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IOR/R/15/1/129

Record Id:

040-000227563

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

036-000227427

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100000000193.0x000066

LARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100023486702.0x000002

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

IOR/R/15/1/129

Title:

Vol 177 Commerce and Miscellaneous letters inward and outward

Scope & Content:

The file contains correspondence inwards and outwards from the Residency in the Persian Gulf, based at Bushire. The subjects covered includes the rules and regulations that British subjects are subject to when trading with, or within Persia; the resignation of Samuel Hennell as Resident in the Persian Gulf, and the appointment of Arnold Burrowes Kemball as his successor.

The file also contains circulars sent out by the Bombay Government, and copies of the Bombay Government Gazette (extraordinary editions and supplements). The latter are reports on the progress of the Second Anglo-Burmese War (1852), and the former primarily concerns corruption and malpractice in the Bombay Presidency.

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
037-000227551
038-000227552
040-000227563

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/15/1/119-198 : Political Residency, Bushire: correspondence bound in subject compilations
IOR/R/15/1/119-144 : Subject compilations: letters received and letters sent

IOR/R/15/1/129 : Vol 177 Commerce and Miscellaneous letters inward and outward

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Hierarchy:

032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0001]/036-000227427[0002]/037-000227551[0001]/038-000227552[0011]/040-000227563

Container:

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Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

1 volume, 27 items (61 folios)

Digitised Content:

https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000193.0x000066

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Languages:

English

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1852

End Date:

1852

Date Range:

6 Mar 1852-17 Dec 1852

Era:

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Physical Characteristics:

Foliation: The foliation sequence commences at the front cover and terminates at the last folio; 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 (2-251) written in ink is present between ff. 2-61; these numbers are located in the top outer corner of each page.

Former External References:

Vol 177

Arrangement:

The material in the file is arranged in very loose chronological order because letters on the same subject have been grouped together. Some copies of the Bombay Government Gazette are also out of chronological order, with duplicate copies of the same edition having been separated in some cases.

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Public Record(s)

Names:

Commander of HMS Fox, Aug 1829-Mar 1882
Commander-in-Chief of the British Expeditionary Force in Burma, Second Anglo-Burmese War, 1852-1853
HMS Fox, ship, 1829-1882
Royal Navy, Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Station, 1865-1941
Viceroy and Governor-General of India in Council, 1773-1947

Subjects:

Anglo-Burmese War, 2nd (1852)
Customs policy

Places:

Bassein, Burma
Burma, Asia
Martaban, Burma
Myanmar, Asia
Pegu, Asia
Persia, Asia
Pinang, Malaysia
Prome, Burma
Rangoon, Burma