Letter no.360 of 1856 from Commander Felix Jones, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay
IOR/R/15/1/157, ff 62-64
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The record is made up of 3 folios. It was created in 26 Dec 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 the wounding and subsequent death of a Kutif [Al-Qaṭīf] man by the crew of a boat from Aboothabee [Abu Dhabi], and Jones’s efforts to mediate and seek compensation in the matter. The enclosures are as follows:
1. The translation of a letter (folio 63) from Shaikh Zayid bin Khuleefa [Zayid bin Khalīfah], chief of Abu Dhabi, received 24 December 1856, in which Shaikh Zayid accepts the compensation or blood money, asking for a short respite to pay it;
2. The translation of a letter (folio 64) from Jones to the British Agent at Bahrain , dated 26 December 1856, informing the Agent of the Shaikh of Abu Dhabi’s willingness to pay compensation, enclosing a copy of the letter from the Shaikh, for the perusal of the chief of Al-Qaṭīf.
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- 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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- IOR/R/15/1/157, ff 62-64
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- 26 Dec 1856 (CE, Gregorian)
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- IOR/R/15/1/157, ff 62-64
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- Letter no.360 of 1856 from Commander Felix Jones, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay
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- 62r:64v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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