Author
individual tribes
Publication Date
1863-1870 (CE, Gregorian)
Type
Document
Language
ara,eng,fas
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
9
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
Mss Eur F126/46
Record ID
vdc_100000001524.0x0003b9
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
1863-1870 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
Correspondence in Arabic, mostly with translations in English, from Thuwaini bin Said, Sultan of Muscat; Zayid I bin Khalifah Al-Nahyan, Chief of Abu Dhabi; Abdullah bin Faisal bin Turki al-Saud, Ruler of Najd; Majid bin Said Al-Busair, Sultan of Zanzibar; the British
native agent
Non-British agents affiliated with the British Government.
at Sharjah, Haji Ya'qub; and other individuals.
The topics discussed in the letters includes the historic rights of ownership of the Arab Coast by individual tribes; movements of Arab tribes and their choice of settlement; attempts by the Wahhabis to extend their influence along the Arab Coast; allegations of acts of piracy on merchant vessels; and the British Government's attack on al-Qatif in response to disturbances which led to damage to British subjects property.
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Letter from Syed Majid [Sayyid Majid bin Said Al-Busaid] addressed, via Colonel Lewis Pelly, to Ameer Abdullah [Adbullah bin Faisal bin Turki al-Saud]
6 images
Ref: Mss Eur F126/46, ff 1-3
Letter from Shaikh Zayid ben Khalifeh [Zayid I bin Khalifa Al Nahyan], Chief of Aboothabee [Abu Dhabi] to Lieutenant Colonel Lewis Pelly, HBM's Political Resident Persian Gulf, Bushire
4 images
Ref: Mss Eur F126/46, ff 4-5
Letter from Farukh Khan, Tehran to Lewis Pelly, Bushire
2 images
Ref: Mss Eur F126/46, f 6
Letter from the Shargah [Sharjah] agent (Haji Ya'qub) to Lewis Pelly
3 images
Ref: Mss Eur F126/46, ff 7-8
'Translated purport of a letter from Abdullah ben Fysul [Adbullah bin Faisal bin Turki al-Saud] Ruler of Nedjd [Najd] to Colonel Lewis Pelly Political Resident Persian Gulf
4 images
Ref: Mss Eur F126/46, ff 9-10
'Translated purport of a letter from Khumees ibn Esau Seyhatee, an inhabitant of Bahrein [Bahrain] to Colonel Lewis Pelly, Political Resident Persian Gulf
4 images
Ref: Mss Eur F126/46, ff 11-12
Note, possibly written in Mahajani.
2 images
Ref: Mss Eur F126/46, f 13
Letter to Thuwaini bin Said, Sultan of Muscat from an undisclosed author (Lewis Pelly?)
4 images
Ref: Mss Eur F126/46, ff 14-15
Letter from Thuwaini bin Said, Sultan of Muscat to Lewis Pelly, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf
2 images
Ref: Mss Eur F126/46, f 16
