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1. 'Persian Gulf Gazetteer. Part I. Historical and Political Materials. Précis of Koweit Affairs, 1896-1904'
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- Abstract: The volume, stamped ‘Secret’ on the front cover and frontispiece, is part 1 (historical and political materials) of a précis of Kuwait (spelt Koweit throughout) affairs for the years 1896-1904. It was prepared by Jerome Antony Saldanha of the Bombay Provincial Civil Service, and published in 1904 by the Government of India Foreign Department, Simla, India.The volume includes a preface (folio 4), list of contents (folio 5) and list of appendices (folio 6). The sections listed in the contents run as follows:I: Brief History of Koweit from circa 1716 to 1896 A.D.;II: Murder of Mahomed bin Subah [Muḥammad bin Ṣabāḥ] and his brother Jarrah [Jarrāḥ bin Ṣabāḥ] by Mubarak [Mubārak] and Mubarak’s succession, 1896;III: (1) Proposed Turkish Quarantine at Koweit, (2) views of the Government of India and India Office;IV: Haripasa Piracy case. Warning to Sheikh of Koweit. Question of Protectorate over Koweit raised - 1895-1896;V: Threatened attack of Sheikhs Jasim bin Thani [Jāsim bin Muḥammad Āl Thānī] and Yusuf bin Ibrahim [Yūsuf bin Ibrāhīm] on Koweit. Question of Protectorate over Koweit discussed 1897-98;VI: (1) Movements of Turkish troops towards Koweit, (2) Russian intrigues, (3) Question of Protectorate over Koweit further discussed;VII: Proposed British Protectorate over Koweit. Agreement with the Sheikh of Koweit, December 1898 - May 1899;VIII: Porte's complaints against British proceedings at Koweit as infrigement of quarantine regulations, May 1899;IX: (1) Threatened attack on Koweit by the Turks, (2) Defence of Koweit, February - March 1899;X: (1) Question of status of the Sheikh of Koweit, (2) Turkish activity in the neighbourhood, (3) Imposition of customs duty by Sheikh, March - June 1899;XI: Turkish attempts to exercise soverign rights on Koweit, by appointing harbour master and opening a custom house. A forward Turkish policy advocated. The British Government's protest. July - September 1899;XII: Sheikh Mubarak's diffidence in the British and desire of Persian protection. September - October 1899;XIII: Appointment of Muhsin [Muḥsin] Pasha as Vasli of Basrah. Change of policy inaugurated. Turkish Decoration for Sheikh Mubarak 1899;XIV: Visit of the German Railway Commission to Koweit and their scheme to make Katham their Railway's Terminus, January 1900;XV: Proposal to make Koweit a Port of call for Mail steamers July 1900 - June 1901;XVI: Threatened hostilities between the Sheikh of Koweit and Amir of Nejd [Najd];XVII: Renewal of hostilities between the Sheikh of Koweit and the Amir of Nejd , December 1900 - May 1901;XVIII: (1) Ibn Rashid [Ibn Rasīd] seeks British protection, (2) Sheikh Mubarak asks for assumption of permanent British protectorate over Koweit, May - June 1901;XIX: (1) Threatened attack on Koweit by Amir of Nejd and the Turks, (2) Measures for defence of Koweit, (3) Attempt to settle difference between the Sheikh and Amir amicably, July - October 1901;XX: Question of defence of Koweit by sea and land, 1899-1901;XXI: Question of discontinuance of the use of the Turkish flag at Koweit, August - September 1901;XXII: Attempt to take the Sheikh of Koweit to Constantinople, November and December 1901;XXIII: Alarm at Koweit and Landing of British Guns, December 1901 - January 1902;XXIV: Prohibition of exports to Koweit from Turkish territory and movements of the Amir of Nejd, December 1901 - January 1902;XXV: Dispute about the Fao [al-Fāw] Estates, December 1901 - January 1902;XXVI: Occupation of Um Kasr [Umm Qaṣr], Bubyan [Būbīyān] Island and Subbiyah [al-Ṣubīyah] by the Turks, January - March 1902;XXVII: Complaints against the proceedings of the British Officer and the Sheikh of Koweit, March 1902;XXVIII: Sheikh Mubarak's offers of reconciliation with the Porte, March 1902;XXIX: Arrest of agent of Sheikh Mubarak at Basrah and his imprisonment, May - December 1902;XXX: Further movements of Ibn Rashid (2) Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal bin Sa‘ūd] in the field again, and captures Riadh [Riyadh], January, November 1902;XXXI: (1) Fear of Renewal of hostilities between Ibn Rashid and Sheikh Mubarak, (2) The Sheikh warned not to involved himself in difficulties with Nejd or the Turks, (3) Application of the Sheikh for guns, August - October 1902;XXXII: Threatened attack on Koweit from Mubarak's nephews and Sheikh Yusuf-el-Ibrahim. Lapwing case. September 1902 - January 1903;XXXIII: Ibn Rashid near Koweit and Sheikh Mubarak's movements, December 1902 - February 1903;XXXIV: Fao Estates' dispute, February 1903-04;XXXV: Importance of Khor Abdulla [Khawr ‘Abdullāh] as a future Railway terminus, etc. 1904;XXXVI: Recent movements of Ibn Rashid, January 1903 - March 1904;XXXVII: Montefik Arabs [al-Muntafiq] seek Russian protection, (2) Revolt of Sadun [Sa‘dūn] Pasha;XXXVIII: Advance of a loan made to Sheikh Mubarak, March - May 1904;XXXIX: Opening of a British post office at Koweit, 1901-1904;XL: Appointment of British Agent at Koweit. June 1899 - August 1903;XLI: (1) Turkish aid to Ibn Rashid, (2) Proposed British protest, (3) Appointment of Political Agent at Koweit, April - October 