Book 111: Letters Inward 1839

Title:

Book 111: Letters Inward 1839

Date:

1839/1839

Description:

Abstract: The volume consists of a few letters addressed to Samuel Hennell, the British Resident in the Persian Gulf. The main authors being Justin Sheil, HM Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary to the Court of Persia, based at Erzeroom; George Barnes Brucks, Commander of the Indian Naval Squadron in the Persian Gulf; Thomas Edmunds, Assistant Resident in the Persian Gulf; and Robert Taylor, Political Agent in Turkish Arabia, Baghdad.The correspondence concerns the consolidation of the conquest of Nejd [Najd] by Khorshid Pasha [Khūrshid Pāshā], and British efforts to prevent him from extending Egyptian influence — through submission or conquest — to Baghdad, Bussora [Basra], Bharein [Bahrain], and Oman. It also concerns the diplomatic rupture between the British Residency and the Persian authorities at Bushire, which results in the withdrawal of the Residency on 29 March 1839 to the island of Karrack [Khārk, Jazīreh-ye].Included within is a report from Thomas Edmunds on his visit to Bharein (to attempt to settle the dispute between Shaikh Abdollah bin Ahmed [‘Abdullāh bin Aḥmad Āl Khalīfah] and his former dependant Esa bin Tareef [‘Isá bin Ṭarīf]), and another report from him on Sir Frederick Maitland's tour of the Arabian Coast. A number of reports from John Croft Hawkins (Commander of the Clive) to George Barnes Brucks are also enclosed; these concern the state of Bushire subsequent to the removal of the Residency, provisions for the Clive, and a report on his visit to Koweit [Kuwait].Physical description: Foliation: The foliation sequence commences at the front cover and terminates at the last folio; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.The volume contains the following foliation corrections; f 10, and f 10A.Pagination: An original pagination sequence written in ink is also present in the volume between ff. 2-61. There are a number of gaps in the pagination indicating that a degree of weeding may have been undertaken.

Language:

English

Type:

Letter book

Type (Narrower):

Letters

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Imperial rivalry
Royal Navy, Commander-in-Chief, East Indies and China Station
Commander-in-Chief of Egyptian Forces in Central Arabia

Geographic region:

Bussora
Nejd
Bharein

Rights:

المُلكية العامة

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000000193.0x000036_ar
81055/vdc_100000000193.0x000036_en
IOR/R/15/1/81
IOR/R/15/1/81

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