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IOR/F/4/1519/59962
- Record Id:
- 041-000747311
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 040-000747308
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001840.0x000299
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100119087949.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/F/4/1519/59962
- Title:
- ‘Papers regarding the Overland Communication between India and Europe’
- Scope & Content:
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The item consists of copies of correspondence and a memorandum enclosed within a letter from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] to the East India Company Court of Directors. The correspondence, written by Dr John Milne, former President of the Bombay Medical Board, relates to Milne’s arguments for sending dispatches from Bombay to London via Ghrane [Kuwait]. He argues that this route is safer, cheaper, and just as quick compared to other proposed routes along the Euphrates river or over the Red Sea. Milne’s correspondence also outlines the commercial and political benefits he believes would arise from maintaining a British presence in Ghrane.
The title page of the item contains the following references: ‘P.C. [Previous Communication] 1631, Draft 696, 1835’, ‘Collection N. 1 of N. 3’, ‘Bombay Political Department’, ‘Examiners Office, 1835’.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000735919
036-000736052
040-000747308
041-000747311 - Is part of:
- IOR/F : Records of the Board of Commissioners for the Affairs of India
IOR/F/4 : Board's Collections
IOR/F/4/1519 : Board's Collections Vol 1519
IOR/F/4/1519/59962 : ‘Papers regarding the Overland Communication between India and Europe’ - Hierarchy:
- 032-000735919[0004]/036-000736052[1523]/040-000747308[0003]/041-000747311
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/F
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
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1 item (11 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000001840.0x000299
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1834
- End Date:
- 1835
- Date Range:
- 20 Dec 1834-4 Feb 1835
- 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 37, and terminates at f 47, 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 two tables of contents: the first (f 38) notes ‘From’, ‘To’, ‘Subject’, ‘Date of Document’ and ‘Date of Consultation’; the second (f 39) notes ‘Page’, ‘Date of Document’, ‘From’, ‘To’ and ‘Date of Consultation’.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)