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IOR/L/MAR/C/887
- Record Id:
- 040-002707628
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-001114483
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100022551646.0x000396
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100093231052.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/MAR/C/887
- Title:
- List of Passengers, Mails and Packets to and from India
- Scope & Content:
-
The file consists of letters regarding lists of passengers, mails and packets on board individual East India Company steam ships and vessels on different voyages from India, Suez or Aden, between 1838 and 1845. The main route is that taken from Bombay to Suez via the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf. Letters are signed by the different commanders of the vessels and ships.
The ships and vessels mentioned include the following: Atalanta, Hugh Lindsay, Berenice, Victoria, Zenobia, Orlando and Cleopatra.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001104325
036-001114483
040-002707628 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/MAR : Marine Department Records
IOR/L/MAR/C : Marine Miscellaneous Records
IOR/L/MAR/C/887 : List of Passengers, Mails and Packets to and from India - Hierarchy:
- 032-001104325[0003]/036-001114483[0932]/040-002707628
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/MAR
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume (126 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100022551646.0x000396
- Thumbnail:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1838
- End Date:
- 1845
- Date Range:
- 1 Oct 1838-11 Sep 1845
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 128; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
- Arrangement:
- The letters are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Atalanta, ship, Mid 19th century
Berenice, steam sloop, 1836-1865
Cleopatra, ship, 1840-1847
Hugh Lindsay, ship, 1829-1859
Victoria, ship, Mid 19th century - Subjects:
- Ships--Passenger lists
- Places:
- Aden, Arabian Peninsula
Bombay, India
Suez, Egypt
