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IOR/R/15/1/27, f 7

Record Id:
041-002479624
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
036-000227427
MDARK:
ark:/81055/vdc_100000038545.0x000001
LARK:
SLARK:
ark:/81055/vdc_100023673714.0x000018
Format:
ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/27, f 7
Title:
Letter from John MacLeod, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Captain Frederick Faithfull of the Honourable Company's Marine in the Gulf of Persia
Scope & Content:
The letter encloses two Arabic letters (not included) and requests that they will be delivered by the officer stationed off Aboo Thabee [Abu Dhabi] to Shaikh Tahnoon [Ṭaḥnūn bin Shakhbūṭ Āl Naḥyān], and that the shaikh's answer should be procured. After which the officer is to proceed towards Seer Beniyass [Ṣir Banī Yās] and find Shaikh Souidan bin Zaâl [Sūwaydān bin Za‘al] who will either be there or among the adjacent islands. The officer should conduct an interview with Sūwaydān and obtain a reply to MacLeod's letter. It is also requested that the officer should procure information about the shaikh's 'place of abode', 'mode of life', 'strength of his followers and number of his vessels', and his relation, Nuhaiman [Nuhaymān], considered to be of a suspicious nature. MacLeod states that it is advisable to avoid embroiling themselves with this shaikh, although it is necessary to keep a careful watch on conduct. MacLeod also acknowledges the receipt of Faithfull's letter, dated 20 January 1823, and informs him that the arrangements that he has made appear to be 'very judicious' and will no doubt meet with the approbation of Government.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Project / Collection:
India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme
Hierarchy Record Ids:
032-000209245
033-000227426
036-000227427
037-000227428
038-000227440
040-000227458
041-002479624
Is part of:
IOR/R : India Office Records transferred later through official channels
IOR/R/15 : Records of the British Residency and Agencies in the Persian Gulf
IOR/R/15/1 : Political Residency, Bushire
IOR/R/15/1/1-118 : Political Residency, Bushire: letters received and sent
IOR/R/15/1/10-37 : Letters Received and Sent by the Bushire Residency
IOR/R/15/1/27 : Vol 27 Letters Outward

 

IOR/R/15/1/27, f 7 : Letter from John MacLeod, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Captain Frederick Faithfull of the Honourable Company's Marine in…
Hierarchy:
032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0001]/036-000227427[0001]/037-000227428[0003]/038-000227440[0018]/040-000227458[0009]/041-002479624
Container:
View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
Record Type (Level):
Item
Extent:

1 folio

Digitised Content:
https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000159.0x00001b
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Languages:
English
Scripts:
Latin
Start Date:
1823
End Date:
1823
Date Range:
26 Feb 1823
Era:
CE
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