‘Persian Gulf. Vol: 10’

Title:

‘Persian Gulf. Vol: 10’

Date:

1838/1838

Description:

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 main correspondents are: Captain Samuel Hennell, British Resident in the Persian Gulf; Mirza Mahomed Ally [Ali], British Agent at Bahrein [Bahrain]; the Government of Bombay; and Reuben bin Aslan, British Agent at Muscat. It is the tenth in a series of ten items on the Persian Gulf (the others are IOR/F/4/1767/72461, IOR/F/4/1767/72462, IOR/F/4/1767/72463, IOR/F/4/1767/72464, IOR/F/4/1767/72465, IOR/F/4/1767/72466, IOR/F/4/1767/72467, IOR/F/4/72468, and IOR/F/4/1767/72469).The item concerns:The progress of Egyptian troops towards Lahsa [Al Hasa]Inquiries by Abdoolla bin Ahmed [Shaikh ‘Abdullah bin Ahmad Al Khalifah, Shaikh of Bahrain] about Bahrein becoming a British ProtectorateThe plunder of a buggara [baqqarah] from Aboothabee [Abu Dhabi] by a subject of Abdoolla bin Ahmed, and the return of the cargo takenThe reception of the Americans from the US man of war Columbiaat Muscat by the sons of the Imaum of Muscat [Sayyid Sa’id bin Sultan Al Bu Sa’id, Imam of Muscat]Reuben bin Aslan’s request that the Bombay Government pay for the repair of his house.The item contains a contents page, and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft 550, 1839, P.C. [Previous Communication] 2491’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 864 and terminates at f 875, as it was originally 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.

Language:

English

Type:

Archival item

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Bilateral relations
Repair and reconstruction
Seizure of property

Geographic region:

Bahrein
Muscat

Rights:

رخصة حكومة مفتوحة

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000001878.0x000121_ar
81055/vdc_100000001878.0x000121_en
IOR/F/4/1767/72470
IOR/F/4/1767/72470

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