1904.The Appendices are as follows:A: Certain non-official reports about Koweit;B: Genealogical Table of Koweit chiefs;C: Note by Sir William Leo-Warner, dated 23 June 1898;D: Agreement with Sheikh Mubarak, January 1899;E: Communciation in Constantinople in regard to the proposal to make Koweit terminus of the Baghdad Railway, April 1900;F: Proposal made by Sir N O'Connor to advise Sheikh Mubarak to keep quiet, February 1901;G: (1) Correspondence in Europe regarding the proposed assumption of protectorate over Koweit, (2) misunderstanding between the Government of India and His Majesty's Government as regards the former's attitude in the matter, May - June 1901;H: Communication in London and Constantinople on Koweit affairs, August - September 1901;I: Communications in Europe about Turkish occupation of Um Kasr, etc. March 1902;J: Notes underlying letter to the Political Resident, Persian Gulf, No. 2918.E.A., dated 7 September 1904.Physical description: Foliation: The foliation sequence commences at the front cover, and terminates at the inside back cover; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
2. 'Persian Gulf Gazetteer. Part I. Historical and Political Materials. Précis of Nejd Affairs, 1804-1904'
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- Abstract: The volume, stamped ‘Secret’ on the front cover and frontispiece, is part 1 (historical and political materials) of a précis of Najd (spelt Nejd throughout) affairs for the years 1896-1904. It was prepared by Jerome Antony Saldanha of the Bombay Provincial Civil Service, and published in 1904 by the Government of India Foreign Department, Simla, India.The volume includes a preface (folio 3) and list of contents (folio 4). The sections listed in the contents run as follows:I: Rise of the Wahabis under Abdul Wahab [‘Abd al-Wahhāb] ante1740;II: Political History of Nejd ante 1800 to 1804;III: Genealogy of the Wahabi Amirs;IV: First encroachments of the Wahabis on Oman,, 1804-1808;V: (1) Joasami [Āl Qāsimī] pirates under Wahabi influence first venture into the Indian Seas. (2) Expedition against Joasamis and Wahabis, 1808-1809;VI: First Egyptian Invasion of Nejd, 1814-1819;VII: Resurrection of the Wahabis and Reconstitution of the Wahabi Kingdom, 1824-1831;VIII: Wahabi overtures to British Government, 1831;IX: (1) Wahabi Invasion of Oman, 1833. (2) Views of the Government of India as to the claims of Maskat [Muscat] on the British Government;X: (1) Turki [Turkī] murdered by Meshari [Mashārī]. (2) Meshari executed by Feysal [Fayṣal]. (3) Feysal assumes Kingdom;XI: (1) Second Egyptian Invasion of Nejd. (2) Egyptian withdrawal under British pressure;XII: Government of Khalid [Khālid] as Turkish viceregent;XIII: (1) Abdullah bin Saneyan [‘Abdullāh bin Thānīyān] seizes the kingdom. (2) Feysal returns from exile;XIV: (1) Oman again threatened by the Wahabis. (2) British policy;XV: Wahabi attempt on Bahrein [Bahrain]XVI: Invasion of Oman by Abdullah, son of Feysal (2) Treaty between Maskat and Wahabis;XVII: Feysal's nominal dependence upon Turkey, 1855;XVIII: (1) Renewal of Wahabi attempt on Bahrein. (2) British interference, 1859;XIX: (1) Blockade of Wahabi ports by Chief of Bahrein, 1861. (2) Blockade raised on British interference;XX: Turkish protest against British proceedings;XXI: Differences between Sultan of Maskat and Amir of Nejd, 1864-65;XXII: Visit of Colonel [Lewis] Pelly to Riadh [Riyadh], 1865;XXIII: Difference between Sultan of Maskat and Amir of Nejd (continued), 1864-1865;XXIV: (1) Rebellion of two Oman tribes under leadership of Wahabi Officer. (2) Outrage of British subjects;XXV: British operations against the Wahabis, 1865-66;XXVI: The Amir of Nejd comes to terms, 1866;XXVII: Deputation of a Wahabi envoy to Baghdad, 1866;XXVIII: Wahabi advances to Beraymi [al-Buraymī];XXIX: Civil War between Abdullah and Saud [Sa‘ūd], his brother. (2) Turkish expedition into Nejd to assist Abdullah, 1870-71;XXX: Saud bin Feysal's appeal to the Resident for arbitration of the British Government, 1871-1873;XXXI: Saud's negotiations with the Turks, 1872;XXXII: First Mission of Haji Ahmed [Ḥājjī Aḥmad] to Baghdad, 1872;XXXIII: Second Mission of Haji Ahmed to Baghdad, 1872;XXXIV: Visit of Abdullah messenger to Baghdad, 1872-1873;XXXV: Release of Abdur Rahman [‘Abd al-Raḥmān];XXXVI: Death of Saud bin Faysal [Sa‘ūd bin Fayṣal] and election of Abdul Rahman as Amir, 1875;XXXVII: Abdullah bin Feysal [‘Abdullāh bin Fayṣal] defeats Abdur Rahman, 1875-80;XXXVIII: Threatened Revolt of the Montefik Arabs [al-Muntafiq], 1880;XXXIX: Sheikh Abdullah bin Thanneyan, 1879-1880;XL: State of affairs in 1881;XLI: Rise of the Shammar principality, 1835-1882;XLII: Genealogy of Shammar Chiefs;XLIII: Hostilities between Abdullah bin Feysal and Ibn Rashid [Ibn Rashīd];XLIV: Imprisonment of Abdullah bin Feysal and absorption of the Wahabi Kingdom in the Shammar principality, 1887-1896;XLV: Complications with Koweit, 1897-1904.Physical description: Foliation: The foliation sequence commences at the front cover and terminates at the inside back cover; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
3. ‘Persian Gulf Gazetteer. Part 1. Historical and political materials. Precis of Turkish expansion on the Arab littoral of the Persian Gulf and Hasa [Al-Hasa] and Katif [Al-Qaṭīf] affairs.’
