1. 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
