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'Persian Gulf. Intrigues of the Debaye chiefs to break up the peace between the Joosmee...

Catalogue reference: IOR/F/4/2445/134356

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IOR/F/4/2445/134356
Title
'Persian Gulf. Intrigues of the Debaye chiefs to break up the peace between the Joosmee Beniyas Chief – Vol: 13'
Date
7 Jun 1851-24 Sep 1851
Description

This item consists of copies of correspondence and consultations cited in, or enclosed with, a political letter from the Government of Bombay, which appears in IOR/F/4/2445/134344. The correspondents are Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf and Moollah Houssein [Mullā Ḥusayn], British Agent at Shargah [Sharjah]. It is the thirteenth in a series of twenty-one items on events in the Persian Gulf. The item concerns a plan by Sheik Mukhtoom ben Butye of Debaye [Shaikh Maktūm I bin Buṭṭī Āl Bū Falāsah of Dubai] to induce the Joosmee Chief [Shaikh Sulṭān I bin Ṣaqr al-Qāsimī] to break off his peace agreement with the Beniyas Chief [Shaikh Sa'īd bin Ṭaḥnūn Āl Nahyān], through the persuasion of Ameer Fysul [Amīr Fayṣal bin Turkī bin 'Abdullāh Āl Sa'ūd]. 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'.

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

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British Library: Asian and African Studies
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Language
English
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1 item (5 folios)
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Physical condition
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 232, and terminates at f 235, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the bottom right corner of the recto side of each folio. Pagination: the item also contains an original pagination sequence.
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'Persian Gulf. Intrigues of the Debaye chiefs to break up the peace between the Joosmee Beniyas Chief – Vol: 13'