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IOR/R/15/1/157, ff 62-64
- Record Id:
- 041-002737672
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000227427
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100022565129.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100024066926.0x000013
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/1/157, ff 62-64
- Title:
- Letter no.360 of 1856 from Commander Felix Jones, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay
- Scope & Content:
-
The letter and its enclosures relate to the wounding and subsequent death of a Kutif [Al-Qaṭīf] man by the crew of a boat from Aboothabee [Abu Dhabi], and Jones’s efforts to mediate and seek compensation in the matter. The enclosures are as follows:
1. The translation of a letter (folio 63) from Shaikh Zayid bin Khuleefa [Zayid bin Khalīfah], chief of Abu Dhabi, received 24 December 1856, in which Shaikh Zayid accepts the compensation or blood money, asking for a short respite to pay it;
2. The translation of a letter (folio 64) from Jones to the British Agent at Bahrain , dated 26 December 1856, informing the Agent of the Shaikh of Abu Dhabi’s willingness to pay compensation, enclosing a copy of the letter from the Shaikh, for the perusal of the chief of Al-Qaṭīf.
- 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
037-000227551
038-000227579
040-000227592
041-002737672 - 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/15/1/119-198 : Political Residency, Bushire: correspondence bound in subject compilations
IOR/R/15/1/145-179 : Bushire Residency correspondence: subject compilations
IOR/R/15/1/157 : ‘Vol 224 1856/57 Bahrain; Abu Dhabi; Sharjah, Ras al-Khaimah; Hamriya; Muscat and Bandar `Abbas; Slave Trade’
IOR/R/15/1/157, ff 62-64 : Letter no.360 of 1856 from Commander Felix Jones, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to… - Hierarchy:
- 032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0001]/036-000227427[0002]/037-000227551[0002]/038-000227579[0013]/040-000227592[0019]/041-002737672
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 3 folios
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000193.0x000082
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1856
- End Date:
- 1856
- Date Range:
- 26 Dec 1856
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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