‘Persian Gulf Relative to occurrences amongst the Maritime Tribes of Oman.-’
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- ‘Persian Gulf Relative to occurrences amongst the Maritime Tribes of Oman.-’
- Date:
- 1853/1853
- Description:
- Abstract: The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence cited in, or enclosed with, a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, dated 28 April 1854, and found at IOR/F/4/2575/152543. It is the eighth in a series of thirteen items about the Persian Gulf.The item contains a letter from Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to the Government of Bombay, dated 9 November 1853, forwarding three letters from Hajee Yacoob [Ḥājjī Ya‘qūb], the British Agent at Shargah [Sharjah]. Hajee Yacoob reports on recent events involving:Inhabitants and subjects of Rusul Khymah [Ra’s al-Khaymah, multiple renderings in text], Aboothabee [Abu Dhabi], Shargah, Debaie [Dubai], the Monasir [Manāṣīr] tribe and numerous tribes of OmanRelations between Abdullah bin Fysul [‘Abdullāh bin Fayṣal, Wahhābi commander], Syed Soweynee [Sayyid Thuwaynī bin Sa‘īd Āl Bū Sa‘īd], and sheikhs [shaikhs] of the above places and tribes.The title page of the item contains the following references: 'Bombay Political Department', 'P.C. [Previous Communication] 8964', Draft Number '908 [18]54', 'Collection No. 1 of No. 32 of 1854', 'Vol: 8', and 'Examiner's Office'. Originally, the Collection number was given as '8' but this has been crossed out and replaced with '1'.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 318, and terminates at f 328, 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:
- Political intelligence
Bilateral relations - Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100108938445.0x000001_ar
81055/vdc_100108938445.0x000001_en
IOR/F/4/2575/152550
IOR/F/4/2575/152550