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IOR/F/4/2157/103845
- Record Id:
- 041-003476549
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 040-001611836
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100098442430.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100125145984.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/F/4/2157/103845
- Title:
- ‘Muscat. Measures for the suppression of slavery at this Port.’
- Scope & Content:
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The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence which form partial enclosures to a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, dated 27 November 1845. A copy of this letter can be found at IOR/F/4/2157/103838 and further enclosures to this letter can be found at IOR/F/4/2157/103840 and IOR/F/4/2157/103846.
The item relates to a letter, dated 7 March 1845, from Captain Atkins Hamerton, HM Consul and Company’s Agent in the Dominions of His Highness the Imaum of Muskat [Imam of Muscat], to the Government of Bombay, providing an update on his conversations with the Imaum with regards to ordering the authorities at Muskat to suppress the ‘slave trade’ [trade in enslaved people] there. Copies of the letter are forwarded to the Government of India, the Court of Directors, and to Samuel Hennell, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf.
The title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Bombay Political Department’, ‘P.C. [Previous Communication] 5410, Draft 786/46’, ‘Vol: 8’, ‘Collection N. 2 of N. 131’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’. The ‘N. 2’ has been crossed out with different ink.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000735919
036-000736052
040-001611836
041-003476549 - Is part of:
- IOR/F : Records of the Board of Commissioners for the Affairs of India
IOR/F/4 : Board's Collections
IOR/F/4/2157 : Board's Collections Vol 2157 nos 103794 to 103850
IOR/F/4/2157/103845 : ‘Muscat. Measures for the suppression of slavery at this Port.’ - Hierarchy:
- 032-000735919[0004]/036-000736052[2161]/040-001611836[0008]/041-003476549
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/F
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item (4 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100098442430.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1845
- End Date:
- 1845
- Date Range:
- 7 Mar 1845-28 May 1845
- 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 872, and terminates at f 875, 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 (f 873), noting ‘No’, ‘From’, ‘To’, ‘Subject’, ‘Date & No. of Docu[men]t’ and ‘Date & No. of Cons[ultation]’.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)