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1. ‘Persian Gulf. Regarding the intention of the Wahabee Ameer Fysul to rebuild Adeed – Vol: 11’
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- Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, minutes, and consultations cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. These political letters appear in IOR/F/4/2376/126162. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; and Hajee Jassem [Ḥājjī Jāsim], British Agent at Bahrein [Bahrain]. It is the eleventh in a series of fifteen items on the Persian Gulf.The item concerns a report current at Bahrein that Ameer Fysul [Amīr Fayṣal bin Turkī bin ‘Abdullāh Āl Sa‘ūd] is collecting forces at Lahsah [Al Hasa], preparing for an expedition against Oman, and intending to rebuild Adeed [Khawr al ‘Udayd].The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft no 745 of 1850’, and ‘Coll[ection] No 5’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 137, and terminates at f 142 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.
2. ‘Persian Gulf. Intention of the Wahabee Chief Ameer Fysul, to rebuild the Fort and Town of Adeed. – Vol: 7’
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- Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, minutes, and consultations cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. These political letters appear in IOR/F/4/2376/126162. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Major Samuel Hennell, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; Moollah Houssein [Mullā Ḥusayn], British Agent at Shargah [Sharjah]; and Sheik Mahomed bin Khuleefa of Bahrein [Shaikh Muḥammad bin Khalīfah Āl Khalīfah of Bahrain]. It is the seventh in a series of fifteen items on the Persian Gulf.The item concerns:The capture of Adeed [Khawr al ‘Udayd] in 1837 by Sheik Khuleefa been Shackboot of Aboothabee [Shaikh Khalīfah bin Shakhbūṭ Āl Nahyān of Abu Dhabi] from the Ul Gubeesat tribe [al-Qubaysāt] who had seceded from his authorityThe intention of Ameer Fysul [Amīr Fayṣal bin Turkī bin ‘Abdullāh Āl Sa‘ūd] to rebuild the fort and town of Adeed and resettle the Ul Gubeesat tribe to undermine the authority of Sheik Saeed bin Tahnoon of Aboothabee [Shaikh Sa‘īd bin Ṭaḥnūn Āl Nahyān]The reasons why the Ul Gubeesat tribe wished to leave Aboothabee.The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft no 745 of 1850’, and ‘Coll[ection] No 5’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 90, and terminates at f 108 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.
3. 'Book No. 102' [native letters inward]
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- Abstract: The volume contains full translations of some letters, and the translated substance of other letters addressed to the Resident in the Persian Gulf, the originals of which were in Arabic or Persian ['native letters inward'], for the year 1837.The correspondence falls mainly into two categories:(1) Letters from British Native Agents based at Bahrein [Bahrain], Lingah [Bandar-e-Lengeh], Muscat, Shargah [Sharjah], and Shiraz.(2) Letters from local rulers in the Persian Gulf. Those who figure most prominently include: Sultan bin Suggur [Sulṭān bin Saqr], Chief of Ras el Khymah [Ra's al-Khaymah]; Sheikh Abdollah bin Ahmed [Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Aḥmad Āl Khalīfah], Chief of Bahrein; Sheikh Kulufa bin Shakboot [Khalīfah bin Shakhbūt], Chief of Aboothabee [Abu Dhabi]; Sheikh Abdur Rahaman bin Suggur [‘Abd al-Rahman bin Saqr], Chief of Kishm [Qeshm]; Sheikh Maktoom [Maktūm bin Buṭṭī], Chief of Debay [Dubai]; Sheikh Nassir [Nāṣir], Governor of Bushire, and the Imam of Muscat [Sa‘īd bin Sultān Āl Sa‘īd].The correspondence concerns maritime peace and acts of piracy; trade; movements of East India Company naval vessels and other ships; the dispatch of correspondence; and local affairs, including the military operations in Nedg [Najd] of Shaikh Khalid [Khalid bin Saud] against Sheikh Fysul [Fayṣul, the Wahhabi Chief], with the assistance of Mahomed Ally Pasha [Muḥammad ‘Alī Pāshā], Ruler of Egypt, and the expedition of Sheikh Kulufa bin Shakboot against Adeed [Khor al-Udaid].Specific topics include:an approach by Sultan bin Suggur, Chief of Ras el Khymah, to renew the existing maritime truce [the Maritime Truce of 1835] (folios 27-28);news of the capture of Mombassa [Mombasa] by the Imam of Muscat (folio 29);news of the defeat of Sheikh Fysul in Nedg by Shaikh Khalid (folio 30);correspondence concerning the export of horses from Persia to Bombay, (folios 33-34);correspondence concerning Egyptian forces in Nedgd [Najd] (folios 34-36);reports submitted by the Agents at Bahrein and Shargah on the trade of those areas (folios 130-132).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at 1 on the front cover and terminates at 133, the last folio of the main run of text, but note that some text written in pencil also appears on the last folio before the back cover. The numbers are written in pencil, are enclosed in a circle and appear in the top right corner of the recto page of each folio. Foliation anomalies: ff 1, 1A, ff 93, 93A. This is the system used to determine the sequence of pages.Pagination: the volume also contains a pagination sequence, numbered 1-261, written in ink and latterly pencil (folios 2-132). The numbers appear in the top right corners of the rectos and top left corners of the versos.Condition: the volume has suffered some damage to the edges of pages, involving slight loss of text. However, the damage does not anywhere impair the sense of the text.
