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, British Resident in the Persian Gulf; and Hajee Jassim [Ḥājī Jāsim], British Agent at Bahrein [Bahrain]. It is the fifth in a series of fifteen items on the Persian Gulf (the others are IOR/F/4/2131/101199, IOR/F/4/2131/101200, IOR/F/4/2131/101201, IOR/F/4/2131/101202, 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 alliance between Humud bin Mujudel [Ḥamad bin Majdal], Chief of the Amaieer [al-‘Amāyir] Tribe and Mahomed bin Khuleefa [Shaikh Muḥammed bin Khalīfah Āl Khalīfah, Shaikh of Bahrain], and Mahomed bin Khuleefa’s hostility towards the Wahabees [Wahhābi].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 3 of No 106’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 610, and terminates at f 615, 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: 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 Yacoob [Ḥājjī Ya‘qūb], British Agent at Shargah [Sharjah]. It is the third in a series of five items.The item concerns:An alliance between Debaie [Dubai], Amulgavine [Umm al-Qaywayn], and Aboothabee [Abu Dhabi]Raiding forays into the territory of Aboothabee by the interior tribal allies of ShargahRaiding forays into the territory of Shargah by the interior tribal allies of Aboothabee.The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft No 653_1853’ and ‘Collection No. 21 of No. 53 of 1853’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 566, and terminates at f 569, 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/4/2174/105546. It is the seventh in a series of forty-five items on the Persian Gulf.The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Major Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf; Mollah Hussein [Mullā Ḥusayn], Native Agent at Shargah [Sharjah]; and Sheikh Maktoom bin Butye, Chief of Debaie [Shaikh Maktūm I bin Buṭṭī Āl Bū Falāsah, Ruler of Dubai].The item concerns the relations between Saad bin Mootluk [Sa‘d bin Muṭlaq al-Muṭayrī, also referred to as Saad ul Mooteyree in the item] at Brymee [al-Buraymi], and the rulers of Oman and the Gulf. It includes:The reported extortions of Saad bin Mootluk and his followersThe formation of an alliance against Saad bin Mootluk by the ‘principal chiefs of Oman’, and the agreement of Sheikh Maktoom bin Butye and Sheikh Saed bin Tahnoon [Shaikh Sa‘īd bin Ṭaḥnūn Āl Nahyān, Ruler of Abu Dhabi] to join themSaad bin Mootluk’s relationship with Suggur bin Sultan [Ṣaqr bin Sultān al-Qāsimī] of Shargah [Sharjah]A request from Sheikh Maktoom bin Butye to Hennell to prevent aid from being sent to Saad bin MootlukHennell’s recommendation that Britain does not intervene in the situation.The item also contains the comments of the Government of Bombay (ff 334-35) regarding despatches from Hennell that are not included in this item.The item contains a table of contents (f 327), and the title page (f 326) contains the following references: ‘P C [Previous Communication] 5507, Coll. 7, Vol. 7’, ‘D/t 197/47’, ‘Collection No. 6 of No. 20’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 326 and terminates at f 335, 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/4/2174/105546. It is the eighth in a series of forty-five items on the Persian Gulf. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Major Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf; and Mollah Hussein [Mullā Ḥusayn], Native Agent at Shargah [Sharjah].The item concerns:The conclusion of the season for pearl fishing with no reports of any ‘irregularity or act of piracy or plunder’ having been committedThe alliance formed by certain rulers of Oman and the Gulf coast against Saad bin Mootluk [Sa‘d bin Muṭlaq al-Muṭayrī] at Brymee [al-Buraymi], and the withdrawal of Suggur bin Sultan [Ṣaqr bin Sultān al-Qāsimī] from this alliance.The item contains a table of contents (f 337), and the title page (f 336) contains the following references: ‘P C [Previous Communication] 5507, Coll. 7, Vol. 8’, ‘D/t 197/47’, ‘Collection No. 7 of No. 20’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 336 and terminates at f 340, 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 bundle consists of summaries, and partial transcripts, of secret letters received from both the Governor General of India (14 June 1855, Number 4), the President in Council (16 June 1855, Numbers 36-37) and the Government of Bombay (26 June 1855, Numbers 46-47). The amount of detail for each entry therefore varies.The letter from the Governor General (folio 17) relates to whether the Government of India has the right to confiscate the property of the Ex Nala Thanee Jhunda Kour [Maharani Jind Kaur], and the referral of this question back to England.The section from the President in Council (folios 16v-19r) reports on the progress of the Nepalese army in its invasion of Thibet [Tibet].The dispatches from Bombay – folios 19-24 – focus on Aden; in particular, the question of the line to be taken with the officers of the
Assayeas a result of a complaint made by William Marcus Coghlan (Political Resident at Aden), and whether the offer of an alliance against the Foutheli made by Sultan Manafair of the Oulaki should be accepted.Physical description: 1 item (8 folios)
