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13. ‘Persian Gulf. Wahabee Governor of Kateef. Threat to commit Piracy. Senior I. Naval Officer. Particulars of visit to Bahrein and Kateef. Brig of War “Euphrates” Repairs to.’
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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/4/2174/105546. It is the thirty-second in a series of forty-five items on the Persian Gulf.The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Major Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf; Shaik Abdoollah bin Saeed Moodavee [Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Sa‘d al-Mudāwī], Governor of Kateef [Al-Qatif]; and Lieutenant John Stephens, Senior Indian Naval Officer Commanding the Squadron in the Persian Gulf.The item concerns a request to Hennell from Shaik Abdoollah bin Saeed Moodavee for British assistance against Humud bin Mujuddel [Ḥamad bin Majdal] and the Amaeer [al-‘Amāyir] tribe. Shaik Abdoollah accuses the Amaeer of ‘piracies’, and threatens similar actions from his own subjects if assistance is not forthcoming. Hennell refuses the request, and sends Lieutenant Stephens to Kateef with the Cliveand Euphratesto transmit his reply. Stephens reports on his visit and also on the state of the Euphrates, which he has sent to Bassadore [Basaʻidu] for repairs.The item contains a table of contents (ff 569-570), and the title page (f 568) contains the following references: ‘P C [Previous Communication] 5507, Coll. 7, Vol. 32’, ‘D/t 197/47’, ‘Collection No. 1 of No. 119’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 568 and terminates at f 602, 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.
14. 'Persian Gulf. Bahrein affairs.'
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- Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence and consultations cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. These political letters appear in IOR/F/4/2174/105546. It is the twenty-fourth in a series of forty-five items on the Persian Gulf.The item contains a letter from the Government of India to the Government of Bombay acknowledging receipt of a despatch reporting the actions of the Resident in the Persian Gulf in response to the reception afforded by the Shiek of Koweit [Shaikh Jābir I bin ‘Abdullāh Āl Ṣabāḥ of Kuwait] to the Ex-Chief of Bahrein [Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Aḥmad Āl Khalīfah, former Ruler of Bahrain].The item contains a table of contents (f 489), and the title page (f 488) contains the following references: ‘P C [Previous Communication] 5507, Coll. 7, Vol. 24’, ‘D/t 197/47’, ‘Collection No. 12 of No. 53’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 488 and terminates at f 490, 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.
15. ‘Persian Gulf. Affairs of the Chief of Lingah – Vol: 5’
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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 fifth in a series of fifty-one items on the Persian Gulf.The item concerns the results an interview between Hennell and the Shaikh of Lingah [Bander-e Lengeh], Shaik Saad bin Guzeeb [Sa‘īd bin Qāzib], in which they discussed:A complaint by Shaik Saad about customs duty at Muscat being incorrectly applied to one of his shipsRelations between Lingah and Nabend [Damagheh-ye Nay Band]The proposed relocation of the al boo Soomut tribe [Āl Bū Ṣamad] from Lingah to Bahrein [Bahrain].The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Collection No 4 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 365, and terminates at f 370, 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.
16. ‘Persian Gulf. Affairs.’
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- Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, minutes, and consultations cited in, or enclosed with, a political letter from the Government of Bombay.The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay and Major Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf.The item concerns five letters from Hennell regarding various incidents in the Gulf. These are:A request from Khooshal [Khvushḥāl], a native of Tatta [Thatta] in Sinde [Sindh], for protection for himself and his compatriots residing at Bahrein [Bahrain], who he claims are subject to the exactions of the followers of Mahomed bin Khuleefa [Shaikh Muḥammad bin Khalīfah Āl Khalīfah], the Ruler of Bahrein. Included is a ‘list of the Hindoos residing in Bahrein with the place of their birth’A claim from Khooshal for compensation for his cargo which was plundered in Bahrein harbourA dispute between Syed Sooweney [Sayyid Thuwaynī bin Sa‘īd Āl Bū Sa‘īd, also rendered as Syed Soowenee], the Governor of Muscat, and Shaik Sultan bin Suggur the chief of Ras el Kheymah [Shaikh Sulṭān I bin Ṣaqr al-Qāsimī, Ruler of Ra’s al-Khaymah and Sharjah] regarding the ownership of the fort of Kussaab [Khasab]A copy of instructions issued by Hennell to Lieutenant Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Assistant Resident in the Persian Gulf, for his forthcoming trip to the Arabian coast of the Gulf. These mostly relate to the conflict that has broken out as a result of the erection by Shaik Sultan bin Suggur of a fort at Khan [Al Khan], contrary to an earlier promise he made to suspend its constructionA report that Houssein Khan [Muḥammad Ḥusayn Khān Muqaddam Marāgha’i], the Governor of Fars, has sent a force to Bunder Abass [Bandar-e ʻAbbas], and that the Governor of Bunder Abass, Shaik Syf [Shaikh Sayf bin Nabhān al-Ma‘walī], has appealed to Syed Soowenee for help.The item contains a table of contents (ff 399-400), and the title page (f 398) contains the following references: ‘P C [Previous Communication] 5507, Coll. 7, Vol. 16’, ‘D/t 197/47’, ‘Collection No. 4 of No. 53’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 398 and terminates at f 412, 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.
