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; Major Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf; and John Croft Hawkins, Commodore Commanding Indian Naval Squadron, Persian Gulf.The item concerns the visit to the Gulf of HM squadron under the command of Commodore Sir Henry Martin Blackwood. The following incidents are described, with additional information supplied by Moollah Houssain, Native Agent at Shargah [Mullā Ḥusayn, Native Agent at Sharjah]:The grounding of HM ship
Foxoff the island of Seir Aboneide [Sir Bu Nuʽayr], and its return to Bombay for repairThe dispute between Sheik Sultan bin Suggur of Ras ul Khyma [Shaikh Sulṭān I bin Ṣaqr al-Qāsimī of Ra’s al-Khaymah and Sharjah] and Sheik Muktoom bin Buthe of Debaye [Shaikh Maktūm I bin Buṭṭī Āl Bū Falāsah of Dubai] regarding Sheik Sultan bin Suggur’s plan to erect a fort at Khan [Al Khan]The dispute between Syed Soaweynee [Sayyid Thuwaynī bin Sa‘īd Āl Bū Sa‘īd] and Sheik Sultan bin Suggur regarding the fort of Cassab [Khasab]The departure of Saad bin Mutluk [Sa‘d bin Muṭlaq al-Muṭayrī] from Brymee [al-Buraymi].The item contains a table of contents (f 425), and the title page (f 424) contains the following references: ‘P C [Previous Communication] 5507, Coll. 7, Vol. 18’, ‘D/t 197/47’, ‘Collection No. 6 of No. 53’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Multiple spellings for various personal and place names are present in the volume.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 424 and terminates at f 435, 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 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 ninth 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:The departure of Saad ben Mootluk [Sa‘d bin Muṭlaq al-Muṭayrī] from Shargah [Sharjah], his visit to Bahrein [Bahrain], and his subsequent journey to Oojeer [Al-ʻUqayr] on his return to Nedjd [Najd]The removal, by Feeroz Meerza [Fīrūz Mīrzā Nuṣrat-al-Dawlah, also rendered as Feerooz Meerza in the item], the Prince-Governor of Fars, of Sheik Nasir [Shaikh Nāṣir II Āl Madhkūr] as Governor of Bushire [Bushehr]. Included is a letter from Hennell to Feeroz Meerza containing a representation made to the latter by a deputation of Bushire merchants.The item contains a table of contents (f 524), and the title page (f 523) contains the following references: ‘Dft. No. 424 of 1851’, Collection No. 1, Vol. 9’, and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 523 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 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 and minutes 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 twenty-sixth 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 Lieutenant Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Assistant Resident in the Persian Gulf.The item concerns Kemball’s report of his tour of the Arabian coast of the Gulf. This includes:The relations of the tribes of the Arabian coast with Saad bin Mootluk [Sa‘d bin Muṭlaq al-Muṭayrī]The construction by Sultan bin Suggur [Shaikh Sulṭān I bin Ṣaqr al-Qāsimī], the Joasmee [al-Qawāsim] Chief, of a fort near to Debaie [Dubai], and the formation in response of an alliance between the rulers of Debaie, Ejman [Ajman], and Amulgavine [Umm al-Qaywayn]The formation of an alliance between Sultan bin Suggur and Sheikh Saeed ben Tahnoon of Aboothabee [Shaikh Sa‘īd bin Ṭaḥnūn Āl Nahyān, Ruler of Abu Dhabi]Kemball’s efforts to deter Saeed bin Guzeeb [Sa‘īd bin Qāzib], Governor of Lingah [Bandar-e Lengeh], from getting involved in the disputes between the tribes of the Arabian coastAn enquiry from the Government of Bombay as to why Kemball went on this tour, and not Hennell.The item contains a table of contents (f 506), and the title page (f 505) contains the following references: ‘P C [Previous Communication] 5507, Coll. 7, Vol. 26’, ‘D/t 197/47’, ‘Collection No. 2 of No. 75’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 505 and terminates at f 526, 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 fourth 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 Commodore Sir Henry Martin Blackwood.The item concerns the visit to the Gulf of HM ship
