1 - 12 of 12
Number of results to display per page
Search Results
1. 'QATAR SUCCESSION'
- Description:
- Abstract: This file concerns the appointment of an heir to Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Jāsim Āl Thanī, Ruler of Qatar, following the illness and death of his son and heir-apparent, Shaikh Ḥamad bin ‘Abdullāh Āl Thānī. Details include: Ḥamad's illness and his role in the settlement of the conflict over Zubarah (al-Zubārah) between Bahrain and Qatar in 1944; illnesses of both Shaikh ‘Abdullāh and Shaikh Ḥamad in June 1946; reports on the health of Shaikh ‘Abdullāh by Dr G F N Anderson, Medical Officer at Dukhan [Dukhān] for Petroleum Development (Qatar) Limited during 1947 (folios 8-13); and the serious illness of Shaikh Ḥamad in May 1948 and his death on 27 May 1948.After the announcement of Shaikh Ḥamad's death, there follows correspondence concerning the appointment of a successor, including: Shaikh ‘Abdullāh's announcement of his son, Shaikh ‘Alī bin ‘Abdullāh, as his successor (ff 27-30); information regarding the succession of Shaikh ‘Alī in the event of his death (ff 33 and 38); Shaikh ‘Abdullāh's request for His Majesty's Government to recognise Shaikh ‘Alī as his successor (ff 39 and 42-45); and attempts by Shaikh ‘Abdullāh to recover money from Shaikh Ḥamad's account with the Eastern Bank Limited, Bahrain, in 1949 (ff 40-41). Included within the file is a 'Genealogical Tree of the Ruling Family of Qatar' (ff 23-24).Correspondents within this file include: the Political Resident at Bushire and later at Bahrain; the Political Agent at Bahrain; Olaf Kirkpatrick Kruuse Caroe, External Affairs Department of the Government of India, New Delhi; Ernest Vincent Packer and Basil Henry le Riolet Lermitte, Petroleum Concessions Limited, Bahrain.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the back cover with 51; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional incomplete foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 25-45; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
2. ‘Persian Gulf – Nomination of Sheik Saleh bin suggur to the Governor-Ship of Shargah – Vol: 6’
- Description:
- 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/4/2203/108134. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Major Samuel Hennell, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; Sheik Saleh ben Suggur [Shaikh Ṣāliḥ bin Ṣaqr al-Qāsimī]; and Moollah Houssein, [Mullā Ḥusayn], British Agent at Shargah [Sharjah]. It is the sixth in a series of thirty items.The item concerns the appointment of Sheik Saleh to the governorship of Shargah by his brother, Sheik Sultan ben Suggur [Shaikh Sulṭān bin Ṣaqr al-Qāsimī of Ra’s al-Khaymah and Sharjah], and the peace negotiations between Sheik Mukhtoom of Debaie [Shaikh Maktūm I bin Buṭṭī Āl Bū Falāseh of Dubai], Sheik Abdoollah of Amulgavine [Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Rāshid al-Mu’allā of Umm al-Qaywayn], and Sheik Saleh.The item contains a contents page, and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft 700/47, Coll[ection]: 18, Collection No 5 of No 37’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 656, and terminates at f 661 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.
3. ‘Persian Gulf. Interview between the Resident and the secretary of Sheikh Sultan bin Sugger – Vol: 24’
- Description:
- 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, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf. It is the twenty-fourth in a series of twenty-four items on events in the Persian Gulf.The item concerns an inheritance claim by a man against his cousins in Muscat. The claim is championed by Sheik Sultan ben Suggur [Shaikh Sulṭān I bin Ṣaqr al-Qāsimī of Sharjah and Ra’s al-Khaymah] as the man’s grandfather was originally from Rasel Khymah [Ra’s al-Khaymah].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 3 of No 1’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 418, and terminates at f 422 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.
4. ‘Vol: 3. Persian Gulf – Effects of a British subject who died at Muscat, taken possession of, by the Resident in the – and made over to the heirs.’
- Description:
- Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, minutes, and consultations, cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai]. It is the third in a series of three items about the Persian Gulf (the others are IOR/F/4/1929/82843 and IOR/F/4/1929/82844). The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Captain Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf; Meeya Futtabhoy Ameejee [Miyan Fathbha'i Aminji], a businessman in Bombay.The item concerns the disposal of the estate belonging to Shaik Ally Bohra Esabhoy [Shaikh Ali Buhra al-Sabahi], a British subject who died at Muscat.The item includes a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Collection No. 13 of No. 50, Draft 31, P.C. [Previous Communication] 3302, [Season] 1842’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 393 and terminates at f 415, 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.
