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1. ‘Persian Gulf – Affairs – Vol: 2’
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- 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 main correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Captain Samuel Hennell, British Resident in the Persian Gulf; Lieutenant Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Assistant Resident in the Persian Gulf; and Commodore John Croft Hawkins, Commander of the Persian Gulf Squadron. It is the second in a series of fifteen items on the Persian Gulf (the others are IOR/F/4/2131/101199, IOR/F/4/2131/101201, IOR/F/4/2131/101202, IOR/F/4/2131/101203, IOR/F/4/2131/101204, IOR/F/4/2131/101205, IOR/F/4/2131/101206, IOR/F/4/2131/101207, IOR/F/4/2131/101208, IOR/F/4/2131/101209, IOR/F/4/2131/101210, IOR/F/4/2131/101211, IOR/F/4/2131/101212 and IOR/F/4/2131/101213).The item concerns:The actions of Hummud bin Mujedel [Ḥamad bin Majdal], chief of Amaeer [al-‘Amāyir] Tribe, who attacked a boat from Karrack [Jazireh-ye Khark] laden with wheat near Kateef [Qatif]The subsequent British naval expedition to the island of Genna [Jazirat Jana] to exact reparations from Hummud bin Mujedel, and Hummud’s justification for his actions and alliance with Shaik Mahomed bin Khuleefa [Shaikh Muḥammed bin Khalīfah Āl Khalīfah, Shaikh of Bahrain]The Wahabee [Wahhābi] invasion, led by Saaed bin Mootluck [Sa‘d bin Muṭlaq], of Mugees, also spelt Mukees [Majīs], and Wahabee threats against Sohar [Suhar]Tribute paid by Syed Hamood bin Azan [Sayyid Ḥammūd bin ‘Azzān al-Bū Sa‘īdī,], Chief of Sohar, and the Imaum [Imam] of Muscat, [Sayyid Sa‘īd bin Sulṭān Āl Bū Sa‘īd], to Saad bin MootlukThe plunder of fugitives from MugeesRelations between the Wahabees and the other shaikhs of the GulfInstructions to the ships Pilot, Coote, Tigris, and ConstanceAlleged seizure and restoration of a vessel of the Beniyas [Banī Yās] by the Chaab [Banū Ka‘ab]The claims of Aga Mahomed Tuckee bin Hajee Ali Ukbar Ali [Āghā Muḥammad Taqī bin Ḥājjī ‘Alī Akbar ‘Alī], a Persian merchant residing in Bombay, to be considered a British subject, and his ship the ActressThe question of British subjects being obliged to pay duty to export live animals from PersiaThe change of governors of Bushire [Bushehr].The item contains a contents page, and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft 252/46, P.C. [Previous Communication] 5171, Collection No 1 of No 90’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 478, and terminates at f 582, 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 volume also contains an original pagination sequence.
2. ‘Persian Gulf. Commencement of hostilities between the Chiefs of Aboothabee and Rusel Khyma – Vol: 24’
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- 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; Major Samuel Hennell, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; and Sheik Sultan ben Suggur of Rasul Khyma [Shaikh Sulṭān I bin Ṣaqr al-Qāsimī of Ra’s al-Khaymah]. It is the twenty-fourth in a series of fifty-one items on the Persian Gulf.This item concerns:Sheik Sultan ben Suggur’s complaints of the incursions of Sheik Saeed bin Tahnoon [Shaikh Sa‘īd bin Ṭaḥnūn Āl Nahyān of Abu Dhabi] onto his territory and the opening of hostilities between the twoHennell’s warnings to ben Suggur that he should not transport troops from the Nedgd [Najd] in his vessels.The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Collection No 3 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 526, and terminates at f 532, 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.
3. ‘Persian Gulf. Failure of the Stratagem of the acting Governor of Sharga to Capture the Fort of Ejman – Vol: 4’
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- 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.
4. ‘Aden. Sketch containing Historical and Political information of.’
