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Bahrain Affairs [‎301r] (31/98)

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The record is made up of 1 item (49 folios). It was created in 22 Jun 1860. 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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Enclosures Nos. 3-8 to Despatch No. 25 from the Secret Department, Bombay Castle, dated 22 June 1860. The Enclosures are dated 2 February-12 June 1860. Received 27 July 1860.

The Enclosures reflect British concern over the actions of the Ruler of Bahrain, Shaikh Mahomed ben Khuleefa [Muḥammad bin Khalīfah Āl Khalīfah]. The Ruler was accused by the British firstly of allowing his subjects to commit acts of piracy and brigandage that were likely to provoke conflict with the Wahabee [Wahhabi] Ruler in Nedjd [Najd], Ameer Fysul [Amir Faisal bin Turki bin Abdullah Āl Sa‘ūd], and secondly of attempting to surrender sovereignty over Bahrain to Persia (by allowing the Persian flag to fly over Bahrain), and to Turkey [the Ottoman Empire], by sealing a written act of submission and handing it over to Turkish emissaries.

The papers include: despatches from 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. ; correspondence between Jones and the Ruler of Bahrain; a report from Commander William Balfour, Senior Naval Officer Commanding Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Squadron; précis of intelligence from Hajee Jassem, the British Agent at Bahrain; and resolution by the Honourable Board, dated 12 June 1860, approving 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. 's decision not to use force against the Ruler of Bahrain.

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Bahrain Affairs [‎301r] (31/98), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/5/504, ff 286-334, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100078856911.0x000007> [accessed 28 March 2024]

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