5. ‘Persia. Certain Property belonging to the estates of the late Governor of Ispahan, proposed to be recovered in Bombay by one Hajee Syed Hadee agent of the Prime Minister – Vol: 13’
- Description:
- 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 Francis Farrant, Her Majesty’s Chargé d’Affaires at the Court of Persia [Iran]; and Major Samuel Hennell, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf. It is the thirteenth in a series of fifty-one items on the Persian Gulf.The item concerns an attempt by Hajee Mirza Agassy [Ḥājī Mīrzā Āqāsī] to recover property due to him from the late Governor of Isphan [Isfahan]. This property is held by Hajee Mahomed [Ḥājī Muḥammad], a resident of Bombay [Mumbai] and Agassy has sent Hajee Syed Hadee [Ḥājī Sayyid Hādī] to recover it.The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Collection No 12 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 415, and terminates at f 419, 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.
6. 'Memorandum on the Affairs of Persia. August 1892 to October 1893.'
- Description:
- Abstract: The memorandum is a summary of news and events in Persia of interest to the British Government. The subject matter largely concerns itself with reports indicating that the current Shah, Nasser al-Din Shah Qajar, is very unpopular, and discussion on whether Britain and Russia should work together over the succession — in the event of his death — in order to maintain the independence of Persia as per their understanding of 1834. It therefore also includes brief mentions of riots in Astrabad [Gorgān], Bakhari [Chahār Maḩāl va Bakhtīārī], Hamadan, and the occupation of a telegraph office at Shiraz.There is also brief coverage of the state of Persian relations with Afghanistan, Turkey, and Russia, including a mention of a recent a recent boundary treaty signed with the latter in 27 May 1881.The memorandum was written by Francis Leverson Bertie, Foreign Office.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at f 106, and terminates at f 111, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. Pagination: the item also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
7. ‘File B/12 SEIZURE OF A RAS-AL-KHAIMAH BOAT AT SIRRI ISLAND’
- Description:
- Abstract: The file begins with correspondence in 1935 reporting the seizure of a dhow belonging to nakuda Salim bin Abdullah, a subject of Ras al Khaimah, by a large group of Arab inhabitants of Sirri Island, led by Ubaid bin Khalfan al Aqrubi. As a result of their enquiries, the British authorities in the Persian Gulf conclude that the seizure of the Ras al Khaimah dhow at Sirri Island in November 1935 was an act of retaliation by the islanders against the intervention of Shaikh Sultan bin Salim [Al Qasimi, Shaikh Sultan bin Salim] the Ruler of Ras al Khaimah some years earlier, in a dispute over inheritance involving one of his subjects, who was a relative and beneficiary of the estate of the deceased wife of Ubaid bin Khalfan al Aqrubi. The main correspondents investigating the incident are: the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf at Bushire, both the Political Agent and the Assistant Political Agent at Bahrain, and the Residency Agent at Sharjah whose reports are in Arabic as well as in English. Their correspondence includes both Arabic and English copies of letters and a statement made by Shaikh Sultan bin Salim the Ruler of Ras al Khaimah, and also of a witness statement made by the nakuda Salim bin Abdullah. The file ends with correspondence in 1936 relating to the settlement of the disputed inheritance and the return of the seized dhow to its owner, with the assistance of the Iranian authorities. Included in the latter correspondence are letters exchanged between officials at the British Legation in Tehran and both the Foreign Office and India Office in London, as well as a letter (in English translation) from the Iranian Minister for Foreign Affairs at Tehran, regarding the attitude of the British Government towards the Iranian Government’s claim to sovereignty over Sirri Island.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 79; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 3-69; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
8. ‘File B/6 Miscellaneous Correspondence with the Political Agent, Muscat’
- Description:
- Abstract: The file contains correspondence relating to the settlement of various civil claims referred to the Political Agent and Consul at Muscat, chiefly by Omani subjects in disputes over money with relatives or associates currently living and working in Bahrain and Sharjah. There are also attempts by the Political Agent and the Muscat authorities to trace the heirs to family property in Oman following the death of the owners. The main correspondents are: the Political Agent and Consul at Muscat, the Political Agent at Bahrain, the Residency Agent at Sharjah and the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain. Included in the file are several Arabic documents and letters from the High Court of Bahrain, the Secretary of Manama Municipality, and officials of the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 145; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 4-125; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
9. 'File 3/8 Affairs of Sh. Khaz`als sons.'
