terminates at f 412, 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: Correspondence discussing the situation in Khasab and relations between Shaikh Hassan and the Sultan of Muscat. Includes some letters in Arabic and a family tree (folio 21) of the ruling shaikhs of Dibba and Sharjah. Also includes a letter from Saiyid Said bin Taimur [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr], President of the Council of Ministers, Muscat State, to Captain Reginald Charles Alban, Political Agent Muscat, describing his visit to Khassab where he found that a temporary shaikh had been appointed.Correspondents include Senior Naval Officer Persian Gulf; Saiyid Said bin Taimur; Captain Reginald George Alban, Political Agent, Muscat; Khan Bahadur Isa bin Abdul Latif, Residency Agent, Sharjah; Shaikh Said bin Maktum, Ruler of Dubai; Council representing His Highness the Sultan of Muscat and Oman; Trenchard Craven Fowle, Political Resident Persian Gulf.Physical description: Foliation: There are two foliation sequences. The sequence which should be used for referencing is circled in pencil in the top right corner of the recto of each folio. It begins on the first folio after the front cover, on number 1 and ends on the last folio of writing, on number 30.
Abstract: The file contains correspondence in the form of telegrams and reports between the Political Agency, Muscat, the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf, Bushire, and the naval officers on board HMS
Ormondeand HMS
Lupin. The correspondence is concerned with the ship HMS
Ormondeleaving Aden to carry out surveys in the Gulf and the question of whether a survey would be permitted to take place in Oman or not. While the Council of Ministers to the Sultan of Muscat and Oman granted permission for a survey to take place, further permissions were required from the shaikhs of Khassab, Bukha, Diba and Kumzar, which are parts of the region of Musandam in Oman. Some tribes from the region, the Shihuh in particular, opposed the landing of the navy ship in their territories. The Political Resident warned that the landing of any British personnel in Shihuh region would be attended by grave risk in the future.To subdue the shaikhs of Khassab, the Political Resident recommended to the Government of India that the Naval Ship HMS
Lupin, should be authorised to carry out a bombardment of parts of Khassab and, in the event of the shaikhs’ withdrawal to the mountains, this should be followed by a blockade of the Khassab area. British officials were also concerned with the necessity of reaching agreements with the Trucial Shaikhs and with those of the region of Musandam. The file also includes correspondence with the Council of Ministers at Muscat regarding the imprisonment of the Shaikh of Khassab, Hasan bin Muhammad.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 161; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 3-160; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
Abstract: This file relates to former occupants of the posts Wali of Khasab and Shaikh of Khasab, in the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman. The correspondence primarily concerns Shaikh Hasan bin Muhammad, a former Shaikh of Khasab who was sentenced to twenty-two months' imprisonment by the Government of Muscat and Oman and then sent to Debai [Dubai] by the Sultan of Muscat and Oman, on the understanding that Shaikh Said bin Maktum, Ruler of Debai, would keep Shaikh Hasan under surveillance and prevent his return to Khasab. The correspondence documents Shaikh Hasan's subsequent escape from Debai to Khasab, his removal to Bokha, and his eventual return to custody in Debai. The file concludes with the decision to return Shaikh Hasan to Muscat.The file features the following principal correspondents: the Political Agent and Consul, Muscat; the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; the Government of Muscat and Oman's Council of Regency; Said bin Taimur [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd], President of the Council of Ministers, Muscat, and later, Sultan of Muscat and Oman; Shaikh Said bin Maktum [Shaikh Saʻīd bin Maktūm bin Hasher Āl Maktūm], Ruler of Debai; the Senior Naval Officer in the Persian Gulf; commanding officers of various HMS ships, including HMS
Lupin, HMS
Folkestone, HMS
Cyclamen, and HMS
Shoreham.The Arabic language material consists of correspondence between the Political Agent and Consul at Muscat and various representatives of the Government of Muscat and Oman (English translations are also included).Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 102; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 3-102; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
Abstract: Correspondence concerning a request from the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf, made to the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain (Charles Dalrymple Belgrave) via the Political Agent at Bahrain (Captain Reginald George Evelin William Alban), for a surveyor, who is required to take temperature readings at Khassab in Oman. Correspondence details requirements for the surveyor, who should be an English-speaking Muslim, and the arrangements for the payment of the surveyor’s salary and passage.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 39; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 4-38; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.