Foxand sloop
Pilotunder the command of Commodore Blackwood. It contains information provided by Hennell as to the state of affairs in the Gulf and the ports he might visit, and Blackwood’s report submitted on his return to Bombay. Topics covered include:The situation in Aboothabee [Abu Dhabi]A request made to Commodore John Croft Hawkins, Commanding the Indian Naval Squadron in the Persian Gulf, for him to accompany BlackwoodThe proposal for Blackwood to visit Sohar to make a demonstration of force for the notice of Saad bin Mootluk [Sa‘d bin Muṭlaq al-Muṭayrī], and a later report that Saad bin Mootluk has left Beyreymee [al-Buraymi]The alleged insulting of Khajah Heskal [Khawājah Ḥizqīl bin Yūsuf], the Native Agent at Muscat, by a servant of the Imam of MuscatThe grounding of the
Foxon Seir Aboneid [Sir Bu Nu‘ayr] islandThe visit of Blackwood to Shargah [Sharjah], and his meetings with the Shaik of Debai [Shaikh Maktūm I bin Buṭṭī Āl Bū Falāsah, Ruler of Dubai] and Shaik Sultan bin Sugger of Ras el Khymah [Shaikh Sulṭān I bin Ṣaqr al-Qāsimī, Ruler of Ra’s al-Khaymah]Blackwood’s efforts to mediate between Sultan bin Sugger and Syed Soweney [Sayyid Thuwaynī bin Sa‘īd Āl Bū Sa‘īd], the Governor of Muscat, including the translation of a letter sent to Syud Soweney.The item contains a table of contents (f 298), and the title page (f 297) contains the following references: ‘P C [Previous Communication] 5507, Coll. 7, Vol. 4’, ‘D/t 197/47’, ‘Collection No. 3 of No. 20’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 297 and terminates at f 311, 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 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: 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 item consists of a despatch to the Secret Committee, 31 July 1839, from John Pollard Willoughby, Secretary to the Government, Bombay [Mumbai]. The despatch itself (not included) is numbered 1 and is followed by an abstract of contents, numbered 2. The abstract of contents is followed by despatches, numbered 3-24, which are chiefly from John Pollard Willoughby, Secretary to the Government, Bombay [Mumbai], to the Secretary with the Governor-General of India, (with some responses from the latter), and from Willoughby to Captain Samuel Hennell, Political Resident, Persian Gulf. Other despatches comprise minutes of the Governors in Council, Bombay, and single despatches to the Bombay Government from: Rear-Admiral Sir Frederick Maitland, Naval Commander-in-Chief in the East Indies; Lieutenant-Colonel Stratford Powell, Adjutant-General of the Army; and (the final despatch) Lieutenant-Colonel Patrick Campbell, HM Consul-General in Egypt, based in Alexandria.The main subjects covered are:Observations, approbation and instructions by the Government of Bombay and Government of India relating to the actions that Hennell and the Assistant Resident, Lieutenant Thomas Edmunds, have recently undertaken in the Persian Gulf (as described in IOR/L/PS/5/376, ff 279-409) with regard to halting the perceived encroachments of Egypt in the Persian Gulf, in particular efforts to effect the expulsion from Shargah [Sharjah] of Syed bin Mootlook [Sa‘d bin Mutlaq al-Muṭayrī], the self-professed agent of Korshid Pasha [Khūrshid Pasha, also spelled Khorshid, Kurshid, and Kourschid Pacha in this item], Commanding the Egyptian Forces in Nedgd [Najd, also known as Nejd], and encouragement of the Chief of Bahrein [Bahrain] to break his treaty agreement with Kurshid PashaThe removal of the Residency from Bushire [Bushehr] to the island of Karrack [Kharg, also known as Khark, also spelled Kharrack in this item] following a dispute with Mirza Assad, Governor of Bushire, including: approbation of the actions of Rear-Admiral Maitland, on the
