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25. ‘Persian Gulf. Contemplated maritime operations against Oman by the Chief of Bahrein abandoned. Vol: 4’
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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 correspondents are the Government of Bombay and Major Samuel Hennell, British Political Resident in the Persian Gulf. It is the fourth in a series of twenty-four items on events in the Persian Gulf.The item concerns the decision of the shaikh of Bahrein, Mahomed bin Khuleefa [Shaikh of Bahrain, Shaikh Muḥammad bin Khalīfah Āl Khalīfah] not to go to war against Oman, partly because of the conquest of Brymee [Al Buraymi] by Saad ben Mootluk [Sa‘d bin Muṭlaq].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 ‘Coll[ectio]n No 3 of No 95’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 151, and terminates at f 154 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.
26. ‘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.
27. ‘Persian Gulf. Affairs – relating to the Arabian Coast. – 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/4/2376/126162. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Major Samuel Hennell, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; Hajee Jassem [Ḥājjī Jāsim], British Agent at Bahrein [Bahrain]; and Moollah Houssein [Mullā Ḥusayn], British Agent at Shargah [Sharjah]. It is the sixth in a series of fifteen items on the Persian Gulf.The item concerns:The history and actions of Suheil ben Ateish [Suhayl bin ‘Uṭaysh], a ‘pirate’ accused of seizing a vessel from Bahrein and taking its cargo and four enslaved members of the crew, and the attempts of Sheik Saeed bin Tahnoon of Aboothabee [Shaikh Sa‘īd bin Ṭaḥnūn Āl Nahyān, Shaikh of Abu Dhabi] to capture himAn attempt by Saeed bin Tahnoon to mediate between Syed Soweynee [Sayyid Thuwaynī bin Sa‘īd Āl Bū Sa‘īd], Governor of Muscat and Saad ben Mutluk [Sa‘d bin Muṭlaq], an agent of Ameer Fysul [Amīr Fayṣal bin Turkī bin ‘Abdullāh Āl Sa‘ūd]The intention of Sheik Sultan ben Sugger of Rasul Khyma [Shaikh Sulṭān I bin Ṣaqr al-Qāsimī of Ra’s al-Khaymah] to attack Khor Fakaun [Khawr Fakkan], held by the Governor of MuscatThe murder of Sinan ben Suleyman [Sinān bin Sulaymān] by Saad ben MutlukThe deterioration of the friendship between Sheik Abdullah ben Rashid of Amulgavine [Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Rāshid al-Mu’allā of Umm al-Qaywayn] and Sheik Mukhtoom of Debaye [Shaikh Maktūm I bin Buṭṭī Āl Bū Falāseh of Dubai].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 70, and terminates at f 89 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.
28. ‘Persian Gulf. Shargah. Maritime Affairs at – Vol: 27’
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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 Major Samuel Hennell, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf. It is the twenty-seventh in a series of fifty-one items on the Persian Gulf.This item concerns reports of maritime peace at Shargah [Sharjah] and a rupture between Shaik Saeed bin Tahnoon of Aboothabee [Shaikh Sa‘īd bin Ṭaḥnūn Āl Nahyān of Abu Dhabi] and Shaik Syf bin Humood of Sohar [Sayyid Syf bin Hamūd Āl Bū Sa‘īd of Suhar]. Shaik Saeed has ejected Shaik Syf’s troops from the fort of Brymee [Al Buraymi].The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Collection No 6 of No 169’, ‘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 542, and terminates at f 545, 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.
29. ‘Persian Gulf. The Acting Resident submits communications from Her Majesty’s Envoy in Persia relative to certain matters connected with the Persian Gulf on which discussions had taken place between the Residency and the Bushire Authorities.’
