‘Persian Gulf – Affairs of – Vol: 4’

Title:

‘Persian Gulf – Affairs of – Vol: 4’

Date:

1844/1844

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 main correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Captain Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf; Lieutenant Arnold Burrows Kemball, Assistant Resident in the Persian Gulf. It is the fourth in a series of seven items on affairs of the Persian Gulf (the others are IOR/F/4/2077/95829, IOR/F/4/2077/95830, IOR/F/4/2077/95831, IOR/F/4/2077/95833, IOR/F/4/2077/95834, and IOR/F/4/2077/95835).The item concerns:The surrender of Demaum [Dammam] to Ameer Fysul [Amir Fayṣal bin Turkī bin 'Abdullāh Āl Sa'ūd]The affairs of the ex-Shaikh of Bahrain, Abdoollah bin Ahmed [Shaikh 'Abdullāh bin Aḥmad Āl Khalīfah], and Ameer Fysul’s offer to mediate between him and his great-nephewsKemball’s tour of the Gulf, and reports of his conversations about peace in the Gulf and the General Treaty with the Arab Tribes of the Persian Gulf with: Sheikh Mahomed bin Khuleefa [Shaikh Muḥammad bin Khalīfah Āl Khalīfah, Shaikh of Bahrain]; Shaikh Sultan bin Suggur of Ras el Khymah [Shaikh Sulṭān I bin Ṣaqr al-Qāsimī of Ra’s al-Khaymah]; Sheikh Abdoollah bin Rashid of Amulgavine [Shaikh 'Abdullāh bin Rāshid al-Mu'allā of Umm al-Qaywayn]; Sheikh Muktoon bin Butye of Dubaie [Shaikh Maktūm I bin Buṭṭī Āl Bū Falāseh of Dubai]; Sheikh Abdul Azeez bin Rashid of Ejman [Shaikh 'Abd al-'Azīz bin Rāshid al-Nu'aymī of Ajman]The British political response to the growing power of Ameer FysulThe attack by a Persian force from Kerman on Bunder Abass, and its subsequent retreat due to unrest in KermanThe incivility of the Governor of Fars, Meerza Nubbee Khan [Amir Divan Mirza Nabī Khan Qazwīnī] towards the Resident in the Persian Gulf, Captain Samuel HennellActs of ‘piracy’ committed by the subjects of Sultan bin SuggurThe acquisition in perpetuity of the English burial ground at Kharrack [Jazireh-ye Khark]Repairs to the Futhool Moobarukat Muscat, the subsequent loss of her cargo through shipwreck, and its recovery through the agency of Reuben Aslan, Native Agent at MuscatComplaints about extortion carried out by the farmer of customs at MuscatRegulating movements of the vessels of the Indian Navy in the Persian Gulf.The item includes a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft 78, P.C. [Previous Communication] 4624, [Season 18]45’, ‘Collection No 8 of No 68’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 228 and terminates at f 341, 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. The sequence contains one foliation anomaly: f 282a.Pagination: the volume also contains an original pagination sequence.

Language:

English

Type:

Archival item

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Territorial disputes
Civil unrest
Visits
Fayṣal bin Turki bin Abdullāh Āl Sa‘ūd
Prince-Governor of Fārs

Geographic region:

Muscat
Shiraz
Bahrein

Rights:

المُلكية العامة

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100054230970.0x000001_ar
81055/vdc_100054230970.0x000001_en
IOR/F/4/2077/95832
IOR/F/4/2077/95832

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