Abstract: The file comprises correspondence between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Trenchard Craven Fowle, Charles Geoffrey Prior), the Political Agent at Bahrain (Hugh Weightman), the Political Agent at Muscat (Ralph Ponsonby Watts, Tom Hickinbotham), the India Office (John Percival Gibson, Roland Tennyson Peel) and Petroleum Concessions Limited, later Petroleum Development (Trucial Coast) Limited (Basil Henry Lermitte, Stephen Hemsley Longrigg, Thomas Fulton Williamson) regarding geological exploration of the Trucial Coast and Muscat, and its subsequent postponement owing to World War Two.The correspondence discusses initial plans for the exploration of the Trucial coast and Muscat during the winter of 1939 – 1940 and the intention that the Sultan of Muscat (Sayyid Sa‘īd bin Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd ) would provide access to areas under the control of the Naim [Na‘īm] and Al Bu Shamis [Āl Bū Shāmis] tribes. Also discussed is the possibility of the Shaikh of Abu Dhabi (Shaikh Shakhbūt bin Sulṭān bin Zāyid Āl Nahyān) providing access to Baraimi [Al Buraymī ] now that a concession has been signed for his territory; and other work that might be undertaken in both Muscat and Abu Dhabi. This survey work was ultimately postponed owing to concerns over access to, and protection whilst in the relevant territory, as well as the outbreak of War in Europe.Later correspondence discusses the decision to postpone geological surveying owing to wartime conditions, and consideration of a resumption of work in 1945 with proposals for a small geological survey party working in the Baraimi and Jebel Hafit [Jabal Ḩafīt] area’s with geophysical surveys commencing in 1946. Included in the file are reports from a geologist for Petroleum Concessions Limited, Thomas Fulton Williamson, which discuss the potential problems of supplies, labour, transport, and accommodation that would have to be overcome.Other matters discussed in the volume include:news of the death of Shaikh Muhammad bin Sultan An-Nu’aimi [Sheikh Muḥammad bin Sulṭān Al-Nu`aimī] of Dhank who had been succeeded by his brother Shaikh Saqr bin Sultan [Sheikh Saqr bin Sulṭān Al-Nu`aimī] of Baraimi;the need to attempt to define the boundaries of the various Trucial Shaikh’s territories and proposing that initially each Shaikh be asked to state what they considered to be under their control so that areas of joint or disputed ownership could be identified;a meeting in Sharjah with the Political Agent at Bahrain, Shaikh Mohammed bin Saqr al-Jawassim [Sheikh Muḥammad bin Saqr Āl Qasimī] brother of the Shaikh of Sharjah, Shaikh Saqr bin Sultan of the Naim at Dhank, Shaikh Rashid bin Hamad [Rāshid Bin Ḥumaid] of Al Bu Shamis at Baraimi) and Shaikh Mohammed bin Ali bin Huweidin of the Beni Qitab (also written as Beni Chittab). That this was the first time in ten years that the Chief of the Beni Qitab had been persuaded to come to Sharjah and was considered a positive sign that could benefit Petroleum Concessions Limited in gaining access to territory under the Beni Qitab’s control;concerns in 1939 over Petroleum Concessions Limited’s intentions with regard to their concessions in the Persian Gulf and whether they actually intended exploiting them or had merely acquired them to prevent other companies from doing so.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the back cover with 128; 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 also present in parallel between ff 2-127; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
Abstract: The file contains correspondence relating to survey expeditions carried out in the Trucial Coast (today's United Arab Emirates) region by Petroleum Development (Trucial Coast) Limited, a subsidiary of Petroleum Concessions Limited. The correspondence is principally between the Residency Agent at Sharjah, the Political Officer of the Trucial Coast, also at Sharjah, the Political Resident at Bahrain [Persian Gulf Political Residency], the Political Agent at Bahrain, representatives of Petroleum Concessions Limited and Petroleum Development (Trucial Coast) Limited, the Foreign Office, the rulers of Sharjah and Dubai, as well as the leaders of a number of more minor tribes.The correspondence covers the arrangements for, and the progress of, survey work carried out by the company during the winters of 1947/48 and 1948/49, in the territories of Sharjah, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and Ras al Khaimah [Ra's al-Khaymah], and in particular within the vicinity of Buraimi [Al-Buraymī].Matters of a political nature were referred by the company to the Residency Agent or the Political Officer. The following issues are covered within the file:numerous incidents of resistance from local Bedouin inhabitants, usually triggered by transgression of tribal boundaries, particularly from the Beni Qitab, Manasir, and Naim [Āl Na‘īm] tribes;tribal and territorial allegiances that impacted on the work of the surveyors, and the efforts to secure access to survey areas for the company from the interested parties.Folios 69-73 are internal office notes.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover, and terminates at the inside back cover; 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 2-73; these numbers are also written in pencil, and can be found in the same position as the main sequence, but they are not circled.
Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, consultations, resolutions, and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai]. The main correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Lieutenant Colonel Henry Robertson, Officiating Resident in the Persian Gulf; Lieutenant Arnold Burrows Kemball, Assistant Resident in the Persian Gulf; the Government of India. It is the fifth in a series of six items on the Persian Gulf (the others are IOR/F/4/2005/89510, IOR/F/4/2005/89511, IOR/F/4/2005/89512, IOR/F/4/2005/89513, and IOR/F/4/2006/89515).The item concerns:A dispute between Sultan bin Suggur of Russal Khyma [Shaikh Sulṭān I bin Ṣaqr al-Qāsimī of Ra’s al-Khaymah] and Abdoolla bin Rashid of Amulgavine [Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Rāshid al-Mu‘allā of Umm al-Qaywayn] over Abdoolla bin Rashid’s new fortificationA projected attack on Bahrein [Bahrain] led by Essa bin Tureef [Shaikh ‘Īsá bin Ḥamad bin Ṭarīf Āl Bin ‘Alī al-‘Utbī] and Mahomed bin Khuleefa [Shaikh Muḥammad bin Khalīfah Āl Khalīfah]The impossibility of Hajee Yacoob [Haji Ya‘qūb] holding the position of Persian Magistrate at Karrack [Khark/Kharg] and being the British Coal Agent thereFighting between Syed Hamood bin Azan [Sayyid Ḥammūd bin ‘Azzān Āl Bū Sa‘īd], Chief of Sohar and the Naeem [al-Na‘īm] tribeThe abolition of the British agency at Lingah [Bandar-e Lengeh]The attempt of five passengers to seize control of a trading baghlah and their capture at Cheroo [Bandar-e Chiru]William Hayward becoming an apprentice at one of the Bombay Presidency hospitals.The title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft 612/43, P.C. [Previous Communication] 3902, Collection No 11’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 882 and terminates at f 960, 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.
Abstract: Distinctive Features:Title corrected to: ‘Sketch map of the QATAR PENINSULA’.Relief shown by hachures.Coast between Zubara and Jabel al Tabena outlined in red.Numerous additions and corrections to place names and topographical features.‘Al Doha’ underlined in blue crayon and ‘DOHAH’ added in later hand with coordinates inserted in pencil and annotation: ‘All these villages now form the town of Dohah the capital of QATAR’.Physical description: Material:Pen and ink with wash on paper with additions in pencilDimensions:765 x 460 mm
Abstract: The volume contains translations of letters received by the Residency in the Persian Gulf from August 1839 to May 1840.The correspondence relates to affairs on the Arabian side of the Persian Gulf, in particular the situation at Braimee [Al Buraymī] (also given as Brenie, Braymee) where the Naiem [Al Na'īm] tribe and the people of Braimee were at war with Sheik Kuleefa bin Shakbut [Shaikh Khalīfah bin Shakbut], Sheik of Abothabee [Abu Dhabi] and the Zuweier tribe; and discussing Captain Atkins Hamerton who was sent to Braimee to provided representation and assistance from the British Government.Also discussed are the relations between the various Arab chiefs including Sheik Sultan bin Sugger [Shaikh Sultan bin Saqr] of Shargah [Sharjah] and Raasulkhyma [Ra's al Khaymah], Sheik Muktoom [Shaikh Maktūm bin Buṭṭī] of Debay [Dubai], Sheik Abdoolla bin Rashid [Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Rāshid] of Umulgaweim [Umm al Qaywayn], Sheik Abdool Azeez bin Rashid bin Humoud [Shaikh ‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin Rāshid bin Ḥumayd] (of Ajman), Sheik Kuleefa bin Shakbut and Sheik Abdoola bin Ahmed [Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Aḥmad Āl Khalīfah] of Bahrein [Bahrain], including their allegiances and disputes with each other and the British Government