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 correspondent is Major Samuel Hennell, British Political Resident in the Persian Gulf. It is the twenty-second in a series of thirty items.The item concerns:The decision of the Amaeer tribe [al-‘Amāyir] to place themselves under the authority of Ameer Fysul [Amīr Fayṣal bin Turkī bin ‘Abdullāh Āl Sa‘ūd, Emir of Najd] instead of Bahrein [Bahrain]A request by Esai bin Tareef, Shaik of Bidda [‘Īsá bin Ḥamad bin Ṭarīf Āl Bin ‘Alī al-‘Utbī, Shaikh of al-Bid’] that Hennell return two boats to his subjects, which had been captured by Commander John Croft Hawkins, Senior Naval Officer in the Persian Gulf, off Asseloo [Bandar-e Asaluyeh] in reparation for ‘piratical’ actions of the people of Asseloo.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 756, and terminates at f 759 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.
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/4/2174/105546. It is the thirty-third in a series of forty-five items on the Persian Gulf.The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Major Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf; Hajee Jassim [Ḥājjī Jāsim], British Agent at Bahrein [Bahrain]; and Shaik Mahomed bin Khuleefa [Shaikh Muḥammad bin Khalīfah Āl Khalīfah], Chief [Ruler] of Bahrein.The item concerns affairs in Bahrein, and in particular:The blockading of Kateef [Al-Qatif] by the Amaeer [al-‘Amāyir] tribe, who are supported by Shaik Mahomed bin KhuleefaThe communications received by Shaik Mahomed bin Khuleefa from Ameer Fysul [Amīr Fayṣal bin Turkī bin ‘Abdullāh Āl Sa‘ūd] the Wahabee [Wahhābī] Chief (also referred to in the item as the Ruler of Nedgd [Najd]).The item contains a table of contents (f 604), and the title page (f 603) contains the following references: ‘P C [Previous Communication] 5507, Coll. 7, Vol. 33’, ‘D/t 197/47’, ‘Collection No. 2 of No. 119’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 603 and terminates at f 611, 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.
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/4/2174/105546. It is the thirty-second in a series of forty-five items on the Persian Gulf.The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Major Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf; Shaik Abdoollah bin Saeed Moodavee [Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Sa‘d al-Mudāwī], Governor of Kateef [Al-Qatif]; and Lieutenant John Stephens, Senior Indian Naval Officer Commanding the Squadron in the Persian Gulf.The item concerns a request to Hennell from Shaik Abdoollah bin Saeed Moodavee for British assistance against Humud bin Mujuddel [Ḥamad bin Majdal] and the Amaeer [al-‘Amāyir] tribe. Shaik Abdoollah accuses the Amaeer of ‘piracies’, and threatens similar actions from his own subjects if assistance is not forthcoming. Hennell refuses the request, and sends Lieutenant Stephens to Kateef with the
Cliveand
Euphratesto transmit his reply. Stephens reports on his visit and also on the state of the
Euphrates, which he has sent to Bassadore [Basaʻidu] for repairs.The item contains a table of contents (ff 569-570), and the title page (f 568) contains the following references: ‘P C [Previous Communication] 5507, Coll. 7, Vol. 32’, ‘D/t 197/47’, ‘Collection No. 1 of No. 119’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 568 and terminates at f 602, 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.