IOR/L/PS/5/380, ff 510-703

The item comprises enclosures to a despatch, Number 127 of 1839, dated 28 November 1839, from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the East India Company Secret Committee related to affairs in the Persian Gulf, Turkish Arabia [Ottoman Iraq], and Syria.

Topics covered in the item are:

• Tribal disputes between the followers of Shaik Khuleefa bin Shackboot [Shaikh Khalīfah bin Shakhbūṭ] and the Naeem [al-Na‘īm tribe, also spelled as Naiem in this item] of Brymee [Al Buraymi, also spelled as Braimee]
• The campaign of Khorshid Pasha [Khūrshīd Pāshā, General of Egyptian Forces, also spelled Korchid, and Khoorsheed in the item) in the Arabian Peninsula, and the size and composition of his troops
• The reaction of the tribes of Oman, Bahrein [Bahrain] and Guttur [Qatar] to Khorshid Pasha’s movement in their territories
• The continued hostilities between the citizens of Shiraz [also spelled as Sheeraz in this item], and the Governor of their city
• Proposed measures for an immediate demonstration of British Naval force in the Persian Gulf
• A collision between the pearl boats of the Beneyas of Aboothabee [Banū Yās of Abu Dhabi] and the boo felasa of Debaye [Bū Falasa of Dubai]
• The outbreak of cholera at Kateef [Qatif] and Lhssa [al-Ahsa, also spelled as Lahshah in the item]
• The engagements of the merchant ship Urania for conveying the steamboats intended for service on the Euphrates and Tigris
• ‘Piracy’ in the Gulf
• Ottoman-Russian relations
• Russian-Egyptian relations
• Ottoman-Persian relations
• The advance of the troops of Ibrahim Pasha [Ibrāhīm Pāshā] in northern Syria
• A group of the Alboo Gowara [al-Bū Kawwari], a branch of the Uttoobee [‘Utub] tribe expressing a wish to place themselves under British protection
• The health of the British troops stationed on Karrack [Kharg Island]
• The despatch of the sloop of war Elphinstone to the Persian Gulf
• The state of affairs in Muscat, and reports of the activities of the Imaum of Muscat (Imām of Muscat, also spelled as Emaum of Muskat in this item)
• The state of affairs in China
• The ship Larne being ordered to proceed to the river Indus along with the steamer Indus.

The main correspondents in the item are: the Resident in the Persian Gulf; the Superintendent of the Indian Navy; the Naval Commander-in-Chief; the Native Agents at Muscat, Shiraz and Sharjah (also spelled as Shargah in this item); and Her Majesty’s Consul in Egypt.