This item is comprised of copies of secret letters, despatches and intelligence reports. Correspondence discusses a number of topics including: the state of affairs in Bahrain and on the 'Wahabee Coast' and the consternation of the Ruler of Bahrain, Mahomed ben Khuleefah [Shaikh Muḥammad bin Kha...
This item comprises copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 56 of 1847, dated 16 June 1847. The enclosures are dated 10-29 May 1847 (although some internal copy documents date back to 1 April 1847). The primary ...
Turkish Allegations of British Acts of Sovereignty in Bahrein
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This item comprises copies of a despatch and enclosures from the Government of India, Foreign Department, to the Duke of Argyll, HM Secretary of State for India, Number 29 of 1873, dated 14 March 1873. The enclosures are dated from 25 January to 18 February 1873, consist of printed copies of corr...
This item comprises copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 86 of 1847, dated 13 October 1847. The enclosures are dated 24 September-9 October 1847. The item comprises a letter from the Secretary to the Government of Ind...
The item is comprised of despatches, minutes and resolutions concerning events and developments around Bahrein [Bahrain] and Aden. Topics discussed include: The blockade of the coast between Kateef [Al-Qaṭīf, Saudi Arabia] and Damaam [Dammām, Saudi Arabia] Communications with Ameer Fysul [Amir ...
Despatch from the Foreign Department, Government of India, to the Secretary of State for India, No. 28 of 1870, dated 20 May 1870, containing enclosures dated 6 March-8 April 1870. The enclosures consist of copies of correspondence relating to: a complaint from the Government of Persia [Iran] ...
This part of the volume consists of copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 26 of 1840, dated 20 May 1840. The enclosures are numbered 1-56 and are dated 7 March -23 May 1840. Topics discussed include: Information rece...
‘State of affairs between the Chief of Bahrein and Ameer Fysul the Wahabee Ruler’
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Enclosure nos. 2-6 to a despatch from the Secret Department, Government of Bombay [Mumbai], dated 3 January 1852. The enclosures are dated 22 October 1851-3 January 1852. The enclosures consist of copies of correspondence relating to a claim by Ameer Fysul of Nedjd [Fayṣal bin Turkī bin ‘Abdul...
The item comprises: Two letters from Thomas Henry Maddock, Secretary to the Government of India with the Governor-General, to John Pollard Willoughby, Secretary to the Government, Bombay [Mumbai], notably relating to: British policy regarding the potential conflict between the Sheik of Bahrein [...
The item mainly relates to affairs in the Persian Gulf. It chiefly comprises copies of despatches of Captain Samuel Hennell, Political Resident, Persian Gulf, to John Pollard Willoughby, Secretary to the Government, Bombay [Mumbai], with relevant enclosures, such as letters to and from Hennell, ...