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- Abstract: Part 1 of a Persian Gulf gazetteer of historical and political materials, a précis of Turkish expansion on the Arab littoral of the Persian Gulf, and Hasa [Al-Hasa] and Katif [Al-Qaṭīf] affairs. The précis was prepared by Jerome Antony Saldanha, whose preface (under which his surname is erroneously spelt Saldana) is dated 25 November 1904, and published by the Government of India Foreign Deptartment, Simla, India.The preface is an historical outline of the struggle for political dominance in the Persian Gulf, including Portuguese, British, Wahabi [Wahhābī] and Turkish expansion. The chapters (titles shown in italics) deal with the subject in an roughly chronological fashion:1. Early history of Hasa and Katif, including: references to the area in Arabic writing; the first known Arab colonists; and early references to the area in British (East India Company) records;2. Conquest of Hasa by the Wahabis and Turkish expeditions into Nejd[Najd] and Hasa, and their results 1800-1865, including: conquest of the area by the Wahabis; Turkish expeditions to the area, 1811-19 and 1836-40; Amir Feysal’s [Fayṣal ibn Turki Āl Sa‘ūd] nominal dependence on Turkey, 1855; troubles in Katif, 1859-62; Turkish protest against British proceedings at Damaum [Dammām], 1862; the British war against Amir Feysal, 1865-66; obsolete title of award of Arabia by an Abbasid caliph to the Ottoman Porte; Ottoman ambitions in Arabia (Holy Ottoman Empire);3. Turkish expedition to Nejd and Hasa, 1871-72, including: origins of the expedition; intelligence from the Political Resident, Colonel Lewis Pelly; British policy in the Persian Gulf, and effects of the Turkish expedition on that policy; Turkish assurances to Britain, communicated to Bahrain (spelt Bahrein throughout) by Pelly; Turkish promise of non-interference with the rulers of the Trucial coast; narrative of the events leading up to and including the landing of the expeditionary force in Nejd; Turkish designs on Katar [Qatar], and their hoisting of the Turkish flag at Budaa [Al-Bidda]; Turkish naval activity in the Gulf, and Britain’s naval response; murder of a suspected Turkish messenger at Bahrain; reasons for the non-interference of the British Government in operations on land; further narrative of the expedition and affairs in Nejd; evidence of Turkish designs on Bahrain; Turkish assurances; relations between Turkey and Abuthabi [Abu Dhabi]; close of the Turkish expedition;4. Internal affairs of Hasa and Katif, 1872-1904, including: administration and internal organisation; and a list of governors at Hasa, including events of significance occurring during their rule;5. Survey of the Katif coast, 1873-74, including: British intentions and permission gained from the Ottoman Porte; complaints of British survey officers landing on the Nejd coast; written permission to land to undertake surveying.6. Increase of Turkish military and naval forces in the Persian Gulf, and Turkish policy, including: a memorandum by Captain T Doughty on the state of affairs in the Persian Gulf;7. (1)Trade Relations of Hindu and other traders of Bahrain with Katif, and their disabilities, and (2) Proposal appointment of a consular officer at Katif;8. Piracies, including: piracies in Katif and Bahrain waters, 1878; ; revolt in Hasa and piracies in Katif and Bahrain waters, 1878-81; Turkish responsibilities and jurisdiction for the purpose of suppressing piracies in Katif waters, 1878-81; piracies in Katif and Bahrain waters in 1883; piracies in Katif and Bahrain waters in 1886; piracies in 1887-88; piracies in 1891-92; piracies in 1899-1900; piracies in 1902 and the proposal of the Chief of Bahrain to maintain an armed dhow for the pursuit of pirates, 1902-03;9. Murder of Sheikh Selman-bin-Diaij-el-Khalifa[Shaikh Salman bin Diaj Āl Khalīfah] , a cousin of the Chief of Bahrain and his party about 40 miles south of Katif. Question of satisfaction and compensation for it;10. Turkish designs on Oman and the rest of the East Arabian Littoral, 1888-1899;11. Summary of British declarations against Turkish encroachments in the Persian Gulf and of the Porte’s assurances, 1871-1904.The cover of volume, on which the title is printed, also has a number of different pencil and pen annotations, marking former external references or numbering systems (‘P.2557/29’, ‘No.5’, ‘C238’).Physical description: Foliation: The foliation sequence commences at the front cover, and terminates at the inside back cover; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right hand corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: The volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence, with page numbers located top and centre of each page.
