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IOR/F/4/449/10779
- Record Id:
- 041-000739779
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 040-000739773
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001714.0x0002a5
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100097121877.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/F/4/449/10779
- Title:
- ‘Proposed negotiations with the Joasmee and Wahabee chiefs for the suppression of piracy.’
- Scope & Content:
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This item consists mostly of copies of correspondence, minutes and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, letters to and from the governments of Bengal and Bombay.
The primary subjects are:
- The efforts of the Imam of Muscat to reinstate Sultan bin Suggur [Shaikh Sulṭān bin Ṣaqr al-Qāsimī] as Ruler of Rusul Khyma [Ra's al-Khaymah, and various spellings throughout]
- The hope that the treaty originally made between Britain and the Joasmee [Qawasim] in 1806 might be renewed and agreements made with other Gulf rulers, and the instructions given to William Bruce, Resident at Bushire [Bushehr], to this end
- Reports of piracy in the Gulf, off the coasts of Cutch [Kutch] and Sind [Sindh], and around the port of Porebunder [Porbandar], and the actions taken to counter this
- An approach from Sauad ben Abdil Azees [Sa‘ūd bin ‘Abd al-‘Azīz Āl Sa‘ūd], Emir of Diriyah, seeking closer relations with Britain.
The title page (f 208) of the item contains the following references: ‘Bombay Political No. 19, Season 1814/15, Draft 190’; and ‘Examiner’s Office, January 1815’.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000735919
036-000736052
040-000739773
041-000739779 - Is part of:
- IOR/F : Records of the Board of Commissioners for the Affairs of India
IOR/F/4 : Board's Collections
IOR/F/4/449 : Board's Collections Vol 449
IOR/F/4/449/10779 : ‘Proposed negotiations with the Joasmee and Wahabee chiefs for the suppression of piracy.’ - Hierarchy:
- 032-000735919[0004]/036-000736052[0451]/040-000739773[0006]/041-000739779
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/F
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item (43 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000001714.0x0002a5
- Thumbnail:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1807
- End Date:
- 1814
- Date Range:
- 25 Feb 1807-16 Apr 1814
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at 208, and terminates at 250, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the bottom right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Pagination: the volume also contains an original pagination sequence.
- Arrangement:
- The documents are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front of the item to the rear.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Emir of Diriyah, 1744-1818
Government of Bengal, 1765-1947
Government of Bombay, 1662-1947
Imam of Oman, 750-2009
Resident, Bushire, 1763-1822
al-Qāsimī, Sulṭān I bin Ṣaqr, Ruler of Ra's al-Khaymah and Sharjah, 1781-1866 - Subjects:
- Alliances
Piracy - Related Material:
- Bombay Pol 19 May 1815, draft 190/1814-15, IOR/E/4/1032 pp 766-71. See also IOR/F/4/415/10276, IOR/F/4/416/10290
