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1. ‘Persian Gulf Latest intelligence from the Arabian Coast – Vol: 18’
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- Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, consultations, reports, 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; and Moollah Houssein [Mullā Ḥusayn], British Agent at Shargah [Sharjah]. It is the eighteenth in a series of thirty items.The item concerns an invitation by Sheik Sultan bin Suggur [Shaikh Sulṭān I bin Ṣaqr al-Qāsimī of Ra’s al-Khaymah and Sharjah] to Sheik Saeed bin Tahnoon of Aboothabee [Shaikh Sa‘īd bin Ṭaḥnūn Āl Nahyān of Abu Dhabi] to join with him in attacking Debaie [Dubai] and Amulgavine [Umm al-Qaywayn] and attempts by Ul-Ujajee [Shaikh Muḥammad bin Sayf al-‘Ajjājī of Al Buraymi] to persuade Sheik Sultan to make peace with Sheik Saeed. The item also includes brief descriptions of acts of aggression between Debaie and Shargah.The item contains a contents page, and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft 700/47, Collection No 18 of No 49’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 734, and terminates at f 741 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.
2. ‘Persian Gulf. Aggressions of Sheikh Syf bin Humood upon the territories of the Acting Governor of Muskat and the projected attack by Sheikh Sultan bin Sugger upon Khai Fakawn Kulla and Shiras. – Vol: 22’
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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; Major Samuel Hennell, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; and Syed Soweynee [Sayyid Thuwaynī bin Sa‘īd Āl Bū Sa‘īd], Acting Governor of Muskat [Muscat]. It is the twenty-second in a series of twenty-four items on events in the Persian Gulf.The item concerns:The incursions of Sheik Syf ben Humood [Sayyid Sayf bin Hamūd Āl Bū Sa‘īd] onto Syed Soweynee’s territoryThe ambitions of Sheik Sultan ben Sugger [Shaikh Sulṭān I bin Ṣaqr al-Qāsimī of Sharjah and Ra’s al-Khaymah] to attack Khor Fakawn [Khawr Fakkan, also written as Khai Fakawn], Kulla [Kalba], and Shinas [also written as Shiras]The circumstances under which Muscat gained control of Khor Fakawn from Sultan ben Sugger.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 1’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 405, and terminates at f 413 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. Hostilities between the chief of Aboothabee and the chief of Rasel Khyma. – Vol: 42’
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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; the Government of India; Commander Thomas Grere Carless, commanding the Persian Gulf Squadron, and Lieutenant James Rennie. It is the forty-second in a series of fifty-one items on the Persian Gulf.The item concerns:Intelligence that neither the shaikh of Russel Khyma [Shaikh Sulṭān I bin Ṣaqr al-Qāsimī of Ra’s al-Khaymah] nor the shaikh of Debaye [Shaikh Maktūm I bin Buṭṭī Āl Bū Falāsah of Dubai] will convey troops belonging to Fyzul ben Toorkee [Amīr Fayṣal bin Turkī bin ‘Abdullāh Āl Sa‘ūd] from El Katif [Qatif] to the coast of Oman by seaThe possibility that Fyzul ben Toorkee will march his troops overland from Lassa [Al Hasa] to join a coalition against Saeed bin Tahnoon at Brymee [Al Buraymi].The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Collection No 4 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 645, and terminates at f 651, 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. ‘Persian Gulf. Hostilities between the confederate Chiefs in the Wahabee interest & Shaik Saeed bin Tahnoor of Aboothabee & conclusion of peace – Disbursement of Rupees 20 made by the Resident for the entertainment of Shureef Ally the agent of the Walee of Mecca. – Vol: 5’
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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, British Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; and Moollah Houssein [Mullā Ḥusayn], British Agent at Shargah [Sharjah]. It is the fifth in a series of twenty-four items on events in the Persian Gulf.The item concerns descriptions of skirmishes between Wahabee [Wahhābi] confederacy [allies of the Second Saudi State], led by Saad bin Mootluk [Sa‘d bin Muṭlaq] and Sheik Saeed bin Tahnoon of Aboothabee [Shaikh Sa‘īd bin Ṭaḥnūn Āl Nahyān of Abu Dhabi]. It also details the eventual peace agreement between the two sides, brokered by Sharreef Ally [Sharif ‘Alī], envoy from the Sharreef of Mecca, Ben Aoon [Sharif of Mecca, Muḥammad bin ‘Abd al-Mu‘īn bin ‘Awn], under the terms of which bin Tahnoon agreed to withdraw from Brymee [Al Buraymi].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 4 of No 95’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 155, and terminates at f 169 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. ‘Persian Gulf. State of affairs in the – Vol: 2’
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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 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 Mirza Mahmood [Mīrzā Muḥammad], Acting British Agent at Shiraz. It is the second in a series of six items on the Persian Gulf.The item concerns:The defeat of the force commanded by Saad ben Mootluk [Sa‘d bin Muṭlaq] by Sheik Saaed ben Tahnoon [Shaikh Sa‘īd bin Ṭaḥnūn Āl Nahyān of Abu Dhabi]Saad ben Mootluk’s attempt to incite the Omani chiefs against Sheik Saaed ben TahnoonDisputes between the Bedowin [Bedouin] tribes which resulted in the temporary cessation of hostility by Sheik Sultan ben Sugger [Shaikh Sulṭān I bin Ṣaqr al-Qāsimī of Ra’s al-Khaymah] and Sheik Muktoom ben Buttye [Shaikh Maktūm I bin Buṭṭī Āl Bū Falāsah of Dubai] against Sheik Saaed ben TahnoonMajor disturbances at Shiraz after the death of the Shah of Persia [Muḥammad Shāh Qājār, Shāh of Iran] and the appointment of a new Governor of Fars, Bahram Meerza [Bahrām Mīrzā Mo‘ezz-al-Dawlah]A complaint by Sheik Nasir [Shaikh Nāṣir II Āl Madhkūr], Governor of Bushire [Bushehr] that the amount of tribute he is forced to pay is extortionate.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 2 of No 29’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 974, and terminates at f 1003 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. ‘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.
