‘Persian Gulf Tranquillity of the – Vol: 1’
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- ‘Persian Gulf Tranquillity of the – Vol: 1’
- Date:
- 1846/1847
- Description:
- Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, consultations, and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai]. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Major Samuel Hennell, British Resident in the Persian Gulf; and Lieutenant John Stephens, commanding the East India Company sloop of war Clive. It is the first in a series of twenty items on the Persian Gulf (the others are IOR/F/4/2180/106056, IOR/F/4/2180/106057, IOR/F/4/2180/106058, IOR/F/4/2180/106059, IOR/F/4/2180/106060, IOR/F/4/2181/106061, IOR/F/4/2181/106062, IOR/F/4/2181/106063, IOR/F/4/2181/106064, IOR/F/4/2181/106065, IOR/F/4/2181/106066, IOR/F/4/2181/106067, IOR/F/4/2181/106068, IOR/F/4/2181/106069, IOR/F/4/2181/106070, IOR/F/4/2181/106071, IOR/F/4/2181/106072, IOR/F/4/2181/106073, and IOR/F/4/2181/106074).The item concerns:The generally peaceful aspect of the GulfThe hostilities between the Wahabee [Wahhābi] Governor of Kateef [Qatif] [‘Abdullāh bin Sa‘d al-Mudāwī] and the Sheik of Bahrein [Shaikh Muḥammed bin Khalīfah Āl Khalīfah, Shaikh of Bahrain]Preparations for hostilities by the shaikhs of Aboothabee [Sa‘īd bin Ṭaḥnūn Āl Nahyān, Shaikh of Abu Dhabi] and Ras el Khyme [Shaikh Sulṭān I bin Ṣaqr al-Qāsimī, Shaikh of Ra’s al-Khaymah] against Debaye [Dubai] and Amulgavine [Umm al-Qaywayn]A request for compensation by the British from the chiefs of Asseeloo [Bandar-e Asaluyeh] and Nukheelve [Bandar-e Nakhilu]The movement of East India Company ships in the GulfEntry of Samaad Aga [Ṣamad Āghā] into Bushire [Bushehr]The punishment of those involved in the outrage perpetrated on Shaik Yoosuf bin Suggur [Shaikh Yūsuf bin Ṣaqr], commander of a British merchant shipAccusations by Saeed bin Tahnoon [Sa‘īd bin Ṭaḥnūn Āl Nahyān], later withdrawn, that the British Agent at Sharjah, Moolla Hossein [Mullā Ḥusayn], had been taking bribes to suppress informationA complaint made by Lieutenant Stephens against the British Agent at Bahrain, Hajee Jassim [Ḥājī Jāsim], about a breach of etiquette.The item contains a contents page, and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft 282/47, P.C. [Previous Communication] 5573, Coll[ection]: 9, Collection No 1 of No 136’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 872, and terminates at f 886, 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 volume also contains an original pagination sequence.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival item
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Allegations
Battles
Corporal punishment
Territorial disputes - Geographic region:
- Bahrein
Bushire - Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100098464358.0x000001_ar
81055/vdc_100098464358.0x000001_en
IOR/F/4/2180/106055
IOR/F/4/2180/106055