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IOR/F/4/2238/112372
- Record Id:
- 041-003476023
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 040-002199269
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100098005168.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100132348459.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/F/4/2238/112372
- Title:
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‘Persian Gulf. Trial and Execution at Muscat of the Pirate and murderer Ahmed Dad Kurreem-’
- 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 fifty-first in a series of fifty-nine items on events in the Persian Gulf.
The item contains letters received by the Government of Bombay and Major Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, confirming that Ahmed Dad Kurreem [Aḥmad Dād Karīm] had been found guilty of the charges against him and subsequently executed at Muscat. The details of his crimes and trial are reported by Syed Thooenee [Sayyid Thuwaynī bin Sa‘īd Āl Bū Sa‘īd], Governor of Muscat, and Captain William Lowe, Commanding [Naval Squadron] in the Persian Gulf. The item also contains Hennell’s and the Government’s reactions to the news.
Syed Thooenee's name is also rendered in the text as Syud Thooenee, Syed Soweynee, and Syed Thouenee.
The title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Bombay Political Department’, ‘Draft No. 345/48, Coll: 2, Vol: 51’, ‘Collection No. 7 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
041-003476023 - 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/4/2238/112372 : ‘Persian Gulf. Trial and Execution at Muscat of the Pirate and murderer Ahmed Dad Kurreem-’ - Hierarchy:
- 032-000735919[0004]/036-000736052[2242]/040-002199269[0051]/041-003476023
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/F
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item (8 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100098005168.0x000001
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1847
- End Date:
- 1848
- Date Range:
- 18 Oct 1847-31 Dec 1847
- 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 561, and terminates at f 568, 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 (f 562), 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)