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IOR/R/15/2/1875
- Record Id:
- 040-000230226
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000228236
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000282.0x000262
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100042028393.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/2/1875
- Title:
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‘File B/10-7 CLAIM OF MANIBAI WIFE OF DHAMANMAL AGAINST SETH KISHANCHAND NATHAMAL OF DUBAI’
- Scope & Content:
- The file contains correspondence relating to a debt recovery claim made in 1937 by Manibai, the widow of the Indian merchant Seth Dhamanmal Jethanand. Her claim is against her husband’s former business partner Seth Kishinchand (also spelt Kishandas) Nathamal, merchant of Dubai, regarding her entitlement to rental income from a jointly owned property in Dubai. The correspondence contains three petitions from Manibai, together with a copy of an agreement made at Karachi in 1933 between her son Chaturbhujdas (also spelt Chaturbhuj) Dhamanmal and Seth Kishinchand Nathamal, which contains the terms of a new lease for the property. Also included in the file are two letters from Seth Kishinchand Nathamal to Chaturbhujdas Dhamanmal at Karachi and to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf at Bushire respectively. There are other letters, in both English and Arabic, from the Residency Agent at Sharjah who was charged with investigating the claim, to the Political Agent at Bahrain and also to a committee of local merchants. The committee’s valuation of the property, in Arabic, is also present in the file.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000209245
033-000227426
036-000228236
037-000230174
040-000230226 - 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/15/2 : Political Agency, Bahrain
IOR/R/15/2/1824-1980 : Bahrain Agency, Vernacular Office Files
IOR/R/15/2/1875 : ‘File B/10-7 CLAIM OF MANIBAI WIFE OF DHAMANMAL AGAINST SETH KISHANCHAND NATHAMAL OF DUBAI’ - Hierarchy:
- 032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0002]/036-000228236[0009]/037-000230174[0052]/040-000230226
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (27 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000282.0x000262
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Arabic
English - Scripts:
- Arabic
Latin - Start Date:
- 1937
- End Date:
- 1938
- Date Range:
- 30 Jun 1937-24 Apr 1938
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 29; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-26; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
- Former External References:
- Vernacular Office Files: B/10 VII
- Arrangement:
- The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)