‘Persian Gulf. State of Affairs in the-’

Title:

‘Persian Gulf. State of Affairs in the-’

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 thirty-second in a series of fifty-nine items on events in the Persian Gulf.The item contains a letter from Edward Peirse, Commander, Cruizer, to Commodore Sir Henry Martin Blackwood, dated 20 September 1847. Peirse reports on the Cruizer’s recent tour which included stops at: Muscat; Bunder Abbass [Bandar-e ʻAbbas]; Bassadore [Basaʻidu]; Bushire [Bushehr]; and Shargah [Sharjah]. His letter relays news from the region, particularly the recent advance into Nedgd [Najd] by the Shirreef of Mecca [Sharīf of Mecca] and the impact of this on the influence of the Wahabee [Wahhābī]. He also notes the various reactions to this news amongst the rulers of: Bahrein [Bahrain]; Aboothabee [Abu Dhabi]; Debaye [Dubai]; Amulgavine [Umm al-Qaywayn]; and Shargah and Rasel Kymah [Ra’s al-Khaymah]. Peirse’s letter also touches on activities connected to the ‘slave trade’ [trade in enslaved people].The title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Bombay Political Department’, ‘Draft No. 345/48’, ‘Collection No. 2 of No. 118, Vol: 32.’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 424, and terminates at f 428, 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:

Reports

Geographic region:

Persian Gulf

Rights:

رخصة حكومة مفتوحة

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100098004813.0x000001_ar
81055/vdc_100098004813.0x000001_en
IOR/F/4/2238/112353
IOR/F/4/2238/112353

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