Abstract: The volume contains copies of correspondence, firmans, and other documents relating to Sir Harford Jones's diplomatic mission to Persia [Iran], 1807-1811.Much of the volume consists of updates from Jones sent from Schyras [Shiraz, also written Sheerauz in this volume], Tahran [Tehran], and Tauris [Tabriz, also written Tabreza in this volume], regarding the progress of his mission. Details of the following are provided:Jones's arrival in Tahran, 14 February 1809Jones's audience with the Shah, 17 February 1809The negotiaion and conclusion of a Preliminary Treaty between Britain and PersiaThe subsidy and provision of arms to be given by Britain to Persia as part of the treaty agreementsJones's response to charges against his conduct made by the Governor-General of the Presidency of Fort William, Lord Minto [Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound], and the disagreement caused by Brigadier-General John Malcolm's silmultaneous mission to the Court of PersiaThe proposal to send a Persian Envoy to LondonJones's dissatisfaction with his mission being superseded by that of Sir Gore Ousely.Other matters covered in the volume include:Malcolm's proposed military expedition to occupy the island of Karrack [Jazīreh-ye Khārk, also known as Kharg]The dismissal of the French Embassy from Tahran and later attempts by the French to re-establish itNews of peace between Britain and the Ottoman Empire (Treaty of the Dardanelles, 1809)Military operations along Persia's northern frontier, during the Russo-Persian War (1804-1813)The arrival in Persia of an embassay from the Ameers of Scind [Sindh].Principal correspondence is from Jones, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Court of Persia, to the Right Honourable Robert Dundas, President of the Board of Control for India. Many of the enclosures comprise letters between Jones, Lord Minto, and Brigadier-General Malcolm, in Bombay [Mumbai]. Other correspondents include: Nasr Oallah Khan [Nasrallah Khan], Chief Minister of Fars; Prince Hassan Ally Meerza [Ḥusayn ‘Alī Mirzā], Governor of Fars; Fatḥ ʻAlī Shāh, Shah of Persia; Meerza Sheffee [Mirza Muhammad Shafi Mazandarani], Grand Vizier of Persia; General Gardanne [Claude-Mathieu Gardane], French Envoy to Persia; James Justinian Morier, Private Secretary to Jones; Abbas Meerza ['Abbās Mīrza Qājār], Crown Prince of Persia; Askar Khan ['Askar Khān Afshār], Persian Ambassador to France; and the Chairman and other members of the Secret Committee.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 223; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: The volume contains copies of correspondence, journal extracts, and intelligence reports relating to Sir Harford Jones’s diplomatic mission to Persia [Iran] in 1808.The papers reflect the purposes and practicalities of the mission and cover the following matters:Jones’s progress from England to Bushire [Būshehr, in this volume also written Abusheher, Abushehr and Busheer] via Funchal, Cape Town, and Bombay [Mumbai]The purpose of, and uncertainty caused by, another diplomatic mission to Persia under Brigadier-General John Malcolm and sent by the Governor-General, Lord Minto [Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound]Relations between France and Persia, specifically British fears regarding the presence and influence of a French Embassy in Teheran [Tehran, in this volume also written Tehraun]The mission of Captain Charles Pasley, Malcolm’s Secretary and sometime Acting Envoy, to Shiraz [in this volume also spelled Sheraz, Shirauz, Sherauz, and various other spellings] and failure to open negotiations with the Persians (folios 114-121 comprise extracts from Pasley’s journal)Discussion of the terms of any agreement to be made with the Persian GovernmentPolitical and social affairs within Persia, both locally and nationallyThe presence of Russian and French diplomatic agents in PersiaEuropean politics, specifically the closing of Portuguese ports to British shipping following the former’s alliance with France during the Napoleonic WarsRequests for money and details of costs from Jones.Principal correspondence is from Jones, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Court of Persia, to Robert Dundas, President of the Board of Control. Enclosures, which constitute the bulk of the volume, include correspondence between Jones; Lord Minto, Governor-General of the Presidency of Fort William; Brigadier-General John Malcolm, Government of India Envoy to the Court of Persia; and Captain Charles Pasley, Malcolm’s Secretary and sometime Acting Envoy. Further correspondence, sometimes in summary form, is between Jones; Meerza Sheffee [Mirza Muhammad Shafi Mazandarani], Grand Vizier of Persia; Nasr Oolah Khan [Nasrallah Khan], Chief Minister of Fars; Prince Hoossein Ally Meerza [Ḥusayn ‘Alī Mirzā], Governor of Fars; Jaafer Ali Khan [Ja‘afar ‘Alī Khān], ‘Native Agent’ [a non-European employed by the British as a representative and broker, among other things] in Shiraz; and Mohammed Nebee Khan [Muḥammad Nabī Khān Shirāzī], Governor of Bushire [in this volume, also written Abusheher, Abushehr, Busheer]. Other correspondents include Claudius James Rich, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], and William Bruce, Acting Resident in Bushire.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 462; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers.Pagination: the file also contains multiple original pagination sequences.The sequence contains two foliation anomalies, at f 242 and f 433a.
Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, consultations, and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai]. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Major Samuel Hennell, British Resident in the Persian Gulf; and Moollah Houssein [Mullā Ḥusayn], British Agent at Shargah [Sharjah]. It is the eighth in a series of twenty items on the Persian Gulf (the others are IOR/F/4/2180/106055, IOR/F/4/2180/106056, IOR/F/4/2180/106057, IOR/F/4/2180/106058, IOR/F/4/2180/106059, IOR/F/4/2180/106060, IOR/F/4/2181/106061, IOR/F/4/2181/106063, IOR/F/4/2181/106064, IOR/F/4/2181/106065, IOR/F/4/2181/106066, IOR/F/4/2181/106067, IOR/F/4/2181/106068, IOR/F/4/2181/106069, IOR/F/4/2181/106070, IOR/F/4/2181/106071, IOR/F/4/2181/106072, IOR/F/4/2181/106073, and IOR/F/4/2181/106074).The item concerns:The alliance of Sheik Saeed ben Tahnoon, Chief of Aboothabee [Shaikh Sa‘īd bin Ṭaḥnūn Āl Nahyān, Shaikh of Abu Dhabi], and Sheik Sultan ben Suggur, Chief of Rasul Khyma [Shaikh Sulṭān I bin Ṣaqr al-Qāsimī, Shaikh of Ra's al-Khaymah], and their proposed attack on Debaye [Dubai]A refund paid to the Shaik of Kishm [Sheikh ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Saghar Al Mu‘ini, Shaikh of Qeshm] for money he paid into the Bushire Residency on account of theft from a shipwreck in 1838Departure of Samad Aga [Ṣamad Āghā] from Bushire, after his attempts to obtain justice for the mistreatment of Yoosoof bin Suggur [Yūsuf bin Ṣaqr]A proposed alliance between Sheik Mahomed ben Khuleefa, Chief of Bahrein, [Shaikh Muḥammed bin Khalīfah Āl Khalīfah, Shaikh of Bahrain] and Sheik Mukhtoom of Debaye [Shaikh Maktūm I bin Buṭṭī Āl Bū Falāseh, Shaikh of Dubai].The item contains a contents page, and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft 282/47, P.C. [Previous Communication] 5573, Coll[ection]: 10, Collection No 1 of No 11’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 12, and terminates at f 34, 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: This item consists of copies of correspondence, minutes, and consultations cited in, or enclosed with, letters to and from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai]. It covers a range of topics relating to the Persian Gulf. All of the material in the item dates from 1844-45, except for one letter which is from 1834.The item begins with discussion of the entry into Brymee [Al Buraymi, also referred to in the item as Braimee] and Oman of the forces of Saad bin Mootluk [Sa‘d bin Mutlaq], on behalf of Ameer Fysul [Amir Faysal bin Turki bin Abdullah Al Sa‘ud, also referred to in the item as Fysul Alli Suood and Fysul Bin Toorkee] the Wahabee [Wahhabi] leader [Emir of Najd]. This includes:The submission of the local authorities in Brymee to Saad bin Mootluk, and the presentation of gifts to him by several rulers from the Arabian coast of the GulfThe demands of Saad bin Mootluk for tribute from Syud Hamood bin Uzan [Sayyid Hammud bin ‘Azzan al-Bu Sa‘idi] and Syed Soowenee [Sayyid Thuwayni bin Sa‘id Al Bu Sa‘id, also referred to in the item as Syed Sooweynee and Syed Thooenee], the Acting Governor of Muscat [Acting Imam of Muscat], and the response of the latter, including a request to Major Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, for adviceCorrespondence between Hennell, the Government of Bombay and the Government of India regarding the implications of the above events for British interests in the Gulf, and what their response should be.Also covered in the item is the following:The wreck of two ships