‘Persian Gulf. A maritime irregularity committed in the Gulf, reported by the Resident. Question whether the chiefs are in all cases to be held responsible for the irregularities of their subjects in the - .’
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- ‘Persian Gulf. A maritime irregularity committed in the Gulf, reported by the Resident. Question whether the chiefs are in all cases to be held responsible for the irregularities of their subjects in the - .’
- Date:
- 1853/1853
- Description:
- Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, minutes, and consultations cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors. These political letters appear in IOR/F/4/2550/149197. It is the thirteenth in a series of sixteen items on the Persian Gulf.The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf; Commodore George Robinson, Commanding Indian Naval Squadron in the Persian Gulf; and Sheikh Mahomed bin Khuleefa, Chief of Bahrein [Shaikh Muḥammad bin Khalīfah Āl Khalīfah, Ruler of Bahrain].The item concerns an incident in which an inhabitant of Shargah [Sharjah] named Mahomed ben Fullah [Muḥammad bin Falāḥ] attacked a vessel from Smaysmah [Sumaysimah], on the coast of Guttur [Qatar], capturing two enslaved persons and other property, and injuring two of the crew. In response, the people of Smaysmah captured a vessel from Russul Khymah [Ra’s al-Khaymah]. Kemball instructs Robinson to obtain restitution for both incidents from the responsible rulers, Sheikh Sultan ben Sugger [Shaikh Sulṭān I bin Ṣaqr al-Qāsimī], Chief of Russul Khymah, and Sheikh Mahomed bin Khuleefa, Chief of Bahrein. Sheikh Mahomed pays what is demanded of him, but protests at being held directly responsible for the actions of his dependents at Smaysmah.The item includes a list of the articles held by the vessel from Russul Khymah captured by the people of Smaysmah (f 587).The item contains a table of contents (f 575), and the title page (f 574) contains the following references: Draft Number ‘358 - 1854’, ‘Collection No. 10 of No. 109 of 1853. Vol. 13’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’. The collection number was originally given as ‘1’ but this has been crossed out and replaced with ‘10’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 574 and terminates at f 597, 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:
- Seizure of vessels and cargoes
Compensation - Geographic region:
- Guttur
- Rights:
- المُلكية العامة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100108905488.0x000001_ar
81055/vdc_100108905488.0x000001_en
IOR/F/4/2550/149209
IOR/F/4/2550/149209