Vol 89 Translation Book, 1835 (native letters inward)

Title:

Vol 89 Translation Book, 1835 (native letters inward)

Date:

1835/1835

Description:

Abstract: The volume consists of substances of, and translations of, native letters (i.e. correspondence in Arabic or Persian) sent to the British Resident in the Persian Gulf. The majority of these are from native agents serving the British in the Gulf at Bahrein [Bahrain], Muscat, Sharjah, Shiraz, Lingah [Bandar-e-Lengeh].The first part of the volume mainly contains updates on the political situation in Persia in 1834, when Ally Shah [Ali Shah], brother of the late Shah Abbas Mirza, was trying to oppose to the succession of Prince Royal Mohammed, before he surrendered and Mohammed become Shah.The main topic in the later letters is the piracy instigated by the Beniyas [Bani Yas] tribe under their Chief, Shaikh Khuleefa ben Shackboot [Khalīfah bin Shakhbūṭ] of Aboothabee [Abu Dhabi], and British intervention to suppress them.Also included are communications from local rulers in the Gulf region: Sultan ben Sugger [Sulṭān bin Saqr], Chief of the Joasmees [Qawāsim]; Shaikh Khuleefa bin Shaskboot [Shakhbūṭ] of Abothabee [Abu Dhabi], Chief of the Beniyas [Bani Yas], and letters from merchants at Shiraz, Isfahan and Bushire.Physical description: Pagination: There is a pagination sequence, which appears in the top right corners of the rectos and in the top left corners of the versos.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 of the back cover, on number 111.

Language:

English

Type:

Letter book

Type (Narrower):

Letters

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

أمير نجد
عباس ميرزا
حسين علي ميرزا فرمان فرما
محمد شاه
القواسم (قبيلة)
الوهابيون (قبيلة)

Geographic region:

Isfahan
Persia
Sheraz
Tehrān

Rights:

رخصة حكومة مفتوحة

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000000193.0x000029_ar
81055/vdc_100000000193.0x000029_en
IOR/R/15/1/68
IOR/R/15/1/68

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