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'Persian Gulf Gazetteer. Part I. Historical and Political Materials. Précis of Nejd Affairs, 1804-1904' [‎24] (32/68)

The record is made up of 1 volume (34 folios). It was created in 1904. 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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94. Colonel Peliy was at the same time requested to enquire and report on
Bombay Government letter Kb. 8119, dated the tlie extent of miSCllief Committed at Sllf,
2i8t December is65. ailc [ Aether anything might reasonably
be demanded on this account from the Wahabi Chief.
96. These proceedings were duly reported to the Government of India,
Bombay Government letter No. 197, dated the and the Foreign Department at Calcutta
2ist December 1865. was subsequently informed by telegraph,
that no trace of any such Treaty as that mentioned by the Wahabi Chief
Letter form Mr. Secretary Muir, No. 66, dated the COUld be found OU the records of the Bom-
24th January 1866. Government or of the Bushire Resi
dency. In reply, the Government of India after alluding to this fact, which a
search in their own records had helped to confirm, observed
" It will be advisable for the Bombay Government to inform the Waliabi Amir that the
British Government is not aware of the existence of any formal agreement between itself and
the Amir; but that if any such document does exist, a copy of it, no doubt, must be in the
Amir's possession, and the Amir will do well to produce it for verification.
The Amir should be further given to understand that the Imaum of Maslcat is our
friend and ally, and the British Government while hoping for a happy settlement of any
differences which there may now be between the Imaum and the Amir, cannot regard any
encroachment on the Imaum's territory without grave concern.
. <c His Excellency in Council considers that it would be inexpedient to press the Wahabi
Amir for compensation for any loss which British subjects may have incurred durin 0, the
late hostilities."
96. Before these instructions reached Colonel Pelly's hands, events in the
Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. rapidly assumed a momentous aspect arising from the determina
tion of the Maskat Government to proceed to open hostilities with the Waha-
bis.
97. On the 21st December, Colonel Pelly re-visited the Sultan of Maskat
and communicated to His Highness the offer of Government to aid him in guns
and ammunition. He had entered on preparations for blockading the Wahabi
ports of Khatif and Ojair, having received solemn assurances from the Bahrein
authorities that they would co-operate with him. It was arranged that Syud
Turki, who had recently given unequivocal proofs of fidelity and attachment
to his brother the Sultan's cause, should proceed with the Maskat fleet to
Bahrein in view to carry out the contemplated blockade.
a C ^ lonel bein ^ desirou s of examining the state of affairs on the
Arab Coast proceeded to Bahrein with the Sultan's ships, and en route communi
cated ith the Chiefs of the Pirate Coast, reminding them of the aggressive
pohcy of the Wahabus and stating that the English Government would not
object to their aiding the Sultan by land. During this time the Sultan was
i/ engaged in collecting his tribes, and equipping them for an advance towards
Beiaymi, a strategic point of great importance—threatenins the Maskat
territories and the Pirate Coast. D
99. The Wahabis were not indifferent to these warlike preparations. They
Lieutenant-Colonel Felly's letter to Government, had a short time before moved n flvtnnh
f •7 T r ry T; - ment "P- the port of SahZ only a fet
hours distance from Sohar itself, and driven the Bunnya residents into the lea
"t? t ■ A 0m pclls i hed '7.downing. " It is remarkable " wrote Colonel PeUv
that at the very time this raid had taken place the Sultan was under the im
pression that the Wahabi leader was concealing himself. One notieeaMe
ytoture of these inroads is that those among the invaders who areX^ S
!| Wahahis of Nejd seem to be comparatively few. They are f
ers of frontier tribes on the borders of Oman itself." ' la Jl(!r tlle ^ad-
100. Commodore Montresor concentrated his Squadron at Bombay early
in December 1865, in persuance of instru-

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Content

The volume, stamped ‘Secret’ on the front cover and frontispiece, is part 1 (historical and political materials) of a précis of Najd (spelt Nejd throughout) affairs for the years 1896-1904. It was prepared by Jerome Antony Saldanha of the Bombay Provincial Civil Service, and published in 1904 by the Government of India Foreign Department, Simla, India.