- Description:
- Abstract: This file relates to the heirs of Shaikh Khaz‘al [Khaz‘al bin Jabir bin Merdaw Āl Ka‘bī], the late Arab Shaikh of Mohommerah [Khorramshahr], and their requests for British assistance.The first few items of correspondence concern Shaikh Khaz‘al's eldest son, Shaikh Chassib bin Khaz‘al [Shaikh Chassib bin Khaz‘al Āl Ka‘bī], who is now living in Iraq and who is reported to have requested permission from the British Embassy at Baghdad to enter Iran (most of the correspondence in this file refers to Iran as Persia), for the purpose of personally pressing his claims to property belonging to his father, which had been sequestered by the late Shah [Reza Shah Pahlavi].The remainder of the file relates to Shaikh Chassib's brother, Shaikh Abdullah bin Khaz‘al [Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Khaz‘al Āl Ka‘bī], and his wish to return to live in Persia, apparently peacefully, which is treated with suspicion by British officials. Much of the correspondence discusses whether Shaikh Abdullah, who has taken refuge in Kuwait after an unsuccessful attempt to return to live in Persia, should be given a British pension or an allowance, in order to prevent him from attempting to return to Persia, since it is deemed unlikely that he will receive any compensation from the Persian Government for the loss of his father's property.Also included in the file are a copy of a document from the Combined Intelligence Centre, Iraq, entitled 'The Sheikhdom of Mohammerah A Short History' and a Foreign Office report entitled 'British Relations with Khazal, Sheikh of Mohammerah'.The principal correspondents are the following: the Political Agent, Kuwait; the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; the British Consul, Khorramshahr; the India Office; the Secretary of State for India; the Foreign Office; His Majesty's Ambassador, Tehran; His Majesty's Ambassador, Baghdad; the Ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Ahmed al Jabir As-Subah [Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ]; Shaikh Abdullah bin Khaz‘al.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 254; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. Additional foliation sequences, one of which is written in pencil and not circled (between ff 3-131 and ff 143-224), and one of which is written in pencil and circled (between ff 1-253), have been superseded and therefore crossed out.
10. "Ahkam-i mer'iye"
'Aḥkām marʻīyah'
Aḥkām al-marʻīyah fī al-araḍī al-amīrīyah
- Description:
- katabahu al-faqīr Aḥmad ʻĀrif Ḥikmat ibn Ibrāhīm ʻIṣmat al-Ḥusaynī.In Ottoman Turkish.
11. Baghdad Affairs
- Description:
- Abstract: This part of the volume consists of a copy of an enclosure to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 75 of 1850, dated 14 December 1850. The enclosure is numbered 3 and is dated 12 October 1850.The papers contain correspondence from the Acting Political Agent in Turkish Arabia (also referred to as HM Acting Consul, Baghdad), relating to affairs in the Bagdad Pachalic [Baghdad Pashalik; both spellings of Baghdad are used in the item]. Subjects of discussion include a succession dispute in the Montefiq [Muntafiq] tribe, and revolts by Kurdish tribes against Ottoman authorities.Physical description: 1 item (13 folios)
12. Muscat Affairs
- Description:
- Abstract: This item comprises copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 145 of 1846, dated 2 December 1846. The enclosures are dated 9 September-2 December 1846.The papers relate to affairs in Muscat [also spelled Maskat in this item], reported to the Government of Bombay by Captain Atkins Hamerton, HM Consul and HC [Honourable Company’s] Agent in the Dominions of the Imaum [Imām, also spelled Imam in this item] of Muscat (based in Zanzibar), including:The result of Hamerton’s investigation of the rumour that the Imaum had agreed to transfer Muscat and its dependencies to his son Prince Said Hillal [Sayyid Hilāl bin Saʿīd, also spelled Hellaul and Hillaul in this item], and Hamerton’s report of the bad relationship existing between the Imaum and the PrinceThe anxious desire, as conveyed by Hamerton to the Government of Bombay, of the Imaum to receive a response to his request to blockade the port of Bushire [Bushehr] in retaliation for the ‘oppressive conduct’ by Persian [Iranian] Government officials, notably the Governor of Bunder Abbas [Bandar Abbas], towards his subjects in his possessions on the Persian coastThe proceedings of the Chief of Sohar, Syed Hamood bin Azan [Sayyid Ḥammūd bin ‘Azzān Āl Bū Sa‘īd, also spelled Saied in this item] in the Persian Gulf, including his transferring to the Matawas [al-Muṭawwi‘ūn, priests] of the Beni Saad [Banū Sa‘d, an Omani family group] the Fort of Sohar and its dependencies inland, and the election by 500 Matawas of an ‘Imam’ [‘a chief priest or Bishop’] for Oman (an office filled for many years by the Imām of Muscat’s family).The principal correspondents are Hamerton and the Government of Bombay.The last three enclosures, the Bombay Times Summary of Intelligence, the Overland Bombay Courierand the Bombay Telegraphare noted as ‘Missing 29.10.1906’.Physical description: 1 item (19 folios)