Letter No. 154 from William Newnham, Chief Secretary to the Government, Political Department, Bombay to Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident in the Persian Gulf
Letter No. 154 from William Newnham, Chief Secretary to the Government, Political Department, Bombay to Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident in the Persian Gulf
Letter No. 154 from William Newnham, Chief Secretary to the Government, Political Department, Bombay to Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident in the Persian Gulf
Date:
1826/1826
Description:
The letter is enclosing a communication sent by Mountstuart Elphinstone, Governor of Bombay to Rahma bin Jabir [Raḥmah bin Jābir], Shaikh of the Jalahamah tribe, dated 16 January 1826, in response to a letter received from him, dated 7 November 1825. The enclosure is in Arabic and includes a translation in English.The enclosed letter explains that the British interfered with his conflict with the people of Quteef [Al-Qaṭīf] because he had targeted the boats of neutral tribes, and thus threatened the stability of trade in the region. It further urges him not to renew a system of piracy in the Persian Gulf.3 folios