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IOR/F/4/418/10306
- Record Id:
- 041-000739540
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 040-000739535
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001700.0x0003ad
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100106503575.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/F/4/418/10306
- Title:
- ‘Expense of presents incurred by Mr Rich the Resident at Bagdad’
- Scope & Content:
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This item consists of copies of correspondence and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, letters to and from the Government of Bombay. It concerns the amount spent on presents by the Bagdad [Baghdad] Residency, and includes a statement showing this expenditure since 1798, along with instructions from the Government of Bombay to Claudius James Rich, Resident at Bagdad, to reduce the amount being spent. The item also includes a letter from the Government of Bombay in 1809 instructing Samuel Manesty, the Resident at Bussora [Basra], to limit his spending on presents, and instructions directed to the Bussora Residency in 1812 repeating those given to Rich.
The title page (f 266) of the item contains the following references: ‘Political No. 37, Season 1814/15, Draft 20’; and ‘Examiner’s Office, November 1813’.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000735919
036-000736052
040-000739535
041-000739540 - Is part of:
- IOR/F : Records of the Board of Commissioners for the Affairs of India
IOR/F/4 : Board's Collections
IOR/F/4/418 : Board's Collections Vol 418
IOR/F/4/418/10306 : ‘Expense of presents incurred by Mr Rich the Resident at Bagdad’ - Hierarchy:
- 032-000735919[0004]/036-000736052[0420]/040-000739535[0005]/041-000739540
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/F
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item (9 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000001700.0x0003ad
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1809
- End Date:
- 1813
- Date Range:
- 30 Aug 1809-16 Jan 1813
- 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 266, and terminates at 274, 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 volume also contains an original pagination sequence.
- Arrangement:
- The documents are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front of the item to the rear.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)