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IOR/L/PS/5/384, ff 3-198
- Record Id:
- 041-003955345
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000538832
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100131945447.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100142611306.0x000002
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/5/384, ff 3-198
- Title:
- Persian Gulf Affairs
- Scope & Content:
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This part of the volume consists of copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 26 of 1840, dated 20 May 1840. The enclosures are numbered 1-56 and are dated 7 March -23 May 1840.
Topics discussed include:
- Information received by Honourable Company’s Sloop of War Clive (enclosure 1)
- Intelligence from Shiraz (enclosures 3, 11, and 12)
- Information relayed by the Resident in the Persian Gulf to the Imam of Muscat on the conduct of the Governor of Shinas (enclosure 5)
- Translation of a letter from Shaihk Kuleefa bin Shackboot [Shaikh Khalīfah bin Shakhbūṭ Āl Nahyān] concerning his actions at Brymee [Buraymi] and a dispute with the Shaikh of Brymee
- Copy of a letter from Captain Atkins Hamerton with notes of his journey to Brymee (enclosure 13)
- Casualties among the troops at Karrack [Kharg Island]
- Translation of a letter from the Imam of Muscat on the activity of Khorshid Pasha [Khūrshīd Pāshā] in the area as well as an extract from Khojah Reuben [Khawājah Rūbin bin Aṣlān], the Native Agent at Muscat (enclosure 19)
- Thoughts of the Resident in the Persian Gulf on policy to counter the activities of Egyptian power in the Gulf (enclosures 20-21)
- The desire of the Imam of Muscat to form a matrimonial alliance with the niece of the Shah of Persia [Iran]
- The co-operation of the Imam’s fleet with HC warships
- The conduct of Shaikh Humood bin Suroor [Shaikh Ḥamad bin Surūr] of the Brymee shaikhs (enclosures 21-29)
- Translations of letters from the Native Agent at Sharjah reporting that Shaikh Sultan bin Suggar [Shaikh Ṣaqr bin Sulṭān al-Qāsimī], the Ruler of Ras el Khyma [Ra’s al-Khaymah] had summoned all the heads of the Bedouin tribes following alarm at reports that the Imam of Muscat was assembling an army at Batinah (enclosure 29)
- Translations of letters from the Native Agent at Bahrain with the latest intelligence from Nedge [Najd].
Correspondents include: the Resident in the Persian Gulf; HM Consul in Egypt (Colonel Hodges); the Imam of Muscat; the Native Agent at Muscat; the Native Agent at Bahrain; and the Native Agent at Sharjah.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000538283
036-000538832
037-000539208
040-000539230
041-003955345 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/PS : Political and Secret Department Records
IOR/L/PS/5 : Secret Correspondence with India
IOR/L/PS/5/363-509 : Enclosures to Secret Letters from Bombay
IOR/L/PS/5/384 : Enclosures to Secret Letters from Bombay, Vol 22
IOR/L/PS/5/384, ff 3-198 : Persian Gulf Affairs - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0005]/036-000538832[0013]/037-000539208[0022]/040-000539230[0001]/041-003955345
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item (195 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100142611306.0x000002
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1840
- End Date:
- 1840
- Date Range:
- 20 May 1840
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Former External References:
- No. 26 of 1840
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)