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13. ‘Persian Gulf – Bahrein – Ex Chief of – hostilities against that Island’
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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 [Mumbai]. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Captain Samuel Hennell, British Resident in the Persian Gulf; Shaik Syf bin Ahmed boo Hindi [Shaikh Sayf bin Ahmed Abu Hindi], chief of Nabend [Ras Naband]. It is the first in a series of four items concerning the Persian Gulf (the others are IOR/F/4/2100/98233, 98234, and 98235).The item concerns disputes in the Persian Gulf between:Shaik Abdoollah bin Ahmed [Shaikh ‘Abdullah bin Ahmad Al Khalifah], ex-chief of Bahrein [Bahrain], and Shaik Mahomed bin Khuleifa [Shaikh Muhammed bin Khalifah Al Khalifah], the current ruler of Bahrain, over the seizure of Bahraini boats by Abdoollah bin AhmedThe people of Debaye [Dubai] and the people of Shargah [Sharjah] over the seizure of property by inhabitants of DebayeSheik Abdool Azeez bin Rashid [Shaikh ‘Abd al-‘Aziz bin Rashid Al Nu’aimi, Shaikh of Ajman], and Sultan bin Suggur [Shaikh Sultan I bin Saqr al-Qasimi, Shaikh of Ra’s al-Khaymah], over the plunder of a boat from Ejman [Ajman]Shaik Syf bin Ahmed and Abdoollah bin Ahmed, who is his guest.The item also concerns:The conduct of vessels carrying British colours and passes leaving Bushire [Bushehr]The collection of forces at Muscat in preparation for an expedition to ZanzibarThe payment of a pension to the son of the late Native Agent at Shiraz, Mirza Juwad [Jawad].The item includes a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft 683, P.C. [Previous Communication] 4878, [Season 18]45’, ‘Vol: 1’, ‘Collection No 9 of No 99’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 296 and terminates at f 316, 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 – Pirate – Ghuleeta – Surrender of – Demand from the Sheik of Bidda. Vol: 4’
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- 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.
15. ‘Persian Gulf Relative to Vessels of a suspicious Character lurking on the track of the Coasting trade in the’
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- 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, 13 January 1853, and found at IOR/F/4/2504/142185. Further enclosures to the letter can be found at: IOR/F/4/2504/142194; IOR/F/4/2504/142195; IOR/F/4/2504/142196; IOR/F/4/2504/142197; IOR/F/4/2504/142198; and IOR/F/4/2504/142200. The item is the fifteenth in a series of sixteen items about the Persian Gulf.The item contains instructions from Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Commodore George Robinson, Commanding Indian Naval Squadron in the Persian Gulf, dated 28 October 1852, following reports of 'suspicious vessels' around the Persian [Iranian] Coast and rumours that the 'pirate' Soheil ben Ateysh [Suhayl bin ‘Uṭaysh, also rendered in text as Sheil ben Ateysh] has returned to Biddah [Al Bid‘] and Wakrah. Kemball instructs Robinson to warn his commanders to look out for these vessels, including how to identify them and what to do with them.Kemball sends copy of his instructions, along with some comments, to the Government of Bombay, who in turn forward them to the Government of India.The title page of the item contains the following references: 'Bombay Political Department', 'Draft No. 350 of 1853', 'Collection No. 1 of No. 8 of 1853', 'Vol: 15', and 'Examiner's Office'. Originally, the Collection number was given as '6' but this has been crossed out.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 1275, and terminates at f 1279, 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 – Surrender of a Pirate demanded from the Governor of Bidda and the Chief of Debaye called upon to punish some of his people who had committed a robbery at Bassadore.’
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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. 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.
17. ‘Persian Gulf – Affairs of –’
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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 [Mumbai]. The main correspondents are the Government of Bombay and Captain Samuel Hennell, British Resident in the Persian Gulf. It is the third in a series of four items concerning the Persian Gulf (the others are IOR/F/4/2100/98232, 98233, and 98235).The item concerns:A dispute between Sheik Abdool Azeez bin Rashid [Shaikh ‘Abd al-‘Aziz bin Rashid Al Nu’aimi, Shaikh of Ajman], and Sultan bin Suggur [Shaikh Sultan I bin Saqr al-Qasimi, Shaikh of Ra’s al-Khaymah], over the plunder of a boat from Ejman [Ajman]A dispute between Shaik Abdoollah bin Ahmed [Shaikh ‘Abdullah bin Ahmad Al Khalifah], ex-chief of Bahrain, and Shaik Mahomed bin Khuleifa [Shaikh Muhammed bin Khalifah Al Khalifah], the current ruler of Bahrain, over the seizure of Bahraini boats by Abdoollah bin AhmedThe actions of Syed Sooweny [Sayyid Thuwaini bin Sa‘id Al Bu Sa‘id, acting ruler of Muscat] at Muscat, including seizing cargoThe complaints of Shaik Khuleefa bin Shakboot [Shaikh Khalifah bin Shakhbut Al Nahyan, Shaikh of Abu Dhabi] that one of his boats and its cargo was seized by the Governor of the Chaab [Banu Ka'b]Three prisoners being transported to Tehran, having been accused of the murder of the widow of Mirza Juwad [Jawad], the late Native Agent at ShirazA pension for the son of Mirza JuwadThe ill-treatment of the pilot at Bushire [Bushehr] by William Litchfield, commanding officer of the East India Company Schooner Emily.The item includes a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft 683, P.C. [Previous Communication] 4878, [Season 18]45’, ‘Vol: 3’, ‘Collection No 9 of No 24’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 350 and terminates at f 384, 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.