17. ‘Persian Gulf. Affairs.’
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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/4/2174/105546. It is the thirty-fourth in a series of forty-five items on the Persian Gulf.The main correspondents are: the Government of Bombay and Major Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf.The item concerns:Hennell’s efforts to obtain redress for alleged attacks carried out, respectively, by the people of Congoon [Bandar-e Kangan], Cheroo [Bandar-e Chiru’iyeh], and Aseloo [Bandar-e Asaluyeh] on ships under British protectionAn attack on Shaik Yousuf bin Suggur [Shaikh Yūsuf bin Ṣaqr], the owner of a British merchant ship, by the followers of the uncle of the Governor of Bushire [Bushehr]Reports that Syed Humood bin Azan [Sayyid Ḥammūd bin ‘Azzān al-Būsa‘īdī] has been seeking to persuade certain tribes to end their allegiance to the Imam of Muscat.The item contains a table of contents (f 613-614), and the title page (f 612) contains the following references: ‘P C [Previous Communication] 5507, Coll. 7, Vol. 34’, ‘D/t 197/47’, ‘Collection No. 3 of No. 119’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 612 and terminates at f 630, 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.
18. ‘Persian Gulf. Affairs. Vol: 19’
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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 Hajee Jassem [Ḥājī Jāsim], British Agent at Bahrein [Bahrain]. It is the nineteenth in a series of twenty-four items on events in the Persian Gulf.The item concerns:The arrival of Sheik Mubarek bin Abdoollah [Shaikh Mubārak bin ‘Abdullāh Āl Khalīfah] at Kenn [Kish Island, also referred to as Ges] and his ambition to attack BahreinRelations between Mahomed ben Khuleefa [Shaikh Muḥammad bin Khalīfah Āl Khalīfah, Shaikh of Bahrain] and the Howajeer Tribe [al-Hawājir], including Hennell’s attempts to make Mahomed ben Khuleefa take responsibility for the tribe’s actions.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 4 of No 127’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 355, and terminates at f 376 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.
19. ‘Persian Gulf. Affairs of.’
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- Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. These political letters appear in IOR/F/4/2174/105546. It is the twenty-seventh in a series of forty-five items on the Persian Gulf.The correspondents are: Major Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf; Moollah Hussein [Mullā Ḥusayn], Native Agent at Shargah [Sharjah]; and Commodore John Croft Hawkins, Commanding Indian Naval Squadron in the Persian Gulf.The item concerns:The death of Shaik Suggur bin Sultan [Shaikh Ṣaqr bin Sultān al-Qāsimī], following an attack on Amulgavine [Umm al-Qaywayn], and the request of Shaik Sultan bin Suggur [Shaikh Sulṭān I bin Ṣaqr al-Qāsimī] for Hennell to mediate between the different tribesThe arrival of Commodore Hawkins at Shargah, and the brokering of a truce between Shaik Sultan bin Suggur and the rulers of Debaie [Dubai], Ejmaun [Ajman], and Amulgavine. It includes a copy of the truce, concluded on 19 April 1846.The item contains a table of contents (f 528), and the title page (f 527) contains the following references: ‘P C [Previous Communication] 5507, Coll. 7, Vol. 27’, ‘D/t 197/47’, ‘Collection No. 3 of No. 75’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 527 and terminates at f 538, 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.
20. ‘Persian Gulf. Affairs of.’
