‘Persian Gulf. Shargah’
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- ‘Persian Gulf. Shargah’
- Date:
- 1847/1847
- Description:
- Abstract: The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence cited in, or enclosed with, a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, 30 September 1847. A copy of this Political Letter can be found at IOR/F/4/2238/112322, alongside details of further enclosures. The item is the twenty-ninth in a series of fifty-nine items on events in the Persian Gulf.The item relates to a letter from Moollah Houssein [Mullā Ḥusayn], Native Agent at Shargah [Sharjah], to Major Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, dated 13 August 1847. The letter reports that Syf bin Humood [Sayf bin Ḥammūd], son of Syed Humood bin Azan the Chief of Sohar [Sayyid Ḥammūd bin ‘Azzān Āl Bū Sa‘īd, Shaikh of Suhar], had successfully escaped imprisonment and expelled his captor, Khuleelee [Khalīlī], the leader of the Mootawah [Muṭawwa‘īn]. Details of various parties involved are also provided. In forwarding a copy of this to the Government of Bombay, Hennell adds his intention not to interfere in the affair and also comments on how the affair relates to Syed Saad [Sayyid Sa‘īd bin Sulṭān Āl Bū Sa‘īd], the Imam of Muscat.The title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Bombay Political Department’, ‘Draft No. 345/48’, ‘Collection No. 2 of No. 118, Vol: 29.’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 410, and terminates at f 414, 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 item also contains an original pagination sequence.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival item
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Territorial disputes
- Geographic region:
- Sohar
- Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100098004765.0x000001_ar
81055/vdc_100098004765.0x000001_en
IOR/F/4/2238/112350
IOR/F/4/2238/112350