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IOR/L/PS/5/268, ff 608-612
- Record Id:
- 041-003435642
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000538832
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100072617468.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100084589627.0x000008
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/5/268, ff 608-612
- Title:
-
Zanzibar Affairs
- Scope & Content:
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Letter and Enclosures to HM Secretary of State for India, dated 20 December 1871.
The Enclosures contain correspondence from John Kirk, Acting Political Agent and Consul, Zanzibar (dated August-September 1871), concerning events in Zanzibar, including: a description of a raid that resulted in disaster for the Arab colony of the interior at Unyayembe [Unyanyembe]; references to Henry Morton Stanly [Stanley] and Dr David Livingstone; and a report on the financial position of the Sultan of Zanzibar (Syud Burgash [Saiyid Barghash]) and his likely successors.
The Enclosures are dated 31 October-10 November 1871.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000538283
036-000538832
037-000539097
040-000539107
041-003435642 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/PS : Political and Secret Department Records
IOR/L/PS/5 : Secret Correspondence with India
IOR/L/PS/5/259-277 : Secret Letters and Enclosures from India
IOR/L/PS/5/268 : Secret Letters and Enclosures from the Government of India
IOR/L/PS/5/268, ff 608-612 : Zanzibar Affairs - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0005]/036-000538832[0006]/037-000539097[0010]/040-000539107[0040]/041-003435642
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item (5 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100084589627.0x000008
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1871
- End Date:
- 1872
- Date Range:
- 31 Oct 1871-23 Jan 1872
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Former External References:
- Political No. 212 of 1871
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)