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37. ‘Persian Gulf. Report the result of the Resident’s visit to Kishm, Shargah and Aboothabee.’
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- Abstract: The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence cited in, or enclosed with, a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, 16 June 1847. A copy of this Political Letter can be found at IOR/F/4/2238/112322, alongside details of further enclosures. The item is the fifth in a series of fifty-nine items on events in the Persian Gulf.The item relates to reports by Major Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, on his visits in April and May 1847 with:Shaik Abdool Rahman, Chief of Kishm [Shaikh ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Ṣaqr al-Mu‘īnī, Shaikh of Qeshm]Shaik Mukhtoom bin Butye, Chief of Debaye [Shaikh Maktūm I bin Buṭṭī Āl Bū Falāseh, Shaikh of Dubai]Shaik Sultan bin Suggur [Sulṭān I bin Ṣaqr al-Qāsimī, Shaikh of Ra’s al Khaymah and Sharjah]Shaik Abdoollah bin Rashid, Chief of Amulgavine [Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Rāshid al-Mu’allā, Shaikh of Umm al-Qaywayn]Shaik Azeez bin Rashid, Chief of Ejman [Shaikh ‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin Rāshid al-Na‘īmī, Shaikh of Ajman]Shaik Saeed bin Tahnoon, Chief of Aboothabee [Shaikh Sa‘īd bin Ṭaḥnūn Āl Nahyān, Shaikh of Abu Dhabi]Hennell reports on the topics covered in the interviews, which include: disputes and grievances amongst the rulers; planned attacks; general complaints; and the English [British] government’s policy of non-interference in local disputes. Hennell also reports on the general peaceful status of the above areas, and provides his opinion on the characters of some of the rulers.Multiple spellings for the above rulers and places are present in the item.The title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Bombay Political Department’, ‘Draft No. 345/48’, ‘Collection No. 2 of No. 78, Vol: 5.’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 244, and terminates at f 259, 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.
38. ‘Persian Gulf. Bahrein Affairs 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; Major Samuel Hennell, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; Moollah Houssein [Mullā Ḥusayn], British Agent at Shargah [Sharjah]; Ameer Fysul [Amīr Fayṣal bin Turkī bin ‘Abdullāh Āl Sa‘ūd]; and Hajee Jassem [Ḥājjī Jāsim], British Agent at Bahrein [Bahrain]. It is the first in a series of six items on the Persian Gulf.The item concerns:The relocation of four influential merchants from Bahrein to Kenn [Kish Island, also referred to as Gez], and the fears of Mahomed bin Khuleefa [Shaikh Muḥammad bin Khalīfah Āl Khalīfah] that they will attack BahreinAn attempt by Abdullah ben Ahmed [Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Aḥmad Āl Khalīfah] to persuade the Imam of Muscat [Sayyid Sa‘īd bin Sulṭān Āl Bū Sa‘īd] to help him to regain possession of BahreinThe collection of a coalition of pro-Wahabee [Wahhābī] shaikhs [those allied to the Second Saudi State] consisting of Sheik Sultan ben Suggur, Chief of Rasul Khyma [Shaikh Sulṭān I bin Ṣaqr al-Qāsimī, Shaikh of Ra’s al-Khaymah], Sheik Mukhtoom of Debaye [Maktūm I bin Buṭṭī Āl Bū Falāsah, Shaikh of Dubai], and Saaed ben Mootleek [Sa‘d bin Muṭlaq] to attack Sheik Saeed bin Tanoon, Chief of Aboothabee [Shaikh Sa‘īd bin Ṭaḥnūn Āl Nahyān, Shaikh of Abu Dhabi] at Brymee [Al Buraymi]Ameer Fysul’s claim to Oman and his friendly relations with the Ottoman PorteThe arrival of the ‘pirate’ Khuleefa [Khalīfah bin Mukhāshin] at Bahrein after he attacked a boat belonging to the Mohurbah tribe [al-Maḥāribah].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 29’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 929, and terminates at f 973 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.
39. ‘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.
40. ‘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.
41. ‘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.
42. ‘Persian Gulf. Offer by the Chief of Bahrein to join Ameer Fysul, against the Coasts of Oman &c. Vol: 23’
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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-third in a series of fifty-one items on the Persian Gulf.This item concerns:The arrival of Mahomed Ul Ujajee [Muḥammad bin Sayf al-‘Ajjājī] at Bahrein [Bahrain]Letters written by Mahomed bin Khuleefa [Shaikh Muḥammad bin Khalīfah Āl Khalīfah of Bahrain] to Ameer Fysul [Amīr Fayṣal bin Turkī bin ‘Abdullāh Āl Sa‘ūd] offering to join him in an attack on Oman.The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Collection No 2 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 520, and terminates at f 525, 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.
