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IOR/F/4/2005/89508
- Record Id:
- 041-000754914
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 040-000754901
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000344.0x0002b6
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100120626741.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/F/4/2005/89508
- Title:
- ‘Aden. Regarding Hymyaritic [Himyaritic] Inscriptions and Ancient Coins found at Aden’
- Scope & Content:
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This item consists of copies of correspondence, consultations, resolutions, and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai]. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; the Military Board of Bombay; Captain Stafford Bettesworth Haines, Political Agent in Aden; Lieutenant John Adee Curtis, Executive Engineer at Aden.
The item concerns the discovery at Aden of seven gold Islamic coins dating from around 1500-1711 CE, and an inscription in Himyaritic written in the ancient South Arabian script on a circular piece of well-polished white marble. The item contains transliterations and translations of the inscriptions on both faces of one of the coins, and two tracings of the Himyaritic inscription (at folios 699 and 703).
The inscription is further discussed in IOR/F/4/2087/96930.
The item includes a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft 612/43, P.C. [Previous Communication] 3902, Collection No 9’.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000735919
036-000736052
040-000754901
041-000754914 - Is part of:
- IOR/F : Records of the Board of Commissioners for the Affairs of India
IOR/F/4 : Board's Collections
IOR/F/4/2005 : Board's Collections Vol 2005 nos 89496 to 89514
IOR/F/4/2005/89508 : ‘Aden. Regarding Hymyaritic [Himyaritic] Inscriptions and Ancient Coins found at Aden’ - Hierarchy:
- 032-000735919[0004]/036-000736052[2009]/040-000754901[0013]/041-000754914
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/F
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item (17 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000344.0x0002b6
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1842
- End Date:
- 1842
- Date Range:
- 29 Sep 1842-28 Nov 1842
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 691 and terminates at f 707, 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)