Bahrain Affairs [110r] (13/194)
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Enclosures Nos. 3-5 and 7-8 of Despatch No. 13 from the Secret Department, Bombay Castle, dated 27 March 1860. The Enclosures are dated 4 October 1859-15 February 1860. Received 30 April 1860.
The Enclosures include a report by Captain Felix Jones, Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , dated 4 October 1859, concerning plans for the invasion of Bahrein [Bahrain] from the Wahabee [Wahhabi] ports of Demaum [Dammām] and Katiffe [Al-Qatif]. The report encloses reports from Commander William Balfour, Commanding HMSF [Her Majesty's Steam Frigate] Semiramis , and Lieutenant P W Fendall, Commanding HMS Falkland , concerning operations at Bahrain; copies of correspondence with local rulers; précis of reports submitted by the British Agent at Bahrain; and correspondence between the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. , and the Ruler of Bahrain, Shaikh Mahomed ben Khulifeh [Muḥammad bin Khalīfah Āl Khalīfah].
The Enclosures also include further reports by the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , dated 10 October 1859 and 9 December 1859, concerning a reduction in the threat of invasion; a letter from the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. , dated 10 October 1859, alleging insulting conduct by the Ruler of Bahrain towards the British Agent at Bahrain; and an accompanying resolution by the Honourable Board, dated 15 February 1860, instructing the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. to warn the Shaikh as to his future conduct.
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- IOR/L/PS/5/504, ff 104-200
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- Bahrain Affairs
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- 104r:135v, 137v:145r, 146r:146v, 148v:200v
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