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1. IOR/L/PS/10/156

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/156
Title:
File 3208/1908 Pt 3-4 ‘Persian Gulf: Piracy’
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises two parts numbered 3 and 4 (parts 1 and 2 being contained within IOR/L/PS/10/155), both of which contain correspondence relating to breaches of maritime law in the Persian Gulf, referred to by British officials as cases of piracy: part 3, an incident involving the murder of ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
9 Mar 1901-16 Jun 1913
Extent:

1 volume (284 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/10/156/1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/156/1
Title:
File 3208/1908 Pt 3 ‘Persian Gulf: Taona piracy case’
Scope & Content:
Part 3 comprises correspondence relating to an incident occurring in 1902 in which four Abu Thabi [Abu Dhabi] pearl fishers (described as being of the Sudan tribe) were murdered near Charak [Bandar-e Chārak], Persia, by inhabitants of the nearby port of Taona [Bandar-e Ţāḩūneh]. The part’s princ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Jun 1905-16 Jun 1913
Extent:

102 folios

3. IOR/L/PS/10/156/2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/156/2
Title:
File 3208/1908 Pt 4 ‘Persian Gulf: acts of piracy by Ahmed bin Selman near Katif [Turkish discourtesy to commander of HMS “Lapwing” at Katif]’
Scope & Content:
Part 4 contains correspondence relating to attacks against Bahrain pearling dhows, committed by members of the Beni Hajir tribe and led by an individual named Ahmed bin Selman, in the waters around Bahrain and the Turkish administered territories of Katif [Al-Qaṭīf] and El Katr [Qatar]. The part...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
9 Mar 1901-12 Aug 1908
Extent:

178 folios