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IOR/R/15/1/35, ff 35-41
- Record Id:
- 041-002479302
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000227427
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000038126.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100024054933.0x000009
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/1/35, ff 35-41
- Title:
- Letter no.29 of 1825 to Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident in the Persian Gulf, from Major Robert Taylor, Political Agent at Basra
- Scope & Content:
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The letter is a covering letter, enclosing correspondence exchanged between Taylor and the Government of Bombay, relating to foreign and domestic news received at Basra. The following enclosures are included:
1. Letter no.21 of 1825 (folios 36-38) from Major Robert Taylor, Political Agent at Basra, to William Newnham, Chief Secretary, Government of Bombay, dated 24 May 1825;
2. Letter no.22 of 1825 (folios 38-40) from Major Robert Taylor, Political Agent at Basra, to William Newnham, Chief Secretary, Government of Bombay, dated 5 June 1825;
3. Letter no.272 of 1825 (folios 40-41) from Major Robert Taylor, Political Agent at Basra, to William Newnham, Chief Secretary, Government of Bombay, dated 20 June 1825.
Each of the enclosures follows the same format, with lists of events at Basra arranged by date, covering the period 17 April to 8 June 1825. The news includes arrivals and departures of caravans and individuals, who themselves bring news, for example from Aleppo. Also: weather reports, water levels and floods on the rivers Tigris and Euphrates, shipwrecks, deaths of significant individuals, the arrival of the Imam of Muscat [Sa‘id bin Sulṭān al-Sa‘id] in the Bushire Roads.
- 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
040-000227466
041-002479302 - 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/15/1/35 : ‘Vol 37, 38, 40 Letters inward and outward’
IOR/R/15/1/35, ff 35-41 : Letter no.29 of 1825 to Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident in the Persian Gulf, from Major… - Hierarchy:
- 032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0001]/036-000227427[0001]/037-000227428[0003]/038-000227440[0026]/040-000227466[0009]/041-002479302
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 7 folios
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000193.0x000008
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1825
- End Date:
- 1825
- Date Range:
- 30 Jun 1825
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
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- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)