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Letter from William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to the Honourable Mountstuart Elphinstone, President and Governor in Council, Bombay [41v] (2/3)
The record is made up of 2 folios. It was created in 15 Apr 1820. 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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In this letter, William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, recounts a recent discussion with Rahma Bin Jauber [Rahma bin Jabir], whom he describes as having been one of the predatory chiefs who disturbed the tranquility of the Gulf. Bruce states that he inquired into the terms of the recent treaty between the Shaiks [Shaikhs] of Bahrain and His Highness the Imam of Muscat [Sa‘īd bin Sultān Āl Sa‘īd], as Rahma Bin Jauber was one of the parties concerned. Rahma Bin Jauber informed him that His Highness had agreed to give up 12,000 of the 30,000 German crowns that the Shaiks were to pay him annually. Bruce reports that Rahma Bin Jauber refused to subscribe to the recent treaty [ General Treaty with the Arab Tribes of the Persian Gulf An agreement made in 1820 between Britain and ten tribal rulers of the eastern Arabian coast, often seen as marking the start of 150 years of British hegemony in the region. ] that was entered into with the chiefs of the Arab side of the Gulf, on the grounds that he was now in the service of the Persian Government. Bruce states that the Governor of Bushire has assured him that Rahma Bin Jauber cannot go to sea except as part of an expedition under orders of the Prince.
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Letter from William Bruce, Resident, Bushire, to the Honourable Mountstuart Elphinstone, President and Governor in Council, Bombay [41v] (2/3), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/22, ff 41-42, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023449598.0x000058> [accessed 20 April 2024]
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