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- Abstract: The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] to the East India Company Court of Directors, dated 10 June 1845. Further enclosures to this letter can be found in IOR/F/4/2122/100073.The item refers to a request by the Governor General of India for political officers to provide details on the Company’s political relations with ‘native states’. The majority of the item is made up of the subsequent response from Stafford Bettesworth Haines, Captain in the Indian Navy and Political Agent at Aden, who provides information on Aden and the surrounding territory.His report (ff 311-347) is split into:A history of Aden and Yemen from AH 7 [c 628 AD] to the mid-1830s (ff 311-328), including a ‘Table Shewing the descent of the present reigning Family at Lahedge [Lahij]’ (f 325)A description of the events at Aden between 1837-43, including Haines’s dealings with M’Hassan Foudthel, the Sultan of Aden [Sultan Muḥsin bin Faḍl al-'Abdalī, Sultan of Lahij], and how Aden came to be under British control (ff 328-337)A brief description of the tribes in the territories surrounding Aden (f 338)A brief note on the climate of Aden (f 339).Haines’s report also contains several enclosures:Letters sent by Haines to Captain Smith, Senior Naval Officer at Aden, and Major S Bailie, Commanding the Military Force, in January 1839 requesting their aid in taking Aden under British control (ff 340-341)A letter from Haines to the Government of Bombay, 25 January 1839, describing the storming of Aden by the British in January 1839 (ff 341-343)A copy of a treaty concluded by Haines and the Sultan, 11 February 1843 (ff 343-345)A copy of the bond obtained from the Sultan, signed 20 February 1844, confirming the salary he will receive from the British as well as an oath of loyalty on behalf of himself and all individuals under his jurisdiction (ff 345-346)A map of the ‘South Coast of Arabia’ [south-western Yemen], April 1845, indicating: mountain ranges; settlements; tribal regions; and areas of cultivation (f 347).Correspondents: Haines; the governments of Bombay and India; M’Hassan Foudthel; and Sultan Ahmed [Sultan Aḥmad bin Muḥsin al-‘Abdalī], son of M’Hassan Foudthel.The majority of the material in the item is dated from 1838-45, apart from the original circular sent by the Governor-General of India, which is dated 17 October 1833.M’Hassan Foudthel is also written as M’Houssain Fudthel and M’Houssain Futthel.The title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Bombay Political Department’, ‘P.C. [Previous Communication] 5061, Coll[ection]: 20, Vol: 1, Draft 29/46’, ‘Collection N. 1 of N. 59’ and ‘Examiner's Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 300, and terminates at f 349, 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.
5. Aden Affairs
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- Abstract: This item comprises copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 106 of 1846, dated 15 September 1846. The enclosures are dated 17 August-15 September 1846.The papers chiefly cover the military and logistical response to a potential attack on or near Aden by the followers of ‘the fanatic’ Syud Ismaiel [Sayyid Ismā‘īl, also spelled Syed and Sayud, and Ismail, in this item].The principal correspondents are: Captain Stafford Bettesworth Haines, Political Agent, Aden; the Government of Bombay; the Military Board, Bombay; and the Secretary to the Government of India. Also included are numerous minutes of the Governor and President and the members in Council, Bombay, and enclosures to despatches.The papers notably cover and include the following:The movements of Syud Ismaiel and the repulsion of two attacks, on 17 and 26 August, by his supporters on the outposts and near the field works of Aden, including translated copies of two letters, and a short note in both Arabic and English, received by Haines from Sayud Ismail with Haines’s replies (ff 298-299, 308-311)The measures undertaken for the conveyance of military stores and food supplies to Aden, including the Military Board’s correspondence with the Commissariat General and the Superintendent of the Indian Navy, and details of items conveyed to Aden on the vessel Queen(ff 340-343, 350)A discussion of the possible options for augmenting the military force at Aden during the relief of the regiments currently there, including a proposal by the Commander in Chief of the Army, Poona [Pune] (ff 330-331)A discussion of, and responses to, Haines’s suggestions to the Government of Bombay which include: an advance, by an augmented Aden force, into the interior to destroy the properties of ‘those chiefs who have tauntingly annoyed us’; a blockade on the ports of the ‘Fouthili [Faḍlī] and Agrabi [‘Akrabī] chiefs’ during the trading season by the addition of a small armed iron steamer to the Red Sea Squadron; and a bugalow laden with hay to be towed on the next steamer to Aden (ff 305-306).The last two enclosures, the Bombay Timessummary of Intelligence and The Overland Bombay Courier, are noted as ‘Missing 29.10.1906’.Physical description: 1 item (78 folios)