Wellesley; Hennell’s suspension of communications with the Government of Fars; the honouring, by the Shah of Persia [Iran] of Mirza Assad for his recent actions and consequent British suspicions concerning the Shah's professed desire for the restoration of friendly relations with BritainThe removal of Sheik Nassir [Shaikh Nāṣir Āl Mazkūr II, a former Governor of Bushire] from Bushire, notably concern that Lieutenant-Colonel James Shirreff [also spelled Sheriff in this item], Commanding the Field Force at Kharrack, acted beyond his powers; and the Governor-General’s recommendation that Hennell arrange compensation for Sheik Nassir, maintain his residency on Karrack in good condition and inform him of the possibility of his return to the island in futureIntelligence relating to the condition and movements of the Persian ArmyThe removal to India of the British military detachment recently serving in Persia under Lieutenant-Colonel Benjamin Shee, and whether the Government of Bombay should have first consulted Lieutenant-Colonel Justin Sheil, HM Chargé d’Affaires in PersiaThe vesting in Shirreff of powers of courts martial and capital punishment, authorizing the execution of death sentences in certain circumstances, on condition of consultation with the Political ResidentThe communication, obtained by HM Consul-General in Alexandria, from Mehemet Ali [Muḥammad ‘Alī Pasha al-Mas‘ūd bin Āghā, Governor of Egypt] to Kourschid Pasha to suspend military interference in the island of Bahrein, including a copy in [Ottoman] Arabic and translation (into French) of the order (ff 653-655).Physical description: 1 item (53 folios)
Abstract: This item consists of a despatch to the Secret Committee, 18 July 1839, from John Pollard Willoughby, Secretary to the Government, Bombay [Mumbai], containing a series of numbered enclosures. The despatch itself (not included) is numbered 1 and is followed by an abstract of contents, numbered 2. This is followed by despatches, numbered 3-8, from Captain Samuel Hennell, Political Resident, Persian Gulf, to Willoughby, with relevant enclosures.The papers chiefly relate to Hennell’s efforts to check the perceived extension of Egyptian influence on the Arabian coast of the Persian Gulf, particularly in the province of Oman, and to bring about the expulsion from Shargah [Sharjah] of Sued bin Mooktluk [Sa‘d bin Mutlaq al-Muṭayrī], the self-professed agent of Khorshid Pasha [Khūrshid Pasha], Commander of the Egyptian Forces in Nedgd [Najd, also known as Nejd].The majority of the item comprises Hennell’s report of his tour of the Arabian coast, in the
Hugh Lindsay, providing details of his meetings with: Shaik Abdoollah bin Ahmed [Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Aḥmad Āl Khalīfah], Chief of Bahrein; [Bahrain] Shaik Kuleefa bin Shakboot [Shaikh Khalīfah bin Shakhbut Āl Nahyān] Chief of Aboothabee [Abu Dhabi], Chief of the Beniyas [Bani Yas]; Shaik Mukhtoom [Maktūm I bin Buṭṭī bin Suhayl Āl Maktūm] of Debaye [Dubai]; Abdoollah bin Rushid [Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Rāshid al-Mu’allā], Shaik of Amulgavin [Umm al-Qaywayn]; and Shaik Sultan bin Suggur [Shaikh Sulṭān I bin Ṣaqr al-Qāsimī], Chief of Rasel Khymah [Ra’s al-Khaymah, also spelled Rusil and Rasil Khymah in this item], Chief of the Joasmees [al-Qawāsim]. He also reports his communications with the chiefs of the Naeem [al-Na‘īm] tribe regarding their opposition to Sued bin Mootluk’s plans to capture the fort of Brymee [Al Buraymi].Hennell’s disussions with the Arab Maritime Chiefs