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IOR/F/4/1436/56728
- Record Id:
- 041-000746300
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 040-000746299
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001819.0x0001d9
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100106510112.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/F/4/1436/56728
- Title:
- ‘Affairs of the Persian Gulf. Vol: III.’
- Scope & Content:
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The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence, minutes and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, extracts from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] Political Consultations. It is the third in a series of three items on general affairs in the Persian Gulf (the others are: IOR/F/4/1435/56726 and IOR/F/4/1435/56727).
The first half of the item (folios 8-76) relates to administrative matters at the Residency in the Persian Gulf (also called the Residency at Bushire [Būshehr]), in particular:
- Allowances for the Resident and the Residency household, including employees’ salaries and pensions
- Estimates for repairs to the Residency house
- The purchase of vessels for use by the Resident
- Details of two robberies carried out on the Residency in 1832 and 1833, including losses sustained and efforts to trace the perpetrators
- Requests for medical supplies
- Proposals by David Anderson Blane, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to establish a Native Agent at Aboothabee [Abu Dhabi].
The second half of the item (folios 77-115) relates to administrative matters at the Political Agency in Turkish Arabia (also called the Political Agency at Bussora or Bussorah [Basra]), in particular:
- Accounts relating to the Agency, including an increase in salary for the Political Agent and the appointment of two Writers [clerks]
- Allowances and compensation awarded to John Ross, Assistant Surgeon at the Agency, for property lost in a shipwreck
- Requests for medical supplies for the Agency by Ross
- Requests for medical supplies by Robert Taylor, the Political Agent, on behalf of a charitable group of English gentlemen based in Bagdad [Baghdad].
The item also includes requests by the Native Agent at Muscat (also called the Government Agent at Muscat and the Broker at Muscat) to be appointed to a different location.
The principal correspondents of the item are: Blane, Taylor, and various secretaries to the Government of Bombay. Additional correspondents include: James Farish, Civil Auditor (Bombay); James McAdam, Secretary to the Medical Board (Bombay); and the Native Agent at Muscat.
The title page of the item contains the following references: 'Bombay Political Department’, ‘P.C. [Previous Communication] 1339, Draft 435, 1834’ and 'Examiner's Office'.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000735919
036-000736052
040-000746299
041-000746300 - Is part of:
- IOR/F : Records of the Board of Commissioners for the Affairs of India
IOR/F/4 : Board's Collections
IOR/F/4/1436 : Board's Collections Vol 1436
IOR/F/4/1436/56728 : ‘Affairs of the Persian Gulf. Vol: III.’ - Hierarchy:
- 032-000735919[0004]/036-000736052[1440]/040-000746299[0001]/041-000746300
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/F
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
-
1 item (112 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000001819.0x0001d9
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1831
- End Date:
- 1833
- Date Range:
- 22 Mar 1831-11 Dec 1833
- 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 4, and terminates at f 115, 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 item also contains an original pagination sequence.
- Arrangement:
- The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the item. The item also contains a table of contents (ff 5-7), noting ‘Page’, ‘Date’, ‘From’, ‘To’ and ‘Date of Consultation’.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)