Vol 43: Letters Inward

Title:

Vol 43: Letters Inward

Contributor:

Government of Bombay, Political and Services Department (correspondent)
Thomas Perronet Thompson (correspondent)
Shaikh Shaikh of the Āl Jalāhimah tribe Raḥmah bin Jābir Āl Jalāhimah (recipient)

Date:

1826/1826

Description:

The file consists of a few letters sent to Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, by William Newnham, Chief Secretary to the Bombay Government. The subject is the status of the diplomatic relationship between the British Government and Sa‘īd bin Sultān Āl Sa‘īd, the Imam of Muscat; the British are willing to co-operate with the Imam in operations to suppress piracy, but are unwilling to get involved in wars between Muscat and other regional powers, such as the Wahhabi. The correspondence in the file, and its various enclosures, is intended to guide and inform the Resident's future conduct and decision making with regard to the Imam of Muscat.1 volume, 4 items (31 folios)The correspondence in the file is arranged chronologically by date created from 6 January to 11 February 1826.Foliation: The foliation sequence commences at the cover and terminates at the final sheet; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: The remains of a pagination sequence are also present between ff 2-32; these numbers are written in ink and are located in the top outermost corners of each page.

Language:

English
Arabic

Type:

Letter book

Type (Narrower):

Letters

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Wahhābīyah

Geographic region:

Kateef

Extent:

1 volume, 4 items (31 folios)

Rights:

Open Government Licence

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000000193.0x00000a_ar
81055/vdc_100000000193.0x00000a_en
IOR/R/15/1/37

Is part of:

British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers

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