Letter no.5593 of 1856 from Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to the Resident in the Persian Gulf [Commander James Felix Jones]
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The letter is a covering letter, enclosing an extract of paragraph 61 of despatch no.24 of 1856 (folio 27) from the Court of Directors, dated 16 April 1856, relating to an act of maritime piracy committed by tribes from Aboothabee [Abu Dhabi] against a Bahrain vessel. The extract states that the ...
Letter no.3983 of 1856 from Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to the Resident in the Persian Gulf
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The letter is a covering letter, enclosing an extract of paragraph 2 of despatch no.32 of 1856 (folio 29), dated 11 June 1856, which concerns the Shaikh of Aboothabee’s [Abu Dhabi] good conduct in recent cases of maritime piracy committed by his subjects.
Letter no.2100 of 1857 from Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to the Resident in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
The letter is a covering letter, enclosing an extract of paragraph 34 of despatch no.16 of 1857 (folio 33), dated 11 February 1857, which relates to the success the previous year of the British Agent at Lingah [Bandar-e Lengeh] in tracing a boat in that port, stolen from Aboothabee [Abu Dhabi]. T...
Letter no.279 of 1856 from Commander Felix Jones, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay
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The letter and its enclosures concern the recent attack on Aboothabee [Abu Dhabi] by the deposed ruler of that port Sa’id bin Tahnun. Jones writes that he has written to Commodore Richard Ethersey, Commanding Officer Persian Gulf Squadron, the British Agent at Sharjah, Hajjī Yaqoob, and the Shai...
Letter no.5097 of 1856 from Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to Commander Felix Jones, Resident in the Persian Gulf
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The letter is an acknowledgement of receipt of Jones’s earlier letters relating to the attack on Aboothabee [Abu Dhabi] by the deposed Shaikh of that place, Saeed bin Tahnoon [Sa’id bin Tahnun]. The letter encloses a copy of a Resolution by the Board (folios 56-57), dated 6 November 1856, which e...
Letter no.338 of 1856 from Commander Felix Jones, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay
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The letter and its enclosure relate to the wounding and subsequent death of a sailor from Kutif [Al-Qaṭīf] by the crew of a boat from Aboothabee [Abu Dhabi]. The incident took place off the coast of Al-Qaṭīf. Jones sent the British Agent at Bahrain in investigate the incident. Enclosed is a trans...
Letter no.360 of 1856 from Commander Felix Jones, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay
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The letter and its enclosures relate to the wounding and subsequent death of a Kutif [Al-Qaṭīf] man by the crew of a boat from Aboothabee [Abu Dhabi], and Jones’s efforts to mediate and seek compensation in the matter. The enclosures are as follows: 1. The translation of a letter (folio 63) fro...
Letter no.2016 of 1856 from Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to Commander Felix Jones, Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf
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The letter and its enclosure relate to the recent act of piracy at Sharjah, in which the cargo of a vessel was plundered by members of the Wahabee [Wahhābī] tribe. Anderson encloses a disposition with his letter, entitled “The Information of Oosman Moossa, inhabitant of Bombay” (folios 67-70), da...
Letter no.62 of 1856 from Commander Felix Jones, Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay
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The letter and its enclosures relate to the plunder at Sharjah of the cargo of a vessel by members of the Wahhābī tribe. Jones’s letter is a covering letter, enclosing the following letters: 1. The translated purport of a letter (folio 72) from Sheikh Sultan ben Suggar [Sultan bin Saqr], chief ...
Letter no.131 of 1856 from Commander Felix Jones, Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay
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The letter and its enclosures relate to ongoing efforts by British officials to recover property plundered from a shipwrecked vessel at Sharjah, or to obtain compensation from Shaikh Sultan ben Suggar [Sultan bin Saqr]. The following enclosures are included with Jones’s letter: 1. Letter no.70 ...
