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IOR/R/15/1/21

Record Id:

040-000227452

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

036-000227427

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100000000159.0x000001

LARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100023370703.0x000002

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

IOR/R/15/1/21

Title:

‘Vol 21 Letters inward’

Scope & Content:

The file contains copies of correspondence addressed to the Resident at Bushire, Captain William Bruce, and to James Dow, Acting Resident at Bushire. Correspondence is sent to the Resident by a range of individuals, including various secretaries to the Government in Bombay, representatives of the civil and military auditors in Bombay, the British Envoy in Persia, Sir Henry Willock, and the Commanding Officers and Paymasters of British vessels on missions in the Gulf.

The subjects covered in the file include: the forwarding and receiving of packets and letters from Tehran, Bombay; disbursements and other financial activities of the Residency; ongoing British military action against the Al Qasimi tribe at Ra's al-Khaymah.

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
040-000227452

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/15/1/21 : ‘Vol 21 Letters inward’

Contains:

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Hierarchy:

032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0001]/036-000227427[0001]/037-000227428[0003]/038-000227440[0012]/040-000227452

Container:

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Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

1 volume, 95 items (62 folios)

Digitised Content:

https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000159.0x000001

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Languages:

English

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1819

End Date:

1820

Date Range:

25 Nov 1819-31 Dec 1820

Era:

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Physical Characteristics:

Foliation: The volume has been foliated from the front cover to the inside back cover, with small circled numbers in the top-right corner of each recto. The volume also has an original pagination system, which uses ink numbers in the top-right corner of recto pages, and the top-left corner of verso pages.

Condition: There is some insect damage throughout the volume, but it is not sufficient to impair the legibility or understanding of the material. Some of the pages at the back of the volume have suffered from water damage, which has made text more difficult to read, but not illegible.

Former External References:

Book no.21

Arrangement:

It is probable that the items in the file have been arranged in the order that they were received at the Residency. The result is that the items in the file are arranged in only a rough chronological order, from the earliest letters at the front, to the latest at the back.

Each page has a date written on its header, running from 11 January 1820 at the front of the volume, to 31 December 1820 at the end of the volume. These dates presumably reflect when letters were received and/or copied into the volume by the Residency clerk.

Administrative Context:

In late 1819, the British Government launched a significant military naval assault against the Al Qasimi tribe based at Ra's al-Khaymah. The result of this action was the signing of preliminary and general treaties between the British and a number of rulers along the Arab coast of the Gulf in early 1820.

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Public Record(s)

Names:

Grant, William, Knight, army officer, 1772-1852
Residency Surgeon, Persian Gulf, 19th century-Mid 20th century
Wahabi, Tribe, 18th century-
al-Qawāsim, Tribe, 18th century-

Subjects:

Military operations

Places:

Rass el Khyma, Arabian Peninsula, Asia