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'Persian Gulf Gazetteer. Part I. Historical and Political Materials. Précis of Nejd Affairs, 1804-1904' [‎30] (38/68)

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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" Written by my hand at Bushire on Saturday the 5th day of Zilhajjeh 1882—2l8t day
of April 1866 "
114. Hie terms of this declaration were telegraphed to the Bombay Gov
ernment by Colonel Pelly for approval, and on being communicated to the
Foreign Office at Simla, the Government of India replied that they " agreed to
Colonel Pelly coming to a friendly arrangement with the Wahabi Eepresen-
tative, provided that any payment from the Maskat Government shall be as
arranged between that Government and the Wahabi, and not guaranteed by
the British Government. " Colonel Pelly "" it was added " can give his good
offices in arranging the details of an agreement between the two parties subject
to the above condition, but no Treaty between the British Government and the
Wahabi Chief can be made without our seeing the full details, and without
the sanction of the Home Government." Before this reply reached Colonel
Pelly he again telegraphed :—" I am, I think, enabled to state that Govern
ment can dictate any consistent demands and relative positions they like, and
that they will be accepted by both the Arab States, but it is on all accounts
desirable that I should be favoured with definite instructions, as early as may
be convenient." In answer to this intimation the Government of India
referred to their previous reply, adding that " no definite instructions could be
given, and that Colonel Pelly could make suggestions after consultation with
the Wahabi Agent as he may think fit, which the Government of India will
duly consider on hearing the opinion of the Bombay Government on the
subject."
115. On receipt of these instructions Colonel Felly had another interview
with the VVah.ibi Envoy who signified that he 4 ' acceded in all respects to
the wishes of Her Majesty's Government, and that if any difficulties should
arise as to the tribute payment from Maskat, the Amir would solicit the good
offices of the Besident." Colonel Pelly then handed to him a letter to the
address of the Wahabi Chief, of which the following is a copy :—
"I have received your Highness^ friendly letter by the hand of your confidential servant
Mabomed bin Abdullah bin Mana and suite.
*' You state that your desire is for peace, and your Envoy has handed to me a paper, copy
of which I> enclose, and which has been approved by Her Majesty's Governmeut.
" If difficulties should hereafter arise as to the payment to be made to you by Maskat,
the English Government do not wish to interfere or become guarantee in a matter which
concerns you and the Sultan. But the English Government would not object to my using
my good offices in arranging the details of an agreement, and your Envoy informs me that
in the contingency of such question arising, you will write and request my good offices.
'Mn one of your previous letters you refer to the question of religion. The religion of
the Wahabis lies between themselves, their Imam and their God, and the English Govern
ment have no wish to interfere therein.
" I hope this may find you ia health, and if you have any difficulty send me a confiden
tial Agent, and I shall always be happy to meet him on iriendly terms as I have Mahomed
bin Abdullah bin Mana "
116. In reportins: to Government the result of his final interview with
the Wahabi Envoy, Colonel Pelly wrote
" I asked the Wahabi Envoys what the Amir meant by stating in his letters that
Politic.! a. J„„e 1866. No.. 64.66. agreements tad existed of old between his Got-
ernment and the British. The Envovs replied
that the Wahabi Amirs had. from time to time, received friendly letters from the British
authorities, and that the Wahabi Governmeut considers a friendly letter to be synunymous
with a Treaty awreement.'"
" Before leaving, the Wahabi Envoys explained to me that the present Wahabi Amir
had many enemies, and difficulties to contend with, and trusted that I would not credit reports
that might be made to his prejudice. I replied, that I was well aware of the critical position
of the Wahabi Government, and knew that it had powerful enemies, as well at home as
on its frontier, and these difficulties appeared to me as supplying additional reasons for the
Wahabi Government remaining peaceably within its own territories and consolidatino- itself.
For the rest, if the Wahabi Amir desired any further communication, he could forward it in
writing, when it would be duly transmitted by me to higher authority."
117. The Government of India expressed the following views on Colonel
Political a ., June 1866, No. 66. Pelly s report in their letter No. 602,
dated 11th June 1866, to the Bombay
Government:—

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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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