Letter from Captain James Felix Jones, I. N., Political Resident, Persian Gulf, Bushire, to Hajee Jassem, British Agent at Bahrain
IOR/R/15/1/175, ff 17-18
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The record is made up of 2 folios. It was created in 21 Dec 1859. 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 regards a vessel of Sahsah being compelled to sell its cargo to avoid paying 'double dues' to the Sheikhs of Bahrein [Bahrain]. Jones requests further information on whether the vessel voluntarily came into Bahrain or was compelled to do so, the latter being considered an act of piracy.
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- 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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- IOR/R/15/1/175, ff 17-18
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- 21 Dec 1859 (CE, Gregorian)
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Letter from Captain James Felix Jones, I. N., Political Resident, Persian Gulf, Bushire, to Hajee Jassem, British Agent at Bahrain, British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/175, ff 17-18, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023655391.0x000003> [accessed 24 April 2024]
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- IOR/R/15/1/175, ff 17-18
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- Letter from Captain James Felix Jones, I. N., Political Resident, Persian Gulf, Bushire, to Hajee Jassem, British Agent at Bahrain
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- 17r:18v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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