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IOR/F/4/574/14026
- Record Id:
- 041-000740629
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 040-000740626
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001714.0x00034a
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100119436865.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/F/4/574/14026
- Title:
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‘Mirrors consigned for the King of Persia – Conduct of Lt. Maillard, Commander of the Company’s Cruizer Thetis in having thrown 35 cases overboard in consequence of the ship’s having sprung a leak on her passage from Bombay to Bushire, has been approved by a Court of Enquiry’
- Scope & Content:
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This item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, letters to and from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai].
The item relates to an incident in which thirty-five cases containing mirrors for the Shah of Persia [Iran], while being transported on the Thetis from Bombay to Bushire, were thrown overboard when the ship sprang a leak. It includes details regarding the request for and consignment of the mirrors; the findings of an initial investigation into their loss carried out by Henry Meriton, Superintendent of Marine; and the proceedings of a subsequent Court of Inquiry into the conduct of Lieutenant Charles James Maillard, Commander of the Thetis.
The title page (f 121) of the item contains the following references: ‘Political No. 5, 1819/20, Draft 100’ and ‘Examiner’s Office July 1818’.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000735919
036-000736052
040-000740626
041-000740629 - Is part of:
- IOR/F : Records of the Board of Commissioners for the Affairs of India
IOR/F/4 : Board's Collections
IOR/F/4/574 : Board's Collections Vol 574
IOR/F/4/574/14026 : ‘Mirrors consigned for the King of Persia – Conduct of Lt. Maillard, Commander of the Company’s Cruizer Thetis in… - Hierarchy:
- 032-000735919[0004]/036-000736052[0576]/040-000740626[0003]/041-000740629
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/F
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item (34 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000001714.0x00034a
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1814
- End Date:
- 1817
- Date Range:
- 21 Sep 1814-6 Aug 1817
- 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 121, and terminates at 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 volume also contains an original pagination sequence.
- Arrangement:
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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)