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'Selections from the Records of the Bombay Government' [408] (450/733)
The record is made up of 1 volume (364 folios). It was created in 1856. 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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408
UTTOOBEES.
Shaikh Mahomed bin Khaleefa, still continued, and every possible
plan was being resorted to by the refugee chief to induce the
Persian Government to espouse his cause. They, on their part,
had apparently entertained in a favourable light the proposals that were
made to them, and showed, by the pomp and ceremony with which
they received their visitor, on the occasion of his coming to Bushire
in the early part of the year 1844, that there was at least a desire, if
not an intention, to lend him assistance. The proceedings of the
Persian .authorities were studiously watched by the Resident, and their
every movement and expression represented by him to higher authority.
It was thought advisable to check, in the outset, this uncalled for offi-
ciousness on the part of Persia; instructions were accordingly issued
by Her Majesty's Government to Colonel Sheil, begging him to acquaint
the Persian Ministers that unless the right of the Shah to take part
in the quarrels of rival claimants to the possession of Bahrein were
beyond dispute, the interference of His Majesty would be viewed
with much jealousy by the British Government in India, and might
possibly lead to serious discussions with England. Such an announce
ment as this, coming as it did from Her Majesty's Secretary of State for
Foreign Affairs, tended, no doubt, to damp the ardour of the brotherly
feeling shown by Persia to'Abdoolla bin Ahmed, and must likewise
have blasted, for the present at least, all hopes that existed in the mind
of the latter of obtaining assistance from that quarter.
From this period the ex-chief commenced a roving style of life,—
first repairing with his Buteels to the neighbourhood of Bahrein, then
suddenly quitting the island in search of plunder, and, after perpetrating
all manner of mischief, returning to his place of asylum on the Persian
Coast. By the Resident, these proceedings were beheld with much
dissatisfaction, and eventually led to the issue of a positive order,
prohibiting him from a continuance of hostilities against the trade and
possessions of Bahrein, so long as he chose to reside on the shores of
Persia. Fully, however, to comprehend the policy of the British Govern
ment with regard to the continued quarrels of the riyal chiefs, it is
necessary that we should watch the movements and doings of either
party, and also observe the line of conduct pursued by the British to
wards them. Let us therefore proceed to consider a brief outline of
all that occurred during the protracted struggle for the sovereignty of the
Bahrein island.
Shaikh Abdoolla had not been long at Nabend ere he set out on a
cruise with his Buteels in the direction of his lost possessions, and pro
ceeded into the immediate vicinity of Bahrein. His unexpected arrival
in that quarter threw the pearl divers and others into a state of extreme
alarm and confusion, and it was not until the ex-chief assured them
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The volume is Selections from the records of the Bombay Government , compiled and edited by Robert Hughes Thomas, Assistant Secretary, Political Department, New Series: 24 (Bombay: Printed for Government at the Bombay Education Society's Press, 1856).
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- 1 volume (364 folios)
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The volume contains an abstract of contents on p. iii, a detailed list of contents on pp. vii-xx, an alphabetical index on pp. xxi-xxvii, and a list of maps etc on p. xviii.
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Pagination: two separate pagination sequences are present in the volume. The first sequence (pp. i-xviii) commences at the first page and terminates at the list of maps (p. xviii). A second pagination sequence then takes over (pp. 1-688), commencing at the title page and terminating at the final page. Both these pagination sequences are printed, with additions in pencil, and the numbers are found at the top (left, right or centre) of each page.
The fold-outs in this volume were not paginated by the publisher. As a result, these have been foliated using the nearest page number. For example, the fold-out attached to p.51 has been numbered as 51A.
Pagination anomalies: pp. 15, 15A; 45, 45A; 49, 49A; 51, 51A; 531, 531A.
The following pages need to be folded out to be read: 15A, 45A, 51A, 327-328, 531A.
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- 'Selections from the Records of the Bombay Government'
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