off Ejman [Ajman], and the actions of Shaik Abdool Azeez bin Rashid [Shaikh ‘Abd al-‘Aziz bin Rashid al-Nu‘aymi], the Chief of Ejman [Ruler of Ajman] in recovering the ships and cargoes and restoring them to their ownersThe question of how to deal with an attack on a ship from Karrack [Jazireh-ye Khark] carried out by Humud bin Mujudel [Hamad bin Majdal], the Chief of the Amaeer [‘Amayir] tribe, who is said to be under the protection of Shaik Mahomed bin Khaleifa [Shaikh Muhammad bin Khalifah Al Khalifah], the Ruler of Bahrein [Bahrain]The seizure by Shaik Faris [Shaikh Faris bin Ghayth], the Chief of the Chaab [Banu Ka‘ab], of a ship from Aboothabee [Abu Dhabi], and the mission of Lieutenant Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Assistant Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Mohumrah [Khorramshahr] to try to persuade Shaik Faris to restore the ship and its cargoThe negotiations for the establishment of an alliance between Shaik Sultan bin Suggar [Shaikh Sultan I bin Saqr al-Qasimi] of Rasel Khymah [Ruler of Ra’s al-Khaymah and Sharjah], and Shaik Khuleefa bin Shackboot [Shaikh Khalifa bin Shakhbut al-Nahyan] of Aboothabee [Ruler of Abu Dhabi]The activities of Shaik Abdoollah bin Ahmed [Shaikh ‘Abdullah bin Ahmad Al Khalifah], the former Ruler of Bahrein, who has received asylum from the Chief of Nabend [Damagheh-ye Nay Band] and is carrying out attacks on ships from BahreinThe appointment of Housseni Khan [Mirza Muhammad Husayn Khan Muqaddam Maragha'i] as Governor [Wali] of Fars, and the reinstatement of Shaik Nasir [Nasr III Al Mazkur] as Governor of Bushire [Bushehr]The arrangements made for the three men accused of the murder of Beebee Aseelah [Bibi Asilu], widow of Meerza Juwad [Mirza Javad Shirazi], the former Native Agent at Shiraz. Two of the accused are to be taken to Tehran, while the third, the victim’s brother, identified as Sultan, son of Hajie Jassem [Haji Jassim], has made a confession (included in the item) and is to remain behindA dispute regarding a possible increase in the duty to be charged on the export of horses from Bushire by British merchants, including a petition from the Bushire merchants, and correspondence from Hajee Mirza Aghasee [Haji Mirza ‘Abbas Aghasi], Prime Minister [Sadr-i A’zam] of Persia [Iran] and Mirza Hadayut Allah [Mirza Hidayat Allah], Moostowfaa [Mustawfi] of the Governor of FarsThe sanctioning of the payment required for a grant in perpetuity of the ground occupied as an English burial place at KarrackThe need for a new coating of mud on all the roofs of the Residency buildings at Bushire, and an estimate of the expenses this will incur.As well as those already mentioned, the main correspondents are: Moollah Houssin [Mullah Husayn], Native Agent at Shargah [Sharjah]; Heskeal Bin Yusoof [Hizqial bin Yusuf], Acting Native Agent at Muscat; and Lieutenant-Colonel Justin Sheil, Her Majesty’s Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Persia.The item contains a table of contents (ff 593-598), and the title page (f 592) contains the following references: ‘P C [Previous Communication] 49501, D/t 7557, Collection No. 1 of No. 44’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’. The item was originally divided into two parts, and the title page of the second part (f 694) contains the following reference: ‘P C [Previous Communication] 49501, Vol. 2, Collection No. 1 of No. 54’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 592 and terminates at f 700, 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.
