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IOR/R/15/1/15

Record Id:

040-000227446

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

036-000227427

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100000000159.0x0003e3

LARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100023513961.0x000002

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

IOR/R/15/1/15

Title:

Book No: 15 (Inward) for the years 1813-1814

Scope & Content:

The volume contains mainly letters addressed to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire at the time. Bruce was Acting Resident until 1812, but in this volume he is still often referred to as Acting Resident. A few letters are written to James Orton, Assistant Surgeon at Bushire, who took temporary charge of the Residency while Bruce was away from Bushire. The letters are mainly from the Secretaries of the Government of Bombay. Subjects relating directly to the Residency include: accounts; military and marine expenses. Broader themes within the letters include the diplomatic relations with Persia and the Wahabee [Wahhabis], the procurement of sulphur for its use in gunpowder, the silk and horse trades, and the threat of Āl Qāsimī pirates to British trade in the Persian Gulf.

Collection Area:

India Office Records and Private Papers

Project / Collection:

India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-000209245
033-000227426
036-000227427
037-000227428
038-000227440
040-000227446

Is part of:

IOR/R : India Office Records transferred later through official channels
IOR/R/15 : Records of the British Residency and Agencies in the Persian Gulf
IOR/R/15/1 : Political Residency, Bushire
IOR/R/15/1/1-118 : Political Residency, Bushire: letters received and sent
IOR/R/15/1/10-37 : Letters Received and Sent by the Bushire Residency

IOR/R/15/1/15 : Book No: 15 (Inward) for the years 1813-1814

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Hierarchy:

032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0001]/036-000227427[0001]/037-000227428[0003]/038-000227440[0006]/040-000227446

Container:

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Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

1 volume, 174 items (149 folios)

Digitised Content:

Languages:

English

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1813

End Date:

1814

Date Range:

2 Apr 1813-29 Nov 1814

Era:

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Physical Characteristics:

Foliation: there is an original pagination, written in ink in the top right of each recto and the top left of each verso. It starts on the first letter with 1 and continues until page 213.

The volume has been foliated in pencil, circled, in the top right corner of each folio. The numbering begins with the first letter with 1; then 2-94; 95-95a; and then runs through to 138, which is the last number given on the first blank page at the end of the volume. There are seven blank pages at the beginning and three at the end of the volume.

Condition: the item has suffered from insect damage and the paper is very fragile in some parts. Some folios are glued and cannot be read.

Arrangement:

Two different hands have written the volume, one from folios 1-40, and the second from folio 41 until the end. In the first instance, earlier letters are grouped under headings either upon order of receipt or of transcription; heading dates start from 14 August 1813, but the actual letters are from 2 April 1813.

From folio 41 the correspondence is in chronological order, and letters are up to 28 December 1814.

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Public Record(s)

Names:

Subjects:

Wool trade

Places:

Assaloo, Persian Gulf, Asia
Bandar Abbas, Asia
Camaran, Arabian Peninsula
Khen, Persian Gulf, Asia