The Mainland files contain correspondence concerning Eastern Arabia, Qatar and Kuwait. Included within the correspondence are details concerning: copies of papers from the Bushire files relating to Bahrain affairs between 1862 and 1895; the treatment and status of Hindu merchants in Eastern Arabi...
Imprint: Harrison & Sons Lith. St. Martins Lane, W.C. Distinctive Features: Map issued as an Annex no. 5A to Anglo-Ottoman Convention of 29 July 1913 with roads and overland and submarine telegraph lines shown. Blue line runs from Jazirat az Zakhnūnīyah to the centre of Rub' al Khali.Cont...
Annexe Numero V. MAP TO SHOW THE LIMITS OF KOWEIT AND ADJACENT COUNTRY
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The map shows the limits of Koweit [Kuwait] and adjacent country indicating relief, hydrology and settlement. A line in red ink and a boundary in green ink indicates different possible boundaries. It is included as Annex number 5 to the Anglo-Turkish Agreement, as part of the collection of docum...
Letter No. 79: Copy of a Commission Made by the Court of Directors of the East India Company to Brigadier General Lawrence Nilson
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This item is a copy of a commission made by the Court of Directors of the East India Company to Brigadier General Lawrence Nilson, appointing him as Commander of the Military Forces under the Presidency of Bombay. The original statement is attributed to Thomas Morton, Secretary to the Court of D...
Letter No 6A from Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, aboard the HC ship Auckland at Bassidore to Commodore John P Porter, Commander of the Indian Naval Squadron in the Persian Gulf
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The letter is reporting that the Resident has received intelligence from Lingah [Bandar-e-Lengeh] indicating that two supposed pirate boats are cruising in the neighbourhood of the island of Inderabia [Hendorābī, Jazīreh-ye]. It further instructs the Commander to send the HC Sloop Constance to in...
Letter No 240 of 1851 from Lieutenant Colonel Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, at Bushire to Justin Sheil, HM Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Persia, Tehran
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The letter is reporting that Shaikh Yoosoof ben Moorbaruk, Ex Chief of Nabend, has taken Gowbundee with the aid of Shaikh Houssein bin Jubara, Chief of Congoon. It notes they took advantage of an opportunity provided by the advance on Lar by Nasr Oollah Khan, and a force from the Shaikh of Charrr...
Letter No 274 of 1851 from Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, at a camp near Bushire to Commodore John P Porter, Commander of the Indian Naval Squadron in the Persian Gulf
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The letter conveys the Resident's agreement with the Commodore's decision to remove the squadron from Bahrain to the Persian Coast, as a result of an outbreak of cholera among the crew. It further reports that the squadron's goal has been met; it notes that Ameer Fysul has given up his hostile i...
Letter No 298 of 1851 from Lieutenant Colonel Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, at a camp near Bushire to Lieutenant Colonel Justin Sheil, HM Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Persia, Tehran
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The letter is reporting that the Resident has little news of events in Laristan [Lorestān] and Dashtistan [Dashtestan]. It notes that Aboo Talib has arrived at Lar [Lār] with forty horse, but failed to draw out Moostufa Khan Bastukee and Nasroollah Khan for a meeting. It also notes that Shaikh ...
Letter No 105 of 1851 from Lieutenant Colonel Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, at Bushire to Justin Sheil, HM Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Persia, Tehran
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The letter is reporting that news has been received from Lars [Lār] indicating that Fort Beyda has surrendered to the Royal troops; it is noted that reports are circulating indicating that Mirza Naeem – commander of the Royal troops – bribed Moostufa Kooly Khan of Bastuk to give up the fight. It...
Letter no.41 of 1851 from Lt-Col Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Commodore John Patterson Porter, Commanding Indian Naval Squadron, Persian Gulf
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Hennell's response to Porter's letter of 24 February 1851 (f 33), enclosing a letter for Sheikh Sultan ben Suggur [Sultan bin Saqr] of the Joasmee [Al Qawasim] tribe on the Trucial Coast, requesting that he provide Porter with the use of a boat and pilot for his operations on the Qatar coast. Hen...
