‘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, 13 November 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-third in a series of fifty-nine items on events in the Persian Gulf.The item contains several letters from the Government of Bombay, all dated 7 October 1847. The letters comprise:Three letters to Major Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, acknowledging receipt of his letters regarding: the Company ships Elphinstoneand Mahi; the peaceful state of the Gulf; and the recent peace between Sheikh Mahomed bin Khuleefa [Shaikh Muḥammad bin Khalīfah Āl Khalīfah, Shaikh of Bahrain] and Ameer Fysul, the Wahabee ruler [Amīr Fayṣal bin Turkī bin ‘Abdullāh Āl Sa‘ūd, leader of the Wahhābī]One letter to Commodore Sir Robert Oliver, Superintendent of the Indian Navy, forwarding him an extract of Hennell’s letter regarding the outbreak of cholera on-board the Mahi(Hennell’s letter not present)One letter to the Medical Board, Bombay, forwarding a letter from Hennell regarding the outbreak of cholera in Arabia, Turkish Arabia [Ottoman Iraq] and Persia [Iran] (Hennell’s letter not present)One letter to Commander Edward Peirse, HM sloop Cruizer, acknowledging receipt of his letter regarding the recent proceedings of the Cruizerin the GulfOne letter to the Government of India, transmitting copies of several of Hennell’s letters as well as Peirse’s letter (Hennell’s letters not present).The title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Bombay Political Department’, ‘Draft No. 345/48’, ‘Collection No. 2 of No. 139, Vol: 33.’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 429, and terminates at f 434, 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:

Letters (documents)
Reports
Administration

Geographic region:

Persian Gulf

Rights:

رخصة حكومة مفتوحة

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100098004825.0x000001_ar
81055/vdc_100098004825.0x000001_en
IOR/F/4/2238/112354
IOR/F/4/2238/112354

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