‘Persian Gulf. Amicable arrangement of the matters at issue between His Highness Syued Soweynee and the Wahabee Commander Abdulla bin Fysul.-’
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- ‘Persian Gulf. Amicable arrangement of the matters at issue between His Highness Syued Soweynee and the Wahabee Commander Abdulla bin Fysul.-’
- Date:
- 1853/1854
- Description:
- Abstract: The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence and resolutions, cited in, or enclosed with, a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, 29 August 1854. A copy of this letter can be found at IOR/F/4/2586/154786, alongside details of further enclosures. The item is the sixth in a series of nine items on events in the Persian Gulf 1853-54.The item relates to two reports forwarded by Commodore George Robinson, Commanding Persian Gulf Squadron, to Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf. The first report, written by Lieutenant Robert Austice Stradling, Commanding the Company schooner Constance, mentions:Expedition to Sohar [Suhar] by Ahmed ben Saidaree [Aḥmad bin Muḥammad al-Sudayrī], a Wahabee [Wahhābī] LieutenantDetails of the subsequent amicable settlement reached between Syed Thweeny [Sayyid Thuwaynī bin Sa‘īd Āl Bū Sa‘īd], Governor of Muscat, and Abdullah ben Fysul [‘Abdullāh bin Fayṣal], Wahabee commanderPlans of Abdullah ben Fysul to return to Nedjd [Najd] once Ahmed ben Saidaree returns to Brymee [Buraymī].The second report, written by Lieutenant David Rose Dakers, Commanding the Company ship Tigris, provides an update on the same situation. It also mentions:Action taken by Hajee Yacoob [Ḥājjī Ya‘qūb], Government Agent at Shargah [Sharjah], to retrieve indigo previously stolen the year before from the British ship, CentaurCurrent tensions between the sheikhs [shaikhs] of Debaie [Dubai] and ShargahConcerns that once the Wahabee 'chieftain' departs the region, the tensions will develop into conflict and that the Sheikh of Aboothabee [Abu Dhabi] would be expected to join the Sheikh of DebaieMoney restored to Mahomed ben Fullah [Muḥammad bin Falāḥ], previously involved in a 'piratical attack', because of his 'good behaviour'.Kemball forwards the reports, alongside his own comments, to the Government of Bombay who in turn forward them to the Government of India.The item contains multiple spellings for multiple personal and place names.The title page of the item contains the following references: 'Bombay Political Department', Draft Number '20 1855', 'Collection No. 5 of No. 58 of 1854', 'Vol: 5' and 'Examiner's Office'.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 867, and terminates at f 878, 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:
- Bilateral relations
- Geographic region:
- Persian Gulf
- Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100108940163.0x000001_ar
81055/vdc_100108940163.0x000001_en
IOR/F/4/2586/154791
IOR/F/4/2586/154791