‘Persian Gulf – Affairs of. Vol: 2’

Title:

‘Persian Gulf – Affairs of. Vol: 2’

Date:

1842/1843

Description:

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 correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Lieutenant Colonel Henry Robertson, Officiating Resident in the Persian Gulf; Hajjee Jassim [Ḥājī Jāsim], British Agent at Bahrein [Bahrain]; and Moollah Hoossein [Mullā Ḥusayn], British Agent at Shargah [Sharjah]. It is the second in a series of six items on the Persian Gulf (the others are IOR/F/4/2005/89510, IOR/F/4/2005/89512, IOR/F/4/2005/89513, IOR/F/4/2005/89514, and IOR/F/4/2006/89515).The item concerns:A projected attack on Bahrein [Bahrain] 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]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], and instructions issued by Robertson to Lieutenant Arnold Burrowes Kemball about how to proceed on this matterAn improvement in relations between the Residency at Bushire [Bushehr] and the local population and garrison of the town, including a request by Robertson to re-open a gateway in the town wallThe suggestion of Colonel Justin Sheil, Her Majesty’s Chargé d’Affaires at Tehran, that Robertson should send a present to the Prince of Shiraz.The item includes a contents page and 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 789 and terminates at f 838, 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.

Language:

English

Type:

Archival item

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Territorial disputes
Local relations
Governor of Bushire
Ruler of Ra's al-Khaymah and Sharjah
Emir of Umm al-Qaywayn

Geographic region:

Bushire
Bahrein

Rights:

رخصة حكومة مفتوحة

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000000344.0x0002b9_ar
81055/vdc_100000000344.0x0002b9_en
IOR/F/4/2005/89511
IOR/F/4/2005/89511

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