18. ‘Persian Gulf – Affairs of. Vol: 1’
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- Abstract: This item consists of copies of political letters from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai], containing some extracts of letters from the Court of Directors of the East India Company. The enclosures to these letters are contained in the subsequent items. It is the first in a series of six items on the Persian Gulf (the others are IOR/F/4/2005/89511, IOR/F/4/2005/89512, IOR/F/4/2005/89513, IOR/F/4/2005/89514, and IOR/F/4/2006/89515).The item concerns:A projected attack on Bahrein [Bahrain] by Essa bin Tureef [Shaikh ‘Īsá bin Ḥamad bin Ṭarīf Āl Bin ‘Alī al-‘Utbī]A dispute between Sultan bin Suggur of Russal Khyma [Shaikh Sulṭān I bin Ṣaqr al-Qāsimī of Ra’s al-Khaymah] and Abdoolla bin Rashid of Amulgavine [Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Rāshid al-Mu‘allā of Umm al-Qaywayn]The movement of the Residency in the Persian Gulf from Karrack [Jazireh-ye Khark] to Bushire [Bushehr], with details of staffing changesThe abolition of the British Agency at Lingah [Bandar-e Lengeh]Incursions by inland tribes onto the territory of the Shaikh of SoharThe attempt of six passengers to seize control of a trading baghlah and their capture at Cheroo [Bandar-e Chiru]Minor incidents of ‘piracy’.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 in 6 vols’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 759 and terminates at f 788, 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.
19. ‘Persian Gulf – Affairs of –. Vol: 6’
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- 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 main correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Lieutenant Colonel Henry Robertson, Officiating Resident in the Persian Gulf; Commodore William Lowe, commanding the Indian Navy Persian Gulf Squadron; Commander John Porter of the EIC brig Euphrates; and Moollah Hoossein [Mullah Husayn], British Agent at Sharjah. It is the sixth 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/4/2005/89513, and IOR/F/4/2005/89514).The item concerns:Six passengers who seized control of a trading baghlah from Kishm [Qeshm]; their murder of the nakhoda; their capture at Cheroo [Bandar-e Chiru]; and a discussion of what should be done with the prisonersAn act of ‘piracy’ carried out at Nabend [Damagheh-ye Nay Band] on a Persian boat from Karrack [Khark/Kharg]The inefficiency of the Gulf Squadron caused by a lack of experienced officersRobertson’s request to be relieved of his position due to ill-health and a loss of confidence of the Government of Bombay in him, including a justification for all his actions since becoming Officiating Resident.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 4 and terminates at f 79, 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.
20. ‘Persian Gulf in 10 Volumes Vol: 1’
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- Abstract: This item consists of copies of political letters from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai], and one letter from the Court of Directors of the East India Company. The enclosures to these letters are contained in the subsequent items. It is the first in a series of ten items on the Persian Gulf (the others are IOR/F/4/1767/72462, IOR/F/4/1767/72463, IOR/F/4/1767/72464, IOR/F/4/1767/72465, IOR/F/4/1767/72466, IOR/F/4/1767/72467, IOR/F/4/1767/72468, IOR/F/4/72469, and IOR/F/4/1767/72470).The item concerns:An act of ‘piracy’ carried out on the bugla [baghlah] Duria Dowlat[ Darya Dowlat] by the Beni Yas, and arrangements for Shaik Shakboot of Aboothabee [Shaikh Khalifah bin Shakhbut Al Nahyan of Abu Dhabi] to repay the lossThe loss of a vessel from Karrack [Jazīreh-ye Khārk] in suspicious circumstances, and the subsequent arrest of a man from Shargha [Sharjah]An act of ‘piracy’ carried out on the cotteya [kuttiya] Luxoomee Pursad[ Lakshman Parsad] by the Benee boo Aly [Bani Bu Ali] tribe and inhabitants of Zoor [Sur]An act of ‘piracy’ carried out on the Fatelkear[ Fateh ul Khyr] by the inhabitants of ZoorAggression towards the shroff [banker] of the Bushire [Bushehr] ResidencyThe movement of Esa ben Tareef [Shaikh ‘Isa bin Hamad bin Tarif Al Bin ‘Ali al-‘Utbi] and his followers from Bahrein [Bahrain] to AboothabeeThe flight of Sheik Nassir [Shaikh Nasir II Al Mazkur], the Governor of Bushire, from Bushire due to his impending arrest by the Government of Fars.The item contains a contents page, and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft 550, 1839, P.C. [Previous Communication] 2491’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 588 and terminates at f 626, as it was originally 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.