43. ‘Persian Gulf. Failure of the Stratagem of the acting Governor of Sharga to Capture the Fort of Ejman – Vol: 4’
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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; Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; and Moollah Houssein [Mullā Ḥusayn], British Agent at Shargah [Sharjah]. It is the fourth in a series of fifty-one items on the Persian Gulf.The item concerns an attempt by Shaik Abdullah bin Sultan [Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Sulṭān], the Acting Governor of Shargah, to capture the fort of Ejman [Ajman]. His failure resulted in a closer union between the shaikhs of Ejman, Amulgavine [Umm al-Qaywayn], and Debaye [Dubai], and peace between them and Saed bin Tahnoon [Shaikh Sa‘īd bin Ṭaḥnūn Āl Nahyān, Shaikh of Abu Dhabi]. The item also records the increased tension between Saed bin Tahnoon and Mahomed bin Syf ul Ujajee [Muḥammad bin Sayf al-‘Ajjājī].The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Collection No 3 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 359, and terminates at f 364, 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.
44. ‘Persian Gulf. Intrigues of the Debaye chiefs to break up the peace between the Joosmee Beniyas Chief – Vol: 13’
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- Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence and consultations cited in, or enclosed with, a political letter from the Government of Bombay, which appears in IOR/F/4/2445/134344. The correspondents are Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf and Moollah Houssein [Mullā Ḥusayn], British Agent at Shargah [Sharjah]. It is the thirteenth in a series of twenty-one items on events in the Persian Gulf.The item concerns a plan by Sheik Mukhtoom ben Butye of Debaye [Shaikh Maktūm I bin Buṭṭī Āl Bū Falāsah of Dubai] to induce the Joosmee Chief [Shaikh Sulṭān I bin Ṣaqr al-Qāsimī] to break off his peace agreement with the Beniyas Chief [Shaikh Sa‘īd bin Ṭaḥnūn Āl Nahyān], through the persuasion 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 N 34 – 1852’, and ‘Collection No 32’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 232, and terminates at f 235, 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.
45. 'BRITISH RELATIONS WITH KHAZAL, SHEIKH OF MOHAMMERAH.'
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- Abstract: This file consists of a memorandum of British relations with Khazal Khan, Shaikh of Mohammerah. The memorandum describes the inter-acting strategies over time of Khazal, the British Government and the Government of Persia, and reproduces the texts of British assurances of support given to Khazal. The memorandum goes on to describe Khazal's arrest and detention by Reza Shah in Tehran, and his death there eleven years later.The memorandum was written by Hugh K Grey, Foreign Office, in response to a claim made by Khazal's eldest son that British assurances given to his late father should pass over to him.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 12; these numbers are written in pencil, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. Pagination: the file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
46. ‘Vol 1 Affairs of the 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. It is the first in a series of eleven items about the Persian Gulf (the others are IOR/F/4/2050/93534, 93535, 93536, 93537, 93538, 93539, 93540, 93541, 93542, and 93543). The correspondent is the Government of Bombay.The item concerns:Incidents of ‘piracy’ across the Persian GulfRelations between sheiks Mahomed bin Khuleefa [Shaikh Muḥammed bin Khalīfah Āl Khalīfah], Essa bin Tareef [Shaikh ‘Īsá bin Ḥamad bin Ṭarīf Āl Bin 'Alī al-'Utbī], and Abdullah bin Ahmed [Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Aḥmad Āl Khalīfah]Relations between the Wahabee [Wahabi] ruler Ameer Fysul [Amir Fayṣal bin Turki bin Abdullāh Āl Sa‘ūd], and Syed Soweynee [Sayyid Thuwaini bin Sa‘īd Āl Bū Sa‘īd], acting for the Imaum [Imam] of Muscat [Sayyid Sa‘īd bin Sulṭān Āl Bū Sa‘īd]The wreck of the brig Mary Mullaby[ Mary Mallaby] and a possible robbery or insurance fraud connected with the wreckThe conduct of Mirza Mahomed Ali [Mīrza Muḥammed ‘Alī], the Native Agent at Bahrein [Bahrain] with regard to interfering in the politics of BahreinThe evacuation of the island of Kharrack [Jazīreh-ye Khārk] by its inhabitantsThe number and quality of vessels deployed in the Persian Gulf and the Red SeaA possible fraud connected with the vessel Narrayen Pursud [Nārayaṇa Parsād].The papers which were enclosed in the letters are in the other volumes in the series. The item includes a contents page, and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Coll No [Collection Number] 1, Draft 558, P.C. [Previous Communication] 4291, [Season 18]44’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 251 and terminates at f 314, 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.
