Bahrain Affairs

Title:

Bahrain Affairs

Date:

1860/1860

Description:

Abstract: Enclosures Nos. 3-8 to Despatch No. 25 from the Secret Department, Bombay Castle, dated 22 June 1860. The Enclosures are dated 2 February-12 June 1860. Received 27 July 1860.The Enclosures reflect British concern over the actions of the Ruler of Bahrain, Shaikh Mahomed ben Khuleefa [Muḥammad bin Khalīfah Āl Khalīfah]. The Ruler was accused by the British firstly of allowing his subjects to commit acts of piracy and brigandage that were likely to provoke conflict with the Wahabee [Wahhabi] Ruler in Nedjd [Najd], Ameer Fysul [Amir Faisal bin Turki bin Abdullah Āl Sa‘ūd], and secondly of attempting to surrender sovereignty over Bahrain to Persia (by allowing the Persian flag to fly over Bahrain), and to Turkey [the Ottoman Empire], by sealing a written act of submission and handing it over to Turkish emissaries.The papers include: despatches from Captain Felix Jones, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; correspondence between Jones and the Ruler of Bahrain; a report from Commander William Balfour, Senior Naval Officer Commanding Persian Gulf Squadron; précis of intelligence from Hajee Jassem, the British Agent at Bahrain; and resolution by the Honourable Board, dated 12 June 1860, approving the Political Resident's decision not to use force against the Ruler of Bahrain.Physical description: 1 item (49 folios)

Language:

English

Type:

Archival item

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Raids (Military science)
Piracy
Sovereignty
King of Bahrain

Geographic region:

Bahrein

Rights:

المُلكية العامة

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100081317367.0x000003_ar
81055/vdc_100081317367.0x000003_en
IOR/L/PS/5/504, ff 286-334
IOR/L/PS/5/504, ff 286-334

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