‘Vol 1 Affairs of the Persian Gulf’

Title:

‘Vol 1 Affairs of the Persian Gulf’

Date:

1843/1844

Description:

Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, minutes, and consultations, cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. It is the first in a series of eleven items about the Persian Gulf (the others are IOR/F/4/2050/93534, 93535, 93536, 93537, 93538, 93539, 93540, 93541, 93542, and 93543). The correspondent is the Government of Bombay.The item concerns:Incidents of ‘piracy’ across the Persian GulfRelations between sheiks Mahomed bin Khuleefa [Shaikh Muḥammed bin Khalīfah Āl Khalīfah], Essa bin Tareef [Shaikh ‘Īsá bin Ḥamad bin Ṭarīf Āl Bin 'Alī al-'Utbī], and Abdullah bin Ahmed [Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Aḥmad Āl Khalīfah]Relations between the Wahabee [Wahabi] ruler Ameer Fysul [Amir Fayṣal bin Turki bin Abdullāh Āl Sa‘ūd], and Syed Soweynee [Sayyid Thuwaini bin Sa‘īd Āl Bū Sa‘īd], acting for the Imaum [Imam] of Muscat [Sayyid Sa‘īd bin Sulṭān Āl Bū Sa‘īd]The wreck of the brig Mary Mullaby[ Mary Mallaby] and a possible robbery or insurance fraud connected with the wreckThe conduct of Mirza Mahomed Ali [Mīrza Muḥammed ‘Alī], the Native Agent at Bahrein [Bahrain] with regard to interfering in the politics of BahreinThe evacuation of the island of Kharrack [Jazīreh-ye Khārk] by its inhabitantsThe number and quality of vessels deployed in the Persian Gulf and the Red SeaA possible fraud connected with the vessel Narrayen Pursud [Nārayaṇa Parsād].The papers which were enclosed in the letters are in the other volumes in the series. The item includes a contents page, and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Coll No [Collection Number] 1, Draft 558, P.C. [Previous Communication] 4291, [Season 18]44’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 251 and terminates at f 314, 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:

Shipwrecks
Piracy
Bilateral relations
Insurance
King of Bahrain

Geographic region:

Muscat
Bahrein

Rights:

رخصة حكومة مفتوحة

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000006455.0x000001_ar
81055/vdc_100000006455.0x000001_en
IOR/F/4/2050/93533
IOR/F/4/2050/93533

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