'Persian Gulf Gazetteer, Part I Historical and Political Materials, Précis of Nejd [Najd] Affairs, 1804-1904' [10] (23/72)
The record is made up of 1 volume (32 folios). It was created in 1904. 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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• 4. 1 J n k 0 was informed, iu gfeneral terms, that he was the best itldsre of his nwn
interests; but that no connection or authority would be received by the British Governmpnf-
as an excuse for any proceedings bearing a predatory character. The Sheikh then adverted to
the veiy difficult dllmma into which he would be cast in the event oE Wahabis attacking
the territories of the I„ am , a nd calling on him for bis support against that Prince To thk
he was answered that his forming any connection prejudicial to His Highness would be
ZZfZt r 'T y , ^ ,n POint 0f adlisahle shonU not
r n „ >i? ^ 'anguage held on this occasion was confirmed by the Governor
in Council, with a further intimation, that however improbable it rmVhf K p fliof r.r t . u
against the Wah.bis so long as the'y confined thcii'Zquelts t„"S shore ft was std nol
desirable that we should bind ourselves to abstain from internosition nr hn\A nit .
85-The fQlIowing five orsix years were cocupied by Turki in reconsfrnnt
My
If 3 I
that Chief was fam (o be taken under his protection on the terms ot acknow '
dgmg jus supremacy and paying an annual tribute. And thus the whole nf
the Arabian Coast from Kas-ul-Hud to Eoweit (with the exoention ^ it
thabi) became tributary to the Wahabis • exce ptioii of Abu-
VIII. Overtures to British Government. 1831.
Governor^of^B ombay* 1 iw 6 t^fe ^Wahabh ief^Tl^oiTg Eashid 0 *
as B w rt iv ri "«»•'»*
ancestor Saud and {< to have the treatv rpnpx^ ^ \ i Government and his
the British and Imam Saud". To flT , ^ . was 1 made between you
was transmitted through the llesident in the Pei^iaa Gulf bUt frieadI ^ te ^ ms
reported that only tw^doeumeuts could Te found^Tthe . Secretary
intercourse with the Wahabis, m Xse Zted in .f 00rdS to our
supm. In acknowled^ino- the communipJtinn i ^ paragraphs 25 and 28
Mr. Bomer thus addressed the Wahabi Chief a8 ^ecelVed, the Honourable
" Your communication dated the 25th of Jumadyooluwul, informing m e that K
Reply Of the Bombay Government. . appointment of the Ruler of Eve a yo ] V
sect has reached my hands, and given me^hTlr^ ^ 11 !- o£ Chief of ^ Wahlbi
receive intelligence from friends. gratification which friends feel when they
^ ami ^y which existed heW^^thi^Govern^nt Ti^d y^u^ recipr0Cal feeHn ?' ^ the
wi 1 still remain m force and I cherish hopes will never be irnl ^ Imam Sa "^
letter by the hands of your faithful dependant, Esa bin Hass^ this
IX. (1) Wahabi invasion of OmanT^WiATxrc n
;fcl ,0 ■ ,,S ^ «'■
Oman, and at the ^tavit ^?on^f mosTo^^^tribe^ti beCame , predomilla nt «
the province. The Imam finding the inte"riU ^ army into
to I ! aC i! ^ L COn / ldered ithis best policy to form a ?.L dommio ns seriously
Wahabi Chief. It was accordingly agreed bv him f S C0nil f ctl0u with the
German crowns per annum to the Wahabi OhW a tribute ^ 5.000
possession of his own coast according to the limits fi • should told
extending to Jalaam, and the Wahabi's to Katlf e f 1 . lstiD «~ the ^am's
wjs entered into, binding them reciprocally to f r ^ 0r an engagement
lions arising in their respective territories. putting down any rebel-
39. On these circumstances being renortpd ^ ^ r, ,
question arose as to whether the subversion of th Bo, ubay Government, the
would be adverse to British interests in the Guff^T f Imam of Maskafc
not^a claim on the British Government ft protei tlle Imam had
Ifit February 1834.
Treveijiic'a Uter> ^ foeo ^wferred 'to' C Jlcutta Ue th i0n « haVinS
Goyerument • intimated Supreme
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The volume is Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Gazetteer, Part I Historical and Political Materials, Précis of Nejd Affairs, 1804-1904 (Simla: G C Press, 1904).
The volume contains an historical overview of Nejd [Najd], 1804-94, with particular reference to the history of the Wahabis [Wahhabis].
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Pagination: the volume contains an original pagination sequence, which commences at 1 on the first page after the cover, and terminates at 58, the last page before the back cover. These numbers are printed, with additions in pencil, and can be found in the top centre of each page. Pagination anomalies: 1, 1A, 1B, 1C, 1D, 1E, 1F.
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