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IOR/F/4/2142/102295
- Record Id:
- 041-003475954
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 040-001611821
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100098003351.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100122787501.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/F/4/2142/102295
- Title:
- ‘Muscat. Treaties entered into with His Highness the Imaum’
- Scope & Content:
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The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, a letter from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] to the East India Company Court of Directors, dated 20 September 1845. The item contains correspondence from Captain Atkins Hamerton, HM Consul and the Honourable Company's Agent in the Dominions of His Highness the Imam of Muscat, to the Government of Bombay, with enclosed copies of treaties signed between Britain and His Highness Sultan Seid Seyeed Bin Sultan [Sayyid Sa‘īd bin Sulṭān Āl Bū Sa‘īd], Imaum [Imam] of Muscat. The copies include:
- The commercial treaty concluded on 31 May 1839, ff 8-14
- Additional comments made in 1840 on the above treaty, ff 14-15
- Requisitions made by Captain Moresby of HMS Menai, with respect to the treaty concluded 10 September 1822, and the Imam’s responses, ff 16-20.
Moresby’s full title is given as ‘Commissioner vested with the full powers by His Excellency Sir Robert T Farquhar, Baronet, Governor of the island of Mauritius’. Sultan Seid Seyeed Bin Sultan is also rendered as ‘Seid Said bin Sultan’.
The title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Bombay Political Department’, ‘P.C. [Previous Communication] 5264, Draft 494/46’, ‘Collection N. 3 of N. 100’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’. The title page also features a list of reference numbers for each collection within the volume IOR/F/4/2142, written in pencil.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000735919
036-000736052
040-001611821
041-003475954 - Is part of:
- IOR/F : Records of the Board of Commissioners for the Affairs of India
IOR/F/4 : Board's Collections
IOR/F/4/2142 : Board's Collections Vol 2142 nos 102295 to 102436
IOR/F/4/2142/102295 : ‘Muscat. Treaties entered into with His Highness the Imaum’ - Hierarchy:
- 032-000735919[0004]/036-000736052[2146]/040-001611821[0001]/041-003475954
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/F
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item (19 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100098003351.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1822
- End Date:
- 1845
- Date Range:
- Sep 1822-20 Sep 1845
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 4, and terminates at f 22, 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 item also contains an original pagination sequence.
- Arrangement:
- The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the item. The item also contains a table of contents (f 5), noting ‘No’, ‘From’, ‘To’, ‘Subject’, ‘Date & No. of Document’ and ‘Date & No. of Cons[ultation]’.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Government of Bombay, 1662-1947
Imam of Oman, 750-2009
Political Agent and Consul, Zanzibar, 1841-1914 - Subjects:
- Slave trade
Trade agreements
Treaties
