‘Persian Gulf Relative to the want of adequate means to coerce the Amaieer Chief for piracies Committed by him-’
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- ‘Persian Gulf Relative to the want of adequate means to coerce the Amaieer Chief for piracies Committed by him-’
- Date:
- 1853/1854
- Description:
- Abstract: The item contains a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, 29 August 1854. Some enclosures to the Political Letter are included in the item, with further enclosures found at IOR/F/4/2586/154788-IOR/F/4/2586/154794. The item is the first in a series of nine items on events in the Persian Gulf 1853-54.The enclosures in this item consist of copies and extracts of correspondence, minutes and resolutions and are dated 2 September 1853-August 1854. The correspondents include: Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf; Rear-Admiral Sir Henry John Leeke, Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Navy; the Court of Directors; and the governments of Bombay and India. The contents relate to:Acts of 'piracy' committed by Humud bin Mujdell, Amaieer 'Chief' of Jumna [Ḥamad bin Majdal al-‘Umayrī, ‘Amāyir Ruler of Jana] in 1851 and 1854, as well as his involvement in the trade in enslaved peopleActions taken by the Government of Bombay and by Kemball to retrieve property stolen by Humud bin Mujdell and to locate the people sold into slaveryCommunications with the Sheik of Bahrein [Shaikh of Bahrain] to hold him partially responsible for allowing the sale of enslaved people in his territoryPossibility of the Indian Navy supplying extra vessels to bolster the Squadron in the Gulf to find and punish Humud bin MujdellCourt of Directors' criticism of the actions taken so far.Also included is copy of a statement by Alee bin Furraj [ʻAlī bin Farrāj] (folios 790-791), providing details of the attack on his ship bound from Koweit [Kuwait] to Bahrein, as well as a list of the cargo stolen and the merchants to whom the cargo belonged.The title page of the item contains the following references: 'Bombay Political Department', Draft Number '20 1855', 'in 8 Volumes', 'Collection No. 5 of No. 58 of 1854', 'Vol: 1' and 'Examiner's Office'. Originally, the Collection number was given as '1' but this has been crossed out and replaced with '5'.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 771, and terminates at f 798, 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:
- Slave trade
Persian Gulf Naval Squadron - Geographic region:
- Bahrein
- Rights:
- المُلكية العامة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100108940095.0x000001_ar
81055/vdc_100108940095.0x000001_en
IOR/F/4/2586/154786
IOR/F/4/2586/154786