21. ‘Persian Gulf – Piracy – Vol: 11’
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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 [Mumbai]. The correspondents are the Government of Bombay and the Government of India. It is the eleventh in a series of fifteen items on the Persian Gulf (the others are IOR/F/4/2131/101199, IOR/F/4/2131/101200, IOR/F/4/2131/101201, IOR/F/4/2131/101202, IOR/F/4/2131/101203, IOR/F/4/2131/101204, IOR/F/4/2131/101205, IOR/F/4/2131/101206, IOR/F/4/2131/101207, IOR/F/4/2131/101208, IOR/F/4/2131/101210, IOR/F/4/2131/101211, IOR/F/4/2131/101212 and IOR/F/4/2131/101213).The item concerns the recovery from the Shaik of Chaab [Shaikh of the Banū Ka‘ab] of a Beniyas [Banī Yās] boat and its cargo of wheat.The item contains a contents page, and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft 252/46, P.C. [Previous Communication] 5171, Collection No 5 of No 119’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 736, and terminates at f 739, 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.
22. ‘Persian Gulf – Affairs’
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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 [Mumbai]. The main correspondents are the Government of Bombay and Captain Samuel Hennell, British Resident in the Persian Gulf. It is the second in a series of four items concerning the Persian Gulf (the others are IOR/F/4/2100/98232, 98234, and 98235).The item concerns:A dispute between Shaik Abdoollah bin Ahmed [Shaikh ‘Abdullah bin Ahmad Al Khalifah], ex-chief of Bahrain, and Shaik Mahomed bin Khuleifa [Shaikh Muhammed bin Khalifah Al Khalifah], the current ruler of Bahrain, over the seizure of Bahraini boats by Abdoollah bin Ahmed, and proposals by Hennell to resolve this disputeDisputes between people of Debaye [Dubai] and the people of Shargah [Sharjah] over the seizure of property by inhabitants of Debaye, and the restoration of the property by Sheik Muktoom [Maktum I bin Butti Al Bu Falaseh, Shaikh of Dubai]An expedition by Khaleefa bin Shackboot [Shaikh Khalifah bin Shakhbut Al Nahyan, Shaikh of Abu Dhabi] to Brymee [‘Al Buraymi]An outbreak of violence at ShirazA dispute between Sheik Abdool Azeez bin Rashid [Shaikh ‘Abd al-‘Aziz bin Rashid Al Nu’aimi, Shaikh of Ajman], and Sultan bin Suggur [Shaikh Sultan I bin Saqr al-Qasimi, Shaikh of Ra’s al-Khaymah], over the plunder of a boat from Ejman [Ajman]The collection of forces at Muscat in preparation for an expedition to ZanzibarA request by Shaikh Syf ben Nubhan [Sheikh Sayf bin Nabhan al-Mu‘awali, Governor of Bandar ‘Abbas] that two of his subjects might be authorised to recover the property of one of his subjects who died at Calcutta [Kolkotta].The item includes a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft 683, P.C. [Previous Communication] 4878, [Season 18]45’, ‘Vol: 2’, ‘Collection No 9 of No 11’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 317 and terminates at f 349, 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.
23. ‘Persian Gulf’
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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. The principal correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Captain Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf; and Muhomed ibn Ali, Shaik of Jallan [Muḥammad bin ‘Alī Jaylanī, Chief of the Banī Bū ‘Alī].The item concerns:The plunder of the Duria Dowlat[ Darya Dowlat], a boat sailing under British coloursThe recovery, from the Shaik of Aboothabee [Shaikh of Abu Dhabi, Shaikh Khalīfah bin Shakhbut Āl Nahyān], of the value of the goods plundered from the Duria DowlatThe insurance claims of merchants and passengers as a result of the plunder of the Duria DowlatThe "piratical" acts of Mahomed bin Suhar [Muḥammad bin Ṣaqr]The plunder of the Luximon Pursud[ Lakshman Parsād] by subjects of Muhomed ibn Ali, Shaik of Jallan, and attempts by the British to obtain compensation from that chiefThe dismissal of the Residency Shroff [banker] at Karrack [Jazīreh-ye Khārk].The item includes a contents page, and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Collection No. 10, Draft 169, P.C. [Previous Communication] 2961, [Season] 1841’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 131 and terminates at f 212, 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.
24. ‘Persian Gulf The relinquishment of further measures against the Shaik of Debaye resolved on by Government’
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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. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; the Court of Directors; Captain Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf.The item concerns an alleged incident of piracy by a boat from Debaye [Dubai] in 1838, and the subsequent decision not to take any further measures against the Shaik [Shaikh] of Debaye, including recovering the blood price for those killed.The item includes a contents page, and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Collection No. 10 of No 4 of 1843, Draft 475, P.C. [Previous Communication] 3900, [Season 18]43’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 757 and terminates at f 763, 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.