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IOR/L/PS/5/487, ff 298-304
- Record Id:
- 041-004073380
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000538832
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100140186120.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100157091557.0x00000f
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/5/487, ff 298-304
- Title:
- Persian Gulf Affairs
- Scope & Content:
-
This item comprises copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 41 of 1856, dated 10 June 1856. The enclosures are dated 10-19 April 1856.
The enclosures relate to the differences between the Imaum [Imām] of Muscat and the Persian [Iranian] Government over the Imaum’s claims to the port of Bunder Abbas [Bandar Abbas] on the Persian coast, his threats to descend on Lingah [Bandar Lengeh] and Bushire [Bushehr], and Persian aims to place a garrison on Kishm [Qeshm] and the Island of Ormuz [Hormuz].
The papers notably include:
- A report from the Native Agent at Lingah, to Commander Felix Jones, Acting Resident, Persian Gulf, on a meeting at Kishm between the Imaum’s representatives and a Persian envoy, and Persian attempts to solicit the support of the sheikhs [shaikhs] of Lingah and Rasulkymah [Ra’s al-Khaymah, also spelled Rusul Kheymah in this item] in the event of the Imaum refusing to allow the garrisoning of Kishm and Ormuz
- A letter from Jones to Sheikh Sultan ben Suggur [Shaikh Sulṭān I bin Ṣaqr al-Qāsimī] of Rasulkymah, urging him not to give assistance to Persian vessels and to ignore the expensive gifts from the Shah [Shāh] of Persia.
- 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
040-000539333
041-004073380 - 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/5/487 : 'ENCLOSURES TO SECRET LETTERS FROM BOMBAY', Vol 125
IOR/L/PS/5/487, ff 298-304 : Persian Gulf Affairs - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0005]/036-000538832[0013]/037-000539208[0125]/040-000539333[0015]/041-004073380
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item (6 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100157091557.0x00000f
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1856
- End Date:
- 1856
- Date Range:
- 10 Jun 1856
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Former External References:
- No. 41 of 1856
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)