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Supplement to the Gazette of India containing copies of correspondence relating to operations at Bahrain [3v] (6/10)
The record is made up of 1 file (5 folios). It was created in 22 Jan 1870-20 Mar 1870. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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64 SUPPLEMENT TO THE GAZETTE OF INDIA, JANUARY 22, 1870.
with sketches of intricate navigation; and I may add that all the naval
officers with whom I have had the honor of co-operating during the past seven
years have been unanimous in opinion that they had never seen more trea
cherous and pirate-like ground than that which envelopes the reef-hound
coasts of Bahrein and the AVahahee ports.
48. I have already brought the claim of Captain Elton, commanding
Gunboat Clyde, under the notice of Uis Excellency, and it is unnecessary
therefore for me now to do more than renew an expression of my satisfaction
with him during the three and half years he has served in these waters.
49. Finally, I would desire, in concluding this inadequate despatch, to
record my grateful thanks to all the otfieers and men of Her Majesty's Ships
Daphne and Nymphe and of the marine Gunboats Clyde and IlyrjU Hose.
It would be impossible for any men to behave with better order and discipline
than did the men of Her ^Majesty's ships present during this expedition. Their
self-restraint when lauded in the town of Menameh after it had been aban
doned by nearly all its male inhabitants, was remarkable, and defenceless
women approached the column without fear of molestation.
50. It is necessary to bear in mind that while I may not venture to do
more than mention the names of the officers who have been prominently
associated with me, yet the heat and burthen of the day have been equally
borne by all hands.
51. In the Political Department my Assistants, Majors Cotton, Way, and
Sidney Smith, have been with me on every occasion , and I beg to strongly
recommend these meritorious officers to the favorable consideration of II is
Excellencv in Council.
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52. It would be unjust if I did not add that my Interpreter, late Acting
TJncovenanted Assistant, Mr. George Lucas, has been of essential service to
me. During the past seven years he has accompanied me on numerous arduous
and delicate duties.
53. The utility of the Angaum Telegraph Station, as shown on the
present and previous occasions, will not escape the notice of His Excellency
in Council. It is situate on a most convenient point for ordinary work, and
during a crisis becomes the centre of communication.
54. Captain Douglas, like other Commanders, has brought to my notice
the advisability of causing an accurate survey of the Kateef and Bahrein reef
channels to be made.
55. I have remarked in a preceding paragraph Hhat the officers of Her
Majesty's ships were detached for some 17 days in boats and
on board the gunboats, when these went into shallow waters.
During this period it became necessary to mess these officers at the tables
of the Commanders or gun-room messes of the two gunboats. I would
respectfully suggest that no claim be made on Her Majesty's officers on this
account, and that an allowance at the rate of Rs. 5 per officer per diem be
sanctioned to the Commanders and Messes at which the officers referred to were
accommodated.
Dated I ltli November 1SG0.
Telegram from—Governor of Bombay,
To —Colonel L. Pelly.
Notify by telegraph to Mr. Thomson for information of Persian Govern
ment that'you have received orders from India to proceed to Bahrein with gun
boats and vessels of Iloyal Navy from Bombay, and to call Chief now in posses
sion of island to account for breach of maritime truce and attack on Chief
placed in pow T er by British Government. Act on first recommendation in your
No. 184 of 5th October; second recommendation approved, if on mature consi
deration on the spot of all circumstances and feelings of the people found
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The printed supplement, dated 22 January 1870, contains copies of despatches between Lewis Pelly and 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. as well as copies of Pelly's correspondence with the Chiefs of Bahrein [Bahrain], Guttur [Qatar] and correspondence between the Government of India and 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. .
The correspondence relates to operations in Bahrain undertaken by Lewis Pelly in punishing acts of piracy committed by the chief(s) of Bahrain which breached the maritime truce between them and the British Government, and the orders under which he was acting in carrying out these operations.
The main perpetrators of the acts of piracy were Mahomed bin Abdullah [Muhammad bin Abdullah Al-Khalifah], Nauser bin Mobarek and Mahomed bin Khalifeh [Muhammad bin Khalifah Al-Khalifah] (the Chief of the Bahrain tribes) and the intention of the operation was to capture these individuals; remove Mahomed bin Khalifeh from power replacing him with Esau bin Alee bin Khalifeh [Isa bin Ali Al-Khalifah] and to ensure that any future acts of piracy were deterred.
The British Government sent Her Majesty's ship Daphne , the Gunboat Clyde commanded by Captain Elton, Her Majesty's ship Nymphe under the charge of Commander Meara and the Gunboat Hugh Rose with Captain G A Douglas as the senior Naval Officer in charge of operations. Two other officers, Lieutenant Acklom and Navigating Lieutenant White, were also credited by Pelly for their work in aiding the success of the operations.
The reverse of the supplement records that Lewis Pelly's copy of it was received on 20 March 1870.
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Foliation: The file has been foliated in the top right hand corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of each folio with a pencil number enclosed with a circle.
The file has also been paginated 59-67 with printed numbers on the right hand side of each page towards the top. These numbers relate to the edition of the Gazette of India which the supplement was originally included with.
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