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IOR/R/15/1/106
- Record Id:
- 040-000227538
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000227427
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000193.0x00004f
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023365970.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/1/106
- Title:
- Book 149 - 1845
- Scope & Content:
-
The file consist of original correspondence from 1845 sent to the Bushire Residency; the principal correspondents being Major Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf at the time, and the Secretaries to the Government at Bombay.
The file contains extracts of earlier letters, from 9 December 1843, and some later notes, up until 22 April 1846.
The main subject covered is slavery at Muscat and Zanzibar following the Slave Abolition Act. Other subjects covered are the diplomatic and commercial relations with Persia and the Persian Coast and the siege of Sevastopol with other events occurred during the Crimean War.
The book contains translations of letters from the Persian Shah.
- 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
040-000227538 - 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/15/1/106 : Book 149 - 1845 - Hierarchy:
- 032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0001]/036-000227427[0001]/037-000227428[0004]/038-000227469[0069]/040-000227538
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (63 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000193.0x00004f
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1845
- End Date:
- 1846
- Date Range:
- 18 Jan 1845-2 Jul 1846
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- The foliation is in pencil, encircled, in the top right corner of each folio. The numbering sequence starts on the front cover of the file with 1 and terminates on the last folio with 64.
- Former Internal References:
- Book 149
- Arrangement:
- The letters are in chronological order.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)