Author
Bahrain against the Chief of Wukra
Publication Date
6 Mar 1862-4 Apr 1868 (CE, Gregorian)
Subject
1
Type
Document
Language
ara,eng
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
183
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
IOR/R/15/1/183
Record ID
vdc_100000000193.0x00009c
Library Location
British Library:
India Office
The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors.
Records and
Private Papers
Documents collected in a private capacity.
Date
6 Mar 1862-4 Apr 1868 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
This file contains correspondence to/from three British Residents at Bushire, Captain James Felix Jones, Captain Herbert Frederick Disbrowe and Lieutenant-Colonel Lewis Pelly.
A number of topics are discussed in the file, most prominent among them are the following:
Relations between Britain and Bahrain;
A blockade of Kutiffe (Al-Qatif);
Military action taken by Bahrain against the Chief of Wukra;
The mis-treatment of Indian British subjects in Bahrain.
On folios 2-6, the file contains copies in English and Arabic of the Perpetual Truce of Peace and Friendship (1861) signed by Sheikh Mahomed ben Khalifeh [Shaikh Muḥammed bin Khalīfah Āl Khalīfah] on behalf of himself and his successors and Captain James Felix Jones on behalf of the British Government.
On folios 136-140, the file contains a translation of an agreement proposed by Houssein Ali Mirza, the Prince Regent of Fars in 1822, that Lieutenant William Bruce is said to have agreed to without permission of the British Government.
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