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IOR/R/15/1/138

Record Id:

040-000227572

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

036-000227427

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100000000193.0x00006f

LARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100023444029.0x000002

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

IOR/R/15/1/138

Title:

Vol 186 1853/54 Bahrain; Arabian Coast and Muscat; Slave Trade

Scope & Content:

The letterbook is comprised of correspondence sent between the Resident in the Persian Gulf, Captain Arnold Kemball, and the Chief Secretary of the Government in Bombay, Arthur Malet, relating to events at Bahrain (folios 1-61), on the Arabian Coast and Muscat (folios 63-256), and the slave trade (folios 258-414).

Correspondence relating to Bahrain, the Arab Coast and Muscat, chiefly concerns relations (including conflicts and settlements) between the Arab tribes, occasional breaches of the maritime peace, and the movements of a Wahhabi army eastwards from the Arabian interior, towards Al-Buraimi and Muscat. Correspondence relating to the slave trade chiefly concerns instances of slaves being imported into Persia from Zanzibar, occasionally via the Batinah and Arab coasts.

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
040-000227572

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/15/1/138 : Vol 186 1853/54 Bahrain; Arabian Coast and Muscat; Slave Trade

Contains:

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Hierarchy:

032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0001]/036-000227427[0002]/037-000227551[0001]/038-000227552[0020]/040-000227572

Container:

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Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

2 volumes, 107 items (424 folios)

Digitised Content:

https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000193.0x00006f

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Languages:

English

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1853

End Date:

1854

Date Range:

6 Jan 1853-13 Mar 1854

Era:

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Physical Characteristics:

2 volumes in one slipcase

Foliation: The letterbook has been split into two volumes, ending at folio 208 in the first volume, and picking up at folio 209 in the second. Foliation begins on the first page of text in the first volume, and ends on the last page of the original letterbook in the second volume. The foliation system uses pencil numbers in the top-right corner of each recto. An original pagination system, written in ink in the top-left corner of versos and the top-right corner of rectos, runs through both volumes.

The front cover, inside cover, front flyleafs, rear flyleafs and inside back cover of each volume are unfoliated.

The following foliation anomalies occur: 41A, 74A, 74B (no 74), 179A, 179B (no 179), 184A, 184B (no 184), 187A, 194A, 194B (no 194), 196A, 196B (no 196), 203A, 263A, 282A, 282B (no 282), 295A, 295B (no 295), 331A, 331B (no 331).

Former External References:

Volume 186

Arrangement:

Part 1 ff.1-208

Part 2 ff.209-414

The letterbook is divided into three subjects: correspondence concerning Bahrain, correspondence concerning the Arab Coast and Muscat, and correspondence concerning the slave trade. Each subject has a title sheet.

Within each subject, the correspondence is arranged in chronological order, based on the date of the outward letter. Enclosures included immediately after the outward letter are chronologically earlier than the letter they are enclosed with. Inward correspondence, chiefly in the form of replies from the Government of India, is placed immediately after the letter they acknowledge receipt of. Because of the long periods of time taken for mail to travel, the inward replies are of a much later date (approximately three to four months) than the outward correspondence.

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Public Record(s)

Names:

HM Chargé d'Affaires to Iran, Mid 19th century-Mid 20th century
King of Bahrain, 1783-
Native Agent, Bahrain, c 1819-1900
Political Agent and Consul, Zanzibar, 1841-1914
Wahabi, Tribe, 18th century-
al-Qawāsim, Tribe, 18th century-
‘Utūb, Tribe, 16th century-

Subjects:

Slave emancipation

Places:

Bassidore, Qeshm, Persian Gulf
Brymee, Middle East, Asia
Qatar, Arabian Peninsula, Asia
Sohar, Arabian Peninsula
Trucial Coast, Arabian Peninsula, Asia