‘Persian Gulf. Piracy.’

Title:

‘Persian Gulf. Piracy.’

Date:

1845/1846

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 fourteenth in a series of forty-five items on the Persian Gulf. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; the Government of India; and Major Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf.The item concerns Hennell’s efforts to obtain redress for an act of ‘piracy’ said to have been committed by a subject of Shaik Mahomed bin Khaleefa [Shaikh Muḥammad bin Khalīfah Āl Khalīfah] of Bahrein [Bahrain], named Mayoof [Ma‘yūf].There is also a letter from the Government of India acknowledging receipt of a despatch from the Government of Bombay relating to the ‘hostile intentions recently evinced by the Wahabee Chief [Emir of Najd] against the possessions of the Imaum [Imām] of Muscat.’The item contains a table of contents (f 387), and the title page (f 386) contains the following references: ‘P C [Previous Communication] 5507, Coll. 7, Vol. 14’, ‘D/t 197/47’, ‘Collection No. 2 of No. 53’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 386 and terminates at f 391, 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:

Compensation

Rights:

رخصة حكومة مفتوحة

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100098591653.0x000001_ar
81055/vdc_100098591653.0x000001_en
IOR/F/4/2174/105559
IOR/F/4/2174/105559

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