‘Persian Gulf, Affairs of -’
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- ‘Persian Gulf, Affairs of -’
- Date:
- 1845/1845
- Description:
- Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, minutes, and consultations cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. These political letters appear in IOR/F/4/2174/105546. It is the third in a series of forty-five items on the Persian Gulf. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Major Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf; and Lieutenant John Stephens, Senior Naval Officer in the Persian Gulf.The item concerns intelligence received from Moollah Houssein [Mullā Ḥusayn], Native Agent at Shargah [Sharjah], regarding the unstable state of Aboothabee [Abu Dhabi], and the action taken by Major Hennell and Lieutenant Stephens to support the authority of Shaik Saeed bin Tahnoon, Shaik of the Beniyas [Shaikh Sa‘īd bin Ṭaḥnūn Āl Nahyān, Ruler of Abu Dhabi].The item contains a table of contents (f 289), and the title page (f 288) contains the following references: ‘P C [Previous Communication] 5507, Coll. 7, Vol. 3’, ‘D/t 197/47’, ‘Collection No. 2 of No. 20’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 288 and terminates at f 296, 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 file
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Emir of Abu Dhabi, Āl Nahyān dynasty
- Geographic region:
- Aboothabee
- Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100098591266.0x000001_ar
81055/vdc_100098591266.0x000001_en
IOR/F/4/2174/105548
IOR/F/4/2174/105548