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1. 'F-82 82/27 I: QATAR OIL'
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- Abstract: The volume contains correspondence between the Political Agent at Bahrain and the Political Resident at Bushire, the Shaikh of Qatar and the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC) representatives, including Haji 'Abdullah Williamson, the Colonial Office and the Secretary of State for Colonies in London, regarding geologic surveys of Qatar and Trucial States, the concession of an exploration license in 1926 and its renewal with an agreement between the ‘Abdullāh bin Jāsim Āl Thānī, Sheikh of Qatar, and APOC, in 1932 (folios 57-59).The volume also contains notes of meetings and correspondence regarding the early stages of the negotiations for the oil concession in Qatar, and the 1933 draft oil concessions (folios 120-125 and 248-268), with comments.There are documents in Arabic, mainly letters to and from the Sheikh of Qatar. Some of the documents in the volume are marked as confidential.Physical description: The foliation is written in pencil, circled, and can be found in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.The numbering commences at the first folio with 1, 1A, 1B, 1C and 1D; then 2-47; 48 and 48A; 49-97; 98, 98A, 98B and 98C; 99-283; 284 and 284A; 285-308; 309 and 309A; 310-313; 314 and 314A; 315-337; 338 and 338A and terminates with 349, which is the last number given to the final folio of the volume.
2. ‘Supposed designs of the Porte in the Persian Gulf’
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- Abstract: Enclosures no. 2-15 to a despatch from the Secret Department, Bombay [Mumbai] Castle, dated 15 March 1848. The enclosures are dated 14 December 1847-7 March 1848. The enclosures consist of copies of correspondence relating to affairs in the Persian Gulf and the possible intentions of the Sublime Porte [Government of the Ottoman Empire] to extend its influence in the Gulf. Many of the topics discussed in the correspondence relate to Bahrein [Bahrain], believed to be the Porte’s primary target in the Gulf, including:Possible closer relations between Britain and Shaik Mahomed bin Khuleefa [Shaikh Muhammed bin Khalifah Al Khalifah], Chief of BahreinPossible French support for Shaik Abdoollah bin Amed [Shaikh Abdullah bin Ahmad Al Khalifah], exiled former Chief of BahreinThe aftermath of the death of Shaik Esai bin Tareef [Shaikh ‘Isa bin Tarif al-‘Utbi], Chief of Al-Bida [Doha], in battle against Bahrein in November 1847A Bahraini ship running aground off the coast of Amulgavine [Umm al-Qaywayn].Other topics discussed include:The increasingly close diplomatic relations between France and Persia [Iran]A reconciliation between Sheikh Sultan bin Suggur [Shaikh Sultan bin Saqr al-Qasimi, Ruler of Sharjah and Ra's al-Khaymah] and his sons Ibraheem [Ibrahim] and AbdullahPeace negotiations between Debaie [Dubai] and Aboothabee [Abu Dhabi].The correspondents are: the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; the Government of India; and the Native Agent, Sharjah.Physical description: 1 item (27 folios)
3. ‘Persian Gulf. Proceedings of the maritime Chiefs on the Arabian Coast. Vol: 18’
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- Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, consultations, and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. These political letters appear in IOR/F/4/2349/123808. The main correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Major Samuel Hennell, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; and Moollah Houssein [Mullā Ḥusayn], British Agent at Shargah [Sharjah]. It is the eighteenth in a series of twenty-four items on events in the Persian Gulf.The item concerns:The abandonment of his projected attack on Khor Fakawn [Khor Fakkan] by Sheik Sultan ben Suggur [Shaikh Sulṭān I bin Ṣaqr al-Qāsimī of Ra’s al-Khaymah], due to a lack of support from Saad ben Mootluk [Sa‘d bin Muṭlaq]The prospect of the renewal of friendly relations between Aboothabee [Abu Dhabi] and Debaye [Dubai]A list of articles for presentation to the maritime chiefs of the Arabian Coast, which Hennell requests are purchased in Bombay [Mumbai] and then sent to him.The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft no 334 of 1850’, ‘Coll[ection] 4’, and ‘Collection No 3 of No 127’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 345, and terminates at f 354 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.
