IOR/F/4/2050/93536

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 fourth in a series of eleven items about the Persian Gulf (the others are IOR/F/4/2050/93533, 93534, 93535, 93537, 93538, 93539, 93540, 93541, 93542, and 93543). The principal correspondents are the Government of Bombay and Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Officiating Resident in the Persian Gulf.

The item concerns:

• The strength and intentions of Ameer Fysul [Amīr Fayṣal bin Turki bin ‘Abdullāh Āl Sa‘ūd]
• The intentions of Sheikh Jabir [Shaikh Jābir I bin ‘Abdullāh Āl Ṣabāḥ of Kuwait] to mediate between Abdulla bin Ahmed [Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Aḥmad Āl Khalīfah], former Shaikh of Bahrein [Bahrain] and Mahomed bin Khuleefa [Shaikh Muḥammed bin Khalīfah Āl Khalīfah], Shaikh of Bahrein
• The wreck of the Mary Mullaby [Mary Mallaby] off Bunder Abbass [Bandar-e ʻAbbās] by Captain Charles Fisher
• The conduct of Meerza Mahomed Ali [Mīrza Muḥammed ‘Alī], British Agent at Bahrein, in surrendering the dependents of Humood Oomere [Ḥamūd ‘Umayr], who were under his protection, to Abdullah bin Ahmed
• Movements of ships in the Gulf
• The Government’s reimbursement of the costs incurred in raising the Honourable Company’s Schooner Emily in April 1842, after sinking it to destroy the vermin on board.

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’.