Letter from Syed Majid [Sayyid Majid bin Said Al-Busaid] addressed, via Colonel Lewis Pelly, to Ameer Abdullah [Adbullah bin Faisal bin Turki al-Saud]
Mss Eur F126/46, ff 1-3
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The record is made up of 3 folios. It was created in ?1870. It was written in Arabic and 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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Letter in Arabic, with English translation, from Syed Majid [Sayyid Majid bin Said Al-Busaid] to Ameer Abdullah [Abdullah bin Faisal bin Turki al-Saud].
The letter discusses Ameer Abdullah's ownership of the Arab coastline of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , and stating that Guttur [Qatar] does not belong to them, but instead is subject to the Rulers of Bahrein [Bahrain]. The letter goes on to give the history between the rulers of Bahrain and the al-Saud's from 1197 (1783) onwards focusing especially on Faisal bin Turki al-Saud, his relationship with the rulers of Bahrain and arrangements for receipt of payments of tributes.
The letter itself is not dated, however the events referred to within it occured in 1870.
The letter is addressed to Colonel Lewis Pelly as he was acting as intermediary in negotiations between the two parties at the time of writing.
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- 3 folios
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- Arabic and English in Arabic and Lepcha script
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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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- Mss Eur F126/46, ff 1-3
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- ?1870 (CE, Gregorian)
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Letter from Syed Majid [Sayyid Majid bin Said Al-Busaid] addressed, via Colonel Lewis Pelly, to Ameer Abdullah [Adbullah bin Faisal bin Turki al-Saud], British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, Mss Eur F126/46, ff 1-3, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023479696.0x000009> [accessed 3 May 2024]
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- Mss Eur F126/46, ff 1-3
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- Letter from Syed Majid [Sayyid Majid bin Said Al-Busaid] addressed, via Colonel Lewis Pelly, to Ameer Abdullah [Adbullah bin Faisal bin Turki al-Saud]
- Pages
- 1r:3v
- Author
- Al Busaid, Sayyid Majid bin Said
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