and concluding with a truce signed between them in April 1840.Correspondence also relates to the movements and affairs of Koochid Pacha [Khurshid Pasha], Commander-in-Chief of the Egyptian Forces in Nejd [Najd] and Khaled ben Saud [K̲h̲ālid bin Sa‘ūd] ruler of Nejd; and affairs Oman including fighting between the different tribes there, particularly the Beni boo Allee [Banī Bū ‘Alī], Beni boo Hussun [Banī Bū Ḥasan] and Jiniba [Āl Djanaba] tribes, and correspondence with the Imam of Muscat (Saʻīd bin Sulṭān).Also included are letters from Meerza [Mirza] Riza , news writer at Sheeraz [Shiraz] reporting on matters in Fars and Persia in general, focusing particularly on the relationship between the Sherazees (people of Shiraz) and the Prince of Shiraz and the Toorks (Persian soldiers from the north of the country), but also including reports on the involvement of Bakir Khan, Chief of Tangistan [Tangestān]; the situation in Bushire, Kharassan [Khorāsān], Meshed [Mashhad], Herat and other towns where affairs were equally unstable; the movements and actions of the Shah of Persia in response to the outbreaks of instability; and the murder of Jumal Khan, the Governor of Bushire in December 1839.Other matters of note include an outbreak of Cholera in Bahrein and Kuteef [Al-Qaṭīf] in September 1839; acts of piracy in the Gulf; correspondence on trade throughout the Gulf; reports on the pearl fishing season; reports of a battle between the Ottoman and Egyptian Armies near Aleppo; and the affairs of Sheik Abdool Rahman [‘Abd al Rahman] of Kishm [Qeshm]The correspondence comprises mainly of reports and letters submitted by the Native Agents in the Persian Gulf to the Political Resident, including Meerza Muhammed Ally [Mirza Muḥammad ‘Alī], Native Agent at Bahrein [Bahrain]; Moollah Hossein [Mullā Ḥusayn], Native Agent at Sharjah; Hajee Jassim [Haji Jasim], Native Agent at Lingard [Lengeh]; and the Native Agent at Muscat (Reubed Aslan (also given as Artan), Khoaja Rubil (also given as Khojah Roubin)).Physical description: Foliation: There is a foliation sequence, which is circled in pencil, in the top right corner of the recto of each folio. This sequence, which should be used for referencing, begins on the front cover, on number 1, and ends on the inside back cover, on number 132.Pagination: There is also a pagination sequence, which is written in ink, in the top right corners of the rectos and in the top left corners of the versos.
Abstract: The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence cited in, or enclosed with, extracts most likely from a Bombay [Mumbai] Political Consultation, June 1845. The papers contained in this item are partial enclosures to a Political Letter sent from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, 14 July 1845. A copy of this Political Letter can be found at IOR/F/4/2122/100076, alongside details of further enclosures.The item contains a letter from Heskeal bin Yusoof [Ḥizqīl bin Yūsuf], (Acting) Native Agent at Muskat [Muscat], to the Persian [Iranian] Secretary for the Government of Bombay, dated 12 May 1845. Heskeal bin Yusoof reports that:A ‘gang robbery’ has been committed at Burka [Barka]Most of the participants were from the Mueen [al-Na‘īm?] tribeThe act was committed with a view to forcing the inhabitants of Burka to follow Saad bin Mootluk [Sa‘d bin Muṭlaq al-Muṭayrī]His report is forwarded on to the Government of India.The title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Bombay Political Department’, ‘P.C. [Previous Communication] 5061, Draft 29/46, Coll[ection]: 23, Vol: 15’, ‘Collection No. 3 of No. 76’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 530, 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.
