Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, consultations, resolutions, and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai]. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Lieutenant Colonel Henry Robertson, Officiating Resident in the Persian Gulf; Captain Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf; Commander Anthony Nott, Senior Naval Officer in the Persian Gulf; and Lieutenant Winn of the East India Company Schooner
Clive. It is the fourth in a series of six items on the Persian Gulf (the others are IOR/F/4/2005/89510, IOR/F/4/2005/89511, IOR/F/4/2005/89512, IOR/F/4/2005/89514, and IOR/F/4/2006/89515).The item concerns two missions carried out by Lieutenant Winn. These are:To demand that the Sheik [Shaikh] of Bidda, Sulman bin Nasser Soowedie [Salmin bin Nasir al-Suwaidi] surrender a ‘pirate’ named GhuleetaTo ask Sheik Mukhtoom of Debaye [Shaikh Maktum I bin Butti Al Bu Falaseh of Dubai] to punish some of his subjects who had allegedly stolen some property from Bassadore [Basaʻidu].The same missions are referred to in IOR/F/4/1912/81799.The item includes a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft 612/43, P.C. [Previous Communication] 3902, Collection No 11’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 873 and terminates at f 881, 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 volume also contains an original pagination sequence.
Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, minutes, and consultations, cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. It is the seventh in a series of seven items about the Persian Gulf (the others are IOR/F/4/1912/81793, 81794, 81795, 81796, 81797, and 81798). The correspondents are the Government of Bombay and Captain Samuel Hennell, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf.The item concerns two missions given to Commander Anthony H Nott, of the East India Company’s Sloop of War
Clive. These are:To demand that the Governor of Bidda, Sulman bin Nasser Soowedie [Salmeen bin Nāṣir Āl-Suwaidī] surrender a "pirate" named Ghuleta, who had plundered a boat from Bussorah [Basra]To ask Sheik Mukhtoom of Debaye [Shaikh Maktūm I bin Buṭṭī Āl Bū Falāseh of Dubai] to punish some of his subjects who had stolen some property from Bassadore [Bāsaʻīdū].The item includes a contents page, and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Col [Collection] 12, [Previous Communication] 3227’, and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 407 and terminates at f 416, 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 volume also contains an original pagination sequence.
Abstract: The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, 31 March 1852, and found at IOR/F/4/2475/138723. It is the third in a series of eight items about the Persian Gulf.The item relates to reports from Hajee Jassem [Ḥājjī Jāsim], Agent at Bahrein [Bahrain], to Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, regarding a recent act of 'piracy' on the Guttur [Qatar] coast committed by Abdool Raheem ben Sabir [‘Abd al-Raḥīm bin Ṣābir] on a boat belonging to Mahomed ben Sanee [Muḥammad bin Thāni]. Members of the Soodan [Sudan] tribe intervened and took the property they were able to recover to Bidda [Al Bid‘] but are keeping it for themselves, which has now led to a dispute. Hennell forwards the reports to the Government of Bombay, along with his comments.The title page of the item contains the following references: 'Bombay Political Department', 'Draft No. 733 of 1852', 'Collection No. 7', 'Vol: 3', and 'Examiner's Office'. Originally, the Collection number was given as '3 of No. 35' but this has been crossed out.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 944, and terminates at f 949, 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.
Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, minutes, and consultations, cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. It is the second in a series of eleven items about the Persian Gulf (the others are IOR/F/4/2050/93533, 93535, 93536, 93537, 93538, 93539, 93540, 93541, 93542, and 93543). The principal correspondents are the Government of Bombay and Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Officiating Resident in the Persian Gulf.The item concerns:The desire of Esai bin Tarif [Shaikh ‘Īsá bin Ḥamad bin Ṭarīf Āl Bin 'Alī al-'Utbī] to settle at Bidda [Al Bidda]A prolongation of the Maritime Truce, and interpretation of its termsThe refusal by Abdoolla bin Rashid [Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Rāshid al-Mu’allā], Shaik of Amulgavine [Umm al-Qaywayn], to destroy his towers in connection with his dispute with Sooltan bin Suggur [Shaikh Sulṭān I bin Ṣaqr al-Qāsimī], Shaik of Ras-ul-Khyma [Ra's al-Khaymah]A report by two Hindu merchants that their goods were plundered by men of the Huwajeer [al-Hawajir] and Saloota [Salūtah] tribes at Monamah [Al-Manāmah]Disputes between: Khuleefa bin Shakboot [Shaikh Khalīfah bin Shakhbūṭ Āl Nahyān], the Shaik of Abothabee [Shaikh of Abu Dhabi]; Muktoom [Maktūm I bin Buṭṭī Āl Bū Falāseh], Shaik of Dubaye [Dubai]; and Sooltan bin Suggur and his son Suggur bin Sooltan [Ṣaqr bin Sultān al-Qāsimī]A misunderstanding resulting in violence between a boat from Karrack [Jazīreh-ye Khārk, also known as Khark, Kharg] and a boat from AmulgavineA dispute between Mahomed bin Khuleefa [Shaikh Muḥammed bin Khalīfah Āl Khalīfah], Shaik of Bahrein [Shaikh of Bahrein], and Abdullah bin Ahmed [Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Aḥmad Āl Khalīfah], former Shaik of BahreinPlunder at Bahrein of a ship belonging to Shaik Dhyee bin Aoon [Dhāḥī bin A‘ūn], an Arab merchant in Bombay [Mumbai]Punishment of a man who was violent towards the Residency’s horse keeper in Bushire [Bushēhr].The item includes a contents page, and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Coll No [Collection Number] 1, Draft 558, P.C. [Previous Communication] 4291, [Season 18]44’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 315 and terminates at f 395, 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 volume also contains an original pagination sequence.
Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, minutes, and consultations, cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. It is the third in a series of eleven items about the Persian Gulf (the others are IOR/F/4/2050/93533, 93534, 93536, 93537, 93538, 93539, 93540, 93541, 93542, and 93543). The principal correspondents are the Government of Bombay and Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Officiating Resident in the Persian Gulf.The item concerns:Kemball’s official appointment as Officiating Resident in the Persian Gulf until Samuel Hennell’s returnA misunderstanding between the captain of the merchant ship
Fyzul Barryand its ownerAn application by Sheikh Subah of Koweit [Shaikh Jābir I bin ‘Abdullāh Āl Ṣabāḥ of Kuwait] for a safe conduct pass for a merchant to travel to Bahrein [Bahrain] and Katiffe [Qatif]Disputes in Bahrein between: Abdullah bin Ahmed [Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Aḥmad Āl Khalīfah]; Mahomed bin Khuleefa [Shaikh Muḥammed bin Khalīfah Āl Khalīfah]; and Esai bin Tarif [Shaikh ‘Īsá bin Ḥamad bin Ṭarīf Āl Bin 'Alī al-'Utbī]Discussion of the plunder of goods belonging to: Dhyee bin Aoon [Dhāḥī bin A‘ūn]; two Hindu merchants; and a ship under British colours carrying medical suppliesEsai bin Tarif’s desire to settle at Bidda [Al Bidda]A dispute between Abdoolla bin Rashid [Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Rāshid al-Mu’allā], Shaik of Amulgavine [Umm al-Qaywayn] and Sooltan bin Suggur [Shaikh Sulṭān I bin Ṣaqr al-Qāsimī], Shaik of Rassul Khyma [Ra's al-Khaymah]Deployment of British ships in the GulfThe strength and influence of Fysul [Amīr Fayṣal bin Turki bin ‘Abdullāh Āl Sa‘ūd].The item includes a contents page, and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Coll No [Collection Number] 1, Draft 558, P.C. [Previous Communication] 4291, [Season 18]44’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 396 and terminates at f 499, 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 volume also contains an original pagination sequence.