‘Persian Gulf. Beneyas Tribes.’

Title:

‘Persian Gulf. Beneyas Tribes.’

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 twenty-first 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; Moullah Houssein, Agent at Shargah [Sharjah]; Commodore John Patterson Porter, Commanding Indian Naval Squadron, Persian Gulf; Lieutenant James Tronson, commanding HC brig Euphrates; and Commander Archibald Macdonald, commanding HC steam frigate Auckland.The item concerns an attack carried out by a party of the Beniyas [Banī Yās] tribe against two boats from Himreyah [Al Hamriyah, also rendered as Himreya in the item], which were anchored along the coast between Aboothabee [Abu Dhabi] and Debaye [Dubai, also rendered as Debai in the item]. Hennell demands reparation from Sheik Saeed ben Tahnoon [Shaikh Sa‘īd bin Ṭaḥnūn Āl Nahyān], ‘Chief’ of Aboothabee [also referred to as the ‘Beniyas Chief’], and sends the vessels Tigris, Euphrates,and Aucklandto Aboothabee to enforce this.Other topics discussed in this item include:Further attacks on vessels carried out by subjects of the rulers of Aboothabee and DebayeThe activities of Sheik Saeed ben Tahnoon at Brymee [Al Buraymi]The seizure, by some subjects of the Sheik of Debai, of a letter and presents sent by Hennell to Sheik Saeed ben TahnoonThe acts of ‘piracy’ committed by Soheil ben Ateish [Suhayl bin ‘Uṭaysh, also referred to as Sahib bin Hatish and Sahib bin Atish in the item].The item contains a table of contents (f 635), and the title page (f 634) contains the following references: ‘Dft. No. 424 of 1851’, Collection No. 1, Vol. 21’, and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 634 and terminates at f 653, 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:

Compensation
Seizure of vessels and cargoes

Geographic region:

Trucial Coast
Aboothabee

Rights:

رخصة حكومة مفتوحة

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100108387115.0x000001_ar
81055/vdc_100108387115.0x000001_en
IOR/F/4/2416/130526
IOR/F/4/2416/130526

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