‘Affairs of the Persian Gulf. Vol: 1’

Content

This item consists of copies of political letters from the Governments of Bombay to the Court of Directors The London-based directors of the East India Company who dealt with the daily conduct of the Company's affairs. of the East India Company. The enclosures to these letters are contained in the subsequent items. It is the first in a series of fifty-one items on the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .

The item concerns:

• News of cruises made by British ships in the Gulf
• Reports of interviews between Captain Samuel Hennell, Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , and the shaikhs of the Gulf
• Intelligence from the British Agent at Muscat
• An unsuccessful attempt by the Governor of Shargah [Sharjah] to capture Ejman [Ajman]
• Papers carried by British vessels and those departing from ports belonging to the Imam of Muscat
• The projected arrival of a French consul at Zanzibar
• Mercantile affairs
• Defeat of bin Mootluk [Sa‘d bin Muṭlaq] against Sohar [Suhar]
• ‘Piratical’ proceedings off Bahrein [Bahrain]
• Capture of Brymee [Al Buraymi] by the Chiefs of Sohar and Aboothabee [Abu Dhabi], and the subsequent intention to regain Brymee by a confederation of Omani tribes and the Chief of Rasul Khyma [Ra’s al-Khaymah]
• Agreements between Gulf states and Ameer Fysul [Amīr Fayṣal bin Turkī bin ‘Abdullāh Āl Sa‘ūd]
• Relations between the new and old chiefs of Bahrein
• Discontent with Muscat at Soor [Sur]
• Cholera at Lingah [Bandar-e Lengeh]
• Death of Shaik Abdool Azeez bin Rashid [Shaikh ‘Abd al-‘Aziz bin Rāshid al-Na‘īmī, Shaikh of Ajman].

The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Collection No 17’ and ‘Draft no 465 of 49’.

Extent and format

1 item (13 folios)

Arrangement

The documents are arranged in chronological order from the front of the item to the rear.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 312, and terminates at f 324, 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 The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.

Pagination: the item also contains an original pagination sequence.

Written in

English in Latin script

Type

Archival item

Access & Reference

Original held at

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.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/F/4/2302/118727

History of this record

Date(s)

31 Aug 1848-17 Jan 1849 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

Bilateral relationsShippingWar (concept)

Places

EjmanBahreinBrymeeSoor

People & organisations

Political ResidentGovernment of BombayNative Agent

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