IOR/L/PS/5/504, ff 104-200

Enclosures Nos. 3-5 and 7-8 of Despatch No. 13 from the Secret Department, Bombay Castle, dated 27 March 1860. The Enclosures are dated 4 October 1859-15 February 1860. Received 30 April 1860.

The Enclosures include a report by Captain Felix Jones, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, dated 4 October 1859, concerning plans for the invasion of Bahrein [Bahrain] from the Wahabee [Wahhabi] ports of Demaum [Dammām] and Katiffe [Al-Qatif]. The report encloses reports from Commander William Balfour, Commanding HMSF [Her Majesty's Steam Frigate] Semiramis, and Lieutenant P W Fendall, Commanding HMS Falkland, concerning operations at Bahrain; copies of correspondence with local rulers; précis of reports submitted by the British Agent at Bahrain; and correspondence between the Political Resident, and the Ruler of Bahrain, Shaikh Mahomed ben Khulifeh [Muḥammad bin Khalīfah Āl Khalīfah].

The Enclosures also include further reports by the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, dated 10 October 1859 and 9 December 1859, concerning a reduction in the threat of invasion; a letter from the Political Resident, dated 10 October 1859, alleging insulting conduct by the Ruler of Bahrain towards the British Agent at Bahrain; and an accompanying resolution by the Honourable Board, dated 15 February 1860, instructing the Political Resident to warn the Shaikh as to his future conduct.