7. ‘Persian Gulf. Regarding the intention of the Wahabee Ameer Fysul to rebuild Adeed – Vol: 11’
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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; Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; and Hajee Jassem [Ḥājjī Jāsim], British Agent at Bahrein [Bahrain]. It is the eleventh in a series of fifteen items on the Persian Gulf.The item concerns a report current at Bahrein that Ameer Fysul [Amīr Fayṣal bin Turkī bin ‘Abdullāh Āl Sa‘ūd] is collecting forces at Lahsah [Al Hasa], preparing for an expedition against Oman, and intending to rebuild Adeed [Khawr al ‘Udayd].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 137, and terminates at f 142 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.
8. ‘Persian Gulf. Regarding the intention of His Highness Syed Soweynee, the Govr of Muscat to attack the Ports belonging to the Chiefs of Rasel Khyona and Debaye. – Vol: 10’
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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 and Major Samuel Hennell, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf. It is the tenth in a series of fifteen items on the Persian Gulf.The item concerns the intention of Syed Soweynee [Sayyid Thuwaynī bin Sa‘īd Āl Bū Sa‘īd], Governor of Muscat, to attack Rasel Khyma [Ra’s al-Khaymah] and Debaye [Dubai] by sea, and Hennell’s attempt to dissuade him from this course of action.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 132, and terminates at f 136 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.
9. ‘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.
10. ‘Persian Gulf. Application from the Chief of Bahrein for permission to adopt coercive measures against certain of his subjects who have fled to Aboothabee. Vol: 8’
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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 correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Captain Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf; and Shaik Abdoolla bin Ahmed [Shaikh ‘Abdullah bin Ahmad Al Khalifah], Shaikh of Bahrein [Bahrain]. It is the eighth 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/4/72469, and IOR/F/4/1767/72470).The item concerns Shaik Abdolla’s desire to force Esa bin Tareef [Shaikh ‘Isa bin Hamad bin Tarif Al Bin ‘Ali al-‘Utbi] and his followers to return to Bahrein from Aboothabee [Abu Dhabi], and the Resident’s reluctance to allow him to use aggressive measures against Esa bin Tareef and the Shaikh of Aboothabee.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 849 and terminates at f 858, 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.
11. ‘Persian Gulf. Items of Maritime intelligence communicated by the Resident in the – reported. Vol: 1’
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- Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, minutes, memoranda, resolutions, and consultations cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. The main correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; Commodore George Robinson; Colonel Justin Sheil, Her Majesty’s Ambassador at Tehran; and Khojeh Hiskael [Khawājah Ḥizqīl bin Yūsuf], British Agent at Muscat. It is the first in a series of five items.The item concerns:Kemball’s attempts to exact reparations from the Governor of Charrack [Bandar-e Charak] whose people had plundered a boat from Kelat [Kalat; also written as Khelat and Kulat], and Robinson’s consequent expedition to CharrackA description of an attack by the people of Charrack on KelatExaction of a fine and pearls from the people of Kenn [Kish Island] on account of the plunder of a boatA minor dispute between Debaie [Dubai] and Shargah [Sharjah]Expedition by the Beni Yas [Banī Yās] tribe into the districts of Rusul Khymah [Ra’s al-Khaymah]A complaint by Sheik Ahmed ben Khulfan, Governor of Asseeloo [Shaikh Aḥmad Al Khalfān, Governor of Bandar-e-‘Asaluyeh] that the Governor of Bushire [Bushehr] imprisoned and fined the nakhuda of a boat from AsseelooThe plunder of a vessel from Zanzibar by a dependent of Sheik Sultan bin Suggur [Shaikh Sulṭān I bin Ṣaqr al-Qāsimī].The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft No 653_1853’ and ‘Collection No. 21 of No. 53 of 1853’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 503, and terminates at f 561, 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.
12. ‘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.
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