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IOR/R/15/1/63

Record Id:

040-000227495

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

036-000227427

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100000000193.0x000024

LARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100023483480.0x000002

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

IOR/R/15/1/63

Title:

Letters outward

Scope & Content:

The volume consists of some letters outwards penned by David Anderson Blane, British Resident in the Persian Gulf. The principle recipients are Charles Norris, Chief Secretary to the Government of Bombay (in the Political Department); and John Pepper, Commander and Senior Officer of the Indian Navy in the Persian Gulf.

No subject is covered in great depth, though some of the subjects briefly mentioned include the ascendency of the Wahabees [Wahhabi] in Arabia under the leadership of Toorkee bin Saood [Turki bin Sa‘ūd]; the expulsion from Bushire of the Governor, Prince Reza Kooli Mirza; the Resident's concerns over the efficiency of the crews manning the ships of the Indian Navy stationed in the Persian Gulf; and the intention of Ubdulla ben Ahmed [‘Abdullāh bin Aḥmad Āl Khalīfah], Chief of Bahrein [Bahrain] to resist the Wahabee ascendency.

The file also includes a statement of imports into Bushire for the year 1832/33 (see ff 15-16).

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
038-000227469
040-000227495

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/15/1/38-118 : Political Residency, Bushire: correspondence received and sent

IOR/R/15/1/63 : Letters outward

Contains:

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Hierarchy:

032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0001]/036-000227427[0001]/037-000227428[0004]/038-000227469[0026]/040-000227495

Container:

View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R

Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

1 volume, 23 items (20 folios)

Digitised Content:

https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000193.0x000024

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Languages:

English

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1833

End Date:

1833

Date Range:

20 Apr 1833-17 Oct 1833

Era:

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Physical Characteristics:

Foliation: The foliation sequence commences at the first folio with content (i.e. text) and terminates at the last folio with content; these numbers are written in pencil, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.

Pagination: An original pagination sequence written in ink is present in the file between ff 1-16; these numbers are located in the top outermost corners of each page. There are a number of significant gaps in this sequence indicating that a degree of weeding has been undertaken in the past.

Appraisal:

The volume is comprised of a subset of letters that would have originally been made up of over 150 pages. The remaining pages may have whole letters or sections of letters that have a large blue cross running from top to bottom through them. It has been determined that the cross indicates that the original reviewer did not wish these letters to be kept or considered.

It is not known who the original reviewer was, nor the criteria used to select material for retention.

Arrangement:

The correspondence has been arranged chronologically from 20 April to 17 October 1833.

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Public Record(s)

Names:

Senior Naval Officer in the Persian Gulf, 1822-1971
Wahabi, Tribe, 18th century-