4. ‘Persian Gulf gazetteer. Part 1. Historical and political materials. Précis of Bahrein affairs, 1854-1904.’
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- Abstract: The volume, stamped ‘Secret’ on the front cover and frontispiece, is part 1 (historical and political materials) of a précis of Bahrain (spelt Bahrein throughout) affairs for the years 1854-1904. It was prepared by Judge Jerome Antony Saldanha of the Bombay Provincial Civil Service, and published in 1904 by the Government of India Foreign Department, Simla, India.The contents of the volume run as follows:Part 1, entitled Political events from 1854 to 1870, including: a brief history of Bahrain (1783-1853); Mahomed bin Abdullah bin Ahmed’s [Muḥammad bin ‘Abdullāh bin Aḥmad] threatened attack against Bahrain, his piracies and expulsion from Damaum [Dammām], 1859; tyranny of the Ruler of Bahrain, Shaikh Muḥammad bin ‘Abdullāh Āl Khalīfah, his unfriendly attitude to the British agent, and to British subjects and their trade, 1858; Mahomed bin Khalifa’s [Muḥammad bin Khalīfah] blockade of Wahabi [Wahhābī] ports, and subsequent signing of a perpetual treaty of peace with the British, and Turkish protests against British proceedings, 1861; events during 1861-66, including the restoration of a captured buggalow [boat] to Muḥammad bin Khalīfah, ill-treatment of Indian subjects; Persian protests, Wahhābī claims to Bahrain; violation of the maritime truce by Bahrain and Abuthabi [Abu Dhabi], Ali-bin-Khalifa [‘Alī bin Khalīfah] becomes ruler of Bahrain, 1867-68; Persian claims of sovereignty over Bahrain, Persian protests to Britain, 1869; attack on Bahrain by Muḥammad bin Khalīfah and Nasir bin Mubarak, murder of ‘Alī bin Khalīfah, Esau-bin-Ali [‘Īsá bin ‘Alī] proclaimed ruler of Bahrain, 1869; Persian and Turkish protests against British proceedings at Bahrain in 1869.2. International status and British protection, 1871-1904, including: Turkish expedition to Nejd, 1871-72; protest by the Ottoman Porte against alleged acts of British sovereignty in Bahrain, 1872-73; Turkish movements in Katar [Qatar], and advice to the ruler of Bahrain to not become involved in Qatar affairs, 1873; proceedings of Abdul Rahman bin Feysal [‘Abd al Rahman bin Fayṣal], 1874-75; fortifications at Menamah [Manama], and the Porte’s project to erect a lighthouse at Manama; the Beni Hajir attack on Zobarah [Zubara], retaliation by the ruler of Bahrain, Shaikh ‘Īsá bin ‘Alī; aggressive Turkish policy and the establishment of a Turkish province on the Arab littoral, 1875-76; revolt in Hasa [Al-Hasa], 1879-81; threat of attack on Bahrain by Nasir bin Mobarik and Shaikh Jasim [Shaikh Jāsim bin Muḥammad ]of Bidaa [Al-Bidda], policy in relation to Shaikh Jāsim and the Turkish Government, 1881; Turkish intentions to establish a coal depot at Bahrain, and Bahrain agreement with the British Government to not have dealings with foreign powers, 1880; conclusion of an agreement between Bahrain and Britain, 1892; occupation of Zubara by the Al-bin-Ali tribe, with the support of Turkey and Shaikh Jāsim, 1895; establishment of the American Arabian Mission in Bahrain, 1892, 1899-1901; questions over the establishment of the German firm Wonckhaus at Bahrain; foreign enterprises in relation to the pearl fisheries, 1863-1904; proposed consular representation of France at Bahrain, 1904.3. Internal affairs and British policy, including: Shaikh ‘Īsá’s imprisonment of the mail agent, 1873; murder of a member of the Khalīfah family by the brother of the ruler of Bahrain, 1877; death of Shaikh Ahmed-bin-Ali-bin-Khalifa, 1888; murder of the Arab chief Sultan-bin-Salema, 1895; question of redress for outrages committed by Bahrainis against British or British-protected subjects, 1897-1900; proposed establishment of a branch of the Imperial Bank of Persia, 1900; prohibition of alcohol into Bahrain, 1900; proposed hospital in Bahrain, in commemoration of Queen Victoria, 1901-03; proposals to recognise Shaikh Hamed [Shaikh Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah] as successor designated, and to appoint a British Political Agent to Bahrain, 1899-1900; deputation of Mr TC Gaskin [John Calcott Gaskin] as Assistant Political Agent at Bahrain, 1899; proposed reform of Bahrain customs, 1901-04; construction of the Agency building at Bahrain, 1901-03.The appendices are as follows: A) A Genealogical table of Bahrain ruling family; B) a translation of an agreement between Hussein Ali Mirza and Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident of Bushire, 8 August 1822; C) translation of a preliminary treaty between Britain and the rulers of Bahrain, 1820, signed by Major-General William Keir; D) terms of a friendly convention entered into between Shaikh Muḥammad bin Khalīfah, ruler of Bahrain, and Captain Felix Jones, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, 31 May 1861; E) translation of the agreement entered into between the British Government and ‘Alī bin Khalīfah, ruler of Bahrain, 1868; F) translation of an agreement between the Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Ross, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, and Shaikh ‘Īsá bin ‘Alī, the ruler of Bahrain, 22 December 1880; G) translation of an agreement signed by the ruler of Bahrain, Shaikh ‘Īsá bin ‘Alī, 13 March 1892; H) Government correspondence dating from 1901, relating to the opening by the German man Robert Wankhaus [or Wonckhaus] of a commercial office in Bahrain, and the question raised of foreign jurisdiction in Bahrain.Physical description: Foliation: The foliation sequence commences at the front cover and terminates at the inside back cover; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: The volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence, with page numbers located top and centre of each page.
