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IOR/F/4/416/10290
- Record Id:
- 041-000739522
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 040-000739513
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001700.0x00039d
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100088658216.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/F/4/416/10290
- Title:
- ‘Application of the Pasha of Egypt for two armed Ships to be employed against the Wahabees’
- Scope & Content:
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The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence cited in, or enclosed with, letters from the Government of Bombay.
The item consists of correspondence regarding an application by the Pasha of Egypt [Muḥammad ʻAlī Pāshā] to procure or purchase two armed ships from the East India Company with the intention of sending an expedition to recover Judda [Jeddah], Mecca and Medina from the Wahabees [Wahhabis]. The application was made through Captain Rudland, British Resident in Mocha, and his assistant John Benzoni, Assistant to the British Agency in the Red Sea. The correspondence also concerns the general desire of the Pasha to strengthen connections with the British Government and the potential advantages and disadvantages of such a relationship.
The correspondence consists mainly of letters between Captain Rudland, John Benzoni and the Government of Bombay. The other correspondents are: Governor-General and Council at Fort William; Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government of Bombay; Court of Directors of the East India Company.
The Pasha is alternatively referred to in the item as: Mahomed Ally Bashaw; Bashaw; Pacha; Viceroy of Egypt.
Captain Rudland is alternatively referred to in the item as: Agent in the Gulph [Gulf] of Arabia; British Agent in the Persian Gulph.
The title page of the item contains the following references: 'Political No. 22, Season 1814/15, Draft 20' and 'Examiner's Office November 1812'.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000735919
036-000736052
040-000739513
041-000739522 - Is part of:
- IOR/F : Records of the Board of Commissioners for the Affairs of India
IOR/F/4 : Board's Collections
IOR/F/4/416 : Board's Collections Vol 416
IOR/F/4/416/10290 : ‘Application of the Pasha of Egypt for two armed Ships to be employed against the Wahabees’ - Hierarchy:
- 032-000735919[0004]/036-000736052[0418]/040-000739513[0009]/041-000739522
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/F
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
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1 item (10 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000001700.0x00039d
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1810
- End Date:
- 1811
- Date Range:
- 12 Feb 1810-29 Oct 1811
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 145, and terminates at f 154, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the bottom right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Pagination: the file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
- Arrangement:
- The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the item.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)