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IOR/R/15/1/164
- Record Id:
- 040-000227599
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000227427
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000193.0x000089
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023511797.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/1/164
- Title:
- ‘Vol 249 Persian correspondence’
- Scope & Content:
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The file is chiefly comprised of translated extracts of letters written by the British Agent at Shiraz, E N Castelli (an original letter in French, signed Castilly, is also in the file at folio 3), sent to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Captain Felix Jones. These extracts were sent onwards to the Secretary to the Government Bombay, with covering letters written by Jones.
The extracts touch on the following subjects:
- General political and military affairs in Shiraz;
- General reports on the appearance and extent of disease (cholera and fever) in Persia and the Persian ports;
- Reports of maladministration at Fars, and the efforts of the Prince Governor of Fars to collect revenue in order to pay debts due, to be collected by a mohussil (coercive collector of revenue) from Tehran;
- Movements in Persia of the Prussian ambassador Julius Rudolph Ottomar Freiherr von Minutoli, his subsequent death from fever, interment in an Armenian cemetery in Shiraz, and the disturbance of his grave.
- 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
038-000227579
040-000227599 - 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/15/1/145-179 : Bushire Residency correspondence: subject compilations
IOR/R/15/1/164 : ‘Vol 249 Persian correspondence’ - Hierarchy:
- 032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0001]/036-000227427[0002]/037-000227551[0002]/038-000227579[0020]/040-000227599
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (33 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000193.0x000089
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
French - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1858
- End Date:
- 1859
- Date Range:
- 23 Nov 1858-24 Nov 1859
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: The foliation sequence commences on the front cover and runs until the last page of writing. The sequence consists of a circled pencil number in the top right hand corner of each folio. It ends on the last folio of writing, on number 31. Foliation anomalies: f 28 is followed by f 28A. ff 28 and 9 are A3 foldouts with text on recto and verso.
- Former External References:
- Vol 249
- Arrangement:
- The file’s contents are arranged in approximate chronological order.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)