5. ‘Persian Gulf gazetteer. Part 1. Historical and political materials. Précis of Katar [Qatar] affairs, 1873-1904.’
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- Abstract: The volume, stamped ‘Confidential’ on the front cover, is part 1 (historical and political materials) of a précis of Qatar (spelt Katar throughout) affairs for the years 1873 to 1904. It was prepared by Judge Jerome Antony Saldanha of the Bombay Provincial Civil Service, and published in 1904 by the Government of India Foreign Department, Simla, India.The main subjects of the précis, which is comprised chiefly of extracts from Government correspondence, run as follows:Turkish movements in Qatar, 1873; Chief of Bahrain (spelt Bahrein throughout) advised to keep aloof from complications in Qatar, 1873;British intervention refused to Chief of Debai [Dubai] in case robberies committed against vessels of his subjects on Qatar coast, 1873;Threatened attack on Bahrain and Qatar (Zobarah [Zubara]) by the Bedouin tribes of Beni Hajir, 1874;Complaints of Turkey about Chief of Bahrain’s encroachments in Qatar, 1874;The Beni Hajir attack Zubara and commit piracies, 1875;Aggressive policy of the Turks and establishment of a new Turkish province on the Arabian littoral of the Persian Gulf;Plunder of a Bahrain boat by the Beni Hajir and an excessive contribution levied by the Chief of Bidaa [Al-Bidda] on British Indian traders residing there;Claims preferred by the Government of Basrah [Basra] on behalf of the inhabitants of Qatar against certain residents of Bahrain, 1876;Alleged ill-treatment of British Indian subjects, 1879;Piracies at Zubara – destruction of Zubara by Shaikh Jasim [Jāsim bin Muḥammad Āl Thānī], 1878;Ill-treatment of Indian traders, 1879;Question of suppression of piracies on the Arab coast. Claims of the Turks to Odeid [’Odaid] (1871-81); previous history of ’Odaid, 1837-76;History of ’Odaid continued, question of Turkish jurisdiction on the Qatar coast, and suppression of piracies, 1878-81;Removal of section of the Al-bu-Kowareh tribe from Al-Bidda to Foweyrat [Fujairat], 1879;Threatened attack on Bahrain by Nasir-bin-Mobarik [Nasir bin Mubarak] and Shaikh Jāsim of Al-Bidda, 1881;Shaikh Jāsim’s desire to occupy ’Odaid, 1881;Policy as to the relations to be maintained with Shaikh Jāsim and the Turkish Government in Qatar, 1881;Ill-treatment of British subjects by Shaikh Jāsim and exaction of a fine from him, 1880-82;Protest of the Porte against British proceedings at Al-Bidda. British disclaimer of Turkish jurisdiction in Qatar, 1883;Shaikh Jāsim’s projected expedition against a branch of the Beji Hajirs in 1884;Fight between the Ejman [Ajman] and allied tribes on one side and Morah and Monasir tribes on the other, 1884;Disputes between Shaikh Jāsim and the Chief of Abuthabi [Abu Dhabi], Jāsim’s intentions to occupy ’Odaid and the ill-treatment of Bedouins at Al-Bidda, 1885-86;Outrages against Indian subjects under Jāsim’s instigation, and Shaikh Jāsim made to pay a fine, 1887;Protests of the Porte against British Government proceedings, 1888;Question of withdrawal of the Turkish garrison from Al-Bidda;Turkish expansion along the Arab coast and the policy of the British Government, 1888;Hostilities between Shaikh Jāsim and Shaikh Zaid [Zayed bin Khalifa] of Abu Dhabi, reported movements of the Chief of Jabal Shamer Ibn Rashid towards Oman in order to aid Shaikh Jāsim, 1888-89;Jāsim carrying munitions of war by sea, 1889;Turkish project of rebuilding Zubara, 1888;Turkish measures for establishing their jurisdiction on a firmer basis on the Arab coast. Increase of Turkish forces in Qatar, 1888;Intrigues of Jāsim against Abu Dhabi, 1889-90;Turkish projects for rebuilding Zubara and ’Odaid, 1890-91;Hostilities between Shaikh Jāsim and the Turks, 1891-93;British policy towards Jāsim during the hostilities. Chief of Bahrain and Abu Dhabi, 1893;Question of Turkish jurisdiction in Qatar, 1893;Removal by Turkish authorities of the British flag from a boat at Al-Bidda, 1897;Occupation of Zubara by the Al-bin-Ali tribe with the support of the Turks and Shaikh Jāsim. Threatened attack of Bahrain, and the energetic measures taken to expel the settlement, 1895;Arab rising against the Turks in Qatar;Disturbances off the Qatar coast between the Amamera and Al-bin-Ali tribes, 1900;Piracies committed by the Beni Hajir off the Qatar coast, 1900;Reconsideration of our general policy on the Arab side of the Gulf;(1) Proposed British protectorate over the Chief of Qatar; (2) Aggressive action of the Porte in attempted to establish mudirates at ’Odaid, Wakra and Zubara, 1902-04.The appendices are as follows:A. Memorandum on the causes of the hostility between Shaikh Zayed of Abu Dhabi and Shaikh Jāsim;B. Extract from Captain Daly’s draft letter to the address of the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, submitted for approval on 14 January 1901, relating to Qatar;C. Memorandum by Mr EC Block, dated 11 March 1903, about the Turkish claim over Qatar.Physical description: Foliation: The foliation sequence commences at the front cover and terminates at the inside back cover; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: The volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence, with page numbers located top and centre of each page.