4. Letters Outward 1837
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- Abstract: The file consists of letters sent outwards from the British Residency in the Persian Gulf by the Officiating Resident, Samuel Hennell; and Thomas Mackenzie, Acting Assistant in Charge. The most common addressee is John Pollard Willoughby, Secretary to the Political Department of the Government of Bombay; with those addressed to John Pepper, Commander of the Indian Naval Squadron in the Persian Gulf, a distant second. Letters addressed to various officials/officers of the East India Company, and the British Government make up the remainder.In general, the correspondence concerns the movement of British war ships, mail, and officers throughout the Persian Gulf; as well as matters of a routine administrative nature. The renewal and enforcement of the maritime truce during the pearl fishing season are also covered.More specific subjects featured include the following:An experiment to measure the consumption rate of two types of wood aboard the Hugh Lindsay.The defeat of Ameer Fysul [Amīr Fayṣul], the Wahabi Chief, by Shaikh Khaled ben Saood [Khalid bin Saud] with the assistance of Mahomed Ally Pasha [Muḥammad ‘Alī Pāshā], Ruler of Egypt.A report that the Amaeer and Hawajir [Banī Hājir] tribes have taken advantage of the disturbed state of Nedjd [Najd] to undertake plunder and piracy.The conflict between Shaikh Khulleefa ben Shackboot of Aboothabee [Khalīfah bin Shakhbūṭ, Chief of Abu Dhabi] and his 'revolted dependant' Khadim ben Nehman [Khādim bin Nehman Na‘mān] of Adeed.The Resident's annual tour of the Arabian Coast.The uncertainty surrounding the position of Shaikh Nassir [Shaykh Nāṣir] as Governor of Bushire.The capture of Mombasa by the Imam of MuscatObservations made by the Resident on the extent of the authority of Sulṭān bin Saqr over the Arabian Coast.A suggestion from the Resident for the resumption of communications between the Bushire Residency, and the Shiraz Government on matters of a minor nature.A suggestion from Shaikh Sulṭān bin Saqr, Chief of Ra's al-Khaymah, that the current maritime truce be renewed as a permanent peace.The file also contains an itemised list of the repairs required by the Bushire Residency with projected costs, a translation of the maritime truce renewed from 7 April to 29 November 1837, and a list of articles that were found in a godown of one of the caravanseraces at Bushire.Physical description: Foliation: The foliation sequence commences at the cover and terminates at the last folio; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and can be found in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.The file contains the following foliation corrections: 58A, and 58B.Pagination: The file also contains an original pagination sequence between ff 2-59; these numbers are written in ink, and can be found in the top outermost corners of each page.
5. Native letters outward
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- Abstract: The file consists of letters drafted from the British Residency in the Persian Gulf:Draft letter to Abdullah bin Ahmed, acknowledging that properties of Adeed's merchants were plundered by the Bani Yas, not considering this as a good enough reason for British intervention, but promising to write to Shaikh Khulleefa ben Shackboot of Aboothabee [Khalīfah bin Shakhbūṭ, Chief of Abu Dhabi], asking him to return the goods (folios 2v-3);Draft letters to Shaikh Khulleefa ben Shackboot of Aboothabee, requesting the recovery of the goods plundered from the merchants of Adeed (folio 4 and 6v);Draft letters to Shaikh Sultan bin Suggur [Sulṭān bin Saqr, Chief of Ra's al-Khaymah] regarding his piracy acts (folios 5 and 5v-6).As a result of the volume having been weeded in the past, there are truncated letters throughout the volume, some of which are identifiable by their having been crossed out in blue pencil.Physical description: Pagination: There is an incomplete pagination sequence, which is written in ink, in the top right corners of the rectos and in the top left corners of the versos. Foliation: The foliation sequence is circled in pencil, in the top right corner of the recto of each folio. It begins on the front cover, on number 1, and ends on the last folio before the back cover, on number 6.