‘Persian Gulf. Affairs of. Vol: 2’

Title:

‘Persian Gulf. Affairs of. Vol: 2’

Date:

1846/1846

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 main correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Major Samuel Hennell, British Resident in the Persian Gulf; Haji Jassim [Ḥājī Jāsim], British Agent at Bahrain; and Moollah Houssein [Mullā Ḥusayn], British Agent at Sharjah. It is the second in a series of twenty items on the Persian Gulf (the others are IOR/F/4/2180/106055, 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 hostilities between the Wahabee [Wahhābi] Governor of Kateef [Qatif], Saad bin Abdullah Moodawee [‘Abdullāh bin Sa‘d al-Mudāwī], and the Sheik of Bahrein [Shaikh Muḥammed bin Khalīfah Āl Khalīfah, Shaikh of Bahrain], including a brief description of two battles which took place near Tirhoot [Tarout], and a description of the blockade of Kateef enforced by the Sheik of Bahrein and Esa bin Tareef [Shaikh ‘Īsá bin Ḥamad bin Ṭarīf Āl Bin ‘Alī al-‘Utbī]Entry of Samaad Aga [Ṣamad Āghā] into Bushire [Bushehr], and relations between Sheik Nasir, Governor of Bushire [Shaikh Nāṣir II Āl Mazkūr] and the Governor of Fars [Muḥammad Ḥusayn Khān Muqaddam Marāgha'i]A dispute over a debtor from Debaye [Dubai] who was planning to take refuge at Shargah [Sharjah]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 and Amulgavine [Umm al-Qaywayn]Naval assistance given by Commodore Hawkins to the Governor of Fars to exact compensation from the chiefs of Asseloo [Bandar-e Asaluyeh], Nukheeloo [Bandar-e Nakhilu], and Cheroo [Bandar-e Chiru’iyeh] for their subjects’ actions in multiple ‘piracies’.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]: 10, Collection No 2 of No 140’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 887, and terminates at f 927, 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:

Battles
Debt recovery
Territorial disputes
King of Bahrain

Geographic region:

Bahrein
Bushire
Kateef

Rights:

غير معروف

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100098464558.0x000001_ar
81055/vdc_100098464558.0x000001_en
IOR/F/4/2180/106056
IOR/F/4/2180/106056

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