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'Persian Gulf Gazetteer, Part I Historical and Political Materials, Précis of Nejd [Najd] Affairs, 1804-1904' [‎16] (29/72)

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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of 12,000 crowns, besides arrears to the extent of 60,000 orowns, and the usual
supply of provisions and stores. The Wahabi likewise pledged himself to
assist His Excellency in every hour of difficulty, and the boundaries of the
dominions of either remained as heretofore."
XVIL— Feysal's nominal dependence on Turkey, 1855.
. 61. The next record of any interest is dated January 1855. The Resident
having found it necessary to point out to Feysal that the British Govern
ment regarded the Arab tribes on the coast as independent powers. tFevsal
replied as follows :—.
" With regard to what you observe that engagements have existed between the Chiefs
ot the coast of Oman and the Resident for a period of 30 years, this is well known to me, their
object being to guard against the occurrence of irregularities and the harbouring of disorderly
characters, nought else. This is an arrangement of which I quite approve on the part of
esidents, both those who have gone before, and those who come after, for there is an under
standing between us and the British Government of 100 years duration for the security of
raders and travellers passing on the seas. The coasts of Oman, however, and the territories
thereof appertain to the Peninsula of Arabia under my control, and acknowledging my
authority. Further the people of the districts in the interior of Oman and at the seats of the
xJedoum tribes are more 'powerful than, and have the command over the inhabitants of the coast
and slaughtering: them, but that I maintain a
„ VI, f mm mem, out tnat 1 maintain a
^iratenant with a force in Oman, who holds them back from the people of the coast. These
on, ,r r if'T protection; otherwise, were they abandoned to their fate, they
Sriir '"q lTS ? f 5 r f >Ter ' , ! hei1 to tHeir negligence, disagreements, too long to be
was U 1, T™ between some ot tte Chi ef's of the coasts aforesaid, there
r cwl n f r> \ em ^ re - St0re 0rdei ' and ^ wili Hmon ? them, except the Lieutenant
to the S?Lf o?X n f "f j 6 ! 106 1 " m , 01 ^ tbe tllio ? s pleasing to God and bis Prophet, as also
f th 1 ^ ^ ma y ^ 0( 1 ^tren^then the faith by his meiuis. Btiino- a dependant
aLltrifv ovmIiI^' A 0 K ern T ent ' 1 « the tl'e Sultan to my continuance in
authority over all the Arabs. 'Jo exemplify this, when Mahomed Ali Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. , havino- proiected
his schemes against Basrah and Mohammerah and the territory pertaining t™feto P Ser-
taimng designs upon India, deputed his envoy to me, proposiV to hold® me dearer and
coa ? ot o" 8 d '"r, 1 " 8 S"" t0 iuduce me views with respect to tSe
coast ot Oman and elsewhere withm the Peninsula of Arabia, and to offer no hindrance or
FrepTied 11 ' vonVno tlTt t 681 ' 1 ® 3 j l,e A j abs ' 116 took n0 account owing to his exalted dignity—
r.ni .ll .lli , : ' ,m a dc P end: >nt cC th.: Sultan of tlic Faithful from whom if ran
let me ^ of them; otherwise the thing k impossible'
J. lv rl ,. « 'v'i ■ me an ' i him . w hich lasted two years, and intelligence tlie-eof
duly reached the Sublime Porte, and they (the Sultan's Government) greatly reMced and
ezceed^lv "f aod i,lfi,le " l!e a ' ld consi.leration with ftem cl-eaTed
exceedingly. May God perpetuate their rule and the glory of their State". ^easea
, f'~' I n writing in tbis strain Feysal's objeet apparently was twofold • first to
put forward a general claim to lordship over the whole of Arabia; and second
to try whether the affectation of being only the Vicegerent of a EuroZn
Power nught serve to divert the British Government from interference bet"
ween himself and the maritime Arabs whom he asserted to be his feudatories.
XVIII—Renewal of Wahabi attempt Bahrein-British inter-
Wahabi/^evJ^r r fire years 0,11 recort ' s mention of the
himself. Notwithstanding repeated warnings from th^ItSon^ ard'' 1 ''''! 11 t0
ofaBrM'l, 0 o Pa0 H C ^ :PeySa1 ' iQ defiallce oT^he pretTce
ot a British corvette, extensive preparations for thp invn^inr. ^ d i ? ence
t - #'r s-EiH ~
jectea expedition. Hereupon Commodore Balfour with the Porsinn Pnlf
Squadron was despatched to the see no nt i teisian b-ulf
attitude assumed by tbis offieer Lon induced the Woh?^ r l,reateili ' , f
Katif to abandon his designs otuI > lllrr .v,i„ c . p , Wahabi Governor of
Commodore's success tl, P P f ,^l .„f - f pardon. In reporting the
too long with Tersal' who whilp . ex P les ® er l an opinion that we had borne
S tU wl10 ' whlle S 1V1D S "s tair words, still falsified all he said

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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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1 volume (32 folios)
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There is a list of contents at the front of the volume.

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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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