Letter no.170 of 1856 from Commander Felix Jones, Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay [107v] (10/10)
The record is made up of 7 folios. It was created in 29 May 1856. 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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The letter and its enclosures relate to Jones’s recent tour of the Gulf. Jones’s letter focuses on discussion of the present conflict between Shaikh Sultan ben Suggur [Sultan bin Saqr] of Ras al Khymah [Ra’s al-Khaymah] and the tribes of Himreyah [Ḩamrīyah], in which the Resident holds little hopes of Sultan bin Saqr committing to any peace agreement. Jones adds that, elsewhere in the Gulf, relative peace prevails. The enclosure to the letter (folios 105-07) from Jones to Hajee Yacoob [Hajjī Yaqoob], the British Agent at Sharjah, dated 25 May 1856, containing various instructions relating to the disposal of slaves, restitution of seized vessels, payment of compensation. Appended to the letter is a copy of a short note (folio 107v) from Jones to Shaikh Sultan bin Saqr, dated 24 May 1856.
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Letter no.170 of 1856 from Commander Felix Jones, Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay [107v] (10/10), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/157, ff 103-107, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023736812.0x00001b> [accessed 22 January 2025]
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- IOR/R/15/1/157, ff 103-107
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- Letter no.170 of 1856 from Commander Felix Jones, Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay
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- 103r:107v
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