'Persian Gulf. Arab Chiefs. The Resident's interviews with the. Presents made to...

This item consists of copies of correspondence, consultations, and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Political Agent in the Persian Gulf; and Lieutenant-Colonel Justin Sheil, HM Ambassador to Tehran. It is the first in a series of twenty-one items on events in the Persian Gulf. The item concerns interviews between Hennell and the sheiks [shaikhs] of Amulgavine [Umm al-Qaywayn], Shargah [Sharjah], Debaye [Dubai], and Bahrein [Bahrain], during which the following subjects were discussed:. Accusations of aggressive behaviour by Saeed ben Tahnoon [Shaikh Sa'īd bin Ṭaḥnūn Āl Nahyān, Shaikh of Abu Dhabi]; The actions of Soheil ben Ateish [Suhayl bin 'Uṭaysh], a 'pirate' believed to be supported by some 'chiefs' along the Guttur [Qatar] Coast; Relations between Sultan ben Suggur [Shaikh Sulṭān I bin Ṣaqr al-Qāsimī, Shaikh of Ra's al-Khaymah and Sharjah] and Muscat; Ben Suggur's request to send boats to evacuate women and children from Kenn [Kish Island], which was threatened by Persian [Iranian] troops, and his subsequent unsanctioned sending of 500 armed men to the island; An agreement in principle that the people on Kenn would receive an annual income from Bahrein and in return relinquish their claim to Bahrein; The item also contains a political letter from the Government of Bombay to the Court of Directors of the East India Company, summarising the contents of the following 20 items. The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: 'Draft N 34 – 1852', and 'Collection No 32 in 21 Volumes'.

The documents are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front of the item to the rear.

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