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Letter no.464 of 1855 from Commander Felix Jones, Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay [‎63r] (9/20)

The record is made up of 10 folios. It was created in 27 Dec 1855. 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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The letter and its enclosures relate to relations between Bahrain, Damaum [Dammām], and the Al bin Ali tribe, based at Dammām, and is a continuation of negotiations discussed by Jones in an earlier letter (folios 51-52). Jones writes that he now considers the Shaikh of Dammām to be the real instigator behind the Al bin Ali tribe’s actions, a view which Jones says is corroborated (folio 65) by the Native Agent Non-British agents affiliated with the British Government. at Bahrain [Hajjī Jāsim]. Jones also writes that some of the Al bin Ali tribe have settled in territory belonging to the Wahabee [ Wahhābī A follower of the Islamic reform movement known as Wahhabism; also used to refer to the people and territories ruled by the Al-Saud family. ] ruler, and that he has written to Fayṣal ibn Turki Āl Sa‘ūd (folio 68) to draw attention to this fact. Jones recommends that a small steam vessel be dispatched to the area, to discourage further maritime hostilities.

The following enclosures follow Jones’s letter:

1. A letter (folios 61-62) from Shaikh Mahomed bin Abdullah [Muḥammad bin ‘Abdullāh], ruler of Dammām, to Jones, dated 21 October 1855;

2. A letter (folio 63) from Shaikh Muḥammad bin ‘Abdullāh of Dammām, to Jones, dated 27 November 1855;

3. A letter (folio 64) from Ali bin Sultan, the Al bin Ali chief, to Jones, dated 19 November 1855;

4. The translated purport of a letter (folio 65) from Hajee Jassim [Hajjī Jāsim], the British Agent at Bahrian, to Jones, dated 23 November 1855;

5. The translated purport of a letter (folio 66) from Shaikh Mahomed ben Khuleefah [Muḥammad bin Khalīfah], chief of Bahrain, to Jones, dated 25 November 1855;

6. The translated purport of a letter (folio 67) from Jones to Hajjī Jāsim, dated 1 December 1855;

7. The translated purport of a letter (folio 68) from Jones to His Highness Ameer Fysul [Fayṣal ibn Turki Āl Sa‘ūd], dated 24 December 1855.

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Letter no.464 of 1855 from Commander Felix Jones, Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay [‎63r] (9/20), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/149, ff 59-68, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023318562.0x000089> [accessed 28 March 2024]

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