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IOR/F/4/2131/101201
- Record Id:
- 041-003475913
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 040-001611810
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100097992690.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100121704554.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/F/4/2131/101201
- Title:
- ‘Persian Gulf – Murder of the Chief of Aboothabee & his brother – Vol: 3’
- Scope & Content:
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This item consists of copies of correspondence, consultations, memoranda, resolutions, and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai]. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Captain Samuel Hennell, British Resident in the Persian Gulf; Moollah Hussein [Mullā Ḥusayn], British Agent at Sharga [Sharjah]; Hajee Jassim [Ḥājī Jāsim], British Agent at Bahrein [Bahrain]; and Esai bin Khalid Al Boo Fullah [‘Īsá bin Khālid Āl Bū Falāḥ]. It is the third in a series of fifteen items on the Persian Gulf (the others are IOR/F/4/2131/101199, IOR/F/4/2131/101200, IOR/F/4/2131/101202, IOR/F/4/2131/101203, IOR/F/4/2131/101204, IOR/F/4/2131/101205, IOR/F/4/2131/101206, IOR/F/4/2131/101207, IOR/F/4/2131/101208, IOR/F/4/2131/101209, IOR/F/4/2131/101210, IOR/F/4/2131/101211, IOR/F/4/2131/101212 and IOR/F/4/2131/101213).
The item concerns the assassination of Khuleefa bin Shakboot [Shaikh Khalīfah bin Shakhbūṭ Āl Nahyān], Chief of Aboothabee [Shaikh of Abu Dhabi] and his brother Sultan [Sulṭān], by Esai bin Khalid Al Boo Fullah on 4 July 1845, and his subsequent assumption of the role of Chief of the Beniyas [Banī Yās]. A discussion of the reaction of the other Gulf shaikhs and the proposed British response is also included.
The item contains a contents page, and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft 252/46, P.C. [Previous Communication] 5171, Collection No 1 of No 106’.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000735919
036-000736052
040-001611810
041-003475913 - Is part of:
- IOR/F : Records of the Board of Commissioners for the Affairs of India
IOR/F/4 : Board's Collections
IOR/F/4/2131 : Board's Collections Vol 2131 nos 101086 to 101221
IOR/F/4/2131/101201 : ‘Persian Gulf – Murder of the Chief of Aboothabee & his brother – Vol: 3’ - Hierarchy:
- 032-000735919[0004]/036-000736052[2135]/040-001611810[0003]/041-003475913
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/F
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item (12 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100097992690.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1845
- End Date:
- 1845
- Date Range:
- 15 Jul 1845-24 Sep 1845
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 583, and terminates at f 594, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the bottom right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Pagination: the volume also contains an original pagination sequence.
- Arrangement:
- The documents are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front of the item to the rear.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)