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IOR/F/4/2349/123832
- Record Id:
- 041-003476201
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 040-002225862
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100098181330.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100129814310.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/F/4/2349/123832
- Title:
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‘Aden. Complaints of British Merchants at Judda.’
- Scope & Content:
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This item consists of copies of correspondence, consultations, and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. The main correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Lieutenant Adams, commanding the East India Company sloop of war Constance; Alexander Ogilvie, British Vice-Consul at Judda [Jeddah]; Captain Stafford Bettesworth Haines, Political Agent at Aden; and Khawaja Thoma Mercalachi [Khawājā Tūmā Mekalakki], a British Indian merchant at Judda.
The item concerns complaints by merchants at Judda, who are British subjects, that they are being treated unjustly in the absence of the British Vice-Consul at Judda, and the investigation of Adams into these incidents, which include:
- Requests for excessive customs duty, contrary to treaties
- Requests for additional fees
- Threats of violence against merchants
- Theft of items from customs houses
- Refusal to allow the merchants to unload rum or ganja.
Adams also complains of a salute from a British ship not being returned by the shore battery at Judda.
The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft no 334 of 1850’, and ‘Coll[ection] 5’.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000735919
036-000736052
040-002225862
041-003476201 - Is part of:
- IOR/F : Records of the Board of Commissioners for the Affairs of India
IOR/F/4 : Board's Collections
IOR/F/4/2349 : Board's Collections Vol 2349 nos 123801 to 123869
IOR/F/4/2349/123832 : ‘Aden. Complaints of British Merchants at Judda.’ - Hierarchy:
- 032-000735919[0004]/036-000736052[2353]/040-002225862[0025]/041-003476201
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/F
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item (33 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100098181330.0x000001
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1849
- End Date:
- 1850
- Date Range:
- 8 Aug 1849-Feb 1850
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 423, and terminates at f 455 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 documents are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front of the item to the rear.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)