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- Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. These political letters appear in IOR/F/4/2174/105546. It is the twenty-sixth in a series of forty-five items on the Persian Gulf.The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Major Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf; and Lieutenant Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Assistant Resident in the Persian Gulf.The item concerns Kemball’s report of his tour of the Arabian coast of the Gulf. This includes:The relations of the tribes of the Arabian coast with Saad bin Mootluk [Sa‘d bin Muṭlaq al-Muṭayrī]The construction by Sultan bin Suggur [Shaikh Sulṭān I bin Ṣaqr al-Qāsimī], the Joasmee [al-Qawāsim] Chief, of a fort near to Debaie [Dubai], and the formation in response of an alliance between the rulers of Debaie, Ejman [Ajman], and Amulgavine [Umm al-Qaywayn]The formation of an alliance between Sultan bin Suggur and Sheikh Saeed ben Tahnoon of Aboothabee [Shaikh Sa‘īd bin Ṭaḥnūn Āl Nahyān, Ruler of Abu Dhabi]Kemball’s efforts to deter Saeed bin Guzeeb [Sa‘īd bin Qāzib], Governor of Lingah [Bandar-e Lengeh], from getting involved in the disputes between the tribes of the Arabian coastAn enquiry from the Government of Bombay as to why Kemball went on this tour, and not Hennell.The item contains a table of contents (f 506), and the title page (f 505) contains the following references: ‘P C [Previous Communication] 5507, Coll. 7, Vol. 26’, ‘D/t 197/47’, ‘Collection No. 2 of No. 75’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 505 and terminates at f 526, 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.
21. ‘Persian Gulf. Muscat. Intelligence communicated by the Native Agent at – Vol: 6’
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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 Heskeil bin Yusoof [Ḥizqīl bin Yūsuf], British Agent at Muscat. It is the sixth in a series of fifty-one items on the Persian Gulf.The item concerns:The movements of Syud Thooenee [Sayyid Thuwaynī bin Sa‘īd Āl Bū Sa‘īd, Governor of Muscat]An account of theft at MuscatNegotiations between Muscat and neighbouring tribesA battle at Wasit, Oman, between Syud Hamood bin Uzan [Sayyid Hamūd bin ‘Azzan Āl Bū Sa‘īd] and Mahomed bin Suif Ijajee [Muḥammad bin Sayf al-‘Ajjājī]The capture of Braimee [al Buraymi] by Syud Suif [Sayyid Syf bin Hamūd Āl Bū Sa‘īd].The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Collection No 5 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 371, and terminates at f 380, 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.
22. ‘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.
23. ‘Persian Gulf. Defeat of a body of Wahabee Troops sent by that ruler against the Chief of Sohar – Vol: 18’
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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; Major Samuel Hennell, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; Khojah Heskael [Khawājah Ḥizqīl bin Yūsuf] British Agent at Muscat; and Mollah Houssin [Mullā Ḥusayn], British Agent at Shargah [Sharjah]. It is the eighteenth in a series of fifty-one items on the Persian Gulf.The item concerns:Reports of the defeat of a body of Wahabee [Wahhābī] troops sent by Saeed bin Mootluk [Sa‘d bin Muṭlaq] under the command of Mahomed bin Syful Ujajee [Muḥammad bin Sayf al-‘Ajjājī] at the hands of Sheikh Syf bin Humood [Sayyid Syf bin Hamūd Āl Bū Sa‘īd], Chief of Sohar [Suhar]The resultant weakening of Wahabee [Second Saudi State] influence in OmanAlliances between shaikhs of the GulfReports concerning Sheikh Sultan bin Suggur [Shaikh Sulṭān I bin Ṣaqr al-Qāsimī of Ra’s al-Khaymah], who is rumoured to be preparing to support Mahomed bin Syful UjajeeReports concerning Sheikh Saeed bin Tahnoon [Shaikh Sa‘īd bin Ṭaḥnūn Āl Nahyān of Abu Dhabi], who is rumoured to be preparing to attack Mahomed bin Syful Ujajee.The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Collection No 1 of No 144’, ‘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 466, and terminates at f 479, 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.
24. 'Persian Gulf, detention by the Chief of Ras el Khyma of a Bugla belonging to Sheik Saad bin Rashed'
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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/4/2174/105546. It is the thirty-ninth in a series of forty-five items on the Persian Gulf.The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay and Major Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf.The item concerns the detention by Ibrahim ben Sultan [Ibrāhīm bin Sulṭān al-Qāsimī], the Governor of Ras-el Khymah [Ra’s al Khaymah], of a ship belonging to Sheik Saad ben Rashid [Shaikh Sa‘d bin Rāshid al-Mu‘allā], the brother of the Chief of Amulgavine [Umm al-Qaywayn].The item contains a table of contents (f 669), and the title page (f 670) contains the following references: ‘P C [Previous Communication] 5507, Coll. 7, Vol. 39’, ‘D/t 197/47’, ‘Collection No. 8 of No. 119’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 669 and terminates at f 674, 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.