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/4/2174/105546. It is the tenth in a series of forty-five items on the Persian Gulf. The main correspondents are the Government of Bombay and Heskeal bin Yusoof [Khawājah Ḥizqīl bin Yūsuf], Acting Native Agent at Muscat.The item mostly concerns reports of the arrival in Muscat of notable people, or their messengers, and their reception by Syud Thooenee [Sayyid Thuwaynī bin Sa‘īd Āl Bū Sa‘īd]. A recurring topic is the activities of Saad bin Mootluk [Sa‘d bin Muṭlaq al-Muṭayrī] at Braemee [al-Buraymi] and the plans of local people and certain Gulf rulers to oppose him. It includes a copy of a letter from Sheikh Saeed bin Tuhnoon [Shaikh Sa‘īd bin Ṭaḥnūn Āl Nahyān, Ruler of Abu Dhabi] to Syud Hamood bin Uzan [Sayyid Ḥammūd bin ‘Azzān al-Būsa‘īdī].The item also contains reports of the activities of Shaik Suif bin Nubham, Shaikh of Bunder Abbas [Shaikh Sayf bin Nabhān al-Ma‘walī, Shaikh of Bandar-e ʻAbbas].There is also a Government of Bombay Resolution (f 351) that relates to correspondence not included in this item.The item contains a table of contents (f 347), and the title page (f 346) contains the following references: ‘P C [Previous Communication] 5507, Coll. 7, Vol. 10’, ‘D/t 197/47’, ‘Collection No. 9 of No. 20’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 346 and terminates at f 356, 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 mostly of copies of correspondence, minutes and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, letters to and from the governments of Bengal and Bombay.The primary subjects are:The efforts of the Imam of Muscat to reinstate Sultan bin Suggur [Shaikh Sulṭān bin Ṣaqr al-Qāsimī] as Ruler of Rusul Khyma [Ra's al-Khaymah, and various spellings throughout]The hope that the treaty originally made between Britain and the Joasmee [Qawasim] in 1806 might be renewed and agreements made with other Gulf rulers, and the instructions given to William Bruce, Resident at Bushire [Bushehr], to this endReports of piracy in the Gulf, off the coasts of Cutch [Kutch] and Sind [Sindh], and around the port of Porebunder [Porbandar], and the actions taken to counter thisAn approach from Sauad ben Abdil Azees [Sa‘ūd bin ‘Abd al-‘Azīz Āl Sa‘ūd], Emir of Diriyah, seeking closer relations with Britain.The title page (f 208) of the item contains the following references: ‘Bombay Political No. 19, Season 1814/15, Draft 190’; and ‘Examiner’s Office, January 1815’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at 208, and terminates at 250, 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: The file includes letters, telegrams and other papers relating to messages of support received by British Government officials in the Gulf, from the Rulers of Bahrain, Dubai and Sharjah, and from the Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO), in response to events in Europe that resulted in Britain’s declaration of war against Germany on 1 September 1939. The file’s principal correspondents are: the Political Agent at Bahrain (Hugh Weightman); the Ruler of Bahrain (Shaikh Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah).The file includes:correspondence between the Political Resident (Lieutenant-Colonel Trenchard Craven William Fowle) and Political Agent at Bahrain over the possibility of the Ruler of Bahrain making a gift to the British Government towards the defence of the empire, referred to by the Resident as the ‘Imperial Defence’ (ff 2-5);correspondence dated 29 August 1939, exchanged between the British Government and BAPCO officials, the former giving thanks for the latter’s offer of support and cooperation towards the British Government (ff 7-8);messages from various Persian Gulf rulers, made to British officials from 1 September 1939 onwards, offering both moral and material support at the start of the war, including: a telegram and letters from the Ruler of Bahrain, Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah, the last of these letters offering a sum of £30,000 to the British Government towards the costs of war (ff 9-10, f 30, ff 32-33); a telegram and a letter from the Ruler of Dubai [Shaikh Sa‘id bin Maktūm Āl Maktūm] (f 17, ff 19-20); a telegram and a letter from the Ruler of Sharjah [Shaikh Sultan bin Saqr Āl Qāsim] (f 24, ff 28-29);letters of thanks sent by British Government officials to the various rulers of the Persian Gulf, in response to their offers of support, including a telegram from the Viceroy of India (Victor Alexander John Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow) giving personal thanks to the Ruler of Bahrain for his gift of £30,000 to the British Government (f 45).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 50; 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 1-47; 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.