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IOR/F/4/2238/112366
- Record Id:
- 041-003476017
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 040-002199269
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100098005064.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100132294914.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/F/4/2238/112366
- Title:
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‘Persian Gulf. Disturbed state of the Persian Coast of the-’
- Scope & Content:
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The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, 31 January 1848. A copy of this Political Letter can be found at IOR/F/4/2238/112322, alongside details of further enclosures. The item is the forty-fifth in a series of fifty-nine items on events in the Persian Gulf.
The item relates to instructions given to Captain Lowe, Commanding the Indian Naval Squadron in the Persian Gulf, by Major Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, as a consequence of the ‘disturbed state’ of the lower Persian [Iranian] coast of the Gulf. Hennell’s initial instructions are to protect vessels sailing from Congoon [Kangan], and to inspect and potentially seize vessels belonging to Mogoo [Moghuyeh], Charrack [Bandar-e Charak], and Asseeloo [Bandar-e ‘Asaluyeh]. These instructions are modified a few months later.
As well as Lowe, copies of the instructions are sent to: Lieutenant-Colonel Justin Sheil, Her Majesty’s Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Persia; Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Farrant, Her Majesty’s Chargé d’Affaires at the Court of Persia; and the Government of Bombay.
Lowe is also referred to as the Senior Naval Officer in the Persian Gulf.
The title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Bombay Political Department’, ‘Draft No. 345/48, Coll: 2, Vol: 45’, ‘Collection No. 1 of No. 21’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000735919
036-000736052
040-002199269
041-003476017 - Is part of:
- IOR/F : Records of the Board of Commissioners for the Affairs of India
IOR/F/4 : Board's Collections
IOR/F/4/2238 : Board's Collections Vol 2238 nos 112309 to 112390
IOR/F/4/2238/112366 : ‘Persian Gulf. Disturbed state of the Persian Coast of the-’ - Hierarchy:
- 032-000735919[0004]/036-000736052[2242]/040-002199269[0045]/041-003476017
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/F
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item (15 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100098005064.0x000001
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1847
- End Date:
- 1848
- Date Range:
- 9 Oct 1847-Feb 1848
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 498, and terminates at f 512, 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:
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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 (ff 499-500), noting ‘No’, ‘From’, ‘To’, ‘Subject’, ‘Date & No. of Document’ and ‘Date & No. of Consultation’.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)