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Letter no.347 of 1856 from Commander Felix Jones, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay [‎122r] (3/12)

The record is made up of 6 folios. It was created in 21 Nov 1856. 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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The letter and its enclosures relate to recent communications with the Joasmee [ 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. ] chief, Shaikh Sultan ben Suggur [Sultan bin Saqr] over Persian actions in Lingah [Bandar-e Lengeh] and Jones’s insistence that the Shaikh should not interfere with the situation at Bandar-e Lengeh; exchanges with the British Agent at Sharjah [Hajjī Yaqoob], in light of reports of Wahabee [ Wahhābī A follower of the Islamic reform movement known as Wahhabism; also used to refer to the people and territories ruled by the Al-Saud family. ] forces making their way to Oman, probably in response to the Arab coast Shaikhs being in arrears on their annual tribute payments to the Wahhābī A follower of the Islamic reform movement known as Wahhabism; also used to refer to the people and territories ruled by the Al-Saud family. chief. The following enclosures follow Jones’s letter:

1. The purport of a letter (folio 122) from Shaikh Sultan bin Saqr to Jones, dated 3 November 1856;

2. The translation of a letter (folio 123) from Jones to Shaikh Sultan bin Saqr, dated 19 November 1856;

3. The translation of a letter (folio 124) from Jones to the British Agent at Sharjah [Hajjī Yaqoob], dated 19 November 1856;

4. The purport of a letter (folio 125) from Yaqoob to Jones, dated 5 November 1856;

5. The translation of a letter (folio 126) from Jones to Yaqoob, dated 19 November 1856.

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Letter no.347 of 1856 from Commander Felix Jones, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay [‎122r] (3/12), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/157, ff 121-126, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023736812.0x000038> [accessed 28 March 2024]

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