‘Persian Gulf. Proceedings connected with the settlement of certain matters on the Arabian Coast.’
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- ‘Persian Gulf. Proceedings connected with the settlement of certain matters on the Arabian Coast.’
- Date:
- 1852/1852
- Description:
- Abstract: The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, 3 November 1852, and found at IOR/F/4/2504/142185. It is the fifth in a series of sixteen items about the Persian Gulf.The item relates to reports received by Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, from Commodore George Robinson, Commanding the Persian Gulf Squadron, and Hajee Yacoob [Ḥājjī Ya‘qūb], Native Agent at Shargah [Sharjah]. The reports concern a number of proven and alleged incidents, including:Plunder of cargo from the wreck of the Centaurby inhabitants of Rasel Khymah [Ra’s al-Khaymah]Act of aggression by the fishermen of Heera against those of Ejmaun [Ajman]Theft of enslaved people and property from a boat near Zanzibar by a Rasel Khymah vesselAttack on the household of Hajee Yacoob by inhabitants of Shargah, allegedly arranged by Sheik Abdullah ben Sultan [Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Sulṭān], Governor of ShargahTheft of an enslaved person who had run away from an Aboothabee [Abu Dhabi] vessel, by inhabitants of Debaye [Dubai]Theft of enslaved people from a Bidda [Al Bid‘] vessel, by people allegedly acting under orders of Syed ben Tahnoon [Shaikh Sa‘īd bin Ṭaḥnūn Āl Nahyān], Sheik of Aboothabee.The reports include details of communications Robinson and Hajee Yacoob have had with the numerous leaders of the above places, especially Sheik Sultan ben Suggur, 'Chief' of Rasel Khymah and the Joasmee [Shaikh Sulṭān I bin Ṣaqr al-Qāsimī, Leader of al-Qawāsim tribe, of Ra’s al-Khaymah and Sharjah], whose statement on the Zanzibar incident is enclosed (folios 1142-1143). Kemball forwards the reports on to the Government of Bombay, along with his own comments, which focus in particular on the incidents at Shargah and near Zanzibar. Kemball also includes copies of his replies to Robinson, which contain further instructions regarding the Company ships Cliveand Tigris.Kemball is also referred to as the Resident at Bushire and Hajee Yacoob is also referred to as the British Agent at Shargah. There are multiple spellings for individuals' names and place names.The title page of the item contains the following references: 'Bombay Political Department', 'Draft No. 350 of 1853', 'Collection No. 1 of No. 106', 'Vol: 5', and 'Examiner's Office'.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 1136, and terminates at f 1167, 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:
- Theft
Reports
Tribal relations
Ruler of Ra's al-Khaymah and Sharjah - Geographic region:
- Trucial Coast
Zanzibar - Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100108445519.0x000001_ar
81055/vdc_100108445519.0x000001_en
IOR/F/4/2504/142189
IOR/F/4/2504/142189