6. 'Selections from State Papers, Bombay, regarding the East India Company's Connection with the Persian Gulf, with a Summary of Events, 1600-1800'
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- Abstract: The volume is Selections from State Papers, Bombay, regarding the East India Company's Connection with the Persian Gulf, with a Summary of Events, 1600-1800(Calcutta: Superintendent Government Printing, 1908). The work was prepared by Jerome Antony Saldanha.The volume consists of a summary of events in the history of the East India Company's involvement with Persia and the Persian Gulf, during the period 1600-1800, taken from various printed sources and the selections from the records of the Bombay Government as contained in the present volume (folios 8-39); followed by the selections themselves (folios 40-235); and eleven appendices containing farmans [firmans] and statements of farmans, reports on commerce with Persia and Arabia, a list of the East India Company's agents, and a glossary of words (folios 236-269).A list of records from which the selections had been made appears on folio 4v.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at 1 on the front cover and terminates at 270 on the last folio (there is no back cover). The numbers are written in pencil, are enclosed in a circle, and appear in the top right hand corner of the recto page of each folio. This is the system used to determine the sequence of pages.Pagination: there is also an original printed pagination sequence, numbered ii-lxiii (folios 4-39) and 2-459 (folios 40-269). These numbers appear at the top of each page.Condition: the volume is largely disbound because of deterioration to the binding, and there is no back cover. There is also significant damage to the edges of the front cover and some of the folios at the beginning of the volume, but this has not led to any loss of text.
7. ‘Précis of correspondence on international rivalry and British policy in the Persian Gulf, 1872-1905.’
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- Abstract: The volume, stamped ‘Secret’ on the front cover and frontispiece, is a précis of British Government correspondence relating to international rivalry and British policy in the Persian Gulf between 1872 and 1905. It was prepared by Judge Jerome Antony Saldanha of the Bombay Provincial Civil Service, and published in 1906 by the Government of India Foreign Department, Simla, India.Saldanha’s preface to the volume, dated 29 January 1906, lists other volumes of the Persian Gulf Précis where materials relating to British policy in the Gulf may be found, and summarises the change in British policy in the Gulf under Lord Curzon’s [Viceroy of India, 1899 to 1903) administration (from ‘“spirited” active policy’ to ‘passive vigilance’). The contents of the volume’s chapters (with chapter titles shown in italics) run as follows:1. Evidences of Foreign activity in the Persian Gulf, covering: the increase in Russian influence in the Gulf (movements of Russian individuals and the appearance in the Gulf of Russian merchant vessels); French and German activity in the Gulf, including the Frenchman Hyacinthe Chapuy; the activity of other foreign powers (chiefly the United States); and a tabulated list of foreign naval vessels known to have visited the Gulf;2. Colonel Pelly’s proposal for establishing the Political Residency main Telegraph Station and Coal Depot near Cape Mussandim[Musandam, Oman] , 1863;3. Suggestions for improving British interests in Persia and the Persian Gulf, 1885-86;4. General policy in the Gulf, 1899-1903,including: Lord Curzon’s despatches on foreign activity in the Persian Gulf and measures to be taken to maintain British interests; Lord Curzon’s despatch, dated 9 November 1901, on Russia’s intentions to construct a railway line through Persia, and Russia’s designs on the Persian Gulf; a minute, written by Lord Curzon, on Russian ambitions in eastern Persia and the Persian Gulf; important pronouncements and declarations of policy by the Marquess of Lansdowne (Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, then British Secretary of State for War), 1902-03;5. Lord Curzon’s tour in the Persian Gulf, November to December 1903;6. Selection of a naval basis in the Persian Gulf. Question of control and jurisdiction over the coast of Khor Kalba[Kalbā] , on the Batinah coast to Tibbat near Khor-as-Shem[Khor ash Shamm], including: movements of the Russian cruiser Gilyakin the Persian Gulf, 1900; the question of control of the entrance to the Persian Gulf, and jurisdiction over the coast from Kalba to Tibbat; the political and strategic value of Kishm [Qeshm] and Hormuz, and the question of the telegraphic connection with Bassidore, 1902; reoccupation of the old telegraph buildings at Elphinstone inlet and the erection of flag staffs at certain points near Mussandim [Musandam]; the Fajeira [Fujairah] dispute;7. Telegraphic communications with Maskat[Muscat] , Henjam[Jazīreh-ye Hengām] and Bandar Abbas[Bandar-e ʻAbbās] , 1899-1905, including: telegraphic connections with Maskat, and proposals for the extension of the line to Bandar Abbas, reestablishment of the telegraph station at Henjam; extension of the telegraph line to Bandar Abbas; encroachment of Persian customs officials on telegraph station ground at Henjam, and the erection of Persian and customs flag staffs on the island; Persian customs interference with Henjam mail bags, 1904-05;8. Our position at Bassidore[on Qeshm island], including: the alleged intention of Russians to take possession of Kishm [Qeshm], and the British position at Bassidore; the extent of Bassidore territory; proposed emigration of the Bu Smeit tribe from Lingah [Bandar-e Lengeh] to Bassidore, 1987-1901; the desire of Shaikh Ahmed bin Abdullah bin Mether of Jezirat Shaikh Shuaib to emigrate to Bassidore, 1902; proposed British trading settlement at Bassidore, 1902; immigration of Persian subjects to Bassidore, 1905; refusal of the Persian merchant Moin-ut-Tujjar’s request to be allowed to store red ochre at Bassidore, 1905;9. Marine survey of the Persian Gulf of certain naval harbours in the Gulf, including: surveys of Bahrain waters, Bushire and Koweit [Kuwait] harbours and Khor Abdulla; survey of Khor Kaliya, Bahrain; report on Khor Musa; report on Charbar Bay;10. Protection from foreign enterprise the rights of Arab tribes in the pearl fisheries of the Persian Gulf.Physical description: Foliation: The foliation sequence commences at the front cover, and terminates at the inside back cover; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: The volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence, with page numbers located top and centre of each page.Condition: There is a small amount of insect damage, in the form of small holes, to most pages. This damage is restricted to the margins of the pages, and therefore does not affect any text.
