Persian Gulf Affairs [‎426r] (5/34)

Content

This item comprises copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions. [Mumbai] Secret Department to the Secret Committee Pre-1784, the Committee responsible for protecting East India Company shipping. Post-1784, its main role was to transmit communications between the Board of Control and the Company's Indian governments on matters requiring secrecy. , Number 76 of 1847, dated 31 August 1847. The enclosures are dated 10 May-20 August 1847. There is a note on the abstract stating that enclosures 11 and 12 are ‘Missing. 30 10 1906’.

The primary documents are: a report by Major Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , to Arthur Malet, Secretary to the Government, Bombay; minutes of the Governors in Council; and correspondence between Malet, and Henry Miers Elliot, Secretary to the Government of India with the Governor-General.

The subjects covered notably include:

• Concerns of the Chief of Bahrein [Bahrain], Shaik Mahomed bin Khuleefa [Shaikh Muḥammad bin Khalīfah Āl Khalīfah, Shaikh of Bahrain] about disaffected Uttoobee [ʿUtūb] subjects led by Shaik Essa bin Tareef [Shaikh ‘Īsá bin Ṭarīf] who have settled on the Persian [Iranian] island of Kenn [Kish], his solicitation of British naval assistance should the refugees or the ex-ruler of Bahrein, Shaik Abdoollah bin Ahmed [Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Aḥmad Āl Khalīfah], mount an attack on Bahrein; and the Government of Bombay’s authority to Hennell to intervene on behalf of Mahomed bin Khuleefa if the situation warrants
• The Governor-General’s desire that the Bombay Government inform the Home Authorities (in London) of the proceedings of some Turkish [Ottoman] officers at Koweit [Kuwait] and the arrival of a Turkish vessel of war off Bushire [Būshehr].

Extent and format

1 item (17 folios)

Arrangement

There is an abstract of contents of the despatch, numbered 1-12, on folios 425-426. These numbers are repeated for reference on the verso The back of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'v'. of the last folio of each enclosure. Enclosures 11 and 12 are not present.

Written in

English in Latin script

View the complete information for this record

Share this item

<meta charset="utf-8"><a href="https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100118976321.0x00003f">Persian Gulf Affairs [&lrm;426r] (5/34)</a>
<a href="https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100118976321.0x00003f">
	<img src="https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100000000319.0x000109/IOR_L_PS_5_450_0862.jp2/full/!280,240/0/default.jpg" alt="" />
</a>

Copyright: How to use this content