File 58 Bahrain affairs

Content

This file contains correspondence to/from three British Residents at Bushire, Captain James Felix Jones, Captain Herbert Frederick Disbrowe and Lieutenant-Colonel Lewis Pelly.

A number of topics are discussed in the file, most prominent among them are the following:

• Relations between Britain and Bahrain;
• A blockade of Kutiffe (Al-Qatif);
• Military action taken by Bahrain against the Chief of Wukra;
• The mis-treatment of Indian British subjects in Bahrain.

On folios 2-6, the file contains copies in English and Arabic of the Perpetual Truce of Peace and Friendship (1861) signed by Sheikh Mahomed ben Khalifeh [Shaikh Muḥammed bin Khalīfah Āl Khalīfah] on behalf of himself and his successors and Captain James Felix Jones on behalf of the British Government.

On folios 136-140, the file contains a translation of an agreement proposed by Houssein Ali Mirza, the Prince Regent of Fars in 1822, that Lieutenant William Bruce is said to have agreed to without permission of the British Government.

Extent and format

1 volume (183 folios)

Physical characteristics

Foliation: The file's foliation sequence is written in pencil, in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of each folio. It begins on the title page, on number 1, and ends on the last folio before the back cover, on number 183. Foliation errors: f 101 is followed by f 101A; f 107 is followed by f 107A; f 111 is followed by f 111A; f 115 is followed by f 115A.

Written in

English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script

Type

Letter book

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/R/15/1/183

Former external reference(s)

File No 58

History of this record

Date(s)

6 Mar 1862-4 Apr 1868 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

Foreign relations

Places

Bahrain

People & organisations

King of BahrainShaikh Muḥammad bin Khalīfah Āl Khalīfah, Hakim of BahrainJames Felix Jones

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