Author
the Qāsimī tribe from Ras al Khaima.
Publication Date
30 Apr 1847-3 Nov 1848 (CE, Gregorian)
Type
Document
Language
ara,eng
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
1
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
IOR/F/4/2280/116920
Record ID
vdc_100098575372.0x000001
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
30 Apr 1847-3 Nov 1848 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
This item consists of copies of correspondence, consultations, and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the
Government of Bombay
From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions.
. These political letters appear in IOR/F/4/2280/116915. The correspondent is Major Samuel Hennell, British Resident in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
. It is the fifth in a series of five items on the trade in enslaved people.
The item concerns the request of the
Court of Directors
The London-based directors of the East India Company who dealt with the daily conduct of the Company's affairs.
of the East India Company that Hennell forward them copies of the treaties between the British and the shaikhs of the Arabian Coast of the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
concerning the trade in enslaved people. Copies of the treaties in English and Arabic with the following shaikhs are included:
Shaik Sultan bin Suggur Chief of Ras el Khymah and Shargah [Shaikh Sulṭān I bin Ṣaqr
al-Qāsimī
One of the ruling families of the United Arab Emirates; also used to refer to a confederation of seafaring Arabs led by the Qāsimī tribe from Ras al Khaima.
, Shaikh of Ra’s al-Khaymah and Sharjah]
Shaik Abdoollah bin Rashid Shaik of Amulgavine [Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Rāshid al-Mu’allā, Shaikh of Umm al-Qaywayn]
Sheik Abdool Azeez ben Rashid, Chief of Ejmaun [Shaikh ‘Abd al-‘Aziz bin Rāshid al-Na‘īmī, Shaikh of Ajman]
Sheik Muktoom ben Buttye, Chief of Debaye [Shaikh Maktūm I bin Buṭṭī Āl Bū Falāseh, Shaikh of Dubai]
Shaik Saeed bin Tahnoon, Shaik of the Beniyas, Chief of Aboothabee [Shaikh Sa‘īd bin Ṭaḥnūn Āl Nahyān, Chief of the Banī Yās, Shaikh of Abu Dhabi]
Sheik Mahomed bin Khuleefa Chief of Bahrein [Shaikh Muḥammed bin Khalīfah Āl Khalīfah, Shaikh of Bahrain].
The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft no 154/49’, and ‘Collection No 1 of No 160’.
Erişim Koşulları
Unrestricted
Düzenleme
The documents are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front of the item to the rear.
