IOR/F/4/2050/93533

This item consists of copies of correspondence, minutes, and consultations, cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. It is the first in a series of eleven items about the Persian Gulf (the others are IOR/F/4/2050/93534, 93535, 93536, 93537, 93538, 93539, 93540, 93541, 93542, and 93543). The correspondent is the Government of Bombay.

The item concerns:

• Incidents of ‘piracy’ across the Persian Gulf
• Relations between sheiks Mahomed bin Khuleefa [Shaikh Muḥammed bin Khalīfah Āl Khalīfah], Essa bin Tareef [Shaikh ‘Īsá bin Ḥamad bin Ṭarīf Āl Bin ‘Alī al-‘Utbī], and Abdullah bin Ahmed [Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Aḥmad Āl Khalīfah]
• Relations between the Wahabee [Wahabi] ruler Ameer Fysul [Amir Fayṣal bin Turki bin Abdullāh Āl Sa‘ūd], and Syed Soweynee [Sayyid Thuwaini bin Sa‘īd Āl Bū Sa‘īd], acting for the Imaum [Imam] of Muscat [Sayyid Sa‘īd bin Sulṭān Āl Bū Sa‘īd]
• The wreck of the brig Mary Mullaby [Mary Mallaby] and a possible robbery or insurance fraud connected with the wreck
• The conduct of Mirza Mahomed Ali [Mīrza Muḥammed ‘Alī], the Native Agent at Bahrein [Bahrain] with regard to interfering in the politics of Bahrein
• The evacuation of the island of Kharrack [Jazīreh-ye Khārk] by its inhabitants
• The number and quality of vessels deployed in the Persian Gulf and the Red Sea
• A possible fraud connected with the vessel Narrayen Pursud [Nārayaṇa Parsād].

The papers which were enclosed in the letters are in the other volumes in the series. The item includes a contents page, and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Coll No [Collection Number] 1, Draft 558, P.C. [Previous Communication] 4291, [Season 18]44’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.