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IOR/R/15/1/140
- Record Id:
- 040-000227574
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000227427
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000193.0x000071
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023522238.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/1/140
- Title:
- Vol 188 1854/55 Arabian Coast and Muscat; Accounts and General
- Scope & Content:
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This file contains correspondence to and from Arnold Burrowes Kemball, the Resident in the Persian Gulf based at Bushire. The correspondents include William Taylor Thompson (Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Persia), Meerza Hussein Ali Khan (the Governor of Bushire), George Robinson (the Commander of the Persian Gulf Squadron), Henry Lacon Anderson (Secretary to the Bombay Government) and Said bin Sultan (the Imam of Muscat).
Correspondence between Kemball and Britain's native agents in Shiraz, Muscat, Sharjah and Lingah [Bandar Lengeh] is also contained in the file.
The file contains several translations of intelligence reports sent to Kemball at the Residency from an agent employed by the British in Shiraz. The correspondence and the intelligence reports discuss regional political developments, trade and relations between the British and the Persian court.
A list of those wounded and killed in an affray between the Boo Sumait and Al Ali Tribes in September 1854 is contained on folio 204.
- 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
040-000227574 - 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/15/1/140 : Vol 188 1854/55 Arabian Coast and Muscat; Accounts and General - Hierarchy:
- 032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0001]/036-000227427[0002]/037-000227551[0001]/038-000227552[0022]/040-000227574
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume (235 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000193.0x000071
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
Farsi - Scripts:
- Arabic
Latin - Start Date:
- 1854
- End Date:
- 1854
- Date Range:
- 5 Jan 1854-19 Dec 1854
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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1 volume in one slipcase
Condition: A bound letter book.
Foliation: The file's foliation sequence commences at the title page 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. Two original pagination sequences run between ff 1A-209 and ff 212-226; these numbers are written in ink, but are not circled, and can be found in the top left and top right corner of the verso and recto side of each folio respectively.
The file contains the following foliation errors: 1 and 1A
- Arrangement:
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The file is arranged in to two sections; ff 1-210 which contains general correspondence and ff 211-226 which contains correspondence related to the Bushire Residency's accounts. Both sections are arranged chronologically.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)