‘Persian Gulf Relative to the movements of the Wahabee Commander Abdulla bin Fysul.~’ [‎259r] (1/12)

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The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, a Political Letter 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. to the East India Company Court of Directors The London-based directors of the East India Company who dealt with the daily conduct of the Company's affairs. , dated 28 April 1854, and found at IOR/F/4/2575/152543. It is the second in a series of thirteen items about the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .

The item contains a report, dated 29 December 1853, from the Agent at Shargah [Sharjah] to Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. . The Agent's report includes mention of:

• The recent departure of Abdullah bin Fysul [‘Abdullāh bin Fayṣal], 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. ] commander, from Brymee [Buraymi] for Nedjd [Najd]
• Lieutenant Ahmed bin Mahomed ul Sudeyree [Aḥmad bin Muḥammad al-Sudayrī] assuming charge from Abdullah bin Fysul and sending letters to: Sheikh Sultan bin Suggur [Shaikh Sulṭān I bin Ṣaqr al-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. ]; Humaid bin Rashid [Shaikh Ḥumayd bin Rāshid al-Na‘īmī]; Abdullah bin Sultan [Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Sulṭān]; and Saeed bin Butye [Shaikh Sa‘īd bin Buṭṭī]
• The recent dispute between the Monasir [Manāṣīr] tribe on one side, and the Beni Kuttub [Banī Qitab] and Durua [al-Durūʿ] tribes on the other.

Kemball forwards the report, along with his own comments, to 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. , who in turn forward it to the Government of India and the Court of Directors The London-based directors of the East India Company who dealt with the daily conduct of the Company's affairs. .

The title page of the item contains the following references: 'Bombay Political Department', 'P.C. [Previous Communication] 8964', Draft Number '908 [18]54', 'Collection No. 1 of No. 32 of 1854', 'Vol: 2' and 'Examiner's Office'. Originally, the Collection number was given as '2' but this has been crossed out and replaced with '1'.

Extent and format

1 item (6 folios)

Arrangement

The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the item. The item also contains a table of contents (f 260), noting ‘No’, ‘From’, ‘To’, ‘Subject’, ‘Date and No. of Docu[men]t’ and ‘Date and No. of Consul[tation]’.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 259, and terminates at f 264, 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.

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