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Container Reference (shelfmark) IOR/R/15/1/128

41. IOR/R/15/1/128, ff 41v-42

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/128, ff 41v-42
Title:
Letter no.8 of 1851 from Lt Frederick Erskine Manners, Brigantine Tigris, to Commodore John Patterson Porter, Commanding Indian Naval Squadron, Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
Letter enclosing a report on the Tigris's patrol of the Qatar coast. Manners reports that Afeerat [Fuwairit] was almost deserted, as was Wukruh [al-Wakra], and that most inhabitants of these towns had moved to Ed Biddeh [al Bidda]. Manners reports that he met the three sheikhs of Fuwairit, al-Wak...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Apr 1851
Extent:
4 folios

42. IOR/R/15/1/128, ff 46-49

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/128, ff 46-49
Title:
Extract of letter no.106 of 1851 from Commodore John Patterson Porter, Commanding Officer of the Indian Naval Squadron, Persian Gulf, to Lt-Col Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
Covering letter with two enclosures (folios 47-49) from Lt Tronson, Commanding Officer of the Honourable Company's ship Euphrates, and Lt Chitty, Officer in Charge of the Honourable Company's ship Tigris. The first enclosure is an extract of a letter from Lt James Tronson, Commanding Officer of t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Jun 1851
Extent:
4 folios

43. IOR/R/15/1/128, ff 51-52

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/128, ff 51-52
Title:
Extract of letter no.12 of 1851 from Lt Constable, Commanding the Honourable Company's ship Constance, to Commodore John Patterson Porter, Commanding Officer of the Indian Naval Squadron, Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
Letter reporting on the Constance's arrival at Bassadore [Bāsa‘īdū, Qeshm Island], having cruised the Gulf in search of vessels suspected of transporting slaves. Constable reports that he had no reason to suspect any of those vessels encountered of carrying slaves. Reports of other encounters and...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Jun 1851
Extent:
2 folios

44. IOR/R/15/1/128, ff 52v-54

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/128, ff 52v-54
Title:
Extract of a letter from Lt Chitty, Officer in temporary change of the Honourable Company's Brigantine Tigris, to Commodore John Patterson Porter, Commanding Officer of the Indian Naval Squadron, Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
Chitty reports of his meeting with Sheikh Mubarak bin Ahmad on Qais [Qeys] Island, who informs Chitty that he has taken possession of El Biddah [al Bidda], and has resettled his people there from Qeys. Mubarak claimed that the ryots [Indian peasants] of Bahrain had risen in favour of him, but tha...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Jun 1851
Extent:
2 folios

45. IOR/R/15/1/128, ff 57-59

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/128, ff 57-59
Title:
Letter no.245 of 1851 from Lt-Col Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Commodore John Patterson Porter, Commanding Indian Naval Squadron, Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
Hennell states that he is pleased that British actions appear to have prevented Bahrain falling to the Wahhabis. He instructs Porter to not attack the Wahhabi fleet if they remain in the port at al-Qatif.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Jul 1851
Extent:
3 folios

46. IOR/R/15/1/128, ff 60-61

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/128, ff 60-61
Title:
Letter no.133 of 1851 from Commodore John Patterson Porter, Commanding Indian Naval Squadron, Persian Gulf, to Lt-Col Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
Report from the native agent at Bahrain that Sheikh Alley bein Khalifa [Ali bin Khalifa] and Faysul ben Turkie [Faysal bin Turki] have reached a peace agreement, with the former giving the latter 4000 dollars per year in tribute. Porter states that Faisal has now left El Biddah [al Bidda]. Porter...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Jul 1851
Extent:
2 folios

47. IOR/R/15/1/128, ff 63-65

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/128, ff 63-65
Title:
Letter no.133 of 1851 from Commodore John Patterson Porter, Commanding Indian Naval Squadron, Persian Gulf, to Lt-Col Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
Letter with two enclosures. Porter writes that Lt Balfour, Commanding Officer of the Euphrates, having demanded a boat from the Kenn [Kish] Island forces in lieu of the one captured from Bahrain, reports of further seizures by Faysal's people at Qais [Qeys] of Bahraini boats. Two enclosures are ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Aug 1851
Extent:

3 folios

48. IOR/R/15/1/128, ff 66-67

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/128, ff 66-67
Title:
Letter no.142 of 1851 from Commodore John Patterson Porter, Commanding Indian Naval Squadron, Persian Gulf, to Lt-Col Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
Porter provides details of the recent movements of the Honourable Company's [East India Company] ships on the Arab coast, in the wake of the breaking of the blockade at al-Qatif, and a peace agreement between the Emir of Najd and the Sheikh of Bahrain. Porter reports on the decision taken on boar...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Aug 1851
Extent:
2 folios

49. IOR/R/15/1/128, ff 68v-69

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/128, ff 68v-69
Title:
Letter no.132 of 1851 from Commodore John Patterson Porter, Commanding Indian Naval Squadron, Honourable Company's sloop Clive, Bahrain, to Lieutenant William Balfour, Commanding the Honourable Company's brig Euphrates
Scope & Content:
Letter acknowledging receipt of three items of correspondence from Balfour. Porter requests that a strict blockade of the harbour at al-Qatif is maintained, pending further instructions from the Resident at Bushire.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Jul 1851
Extent:
1 folio

50. IOR/R/15/1/128, ff 69-70

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/128, ff 69-70
Title:
Letter no.135 of 1851 from Commodore John Patterson Porter, Commanding Indian Naval Squadron,Honourable Company's sloop Clive, Bahrain, to Lieutenant William Balfour, Commanding the Honourable Company's brig Euphrates
Scope & Content:
Porter instructs Balfour, in lieu of peace having been concluded between Amir Faisal and the Bahrain chiefs, to ensure that no vessels from Katiff [Al-Qatif] are interfered with. Instruction that Balfour demands three boats from the Kenn [Kish] chief, in lieu of those captured from the Bahrain pe...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Aug 1851
Extent:
1 folio

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