Bagdad and Persian Gulf Affairs

Title:

Bagdad and Persian Gulf Affairs

Date:

1840/1840

Description:

Abstract: This part of the volume consists of copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 15 of 1840, dated 31 March 1840. The enclosures are numbered 3-93 and are dated 18 September 1839 to 31 March 1840.The papers relate to Bagdad [Baghdad] and Persian Gulf affairs:The equipping and expenses of the Euphrates expeditionCapture of the fort of Ghuznee [Ghazni]Matters relating to the appointment of the British Agent at Muscat during the ‘unhealthy season’Copy of a diary kept by Captain Hammerton while residing at Shargah [Sharjah], from 27 November 1839 to 6 January 1840, as well as letters from the Native Agent at ShargahReport from the Resident in the Persian Gulf on his interviews with the Chiefs of Brymee [Al Buraymi]Letters from the Resident in the Persian Gulf to Korshid Pasha [Khūrshid Pāshā] and the Governor of Kuteef [Al-Qatif]Correspondence with HM Consul General in Egypt regarding the deputation of a mission to Muscat by HH the Sultan of MuscatCopy of despatches from Lieutenant-Colonel Shiel, HM Chargé d’Affaires at TehranPresents sent to the Sultan of Muscat by Korshid Pasha.On folio 142 a note in black ink states ‘The following enclosures to Bombay Secret Letter No. 15, dated 13th March 1840, are missing from the Collection below viz:- 7-9, 13, 15, 17-28, 30-1, 33-4, 36-7, & 39.’Physical description: 1 item (331 folios)

Language:

English

Type:

Archival item

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Diplomacy
Tribal relations

Geographic region:

Euphrates River
Buraimi
Muscat
Al-Qatif

Rights:

رخصة حكومة مفتوحة

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100152132028.0x000004_ar
81055/vdc_100152132028.0x000004_en
IOR/L/PS/5/382, ff 141-472
IOR/L/PS/5/382, ff 141-472

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