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IOR/R/15/1/98, ff 1A-3
- Record Id:
- 041-002757239
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000227427
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023021944.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100024079872.0x000003
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/1/98, ff 1A-3
- Title:
- Letter from Alexander Hector & Co, Bagdad to Colonel Robertson, Political Resident, Persian Gulf
- Scope & Content:
-
Alexander Hector of Messrs Hector and Company informs the Resident that following the discontinuance of the Government Post between Bagdad [Baghdad] and Damascus, his company has established its own monthly post along this overland route and beyond to Beyrout [Beirut].
Enclosed with the letter is a company circular dated 20 December 1842 (folio 3) listing the postal charges, collection and delivery times and other details of the new service, which his company is also making available to British officers stationed in the Persian Gulf.
- 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
038-000227469
040-000227530
041-002757239 - 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/15/1/38-118 : Political Residency, Bushire: correspondence received and sent
IOR/R/15/1/98 : Vol 134 Secret letters inward
IOR/R/15/1/98, ff 1A-3 : Letter from Alexander Hector & Co, Bagdad to Colonel Robertson, Political Resident, Persian Gulf - Hierarchy:
- 032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0001]/036-000227427[0001]/037-000227428[0004]/038-000227469[0061]/040-000227530[0001]/041-002757239
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 3 folios
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000193.0x000047
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1843
- End Date:
- 1843
- Date Range:
- 9 Jan 1843
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)