Persian Gulf Affairs

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This part of the volume consists of copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions. Secret Department to the Secret Committee Pre-1784, the Committee responsible for protecting East India Company shipping. Post-1784, its main role was to transmit communications between the Board of Control and the Company's Indian governments on matters requiring secrecy. , Number 76 of 1850, dated 16 December 1850. The enclosures are numbered 3-15 and are dated 4 June-16 December 1850.

The papers relate to affairs in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. including:

• Consideration by British officials of an appropriate response (including a blockade) to a ‘disrespectful message’ sent by the Ruler of Bahrein [Shaikh Muḥammad bin Khalīfah Āl Khalīfah of Bahrain] to the Resident in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
• The British assessment that the written apology furnished via the brother [Shaikh ‘Alī bin Khalīfah Āl Khalīfah] of the Ruler of Bahrein was satisfactory
• The expressed wish of the Imaum of Muscat [Sayyid Sa‘īd bin Sulṭān Āl Bū Sa‘īd, Imām of Muscat, also written as Muskat in this item] to conduct an expedition against the Ruler of Bahrein and the Government of India’s refusal to sanction such an expedition.

The primary correspondents are: the Resident in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; the Governor of Bombay; the Chief Secretary to the Government of Bombay From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions. ; Her Majesty’s Consul and the Honourable Company’s Agent in the Dominions of the Imaum of Muscat; the Imaum of Muscat.

Extent and format

1 item (27 folios)

It is part of

‘ENCLOSURES TO SECRET LETTERS FROM BOMBAY’, Vol 104

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Ref: IOR/L/PS/5/466

Written in

English in Latin script

Type

Archival item

Access & Reference

Original held at

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.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/L/PS/5/466, ff 409-436

Former external reference(s)

No. 76 of 1850

History of this record

Date(s)

16 Dec 1850 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

Diplomacy

Places

Persian Gulf

People & organisations

Political ResidentGovernment of Bombay, Chief SecretaryPresident and Governor of Bombay in CouncilPolitical Agent and ConsulImam of OmanKing of Bahrain

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Persian Gulf Affairs, British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/5/466, ff 409-436, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100152132085.0x000017> [accessed 6 July 2026]

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