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'Persian Gulf. Pirates Soheil bin Atesh Rugragee, Proposed punishment of the Chief...

Catalogue reference: IOR/F/4/2445/134349

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IOR/F/4/2445/134349
Title
'Persian Gulf. Pirates Soheil bin Atesh Rugragee, Proposed punishment of the Chief – on the Gutter Coast for aiding the – Vol: 6'
Date
4 Dec 1850-4 Jun 1851
Description

This item consists of copies of correspondence, consultations, resolutions, and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, a political letter from the Government of Bombay, which appears in IOR/F/4/2445/134344. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Political Agent in the Persian Gulf; Commander John Porter, Senior Naval Officer in the Persian Gulf; and Hajee Jassim [Ḥājjī Jāsim], British Agent at Bahrein [Bahrain]. It is the sixth in a series of twenty-one items on events in the Persian Gulf. The item concerns:. Intelligence of two 'pirates', Soheil bin Ateish [Suhayl bin 'Uṭaysh] and Rugragee [Jāsim bin Jābir al-Raqrāqī] cruising off the Gutter [Qatar] Coast; Details of an attack on a Batinah boat by bin Ateish and the assistance rendered to him by Mahomed ben Sanee [Shaikh Muḥammad bin Thāni al-Thāmir]; Hennell's decision to exact the money taken by the 'pirates' from Wukrah [Al Wakrah], Doah [Doha], and Fowarit [Fuwairit], which he believes have been sheltering and supporting them; 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 approximate chronological order from the front of the item to the rear.

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British Library: Asian and African Studies
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Language
English
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1 item (10 folios)
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 166, and terminates at f 175, 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. Pirates Soheil bin Atesh Rugragee, Proposed punishment of the Chief – on the Gutter Coast for aiding the – Vol: 6'