cover: the reasons behind the Chief of Bahrein’s agreement recognising the superiority of Mahomed Ally [Muḥammad ‘Alī Pasha al-Mas‘ūd bin Āghā] Governor of Egypt; the extent of the communications of the chiefs with Sued bin Mootluk; on-going conflicts between the chiefs and their mutual accusations of collusion with bin Mootluk; Hennell’s extraction from the chiefs of declarations of loyalty to the British Government and opposition to the ‘aggressions’ of Khorshid Pasha and Mahomed Ally (copies enclosed with the report); the supply of ammunition and provisions to the chiefs of Brymee and promise to post a British Agent there; pressure on Sultan bin Suggur to effect the expulsion of Sued bin Mootluk from Shargah [Sharjah]. Hennell concludes his report by suggesting formal remonstrances be made by British Government representatives in Cairo, and that blockades and destruction of towns and vessels should be the threatened consequence of any maritime chief assisting Sued bin Mootluk.Also included in the item is: Hennell’s protest to Khorshid Pasha regarding Sued bin Mootluk’s claims to have taken over the government of Oman, against the apparent policy of Mahomed Ally; Hennell's request to Bombay for musket powder and lead; Hennell's report of his arrival in Muscat and discussions with the son and nephew of the Imam of Muscat in which he encourages Muscat to assist the Naeem against any attack by Sued bin Mootluk on Brymee; news of the removal of Mirza Assad as Govenor of Bushire [Bushehr] and his replacement by the authorities at Shiraz with Mirza Mahomed Houssein [Muḥammad Ḥusayn], the son-in-law of the Wuzier [Vizier] [of Shiraz?], Mirza Ahmed Khan [Mirza Aḥmad Khan].Physical description: 1 item (37 folios)
Abstract: This item consists of a despatch to the Secret Committee, 16 July 1839, from John Pollard Willoughby, Secretary to the Government, Bombay [Mumbai]. The despatch itself (not included) is numbered 1 and is followed by an abstract of contents, numbered 2. The abstract of contents is followed by despatches to Willoughby, numbered 3-29. Despatches 3-27 are from Captain Samuel Hennell, Political Resident, Persian Gulf, and were sent when the Residency was situated on the island of Karrack [Kharg, also known as Khark, also spelled Karrak in this item], following a dispute with Mirza Assad, the Governor of Bushire [Bushehr]. Despatches 28-29 are from Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Taylor, Political Agent in Turkish Arabia [Ottoman Iraq].Hennell’s despatches contain copies of correspondence, reports, translated letters and other documents, and include his extensive communications, including with:Khorshid Pasha [Khūrshid Pasha, also spelled Korshid and Koorshid in this item], Commander of the Egyptian Forces in Nedgd [Najd, also known as Nejd, also spelled Nedged, Nedge and Nedje in this item]Captain John Croft Hawkins, Commanding the HC [Honourable Company] Sloop of War
CliveThomas MacKenzie, Civil Surgeon to the Political Residency, Persian GulfShaik Jaber, the Chief of Koweit [Shaikh Jābir bin ‘Abdullāh Āl Ṣabāḥ of Kuwait]Thomas Edmunds, Assistant Resident, Persian GulfLieutenant-Colonel Justin Sheil, HM Chargé d’Affaires at the Court of Persia [Iran]Mahomed Effendi, [Muḥammad Effendi] ‘the Confidential Agent of Khorshid Pasha’ (f 327)Shaik Abdoollah bin Ahmed [Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Aḥmad Āl Khalīfah] Chief of Bahrein [Bahrain]George Barnes Brucks, Commodore of the Squadron of the Indian Navy in the Persian GulfLieutenant-Colonel James Shirreff, Commanding the Detachment at KarrackThe Native Agent at Shargah [Sharjah]The Governor of MuscatNative Agent at MuscatArab Maritime Chiefs of varying seniorityLieutenant-Colonel Patrick Campbell, HM Consul General in EgyptMeerza Mahomed Ali [Mirza Muḥammad ʿAlī] British