8. 'Précis of Turkish Arabia Affairs. 1801-1905'
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- Abstract: The volume is J A Saldanha [Jerome Antony Saldanha], Précis of Turkish Arabia Affairs. 1801-1905(Simla: G C Press [Government Central Press], 1906).The volume is a précis of correspondence from the records of the Government of India illustrating the history of Turkish Arabia and its relations with Britain during the period 1801-1905, with a retrospect into the preceding period, 1646-1800.The volume is divided into four parts and twenty-one chapters:Part I (chapters I-III): Internal tribal and other affairs and external affairs in relation to Persia, the Wahabis [Wahhabis] and Maskat [Muscat] (folios 11-56);Part II (chapters IV-IX): British Agents and their rights (folios 57-93);Part III (chapters X-XV): British rights on Turkish Arabia rivers (folios 94-154);Part IV: (chapters XVI-XXI) Protection of British subjects and their property (folios 155-179).There are two appendices:Appendix A, entitled 'Memorandum on the Kaab tribe and Mohammerah [Khorramshahr] by Sir H. Rawlinson, dated 6th January 1844' (folios 180-186);Appendix B, entitled 'Correspondence about the Kerbella Massacre, 1843, between the Foreign Office, the British Ambassador at Constantinople, the Envoy at Teheran [Tehran] and Lieutenant-Colonel Farrant' (folios 187-194).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at 1 on the front cover and terminates at 195 on the back cover. The numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and appear in the top right hand corner of the recto page of each folio.Pagination: the volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence, numbered 2-354 (folios 11-194). These numbers appear at the top centre of each page.Condition: The front and back boards are detached from the volume. Folio 3, which is loosely inserted, has come from another copy of the volume. It is a duplicate of folio 6.
9. 'Précis on commerce and communication in the Persian Gulf, 1801-1905'
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- Abstract: The volume is a précis on trade and communications in the Persian Gulf. It was prepared by Jerome Antony Saldanha and published by the Government of India, Foreign Department, Simla in 1906.The volume begins with a preface by Saldanha, written on 26 March 1906, and is then organised into five parts, each divided into chapters, and eight appendices at the end, as follows:Part I, Regulations and Duties, 1803-1847: Chapter I, Line of conduct to be pursued by the Resident at Basrah with regard to the American vessels trading in the Persian Gulf, 1803; Chapter II, Regulations for country ships visiting Bushire, 1813; Chapter III, Rules for the guidance of British vessels visiting the Persian Gulf, 1831; Chapter IV, Export and import duties in Persia and export of mules and horses from Persia, 1822-23, 1835-42; Chapter V, Question of exempting Arab ships from the discriminating duty imposed on foreign ships, 1836-37; Chapter VI, Ports of Arabia to which the Government of India notification dated 9 January 1839 should apply. Vessels of every description belonging to those ports to be to be provided with Registers or Passes countersigned by British Officers, 1839-47; Chapter VII, Mode and extent of taxation in operation at Bushire and surrounding districts, 1847.Part II, Trade and Traffic, 1834-71: Chapter VIII, Report in the trade of the Persian Gulf, 1834; Chapter IX, Traffic between Karachi and Bushire and other Persian Ports, 1854-58; Chapter X, Trade between Bombay and Bushire and Basrah [Basra], 1856-57; Chapter XI, Trade of the Persian Gulf, 1863-1869; Chapter XII, Colonel Pelly's reports on the trade of the Persian Gulf, 1870-71; Chapter XIII, List of British subjects and British protected persons on the Persian Court and islands, 1869.Part III, Review of the Trade reports from 1872 to 1905: Chapter XIV, Trade of the Gulf of Oman and Persia, 1873-1905; Chapter XV, Persian Opium Trade.Part IV, The Gulf Telegraph Line: Chapter XVI, Construction of the Telegraph Line; Chapter XVII, Telegraph Station at Fao; Chapter XVIII, Telegraph Station at Bushire; Chapter XIX, Medical arrangements for telegraph stations at Bushire, Fao and Jask.Part V, Miscellaneous: Chapter XX, Wreck of the SS Hallamshirenear Ras-el-Hadd and the measures proposed for the prevention of wreckage by the wild tribes on the Arabian Coasts, 1878; Chapter XXI, New system of registration of native owned vessels in the Gulfs of Persia and Oman, 1883-84.Appendices: Appendix A, Statement of the exports and imports of Bushire, 1832-34; Appendix B, Statements of Trade between Bushire and Basrah and Bombay, 1857; Appendix C, Comparative statements of exports of Bushire, 1863-65; Appendix D, Trade Returns appended to Colonel Pelly's letter No. 86-37, dated 23 April 1870; Appendix E, Returns of British subjects and British Protected persons on the Persian coast and Islands, 1869; Appendix F, Comparative Statements of Persian Gulf Trade with the Principal Countries, 1873-1905; Appendix G, Contrasted Statements of Principal Exports and Imports from and to the Ports in the Persian Gulf namely Bushire, Lingah, Bunder Abbas [Bandar Abbas], Bahrein [Bahrain], Basrah, and Maskat [Muscat] from 1893 to 1904; Appendix H, Returns of Shipping of the Ports of Bushire, Maskat and Basrah.Physical description: Foliation: the sequence commences at the front cover, and terminates at the inside back cover; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: the volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
