Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, consultations, and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, a political letter from the Government of Bombay, which appears in IOR/F/4/2445/134344. The main correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Political Agent in the Persian Gulf; Commander John Porter, Senior Naval Officer in the Persian Gulf; and Lieutenant Frederick Erskine Manners, commanding the East India Company brigantine
Tigris. It is the seventh in a series of twenty-one items on events in the Persian Gulf.The item concerns:The movement of people from Wukrah [Al Wakrah] and Fowarit [Fuwairit] to Bahrein [Bahrain] and El Biddah [al-Bid’] on the orders of Mahomed bin Khuleefa [Shaikh Muḥammad bin Khalīfah Āl Khalīfah of Bahrain]Mahomed bin Khuleefa’s decision to pay the fine the British were imposing on Doah [Doha], Wukrah, and Fowarit because of the ‘piracy’ of Soheil bin Ateish [Suhayl bin ‘Uṭaysh]Plans to seize Soheil bin AteishVisits of British ships to the Guttur [Qatar] Coast and El Adeed [Khawr al ‘Udayd]British surveys of the harbour of El Biddah and the shoals outsideThe movements of Ameer Fysul [Amīr Fayṣal bin Turkī bin ‘Abdullāh Āl Sa‘ūd, ruler of the Second Saudi State].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’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 176, and terminates at f 197, 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, consultations, resolutions, and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, a political letter from the Government of Bombay, which appears in IOR/F/4/2445/134344. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Political Agent in the Persian Gulf; Commander John Porter, Senior Naval Officer in the Persian Gulf; and Hajee Jassim [Ḥājjī Jāsim], British Agent at Bahrein [Bahrain]. It is the sixth in a series of twenty-one items on events in the Persian Gulf.The item concerns:Intelligence of two ‘pirates’, Soheil bin Ateish [Suhayl bin ‘Uṭaysh] and Rugragee [Jāsim bin Jābir al-Raqrāqī] cruising off the Gutter [Qatar] CoastDetails of an attack on a Batinah boat by bin Ateish and the assistance rendered to him by Mahomed ben Sanee [Shaikh Muḥammad bin Thāni al-Thāmir]Hennell’s decision to exact the money taken by the ‘pirates’ from Wukrah [Al Wakrah], Doah [Doha], and Fowarit [Fuwairit], which he believes have been sheltering and supporting them.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’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 166, and terminates at f 175, 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: 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 fourth in a series of eight items about the Persian Gulf.The item relates to a report from Lieutenant James Tronson, Commanding Officer of the Company brigantine,
Tigris, regarding his recent trip to collect money owed by Sheik Mahomed ben Khuleefa, Sheik of Bahrein [Shaikh Muḥammad bin Khalīfah Āl Khalīfah, Shaikh of Bahrain]. Sheik Mohamed owed the money as he was acting as security on behalf of the rulers of the Guttur [Qatar] coast. Tronson's report includes Sheik Mahomed's excuse for not paying the full amount, which relates to a loss of subjects as the inhabitants of Wookrah [Al Wakrah, also rendered in text as Wukrah] recently moved to Katiff [Al-Qatif], at the invitation of Ameer Fuzel ben Turkey [Amīr Fayṣal bin Turkī bin ‘Abdullāh Āl Sa‘ūd].Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, sends a copy of the report to the Government of Bombay, along with his comments. The item also includes a minute by the Governor of Bombay.The title page of the item contains the following references: 'Bombay Political Department', 'Draft No. 733 of 1852', 'Collection No 7', 'Vol: 4', and 'Examiner's Office'. Originally, the Collection number was given as '4 of No. 35' but this has been crossed out.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 950, and terminates at f 957, 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.