4. ‘Persian Gulf. Proceedings of the Resident during his last annual Tour of the Arabian Coast – Vol: 2’
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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/4/2302/118727. The correspondents are the Government of Bombay and Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf. It is the second in a series of fifty-one items on the Persian Gulf.The item concerns Hennell’s report of a cruise he undertook of the Arabian Coast, including details of his interviews with the chiefs of Bahrein [Bahrain, Shaikh Muḥammad bin Khalīfah Āl Khalīfah], Shargah [Sharjah, Shaikh Sulṭān I bin Ṣaqr al-Qāsimī], and Debaye [Dubai, Shaikh Maktūm I bin Buṭṭī Āl Bū Falāseh]. The topics covered include:Bahreini [Bahraini] subjects on Kenn [Kish Island]The decline of Wahabee [Wahhābi] power [the Second Saudi State]An agreement between Shargah, Ejman [Ajman], Amulgavine [Umm al-Qaywayn], and latterly, Debaye, not to accept each other’s fugitivesA planned expedition against Brymee [Al Buraymi] by BahreinTwo enslaved people rescued from EjmanA complaint that a Bahreini boat had been boarded near Bidda [al-Bid’].The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Collection No 1 of No 129’, ‘Coll[ection]: 17’ and ‘Draft no 465 of 49’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 325, and terminates at f 343, 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.
5. ‘Persian Gulf. Arab Chiefs. The Resident’s interviews with the. Presents made to the. Vol: 1’
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- Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, consultations, and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Political Agent in the Persian Gulf; and Lieutenant-Colonel Justin Sheil, HM Ambassador to Tehran. It is the first in a series of twenty-one items on events in the Persian Gulf.The item concerns interviews between Hennell and the sheiks [shaikhs] of Amulgavine [Umm al-Qaywayn], Shargah [Sharjah], Debaye [Dubai], and Bahrein [Bahrain], during which the following subjects were discussed:Accusations of aggressive behaviour by Saeed ben Tahnoon [Shaikh Sa‘īd bin Ṭaḥnūn Āl Nahyān, Shaikh of Abu Dhabi]The actions of Soheil ben Ateish [Suhayl bin ‘Uṭaysh], a ‘pirate’ believed to be supported by some ‘chiefs’ along the Guttur [Qatar] CoastRelations between Sultan ben Suggur [Shaikh Sulṭān I bin Ṣaqr al-Qāsimī, Shaikh of Ra’s al-Khaymah and Sharjah] and MuscatBen Suggur’s request to send boats to evacuate women and children from Kenn [Kish Island], which was threatened by Persian [Iranian] troops, and his subsequent unsanctioned sending of 500 armed men to the islandAn agreement in principle that the people on Kenn would receive an annual income from Bahrein and in return relinquish their claim to Bahrein.The item also contains a political letter from the Government of Bombay to the Court of Directors of the East India Company, summarising the contents of the following 20 items.The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft N 34 – 1852’, and ‘Collection No 32 in 21 Volumes’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 82, and terminates at f 107, 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.
6. ‘Persian Gulf. State of affairs in the. Vol: 17’
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- Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, consultations, and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. These political letters appear in IOR/F/4/2349/123808. The main correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Major Samuel Hennell, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; and Commander John Porter, commanding the Indian Naval Squadron in the Persian Gulf. It is the seventeenth in a series of twenty-four items on events in the Persian Gulf.The item concerns:An alleged seizure of a vessel belonging to a merchant who had seceded from Bahrein [Bahrain] and then returned there by Hassan ben Abdoollah [Ḥusayn bin ‘Abdullāh], the Governor of Charrack [Shaikh of Bandar-e Charak], and the return of the vessel and cargoThe delay of two Bahraini boats at Charrack due to a lack of men to crew themPorter’s tour of the Trucial States of the Gulf and his observations on the relations between the shaikhs, especially the refusal of Muscat to pay Saad bin Mootluk [Sa‘d bin Muṭlaq] tribute and internal events in Bahrein.The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft no 334 of 1850’, ‘Coll[ection] 4’, and ‘Collection No 2 of No 127’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 323, and terminates at f 344 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.
7. ‘Persian Gulf. Affairs. Vol: 6’
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- Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, consultations, and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. These political letters appear in IOR/F/4/2324/120974. The main correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Major Samuel Hennell, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; and Hajee Jassim [Ḥājjī Jāsim], British Agent at Bahrein [Bahrain]. It is the sixth in a series of six items on the Persian Gulf.The item concerns:Hennell’s tour of the Trucial Coast and conversations with the shaikhs of Bahrein, Rasel Khymah [Ra’s al-Khaymah], Amulgavine [Umm al-Qaywayn], Debaye [Dubai], Ejmaun [Ajman], and Aboothabee [Abu Dhabi], including their relations with each other and accusations of minor incidents both of trading enslaved people and detaining vessels in their ports unlawfullyThe secession and subsequent reconciliation of four influential merchants from Bahrein who went to Kenn [Kish Island] and Hennell’s role in mediating the dispute between them and the Sheik of Bahrein, Mahomed bin Khuleefa [Shaikh Muḥammed bin Khalīfah Āl Khalīfah]False reports of the death of Captain Atkins Hamerton, British Consul and Agent in the Dominions of the Imam of Muscat.The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft no 776/49’, ‘Coll[ection] 13’, and ‘Collection No 1 of No 78’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 8, and terminates at f 36 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.