The volume includes a preface (folio 3) and list of contents (folio 4). The sections listed in the contents run as follows:

  • I: Rise of the Wahabis under Abdul Wahab [‘Abd al-Wahhāb] ante1740;
  • II: Political History of Nejd ante 1800 to 1804;
  • III: Genealogy of the Wahabi Amirs;
  • IV: First encroachments of the Wahabis on Oman,, 1804-1808;
  • V: (1) Joasami [Āl Qāsimī One of the ruling families of the United Arab Emirates; also used to refer to a confederation of seafaring Arabs led by the Qāsimī tribe from Ras al Khaima. ] pirates under Wahabi influence first venture into the Indian Seas. (2) Expedition against Joasamis and Wahabis, 1808-1809;
  • VI: First Egyptian Invasion of Nejd, 1814-1819;
  • VII: Resurrection of the Wahabis and Reconstitution of the Wahabi Kingdom, 1824-1831;
  • VIII: Wahabi overtures to British Government, 1831;
  • IX: (1) Wahabi Invasion of Oman, 1833. (2) Views of the Government of India as to the claims of Maskat [Muscat] on the British Government;
  • X: (1) Turki [Turkī] murdered by Meshari [Mashārī]. (2) Meshari executed by Feysal [Fayṣal]. (3) Feysal assumes Kingdom;
  • XI: (1) Second Egyptian Invasion of Nejd. (2) Egyptian withdrawal under British pressure;
  • XII: Government of Khalid [Khālid] as Turkish viceregent;
  • XIII: (1) Abdullah bin Saneyan [‘Abdullāh bin Thānīyān] seizes the kingdom. (2) Feysal returns from exile;
  • XIV: (1) Oman again threatened by the Wahabis. (2) British policy;
  • XV: Wahabi attempt on Bahrein [Bahrain]
  • XVI: Invasion of Oman by Abdullah, son of Feysal (2) Treaty between Maskat and Wahabis;
  • XVII: Feysal's nominal dependence upon Turkey, 1855;
  • XVIII: (1) Renewal of Wahabi attempt on Bahrein. (2) British interference, 1859;
  • XIX: (1) Blockade of Wahabi ports by Chief of Bahrein, 1861. (2) Blockade raised on British interference;
  • XX: Turkish protest against British proceedings;
  • XXI: Differences between Sultan of Maskat and Amir of Nejd, 1864-65;
  • XXII: Visit of Colonel [Lewis] Pelly to Riadh [Riyadh], 1865;
  • XXIII: Difference between Sultan of Maskat and Amir of Nejd (continued), 1864-1865;
  • XXIV: (1) Rebellion of two Oman tribes under leadership of Wahabi Officer. (2) Outrage of British subjects;
  • XXV: British operations against the Wahabis, 1865-66;
  • XXVI: The Amir of Nejd comes to terms, 1866;
  • XXVII: Deputation of a Wahabi envoy to Baghdad, 1866;
  • XXVIII: Wahabi advances to Beraymi [al-Buraymī];
  • XXIX: Civil War between Abdullah and Saud [Sa‘ūd], his brother. (2) Turkish expedition into Nejd to assist Abdullah, 1870-71;
  • XXX: Saud bin Feysal's appeal to the Resident for arbitration of the British Government, 1871-1873;
  • XXXI: Saud's negotiations with the Turks, 1872;
  • XXXII: First Mission of Haji Ahmed [Ḥājjī Aḥmad] to Baghdad, 1872;
  • XXXIII: Second Mission of Haji Ahmed to Baghdad, 1872;
  • XXXIV: Visit of Abdullah messenger to Baghdad, 1872-1873;
  • XXXV: Release of Abdur Rahman [‘Abd al-Raḥmān];
  • XXXVI: Death of Saud bin Faysal [Sa‘ūd bin Fayṣal] and election of Abdul Rahman as Amir, 1875;
  • XXXVII: Abdullah bin Feysal [‘Abdullāh bin Fayṣal] defeats Abdur Rahman, 1875-80;
  • XXXVIII: Threatened Revolt of the Montefik Arabs [al-Muntafiq], 1880;
  • XXXIX: Sheikh Abdullah bin Thanneyan, 1879-1880;
  • XL: State of affairs in 1881;
  • XLI: Rise of the Shammar principality, 1835-1882;
  • XLII: Genealogy of Shammar Chiefs;
  • XLIII: Hostilities between Abdullah bin Feysal and Ibn Rashid [Ibn Rashīd];
  • XLIV: Imprisonment of Abdullah bin Feysal and absorption of the Wahabi Kingdom in the Shammar principality, 1887-1896;
  • XLV: Complications with Koweit, 1897-1904.
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1 volume (34 folios)
Arrangement

The volume is arranged divided into forty five (identified by Roman numerals). There are paragraph numbers that are continuous throughout the whole volume, beginning on 1 at the start of the first section, and ending on 230 in the final section. A contents page appears at the front of the volume (folio 4).

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Foliation: The foliation sequence commences at the front cover and terminates at the inside back cover; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. The volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.

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