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'Selections from the Records of the Bombay Government' [‎419] (461/733)

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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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UTTOOBEES.
419
and welfare,—a letter, in fact, one tissue of falsehoods,—neither more
nor less than a ruse to blind and mislead the understanding of the self-
sufficient Shaikh Mahomed bin Khaleefa.
These attacks upon Bahrein independence were duly represented to
the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. in Turkish Arabia A term used by the British officials to describe the territory roughly corresponding to, but not coextensive with, modern-day Iraq under the control of the Ottoman Empire. , who wrote in reply that Meerza
Abdool Jabbur (Persian Consul at Bagdad), in perfect ignorance of the
relations existing between the ruler of Bahrein and the British Govern
ment, had thought it a clear matter of duty on his part to do all in his
power to further the views of Abdoolla bin Ahmed, who, from the day
of his downfall, had been treated with so much consideration and
respect by the Persian Government, but that now he was aware of the
inteiest taken in Bahrein by the British State, he would abstain from
further interference with the affairs of the island. Not many months
after this had occurred. Shaikh Mahomed bin Khaleefa himself expressed
a wish to the Resident that Bahrein should be taken under British
protection. The Resident, who had been called upon to give his
opinion as to the advisability or otherwise of entering into an alliance
with the rulers of that island, had in the outset inclined against the
measure ; but the spontaneous offer of allegiance now preferred by
Shaikh Mahomed bin Khaleefa, combined with other Circumstances, led
that officer to alter his opinion, and to recommend the immediate
acceptance of the proffer made by the chief. After much considera
tion, however, the Government of India, considering it inexpedient to
make any alteration in the character of the relations then subsisting
between the British Government and the Chief of Bahrein, and the
Home Government concurring in that view, the Resident at Bushire
was in September 1849 directed to decline the offer of the Chief of
Bahrein, assuring him at the same time of the continuance of the good
will and friendship of the British Government, In this wise termi
nated the long discussion, protracted over a period of more than
two years, respecting the proposed alliance with the Shaikh of
Bahrein.
A few occurrences worthy of notice have been of necessity passed
over during the relation of other matters that engrossed our attention,
and must be briefly described ere passing on to the consideration of
future events.
At the latter end of the preceding year. Shaikh Mahomed bin
Khaleefa made an unsuccessful attempt to induce the Shaikh of Charrak
to expel from Kenn the Bahrein fugitives who had taken refuge on that
island. He also behaved most improperly in the matter of one
Khaleefa, of the Gubeysat Tribe, who committed a number of piracies
amongst others, one upon a vessel belonging to his own dependents'
and who, although detained by the Shaikh for a time, at the instance of
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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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