Abstract: This file contains correspondence regarding tensions between Qatar and Bahrain over the ownership of Zubarah and related clashes that took place between the forces of Qatar and members of the Al Naim tribe (allied to the Al Khalifa, the ruling family of Bahrain).Much of the correspondence relates to British-mediated negotiations and as such, it consists of letters (in Arabic and English translation) between Tom Hickinbotham, Britain's Political Agent in Bahrain, and the rulers of Qatar and Bahrain, Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Jāsim Āl Thānī and Shaikh Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah, respectively. The file also contains correspondence between Hickinbotham, Shaikh Rashīd bin Muḥammad, Chief of the Al Naim tribe and Charles Belgrave, the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain.The file contains copies of British Government correspondence from 1874-1876 when similar tensions had arisen between Qatar and Bahrain over Zubarah (ff 178-197) and also includes a series of 12 black and white, aerial photographs of Qatar, mainly of Zubarah (ff 251-263).Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover and terminates at the back cover; 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 incomplete foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 219-234; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
Abstract: This file contains correspondence regarding a dispute that broke out between Qatar and Bahrain over the ownership of Zubarah on the Qatari peninsula. The hostilities began after the ruler of Qatar, Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Jāsim Āl Thānī, attempted to impose taxation on members of the Al Naim tribe who were resident in Zubarah but proclaimed allegiance to the Āl Khalīfah family.The correspondence (in English and Arabic) is primarily between British officials (Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Percy Gordon Loch and Political Agent in Bahrain, Tom Hickinbotham) and the rulers of Bahrain and Qatar, Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Jāsim Āl Thānī and Shaikh Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah, respectively. The file also contains correspondence between Charles Belgrave, Adviser to the Government of Bahrain and Hickinbotham.The file contains three black and white aerial photographs of Zubarah (ff 80-81).On folios 82-92 the file contains a report written by Hickinbotham entitled 'Zubarah incident' that contains a summary of relevant events and recommendations for British Policy on the issue.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover, and terminates at the inside back cover; 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 7-323; these numbers are also written in pencil, and can be found in the same position as the main sequence, but they are not circled. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
Abstract: File contains correspondence related to hostilities that occurred between the forces of Shaikh Abdullah bin Qassim Al Thani of Qatar and the Al Naim tribe that took place in June and July 1937.At this time, the Al Naim tribe was allied to the Al Khalifa ruling family of Bahrain who claimed Zubarah as a part of their own territory (the family had been based there before their conquest of Bahrain in 1783). The British authorities did not recognise the Al Khalifa's claim to Zubarah and did not intervene on their behalf. Hostilities ended in July 1937 and Shaikh Rashid bin Muhammad, Chief of the Al Naim tribe, agreed to recognise the rule of the Al Thani family over Zubarah.The file also contains a map of Qatar (folio 164) and four aerial photographs of Zubarah (folios 160-163).Physical description: A bound correspondence file. Foliation starts on first page of text, top right hand circled number. Ends on last page in volume. A second foliation penciled, uncircled from folio 1a-209.
Abstract: This file consists of brief notes on the branch of the Na'im [Āl Na'īm] tribe based in Beraymee ['Al Buraymī, Oman]. The typewritten notes appear to have been compiled during the 1930s. They consist of excerpts from 19th century British correspondence and memoranda, covering the period 1845-1881, and are primarily concerned with the tribe's relations with the Sultan of Muscat.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 10; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
Abstract: This part of the volume consists of copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 16 of 1840, dated 27 April 1840.The enclosures are numbered 3-32 and are dated 31 December 1839-16 April 1840.The papers relate to:Correspondence and relations between the Imaum [Imām] of Muscat and Korschid Pasha [Khūrshid Pāshā]Captain Hamerton's note of proceedings while residing in Sharjah from 27 November 1839 to 6 January 1840Compensation demanded from Sheikh Kulafa bin Shakhboot [Shaikh Khalīfah bin Shakhbūṭ Āl Nahyān] for the damage and loss inflicted by him on the Naeem [al-Na‘īm] of Brymee [Al Buraymi]Arrangements for the firing of salutes in Muscat and other ports on the Arabian Coast in honour of the Resident in the Persian GulfApproval of works for the building of a barracks on Karrack Island [Kharg Island].Correspondents include: the Native Agent at Muscat; the Resident in the Persian Gulf; the Superintendent of the Indian Navy; the Imaum of Muscat; and the Governor-General in Council.Physical description: 1 item (85 folios)