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IOR/F/4/2586/154786
- Record Id:
- 041-003708292
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 040-002226416
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100108940095.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100171464688.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/F/4/2586/154786
- Title:
- ‘Persian Gulf Relative to the want of adequate means to coerce the Amaieer Chief for piracies Committed by him-’
- Scope & Content:
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The item contains a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, 29 August 1854. Some enclosures to the Political Letter are included in the item, with further enclosures found at IOR/F/4/2586/154788-IOR/F/4/2586/154794. The item is the first in a series of nine items on events in the Persian Gulf 1853-54.
The enclosures in this item consist of copies and extracts of correspondence, minutes and resolutions and are dated 2 September 1853-August 1854. The correspondents include: Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf; Rear-Admiral Sir Henry John Leeke, Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Navy; the Court of Directors; and the governments of Bombay and India. The contents relate to:
- Acts of 'piracy' committed by Humud bin Mujdell, Amaieer 'Chief' of Jumna [Ḥamad bin Majdal al-‘Umayrī, ‘Amāyir Ruler of Jana] in 1851 and 1854, as well as his involvement in the trade in enslaved people
- Actions taken by the Government of Bombay and by Kemball to retrieve property stolen by Humud bin Mujdell and to locate the people sold into slavery
- Communications with the Sheik of Bahrein [Shaikh of Bahrain] to hold him partially responsible for allowing the sale of enslaved people in his territory
- Possibility of the Indian Navy supplying extra vessels to bolster the Squadron in the Gulf to find and punish Humud bin Mujdell
- Court of Directors' criticism of the actions taken so far.
Also included is copy of a statement by Alee bin Furraj [ʻAlī bin Farrāj] (folios 790-791), providing details of the attack on his ship bound from Koweit [Kuwait] to Bahrein, as well as a list of the cargo stolen and the merchants to whom the cargo belonged.
The title page of the item contains the following references: 'Bombay Political Department', Draft Number '20 1855', 'in 8 Volumes', 'Collection No. 5 of No. 58 of 1854', 'Vol: 1' and 'Examiner's Office'. Originally, the Collection number was given as '1' but this has been crossed out and replaced with '5'.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000735919
036-000736052
040-002226416
041-003708292 - Is part of:
- IOR/F : Records of the Board of Commissioners for the Affairs of India
IOR/F/4 : Board's Collections
IOR/F/4/2586 : Board's Collections Vol 2586 nos 154738 to 154822
IOR/F/4/2586/154786 : ‘Persian Gulf Relative to the want of adequate means to coerce the Amaieer Chief for piracies Committed by him-’ - Hierarchy:
- 032-000735919[0004]/036-000736052[2590]/040-002226416[0007]/041-003708292
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/F
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item (28 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100108940095.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1853
- End Date:
- 1854
- Date Range:
- 2 Sep 1853-29 Aug 1854
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 771, and terminates at f 798, 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 item also contains an original pagination sequence.
- Arrangement:
- The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the item. The item also contains a table of contents (ff 772-773), noting ‘No’, ‘From’, ‘To’, ‘Subject’, ‘Date and No. of Docu[men]t’ and ‘Date and No. of Consul[tation]’.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)