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- Abstract: The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, 26 April 1856. A copy of this letter can be found at IOR/F/4/2661/176320, alongside details of further enclosures. The item is the fourth in a series of fifteen items on events in the Persian Gulf during 1855-56. The eighth item in the sequence is not present.The item contains copies of correspondence between Commander Felix Jones, Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf, and Charles Augustus Murray, HM Minister at Tehran. They discuss:Recent conflict between inhabitants of Dillom [Bandar Deylam] and Hindioon [Hendijan? Also rendered in text as Hindiyoon]Dispute between Lieutenant Herbert Frederick Disbrowe, Assistant Resident in the Persian Gulf, and the Deria Beggee of Bushire [Daryā Begī, or Governor, of Bushehr] regarding interventions in the above conflictPrevious agreements between the British and Persian [Iranian] Government regarding interventions in conflicts occurring in the Gulf.The correspondence also briefly mentions expenses claimed by a Mr Malcolm for looking after a Mr Hewett's horses detained at Bushire. Jones forwards the above correspondence to the Government of Bombay, who in turn forward them to the Government of India and the Court of Directors.The title page of the item contains the following references: 'Bombay Political Department', Draft Number '52 [18]57', 'Collection No. 6', 'Vol: 4', and 'Examiner's Office'. Originally, the Collection number was written as 'Collection No. 5 of No. 40 of 1856.' but the '5' was replaced with '6' and 'of No. 40 of 1856.' has been crossed out.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 1010, and terminates at f 1017, 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.
30. ‘Persian Gulf. Vol: 10’
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- Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, consultations, memoranda, resolutions, and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai]. The main correspondents are: Captain Samuel Hennell, British Resident in the Persian Gulf; Mirza Mahomed Ally [Ali], British Agent at Bahrein [Bahrain]; the Government of Bombay; and Reuben bin Aslan, British Agent at Muscat. It is the tenth in a series of ten items on the Persian Gulf (the others are IOR/F/4/1767/72461, 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/4/72468, and IOR/F/4/1767/72469).The item concerns:The progress of Egyptian troops towards Lahsa [Al Hasa]Inquiries by Abdoolla bin Ahmed [Shaikh ‘Abdullah bin Ahmad Al Khalifah, Shaikh of Bahrain] about Bahrein becoming a British ProtectorateThe plunder of a buggara [baqqarah] from Aboothabee [Abu Dhabi] by a subject of Abdoolla bin Ahmed, and the return of the cargo takenThe reception of the Americans from the US man of war Columbiaat Muscat by the sons of the Imaum of Muscat [Sayyid Sa’id bin Sultan Al Bu Sa’id, Imam of Muscat]Reuben bin Aslan’s request that the Bombay Government pay for the repair of his house.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 864 and terminates at f 875, 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 item also contains an original pagination sequence.
31. ‘Persian Gulf. State of Affairs on the Arabian Coast of the – Vol: 39’
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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; and Moollah Houssein [Mullā Ḥusayn], British Agent at Shargah [Sharjah]. It is the thirty-ninth in a series of fifty-one items on the Persian Gulf.The item concerns:The death of Shaik Abdool Azeez bin Rashid, Chief of Ejman [Shaikh ‘Abd al-‘Aziz bin Rāshid al-Na‘īmī of Ajman], while unsuccessfully attacking Himreeah [Al Hamriyah]A coalition of forces being prepared in Oman against Shaik Saeed bin Tahnoon [Shaikh Sa‘īd bin Ṭaḥnūn Āl Nahyān of Abu Dhabi], who is occupying Brymee [Al Buraymi].The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Collection No 1 of No 4’, ‘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 610, and terminates at f 621, 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.
32. ‘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.
33. ‘Persian Gulf. Relative to the state of affairs on the Arabian Coast Vol: 5’
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- 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; Moollah Houssein [Mullā Ḥusayn], British Agent at Shargah [Sharjah] and Lieutenant James Tronson. It is the fifth in a series of twenty-one items on events in the Persian Gulf.The item concerns reports by Moollah Houssein and James Tronson about the Arabian Coast. Their reports discuss:The tranquillity of the GulfCommunications between the shaikhs of the Arabian CoastThe inaccessibility of the town of Koomya [Kumzar, also written Coomya and Coomza in the item].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 158, and terminates at f 165, 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.
34. ‘Persian Gulf. Relative to the particulars of a tour on the Arabian Coast by the Resident in the.’
