'Persian Gulf. Commodore Porter’s tour of the Arabian Coast.'

Title:

'Persian Gulf. Commodore Porter’s tour of the Arabian Coast.'

Date:

1850/1850

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/4/2416/130506. It is the eighth in a series of twenty-eight items on the Persian Gulf.The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf; and Commodore John Patterson Porter, Commanding the Indian Naval Squadron, Persian Gulf.The item contains Commodore Porter’s report of his tour of the Arabian coast of the Gulf, with details of his interviews with a number of the rulers, or their representatives, and with Moollah Houssein [Mullā Ḥusayn], the Agent at Shargah. Topics discussed include the situation in Braimee [Al Buraymi], and a dispute between dependents of the rulers of Debaye [Dubai] and Aboothabee [Abu Dhabi].Also included are:Commodore Porter’s instructions to Lieutenant James Tronson, commanding HC brig Euphrates, for proceeding to Bahrein [Bahrain], which Porter was unable to do during his tourA list of the presents given to the rulers of the Arabian coast in 1850.The item contains a table of contents (f 511), and the title page (f 510) contains the following references: ‘Dft. No. 424 of 1851’, Collection No. 1, Vol. 8’, and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 510 and terminates at f 522, 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:

Tours
Gifts

Geographic region:

Braimee
Trucial Coast

Rights:

رخصة حكومة مفتوحة

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100108386898.0x000001_ar
81055/vdc_100108386898.0x000001_en
IOR/F/4/2416/130513
IOR/F/4/2416/130513

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