10. 'Précis on naval arrangements in the Persian Gulf, 1862-1905'
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- Abstract: Précis on naval arrangements in the Persian Gulf, 1862-1905, prepared by Jerome Antony Saldanha and published by Government Central Press, Simla, 23 March 1906, for the Government of India Foreign Department.The volume is organised into twelve chapters, as follows:Chapter I, The old Indian Navy and the Persian Gulf, 1616-1862; Chapter II, Statement of movements of Her Majesty's vessels in the Persian Gulf; Chapter III, Naval arrangements on abolition of the Indian Navy, 1863-1871; Chapter IV, Rules for the relief of Royal Navy vessels in the Gulf, 1874-75; Chapter V, East India Station standing orders, 1882; Chapter VI, Royal Navy vessels in Indian Seas, reduction duties, condition, etc.; Chapter VII, Bushire Residency Steamers; Chapter VIII, New arrangements for the employment of subsidized vessels in the Gulf, 1895-1903; Chapter IX, Movements of the British versus Foreign men-of-war, 1901-1905; Chapter X, Salutes to be fired from His Majesty's ships to Native Chiefs and Political Officers in the Persian Gulf; Chapter XI, Steam-launches for Political Officers; Chapter XII, Surveys in the Persian Gulf since 1871.Physical description: Foliation: the sequence commences at the front cover, and terminates at the inside back cover; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: the volume also contains an original printed pagination.
11. 'Précis on slave trade in the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf, 1873-1905 (With a Retrospect into previous history from 1852) By J A Saldanha BA, LL B'
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- Abstract: This volume is a summary of events, treaties and correspondence about the suppression of slavery and the slave trade in the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf, curated by Jerome Anthony Saldanha, and printed in Simla in June 1906.The volume is marked as secret and divided into chapters:Measures for the suppression of slavery and slave trade in the Indian Ocean and the Persian Gulf, up to 1873 (ff 5-7);Measures against traffic in slaves by Natives of India (ff 8-16);General measures taken for the suppression of Slave Trade from 1874 to 1905 (ff 16v-22);Anti-Slave Trade Operations (ff 22v-30);Runaway slaves at Gwadur (ff 31-34);Trade in Baluchi slaves from Mekran to the Arab coast (ff 34-35);Reception of fugitive slaves on board Her Majesty's ships of war and other British vessels (ff 35v-38);Grant of protection to fugitive slaves on the Coast (ff 39-40);Some questions of practice of courts (ff 41-45);Miscellaneous questions and facts (ff 45v-48.In Appendix, Reports on Slave Trade in the Persian Gulf, 1852-1859(folios 59-61).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover, and terminates at the inside back cover; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
12. 'Précis of correspondence regarding the affairs of the Persian Gulf, 1801-1853'
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- Abstract: A précis of correspondence regarding the affairs of the Persian Gulf, 1801-1853 prepared by Jerome Antony Saldanha and published by Government of India Central Printing Office, Calcutta in 1906.The précis is divided up into eight sections, as follows:Part I: British Envoys to Persia and from Persia, 1801-1814.Part II: British policy in regard to Maskat [Muscat] and the Maritime Arab tribes on the Persian Gulf, 1801-1815.Part III: Affairs on the Persian Coast and Islands, 1801-1820.Part IV: British Residents and Agents in the Persian Gulf and at Maskat, 1801-1813.Part V: British policy in regard to Maskat and the Maritime Arab Tribes. Vigorous measures taken for the suppression of piracies and for security of peace in the Gulf. Persian Coast and Islands Affairs, 1818-1823.Part VI: British policy in regard to Maskat and the Maritime Arab tribes, 1823-1853.Part VII: Affairs on the Persian Coast and Islands, 1823-1853.Part VIII: British Residents and Agents in the Persian Gulf and Maskat, 1823-1853.Physical description: Foliation: the sequence commences at the front cover, and terminates at the inside back cover; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
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