47. ‘Vol 11 Persian Gulf & Muscat 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. It is the eleventh in a series of eleven items about the Persian Gulf (the others are IOR/F/4/2050/93533, 93534, 93535, 93536, 93537, 93538, 93539, 93540, 93541, and 93542). The principal correspondents are the Government of Bombay and Captain Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf.The item concerns:The wreck of the Schooner GuznieThe seizure of a boat belonging to Shaik Mahomed bin Khuleefa of Bahrein [Shaikh Muḥammed bin Khalīfah Āl Khalīfah of Bahrain] by Shaik Abdoollah bin Ahmed [Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Aḥmad Āl Khalīfah, former Shaikh of Bahrain]Duties to be levied on goods at Bushire [Būshehr], particularly when transhipped at the Bushire roadsThe migration of some of the people of Karrack [Jazīreh-ye Khārk, also known as Khark, Kharg] to Phelecha [Failaka]The movements of Ameer Fysul [Amīr Fayṣal bin Turki bin ‘Abdullāh Āl Sa‘ūd]The blockade of Mubarak bin Abdullah [Shaikh Mubārak bin ‘Abdullāh Āl Khalīfah] in Dumam [Dammam] by Shaik Mahomed bin Khuleefa and Esai been Tareef [Shaikh ‘Īsá bin Ḥamad bin Ṭarīf Āl Bin 'Alī al-'Utbī].The item includes a contents page, and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Collection No. 1, Draft 558, P.C. [Previous Communication] 4291, [Season 18]44’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 909 and terminates at f 974, 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.
48. ‘Vol 2 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. It is the second in a series of eleven items about the Persian Gulf (the others are IOR/F/4/2050/93533, 93535, 93536, 93537, 93538, 93539, 93540, 93541, 93542, and 93543). The principal correspondents are the Government of Bombay and Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Officiating Resident in the Persian Gulf.The item concerns:The desire of Esai bin Tarif [Shaikh ‘Īsá bin Ḥamad bin Ṭarīf Āl Bin 'Alī al-'Utbī] to settle at Bidda [Al Bidda]A prolongation of the Maritime Truce, and interpretation of its termsThe refusal by Abdoolla bin Rashid [Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Rāshid al-Mu’allā], Shaik of Amulgavine [Umm al-Qaywayn], to destroy his towers in connection with his dispute with Sooltan bin Suggur [Shaikh Sulṭān I bin Ṣaqr al-Qāsimī], Shaik of Ras-ul-Khyma [Ra's al-Khaymah]A report by two Hindu merchants that their goods were plundered by men of the Huwajeer [al-Hawajir] and Saloota [Salūtah] tribes at Monamah [Al-Manāmah]Disputes between: Khuleefa bin Shakboot [Shaikh Khalīfah bin Shakhbūṭ Āl Nahyān], the Shaik of Abothabee [Shaikh of Abu Dhabi]; Muktoom [Maktūm I bin Buṭṭī Āl Bū Falāseh], Shaik of Dubaye [Dubai]; and Sooltan bin Suggur and his son Suggur bin Sooltan [Ṣaqr bin Sultān al-Qāsimī]A misunderstanding resulting in violence between a boat from Karrack [Jazīreh-ye Khārk, also known as Khark, Kharg] and a boat from AmulgavineA dispute between Mahomed bin Khuleefa [Shaikh Muḥammed bin Khalīfah Āl Khalīfah], Shaik of Bahrein [Shaikh of Bahrein], and Abdullah bin Ahmed [Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Aḥmad Āl Khalīfah], former Shaik of BahreinPlunder at Bahrein of a ship belonging to Shaik Dhyee bin Aoon [Dhāḥī bin A‘ūn], an Arab merchant in Bombay [Mumbai]Punishment of a man who was violent towards the Residency’s horse keeper in Bushire [Bushēhr].The item includes a contents page, and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Coll No [Collection Number] 1, Draft 558, P.C. [Previous Communication] 4291, [Season 18]44’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 315 and terminates at f 395, 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.