Publication Date
1852/1852
Publication Place
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Qatar National Library
Type
Book
Language
English
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
2
Physical Dimensions
2 folios
Library
Digital Library of the Middle East
Library Asset ID
81055/vdc_100023612308.0x000009_ar | 81055/vdc_100023612308.0x000009_en | IOR/R/15/1/131, ff 2-3
Record ID
81055%2Fvdc_100023612308.0x000009_dlme
Library Location
British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
Date
1852/1852
Notes
In this letter, Commodore John Patterson Porter, Commander of the Persian Gulf Squadron, reports on his movements since leaving Bushire on the morning of 3 January 1852. He states that he proceeded to Cape Nabend [Damāgheh-ye Nāy Band], where he made enquiries about the recent piratical attempt. On 10 January he anchored at Sharja [Sharjah] and sent Hadji Jacoob, Agent at Sharja, to the shore, who returned the following morning with Ahmed, the Lungar [Bandar-e Lengeh] Agent. Porter relays intelligence received from Ahmed, which describes a fight that took place near Sharja. Porter reports that Shaik Sayed ben Thanoon [Shaikh Said bin Tahnun Al Nahayan] had brought 800 men from Aboothabee [Abu Dhabi] to fight against one hundred men of the Beni Katap [Banī Qitab] tribe. The members of the tribe were supported by 300 men under the charge of Khalit ben Sultan [Shaikh Khalid bin Sulṭān Āl Qāsimī], son of Sultan ben Suggur [Sulṭān bin Saqr Āl Qāsimī], and by 200 men under the charge of Abdullah ben Sultan of Sharja [Abdullah bin Sulṭān, Governor of Sharjah]. Porter goes on to give details of the recent movements of some of the Arab rulers. | 2 folios | more | less
Parçası Olduğu
British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers
