Letter no.347 of 1856 from Commander Felix Jones, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay [‎123v] (6/12)

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The letter and its enclosures relate to recent communications with the Joasmee [ Qāsimī One of the ruling families of the United Arab Emirates; also used to refer to a confederation of seafaring Arabs led by the Qāsimī tribe from Ras al Khaima. ] chief, Shaikh Sultan ben Suggur [Sultan bin Saqr] over Persian actions in Lingah [Bandar-e Lengeh] and Jones’s insistence that the Shaikh should not interfere with the situation at Bandar-e Lengeh; exchanges with the British Agent at Sharjah [Hajjī Yaqoob], in light of reports of Wahabee [ Wahhābī A follower of the Islamic reform movement known as Wahhabism; also used to refer to the people and territories ruled by the Al-Saud family. ] forces making their way to Oman, probably in response to the Arab coast Shaikhs being in arrears on their annual tribute payments to the Wahhābī A follower of the Islamic reform movement known as Wahhabism; also used to refer to the people and territories ruled by the Al-Saud family. chief. The following enclosures follow Jones’s letter:

1. The purport of a letter (folio 122) from Shaikh Sultan bin Saqr to Jones, dated 3 November 1856;

2. The translation of a letter (folio 123) from Jones to Shaikh Sultan bin Saqr, dated 19 November 1856;

3. The translation of a letter (folio 124) from Jones to the British Agent at Sharjah [Hajjī Yaqoob], dated 19 November 1856;

4. The purport of a letter (folio 125) from Yaqoob to Jones, dated 5 November 1856;

5. The translation of a letter (folio 126) from Jones to Yaqoob, dated 19 November 1856.

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