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IOR/F/4/2122/100095
- Record Id:
- 041-003476542
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 040-001611801
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100098439731.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100121693871.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/F/4/2122/100095
- Title:
- ‘Muscat. Complaints against Captain Hamerton, Her Majesty’s Consul and Honble Company’s Agent.’
- Scope & Content:
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The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, Political Letters from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] to the East India Company Court of Directors, dated 19 June and 19 July 1845.
The item relates to explanations provided by Captain Atkins Hamerton, HM Consul at Zanzibar and the Company’s Agent in the Dominions of the Imaum [Imam] of Muscat, in response to complaints made against him by Captain Robert Cogan and the Imaum. Hamerton is accused of:
- Being disrespectful to the Imaum and his subjects
- Misrepresenting the Imaum to the Government of Bombay
- Causing a resident of Zanzibar to be cruelly punished.
Hamerton provides examples of occasions on which he has had to complain to the Imaum, especially with regards to the proper enforcement of the commercial treaty concluded between the Imaum and Her Britannic Majesty. However, he states that he has never intentionally disrespected the Imaum or his subjects. He also provides his own account of the incident in which the Zanzibar resident was punished, as well making his own allegations against Cogan. The item also includes the Governor of Bombay’s thoughts on Hamerton’s responses.
Hamerton is also referred to as the ‘Agent at Muscat’, even though he is based at Zanzibar.
The correspondents are: Hamerton and the governments of India and Bombay.
The title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Bombay Political Department’, ‘P.C. [Previous Communication] 5061, Draft 29/46, Coll[ection]: 27’, ‘Collection No. 1 of No. 68’ 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
041-003476542 - 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/4/2122/100095 : ‘Muscat. Complaints against Captain Hamerton, Her Majesty’s Consul and Honble Company’s Agent.’ - Hierarchy:
- 032-000735919[0004]/036-000736052[2126]/040-001611801[0021]/041-003476542
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/F
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item (27 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100098439731.0x000001
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1845
- End Date:
- 1845
- Date Range:
- 17 Feb 1845-19 Jul 1845
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 666, and terminates at f 692, 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 667-668), 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)