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IOR/R/15/1/73
- Record Id:
- 040-000227505
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000227427
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000193.0x00002e
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023366014.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/1/73
- Title:
- Letters Inward
- Scope & Content:
- A collection of letters received by the Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire. Two letters are from Edward M Wood, Secretary to Government, Bombay. The first contains copies of letters between Wood and Charles Malcolm, Superintendent of the Indian Navy, concerning the ship the Hugh Lindsay. The second contains copies of correspondence between Charles Malcolm, Superintendent of the Indian Navy, and Robert Grant, President and Governor in Council, Bombay, and between Wood and Francis Rawdon Chesney, on the best means of establishing a packet communication between Bombay and Khorramshahr. Three letters are from John Pollard Willoughby. One refers to a certificate granted by the Imam of Muscat, Sa‘īd bin Sultān Āl Sa‘īd, to the Native Agent of Muscat, Khojah Rubin, and includes a copy of a letter from the Imam of Muscat to William Henry Wathen, Chief Secretary to Government, Bombay, concerning the Native Agent of Muscat. In the second Willoughby requests the immediate issue and distribution of a proclamation to all the ports on the Arabian Coast. The third is concerned with the Chief of Abu Dhabi and his wish to declare war against Bahrain. There is one letter from Rawdon Chesney, Commander of the Euphrates Expedition, Bombay, to Samuel Hennell, Bushire, giving instructions and an inscription for a tombstone for a man from the Euphrates expedition who died at Bushire. Two letters are from William Henry Wathen, Chief Secretary to Government, Bombay, acknowledging letters and copies of letters received from the Acting Resident.
- 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
040-000227505 - 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/15/1/73 : Letters Inward - Contains:
- IOR/R/15/1/73, ff 2-3 : Letter No.55: Edward M Wood, Secretary to Government, Bombay, to the Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf
IOR/R/15/1/73, ff 4-5 : Letter No. 60: John Pollard Willoughby, Secretary to Government, Bombay, to the Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire
IOR/R/15/1/73, f 6 : Letter No. 84: John Pollard Willoughby, Secretary to Government, Bombay, to the Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire
IOR/R/15/1/73, ff 7-8 : Letter from Francis Rawdon Chesney, Commander of the Euphrates Expedition, to Samuel Hennell, Bushire
IOR/R/15/1/73, f 9 : Letter No. 262: John Pollard Willoughby, Secretary to Government, Bombay, to the Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire
IOR/R/15/1/73, ff 10-15 : Letter No. 234: Edward M Wood, Secretary to Government, Bombay, to the Officiating Resident in the Persian Gulf
IOR/R/15/1/73, f 16 : Letter No. 1546: William Henry Wathen, Chief Secretary to Government, Bombay, to the Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf
IOR/R/15/1/73, f 17 : Letter No. 1557: William Henry Wathen, Chief Secretary to Government, Bombay, to The Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf
Click here to View / search full list of parts of IOR/R/15/1/73 - Hierarchy:
- 032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0001]/036-000227427[0001]/037-000227428[0004]/038-000227469[0036]/040-000227505
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume, 8 items (16 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000193.0x00002e
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1837
- End Date:
- 1837
- Date Range:
- 12 Jan 1837-19 Aug 1837
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Pagination: An original, but incomplete pagination sequence numbers each page of text between ff 2-17; these numbers are written in ink, and can be found in the top left or right corners of the verso and recto sides of each folio respectively.
Foliation: The main foliation sequence commences at the cover and terminates at the last folio; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and can be found in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. This is the sequence used by this catalogue to reference items within the file.
- Arrangement:
- The correspondence is arranged in chronological order. The earliest letter is dated 12 January 1837 and the latest letter is dated 19 August 1837.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)