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- Abstract: The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, an extract of a Political letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, 31 March 1852. It is the first in a series of eight items about the Persian Gulf.The letter makes brief references to recent events in the Gulf. Related enclosures can be found at: IOR/F/4/2475/138724; IOR/F/4/2475/138725; IOR/F/4/2475/138726; IOR/F/4/2475/138728; IOR/F/4/2475/138729; IOR/F/4/2475/138730; and IOR/F/4/2475/138731.The item also contains correspondence from Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to the Government of Bombay regarding his imminent departure from the role of Resident and his last tour of the Arabian Coast of the Gulf, on which he is accompanied by his successor, Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball. Hennell's correspondence includes reports on his conversations with numerous rulers on the coast, including:Shaik Sultan bin Sugger, Joosmee 'Chief', of Shargah [Shaikh Sulṭān I bin Ṣaqr al-Qāsimī, Leader of al-Qawāsim tribe, of Ra’s al-Khaymah and Sharjah]Shaik Abdoollah bin Rashed, leader of Amulgavine [Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Rāshid al-Mu’allā, Shaikh of Umm al-Qaywayn]Syed Saeed, Imam of Muscat [Sayyid Sa‘īd bin Sulṭān Āl Bū Sa‘īd, Imām of Muscat]Shaik Saud bin Thanoon, Chief of Aboothabee and Shaik of the Bunyas [Shaikh Sa‘īd bin Ṭaḥnūn Āl Nahyān, Shaikh of Abu Dhabi and the Banī Yās tribe]Shaik Mukhtoom of Debaye [Shaikh Maktūm I bin Buṭṭī Āl Bū Falāsah, Shaikh of Dubai].The conversations cover several topics, notably:Acts of 'piracy' committed by Abdool Ruheem bin Sabir [‘Abd al-Raḥīm bin Ṣābir] and Soheil bin Ateesh [Suhayl bin ‘Uṭaysh]The upcoming expiration of the current maritime truceComplaints by Shaik Abdool Ruhman of Kishm [Shaikh ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Ṣaqr al-Mu‘īnī, Shaikh of Qeshm]Relations between past and current rulers of Bahrein [Bahrain]Recent tensions between Syed Saeed and Syed Ges bin Azan of Sohar [Sayyid Qays bin ‘Azzān Āl Bū Sa‘īd of Suhar].The item also contains minutes by the Governor of Bombay, as well as a copy of Hennell's instructions for James McAllister, Civil Surgeon, who is in charge at Bushire [Bushehr] during Hennell and Kemball's absences.Hennell is also referred to as the Resident at Bushire. There are multiple spellings for individuals’ names and place names.The title page of the item contains the following references: 'Bombay Political Department', 'Draft No. 733 of 1852', 'Collection No. 7 (in 8 volumes)', 'Vol: 1', and 'Examiner's Office'. Originally, the Collection number was given as '1 of No. 35' but this has been crossed out.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 917, and terminates at f 934, 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.
35. ‘Persian Gulf. Settlement of the Maritime disputes between the Sheiks of Aboothabee and Debaee – Vol: 9’
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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 Lieutenant Foulerton, commanding East India Company schooner Mahi. It is the ninth in a series of fifteen items on the Persian Gulf.The item concerns:Small acts of aggression by the subjects of Aboothabee [Abu Dhabi] and Debaye [Dubai] against each other, including seizing enslaved people from each other’s boats, and fleeing from one port to the other in vessels borrowed from the original port and refusing to return themFoulerton’s proceedings at Aboothabee and Debaye to restore property seized unlawfullyThe alliances and factions of the shaikhs of the Gulf and the tribesThe proposed movements of Ameer Fysul [Amīr Fayṣal bin Turkī bin ‘Abdullāh Āl Sa‘ūd].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 113, and terminates at f 131 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.
36. ‘Persian Gulf. Report of Commander Hawkins’ proceedings during the late Cruize off the Persian and Arabian Coasts – Vol: 3’
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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; Commander John Croft Hawkins, Senior Naval Officer in the Persian Gulf; and Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf. It is the third in a series of fifty-one items on the Persian Gulf.The item concerns Croft’s report of a cruise he undertook of the Persian [Iranian] Coast, including the following incidents:A demand by a Hindu merchant on the Shaik of Bahrein [Shaikh Muḥammad bin Khalīfah Āl Khalīfah, Shaikh of Bahrain]The sinking of the Hashmeeand the conduct of the Shaik of Assaloo [Bandar-e Asaluyeh] and his family on this occasionDisputes between Assaloo and Lingah [Bandar-e Lengeh]The case of a man who owned an eighth part of a vessel but sold the vessel without the consent of the other seven partnersThe complaints of the Shaik of Congoon [Shaikh Ḥusayn bin Jubārah of Kangan] against his neighboursThe visit of an officer of the Crown Prince of Persia to CongoonA conversation between the Reverend Henry Stern of the Jewish London Missionary Society, and the shaikhs of Bahrein.The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Collection No 2 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 344, and terminates at f 358, 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.