Letter from Commander William Balfour, Senior Naval Officer Commanding Persian Gulf Squadron to Captain James Felix Jones, I. N., Political Resident, Persian Gulf, Bushire [27r] (5/8)
The record is made up of 4 folios. It was created in 3 Jan 1860. 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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This letter describes Balfour's approach and anchorage in a harbour at night, and a conversation with Sheikh [Shaikh] Alli (the brother of Mahomed bin Kaleefar) regarding the matter of a vessel belonging to a native of Sahsah coerced to enter the port and sell her cargo of grain. The conversation also regarded the matter of the disassociation people wished to make from the Chief of Demaum [Muḥammad bin ‘Abdullāh, Ad-Dammān], difficulties involved, the question of the Wahabee [Wahhabi] Chief and the role of the British in the matter, and also Lieutenant Whish's capture of three vessels. This letter is also summarised on folio 29v.
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Letter from Commander William Balfour, Senior Naval Officer Commanding Persian Gulf Squadron to Captain James Felix Jones, I. N., Political Resident, Persian Gulf, Bushire [27r] (5/8), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/175, ff 25-28, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023492945.0x000036> [accessed 20 April 2024]
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- Letter from Commander William Balfour, Senior Naval Officer Commanding Persian Gulf Squadron to Captain James Felix Jones, I. N., Political Resident, Persian Gulf, Bushire
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- 25r:28v
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