‘Vol 11 Persian Gulf & Muscat affairs’

Content

This item consists of copies of correspondence, minutes, and consultations, cited in, or enclosed with, political letters 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. . It is the eleventh in a series of eleven items about the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. (the others are IOR/F/4/2050/93533, 93534, 93535, 93536, 93537, 93538, 93539, 93540, 93541, and 93542). The principal correspondents are 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. and Captain Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .

The item concerns:

• The wreck of the Schooner Guznie
• The seizure of a boat belonging to Shaik Mahomed bin Khuleefa of Bahrein [Shaikh Muḥammed bin Khalīfah Āl Khalīfah of Bahrain] by Shaik Abdoollah bin Ahmed [Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Aḥmad Āl Khalīfah, former Shaikh of Bahrain]
• Duties to be levied on goods at Bushire [Būshehr], particularly when transhipped at the Bushire roads
• The migration of some of the people of Karrack [Jazīreh-ye Khārk, also known as Khark, Kharg] to Phelecha [Failaka]
• The movements of Ameer Fysul [Amīr Fayṣal bin Turki bin ‘Abdullāh Āl Sa‘ūd]
• The blockade of Mubarak bin Abdullah [Shaikh Mubārak bin ‘Abdullāh Āl Khalīfah] in Dumam [Dammam] by Shaik Mahomed bin Khuleefa and Esai been Tareef [Shaikh ‘Īsá bin Ḥamad bin Ṭarīf Āl Bin 'Alī al-'Utbī].

The item includes a contents page, and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Collection No. 1, Draft 558, P.C. [Previous Communication] 4291, [Season 18]44’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.

Extent and format

1 item (61 folios)

Arrangement

There is no chronological arrangement.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 909 and terminates at f 974, 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 volume 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/4/2050/93543

History of this record

Date(s)

13 Oct 1843-25 Mar 1844 (CE, Gregorian)

Related material

Related primary sources

Bom Pol 02 Aug 1844, draft 558/1844; IOR/E/4/1076 pp.6-15

Subjects

MigrationBilateral relationsBlockades

Places

BahreinBushireDammam

People & organisations

Government of BombayPolitical ResidentKing of Bahrain

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