8. ‘TRIBAL MAP OF SHUMAILIYAH’
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- Abstract: Distinctive Features:Shows the location of tribes that dwelled in the Trucial States area with names reported. Names of tribes under authority of the Muscat state are double underlined in red.Physical description: Materials:Pen and ink on paperDimensions:340 x 433 mm
9. 'Supplementary List of Undertakings etc, of a Confidential Nature between the Trucial Chiefs of Oman and the British Government, 1911-1912'
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- Abstract: The volume is entitled Supplementary List of Undertakings etc, of a Confidential Nature between the Trucial Chiefs of Oman and the British Government, 1911-1912. There are also two duplicate copies of the same item. One of the copies is inscribed 'Received under Foreign and Political Department endorsement 147 E.A. of 22.6.16'.The volume contains transcribed documents in English followed by corresponding documents in Arabic. The documents comprise correspondence between the Political Resident and Trucial Coast chiefs concerning pearling concessions and the lighthouse on Tamb Island.The volumes are accompanied by an unbound file copy of IOR/R/15/1/735.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence runs through all four volumes, commencing at 1 on the front cover of the first, and terminating at 64 on the back cover of the last. These 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. Foliation anomalies: ff. 1, 1A, 1B, 1C.
10. 'File 78/1 II Pearl Fisheries'
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- Abstract: The Pearl Fisheries subject file contains correspondence and other papers relating to British concerns over the admission of foreign vessels into the Persian Gulf to fish on the pearling banks. At the front of the file are a number of fold-out maps (folios, 3, 5, 11 and 13) showing the locations of pearling banks in the Gulf. A blueprint map dated 18 March 1939 (folio 11) shows the position of pearl banks on the Trucial Coast. Each of the pearl banks on the map is marked with a number. The map also has a key which lists the names of the 110 numbered pearl banks in transliterated English. There is also a map showing pearling banks off the coasts of Bahrain and Dubai (folio 13). The names of topographic features (human settlements, islands, pearl banks) are marked in Arabic. The depth of the waters in fathoms are also shown using Arabic numerals.The first item of correspondence in the file is a letter (folios 15-16) from E. A. Seal of The Admiralty, to J. P. Gibson of the India Office, dated 13 November 1937, and relates to the possible activities of Japanese trawlers in the Gulf. Extensive correspondence follows between representatives from the Foreign Office, India Office and the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Lieutenant-Colonel Trenchard Fowle) over the economic and political implications of granting foreign vessels rights to fish the pearl banks. A series of letters from the Political Agencies at Kuwait, Bahrain and Muscat to the Political Residency give details of the pearling banks off the coast of Kuwait (folios 56-57, 59-60), Bahrain (folios 62-63), the Trucial Coast (folios 64-67, whose 110 pearling banks correspond to the map on folio 11), and Muscat (folio 58).The discussion focuses towards the end of the file over British powers to permit or deny foreign vessels the right to fish the deeper pearl banks, which are beyond the reach of the traditional methods used by Arab divers. Letters from the Secretary at the British Museum and Cyril Crossland, former Director of the Egyptian Zoological Service (an expert on the Red Sea pearl fisheries), advise on the potential impacts of deep-water oyster fishing on the shallower oyster beds fished by Arab divers (folios 72-73, 74-77).Folio 5A is an explanatory note written by Penelope Tuson, dated 21 November 1994, explaining that the maps at folios 5 and 7 are missing, and that the originals have been replaced with photographic copies taken from microfilm, until the originals have been found. There is, however, a map at folio 5, suggesting that one map was found and replaced after Tuson's note was written. Maps at folio 7 and folio 9 are missing.Physical description: Foliation: The file is foliated from the front cover to the inside back cover, using circled pencil numbers in the top-right corner of each recto. There is another, earlier foliation system which uses uncircled pencil numbers in the top-right corner of recto pages. This sequence is not numerically consistent. The following foliation anomalies occur: 5A, 5B, 5C, 80A, 80B. Folios 7 and 9 are missing.The following folios are fold-out maps: 3, 5, 11, 13.