Agent at Bahrein [Bahrain].The main subjects covered are:The purported designs of Khorshid Pasha in relation to the island of Bahrein, including: the agreement between the Chief of Bahrein and Mahomed Effendi (ff 354-355) indicating the former’s ‘submission’ to Egypt; Hennell’s meeting with Mahomed Effendi at Karrack and correspondence with Khorshid Pasha; Khorshid Pasha’s insistence that Bahrein has agreed to pay tribute to Egypt as a dependency of Nedgd, but that he has no designs on the Persian GulfIntelligence, resulting from visits and tours of inspection, relating to the cooperation and assistance that Britain might expect from the Arab maritime chiefs in the event of any military operations being undertaken by, or to oppose, Egyptian forces, including reports by: Captain Hawkins, Commanding the
Clive(ff 295-296); Mr MacKenzie, Civil Surgeon of the Residency, on the HC Schooner
Emily(f 295); and the Assistant Resident, accompanying Rear-Admiral Sir Frederick Maitland on his tour of the Arabian Coast in HMS
Wellesley(ff 303-321)British efforts, at a meeting in Rusul Khyma [Ra's al Khaymah, also spelled Rasul Khyma and Ras-ul-Khyma in this item], to influence the major Arab maritime chiefs to: end their ‘internecine’ conflicts; unite against potential Egyptian territorial encroachment; and be aware that submission or providing assistance to Egypt is not in their interests as it is in opposition to British policyThe movements of Sued ben Mootluk [Sa‘d bin Mutlaq al-Muṭayrī, spelled in multiple variant forms in this item], an officer formerly in the service of the ex-Wahabee [Wahhabi] leader Fysul [Amir Fayṣal bin Turki bin Abdullāh Āl Sa‘ūd], and self-professed agent of Khorshid Pasha (f 359), notably with regard to his: activities in Shargah; unsuccessful attempt to take the fort of Braymee [Al Buraymi]; claims to have taken charge of the government of Oman; arrival in Ras-ul-Khyma; purported aim to effect the submission of MuscatAscertainment of the position of the Sheik of Koweit with regard to the demands of Mahomed Effendi to supply grain and to supress local opposition to Khorshid PashaThe relations between the Political Residency, Persian Gulf, with Mirza Assad, the Governor of Bushire [Bushehr], and with the authorities at Shiraz, notably: instructions from Sheil to Hennell: not to impose a blockade of Bushire; and to suspend all official communications with the Government of Shiraz following the departure of the British Mission from Tehran (f 348) and break in diplomatic relations with PersiaThe departure of Shaik Nassir [Shaikh Nāṣir Āl Mazkūr II, a former Governor of Bushire] from Karrack on 18 April 1839, following a decision by Lieutenant-Colonel Shirreff that his presence compromised the safety and security of the force on the islandRumours, and their contradiction, of alleged Persian attempts to prevent supplies reaching KarrackCommunications between Hennell and Commodore Brucks regarding: the number of vessels of war needed for security and communications purposes in the Persian Gulf; whether the
Elphinstone,
Cliveand
Tigriscan, in turn, be released for repairs in Bombay; the powers the Indian Navy can use to protect merchant ships threatened by hostile forces; the method merchant ships expected at Bushire from India should use to discharge and load their cargo whilst relations with Shiraz are suspendedThe difference of opinion between Shirreff and Hennell (and Brucks) regarding the prospect of a serious attack on the Karrak station by sea.Physical description: The despatch itself (not included) is numbered 1, the abstract of contents 2, and the enclosures 3, 4, etc. The numbers listed in the abstract of contents are recorded for reference on the verso of the last folio of each enclosure, along with a summary description of each enclosure.