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IOR/R/15/1/23

Record Id:

040-000227454

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

036-000227427

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100000000159.0x000007

LARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100022939901.0x000002

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

IOR/R/15/1/23

Title:

Vol 23: Reports to the Government of Bombay respecting a British military expedition to the Persian Gulf

Scope & Content:

The volume consists of correspondence primarily between Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Bombay Government, and Captain Thomas Perronet Thompson. Other correspondents included in the volume are Major-General Lionel Smith; Mountstuart Elphinstone, the Governor of Bombay; James Henderson, Secretary to the Bombay Government; Captain Deschamps; and Andrew Jukes. Translations of correspondence with Sa‘īd bin Sultān Āl Sa‘īd, the Imam of Muscat are also included.

The subject matter of the material is centred around the abandonment of Raʼs al-Khaymah, the establishment of a garrison on the Island of Qeshm, the suppression of piracy in the Gulf, a failed British joint expedition with the Imam of Muscat against the Banī Bū ‘Alī tribe in Oman, and the removal of Captain Thompson from his post for the aforementioned failure; the subsequent, more successful, follow-up expedition against the Banī Bū ‘Alī tribe is also covered.

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
040-000227454

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/15/1/23 : Vol 23: Reports to the Government of Bombay respecting a British military expedition to the Persian Gulf

Contains:

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Hierarchy:

032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0001]/036-000227427[0001]/037-000227428[0003]/038-000227440[0014]/040-000227454

Container:

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Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

1 volume, 29 items (120 folios)

Digitised Content:

https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000159.0x000007

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Languages:

English

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1820

End Date:

1821

Date Range:

7 Mar 1820 ?-1 Aug 1821

Era:

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Physical Characteristics:

Foliation: The main foliation sequence starts with the first page of text and runs through to the last folio. It is written in pencil and can be found in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. This sequence has been used to construct the references at item level, and for internal referencing.

Pagination: A pagination system is also present, which runs folios 22-275, though there are gaps in the sequence; these numbers are also written in pencil and can be found in the same position as the main sequence.

Arrangement:

The correspondence is arranged chronologically from 7 May 1820 to 1 August 1821. However, the date of the first letter may be incorrect and should perhaps be 7 March 1820 instead (see the entry for IOR/R/15/1/23, f 1-7 for further information). Some letters are also slightly out of date order, so chronological order is not strict.

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Public Record(s)

Names:

Banī Bū ‘Alī, Tribe, 19th century-
Imam of Oman, 750-2009
Sultan of Muscat and Oman, Āl Bū Sa‘īd Dynasty, 1861-1970
Thompson, Thomas Perronet, army officer, 1783-1869

Subjects:

Military operations

Places:

Qeshm, Persian Gulf, Persia
Ras al Khayma, Arabian Peninsula, Asia