11. 'Existing Treaties between the British Government and the Trucial Chiefs, 1906'
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- Abstract: The volume is accompanied by two duplicate copies. The volume is subtitled Treaties and Engagements in Force on 1st January 1906 between the British Government and the Trucial Chiefs of the Arab Coast; to which is Prefixed an Address Delivered by His Excellency Lord Curzon, Viceroy and Governor-General of India, to the Trucial Chiefs of the Arab Coast, at a Public Durbar Held at Shargah [Sharjah] on the 21st November 1903, and consists of a set of documents in English followed by versions in Arabic. The documents included are:General Treaty with the Arab Tribes of the Persian Gulf, 1820;Engagement entered into by Sheikh Sultan bin Suggur, Chief of Ras-ool-Kheimah [Ra's al-Khaymah] and Shargah [Sharjah], for the abolition of the African slave trade in his ports, 1847;Treaty of Peace in perpetuity agreed upon by the Chiefs of the Arabian Coast on behalf of themselves, their heirs and successors, under the mediation of the Resident in the Persian Gulf, 1853;Further engagement entered into by Sheikh Sultan bin Suggur, of Jowasmee, with the British Government, for the more effectual suppression of the slave trade, 1856;Additional Article for the protection of the Telegraph Line and Stations, agreed to before Lieutenant-Colonel Lewis Pelly, Acting British Political Resident, Persian Gulf, and appended to the Treaty of Peace of 4 May 1853, 1864;Mutual agreement entered into by the Trucial Chiefs of the Oman Coast through the medium of Haji Abul Cassim, Munshi, especially deputed on this service, and Haji Abdur Rahman, Government Agent, Arab Coast, written on the 3rd Rajeb 1296, corresponding with 24 June 1879;Protectorate Treaties, 1892;Agreement for the prohibition of the Arms Traffic, 1902.In the event of any doubt arising about the interpretation of the treaty stipulations, the English text was to be considered decisive.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence is split between three identical volumes, the covers of which are not included. The sequence is as follows: Volume 1: ff. 1-23; Volume 2: ff. 24-46; Volume 3: ff. 47-68. These numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and can be found in the top right hand corner of the recto page of each folio. Each volume is split into English and Arabic sections. These each contain a separate pagination sequence, which mirror each other in their respective languages. These numbers are printed, and can be found in the top centre of each page.
12. 'File 61/8 Bin Saud's Relations with Trucial Chiefs'
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- Abstract: The file concerns relations between Ibn Sa'ud (also referred to in the papers as Ibn Saud, Bin Saud, and Bin Sa'ud) [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd (Ibn Sa‘ūd)] and the Rulers of the Trucial States.The papers include reports in Arabic with separate English translations from the Residency Agent, Shargah [Sharjah] to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, dated June 1923 - October 1930, covering issues such as tribal loyalties, the collection of zakat, agreements between the Sheikhs, the activities of the Amir of Hasa, the presence of Najdis in the area, and general matters; correspondence from Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Gilbert Crosthwaite, Political Agent and Consul, Muscat to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, dated November 1925 - January 1926, reporting an advance by Isa bin Saleh of Kabil into the Dhahira [Dhahir] tract in Oman to ward off a possible move by Ibn Saud on that part of Arabia; and a report by Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Beville Prideaux, the Political Resident, to the Secretary of State for the Colonies, Colonial Office, London, summarising the situation in Trucial Oman [the Trucial States] created by the activities of Ibn Sa'ud's representative, the Amir of Hasa, with background information on the area and the tribes who inhabited it, June 1926.The papers further include: note by Bertram Sidney Thomas on tribes in the area, March [1927]; report on Wahabi activities in the Persian Gulf, by Cyril Charles Johnson Barrett, Political Agent, Bahrain, April 1927; correspondence from Captain Tom Hickinbotham, Political Agent, Bahrain to the Political Resident concerning an alleged breach of Article no 1 of the Treaty of 1892 between the British Government and the Ruler of Dubai, following the arrest of a Saudi subject in Dubai and his return to Saudi Arabia for punishment, July 1937; and letter from Hugh Weightman, Political Agent, Bahrain, to Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Trenchard Craven William Fowle, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, dated 6 February 1939, summarising the strength of Bin Saud's influence in and around Baraimi, and concluding that he was probably not regarded by the Trucial Sheikhs as a serious menace to their independence.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation system in use commences at 1 on the front cover, and continues through to 89, the last folio before the back cover. The sequence is written in pencil and enclosed in a circle, and appears in the top right hand corner of the recto page of each folio. Foliation anomaly: ff. 5, 5A. The following number is omitted from the foliation sequence: 2. The following folios need to be folded out to be read: ff. 47, 57. A second, incomplete foliation sequence, numbered 8-132 (ff. 3-89) is also present. These numbers appear in the same position as the main sequence, but are not circled.
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