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IOR/R/15/1/10, ff 24-26
- Record Id:
- 041-002404378
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000227427
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000002984.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100075534085.0x0000c4
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/1/10, ff 24-26
- Title:
- Letter from Nicholas Hankey Smith, Resident at Bushire to Neil Benjamin Edmonstone, Secretary in the Secret, Political and Foreign Department, Fort William, Calcutta
- Scope & Content:
-
The letter outlines intelligence that the Resident has received from Abdellah Aga, which indicates that the Turks have taken Aboukier and il Rashied and put to death all English persons they found there. It also states that Muscat has received a deputation claiming allegiance to the Wahabee [Wahabi], which the Resident believes to be in possession of nearly all Arabia; it provides all the information that the Resident has managed to gather on their chieftain and their religion.
Also included is an extract from a letter the Resident has received from a native of Bussora [Basra]. This extract provides intelligence on recent victories the Russians have achieved against the Turks and the French. It also provides some information regarding the accession of Mustafa IV as Sultan of the Ottoman Empire.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000209245
033-000227426
036-000227427
037-000227428
038-000227440
040-000227441
041-002404378 - Is part of:
- IOR/R : India Office Records transferred later through official channels
IOR/R/15 : Records of the British Residency and Agencies in the Persian Gulf
IOR/R/15/1 : Political Residency, Bushire
IOR/R/15/1/1-118 : Political Residency, Bushire: letters received and sent
IOR/R/15/1/10-37 : Letters Received and Sent by the Bushire Residency
IOR/R/15/1/10 : Vol 10 Letters Outward
IOR/R/15/1/10, ff 24-26 : Letter from Nicholas Hankey Smith, Resident at Bushire to Neil Benjamin Edmonstone, Secretary in the Secret, Political… - Hierarchy:
- 032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0001]/036-000227427[0001]/037-000227428[0003]/038-000227440[0001]/040-000227441[0048]/041-002404378
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 3 folios
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1807
- End Date:
- 1807
- Date Range:
- 1 Aug 1807
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Condition: The item has suffered from pest damage, which has resulted in a number of holes in the body of the letter that obscure some of the text and make it difficult to read.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)