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IOR/F/4/2122/100081
- Record Id:
- 041-003476528
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 040-001611801
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100098432963.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100121532146.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/F/4/2122/100081
- Title:
- ‘Persian Gulf Treaty between Captain Bruce and the Prince of Shiraz Disavowed by the Governor of Bombay.’
- Scope & Content:
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The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, extracts from a Bombay [Mumbai] Political Consultation, 28 May 1845. The papers contained in this item are partial enclosures to a Political Letter sent from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, 10 June 1845. A copy of this Political Letter can be found at IOR/F/4/2122/100076, alongside details of further enclosures.
The item relates to a request in 1845 by Lieutenant-Colonel Justin Sheil, Her Majesty’s Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Persia [Iran], to Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf (also called Resident at Bushire [Bushehr]), that certain papers be sent to him from the Residency. The papers Sheil is looking for are any Persian documents related to the Governor of Bombay’s disavowal of the unauthorised treaty which Captain Bruce, then Resident at Bushire, entered into with the Prince of Shiraz in 1822. Hennell requests that the Persian and Arabic copies of the relevant documents held in the archives at Bombay should be forwarded to Sheil. Hennell also makes very brief reference to the different powers in control of Bahrein (also spelled Bahren [Bahrain]) between 1776 and 1845.
The Persian Secretary in Bombay subsequently forwards copies of letters (in English) from 1822 written by Mountstuart Elphinstone, Governor of Bombay, explaining that Bruce was unauthorised in his actions and that the treaty should be considered null and void. These letters, similar in content, are addressed to the Imam of Muscat, the Shaikh of Bahrein, and Hoossein Allee Meerza, Prince of Shiraz [Ḥusayn ‘Alī Mirzā, Prince-Governor of Fars]. They also make brief reference to the removal of Company troops from the island of Kishun (also spelled Kishm [Qeshm]).
Shiraz is also written as Sheeraz and Sheiraz. The Prince of Shiraz is also referred to as the Prince Regent of Fars.
Correspondents include: Hennell; Sheil; the Persian Secretary; Elphinstone; and the Government of Bombay.
The title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Bombay Political Department’, ‘P.C. [Previous Communication] 5061, Draft 29/46, Coll[ection]: 23, Vol: 6’, ‘Collection No. 5 of No. 62’ 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
040-001611801
041-003476528 - Is part of:
- IOR/F : Records of the Board of Commissioners for the Affairs of India
IOR/F/4 : Board's Collections
IOR/F/4/2122 : Board's Collections Vol 2122 nos 100051 to 100105
IOR/F/4/2122/100081 : ‘Persian Gulf Treaty between Captain Bruce and the Prince of Shiraz Disavowed by the Governor of Bombay.’ - Hierarchy:
- 032-000735919[0004]/036-000736052[2126]/040-001611801[0008]/041-003476528
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/F
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item (12 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100098432963.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1822
- End Date:
- 1845
- Date Range:
- 30 Oct 1822-28 May 1845
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 478, and terminates at f 489, 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 (ff 479-480), 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)