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IOR/L/PS/6/544, Coll 61/4

Record Id:

041-000542816

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

037-000539940

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100000000175.0x0003c6

LARK:

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

IOR/L/PS/6/544, Coll 61/4

Title:

Papers Regarding the Persian Gulf and Muscat (Vol 4) - Operations of HMS Highflyer Against the Wahabees - Correspondence of the Wahabee Amir with the Resident in the Persian Gulf - Death, in Suspicious Circumstances, of the Sultan of Muscat

Scope & Content:

This item is a collection to India Political Despatch No. 61 of 23 August 1866, from the Secretary of State for India to the Government of India Foreign Department (the Political Despatch itself is not included in this item). The collection consists of papers forwarded with the Government of Bombay Political Despatch to the Secretary of State for India dated 28 February 1866, on the subject of the recent operations against the Wahabees [Wahhābīs] and the death of the Sultan of Muscat, including: the Wahabee attack on Soor [Sur] and the explanation offered by the Ruler of Nejd [Najd] on the subject; the circumstances connected with the death of the Imam of Muscat, Syud Thoweynee [Sayyid Thuwaynī bin Sa‘īd Āl Bū Sa‘īd], who is reported to have been murdered by his eldest son; and the operations of HMS Highflyer in the Persian Gulf.

The enclosed papers, dated 16 January 1866 to 27 February 1866, consist of correspondence. The correspondents are: the Secretary to the Government of India; the Secretary to the Government of Bombay; and the Resident in the Persian Gulf.

Collection Area:

India Office Records and Private Papers

Project / Collection:

India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-000538283
036-000539452
037-000539940
040-000542805
041-000542816

Is part of:

IOR/L/PS : Political and Secret Department Records
IOR/L/PS/6 : Political Correspondence with India
IOR/L/PS/6/459-602 : Collections to India Political Dispatches
IOR/L/PS/6/544 : ‘INDIA POLITICAL. COLLECTIONS TO DESPATCHES. 1866.’, Vol 85

IOR/L/PS/6/544, Coll 61/4 : Papers Regarding the Persian Gulf and Muscat (Vol 4) - Operations of HMS Highflyer Against the Wahabees - Correspondence…

Hierarchy:

032-000538283[0006]/036-000539452[0034]/037-000539940[0086]/040-000542805[0011]/041-000542816

Container:

View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS

Record Type (Level):

Item

Extent:

1 item (41 folios)

Digitised Content:

Languages:

English

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1866

End Date:

1866

Date Range:

21 Apr 1866-23 Aug 1866

Era:

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