Persian Gulf Affairs
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- Persian Gulf Affairs
- Date:
- 1839/1839
- Description:
- Abstract: The item comprises:Two letters from Thomas Henry Maddock, Secretary to the Government of India with the Governor-General, to John Pollard Willoughby, Secretary to the Government, Bombay [Mumbai], notably relating to: British policy regarding the potential conflict between the Sheik of Bahrein [Shaikh of Bahrain] with the ‘fugitive’ subject Esa bin Tareef [Shaikh ‘Īsá bin Ḥamad bin Ṭarīf Āl Bin ‘Alī al-‘Utbī]; the threatened invasion of Bahrein by Khoorshid Pasha, [Khūrshid Pasha], Commander of Egyptian Forces in Nejde [Najd, also known as Nejd]; and the Governor-General’s objection to a suggestion,by the Resident in the Persian Gulf at Karrak [Kharg, also known as Khark] to blockade the port of Bushire [Bushehr]The substance of a letter from the Native Agent at Muscat to the Persian [Iranian] Secretary to the Government, notably relating to: the policy of the Imaum [Imam] of Muscat regarding the territorial encroachments of Khoorshid Pasha in the Persian Gulf; the Imaum’s refusal to provide the assistance demanded by Khoorshid Pasha; and the activities of Saad Bin Mutluck [Sa‘d bin Muṭlaq al-Muṭayrī], who claims he has been appointed Governor of Oman by Khoorshid Pasha and has demanded tribute to be paid to the latter by the principal sheiks [shaikhs] in the Persian Gulf which had formely been paid to Fysul [Amir Fayṣal bin Turki bin Abdullāh Āl Sa‘ūd].Physical description: 1 item (5 folios)
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival item
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Bilateral relations
Political conflicts - Geographic region:
- Bahrain
Persian Gulf - Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100126288479.0x000003_ar
81055/vdc_100126288479.0x000003_en
IOR/L/PS/5/376, ff 216-221
IOR/L/PS/5/376, ff 216-221