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IOR/F/4/2302/118777
- Record Id:
- 041-003476848
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 040-002207956
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100098764779.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/F/4/2302/118777
- Title:
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‘Persian Gulf Affairs Vol: 51’
- Scope & Content:
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This item consists of copies of correspondence, minutes, and consultations cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. These political letters appear in IOR/F/4/2302/118727. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Major Samuel Hennell, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; Commander John Croft Hawkins, Senior Naval Officer in the Persian Gulf; and Commander Thomas Grere Carless. It is the fifty-first in a series of fifty-one items on the Persian Gulf.
The item primarily consists of Hawkins’s report of his tour of the Persian [Iranian] coast of the Gulf to remind the shaikhs on that coast of the recent treaty with the Persian Government abolishing the trade in enslaved people, including visits to:
- Congoon [Bandar-e Kangan]
- Assoloo [Bandar-e Asaluyeh]
- Cheroo [Bandar-e Chiru’iyeh]
- Charrack [Bandar-e Charak]
- Mogoo [Moghuyeh]
- Lingah [Bandar-e Lengeh]
- Bassadore [Basaʻidu]
- Shargah [Sharjah]
- Muscat.
His report also mentions:
- An advance of 200 rupees to a son of the King of Johanna [Anjouan] to enable him to reach Ceylon [Sri Lanka]
- A shipment of Assyrian marbles to Bombay [Mumbai]
- Disputes between the shaikhs of Charrack and Mogoo
- A dispute over a battila claimed by the people of Nabend [Damagheh-ye Nay Band]
- A description of the capture of Brymee [Al Buraymi] by Sheik Saeed bin Tahnoon [Shaikh Sa‘īd bin Ṭaḥnūn Āl Nahyān of Abu Dhabi] and Syed Saif ben Hamood [Sayyid Sayf bin Hamūd Āl Bū Sa‘īd of Suhar], and the reaction of Shaik Sooltan ben Suggur [Shaikh Sulṭān I bin Ṣaqr al-Qāsimī of Ra’s al-Khaymah] and Sheik Muctoom [Shaikh Maktūm I bin Buṭṭī Āl Bū Falāsah of Dubai]
- His investigation into complaints by Bahman bin Sudda [Bāman bin Sādh bin Amardās] against Khojah Hiskael [Khawājah Ḥizqīl bin Yūsuf], British Agent at Muscat.
The item also includes a report from Carless including another description of the capture of Brymee and a description of the people who moved from Bahrein [Bahrain] to Kenn [Kish Island].
The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Collection No: 17’ and ‘Draft no 465 of 49’.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000735919
036-000736052
040-002207956
041-003476848 - Is part of:
- IOR/F : Records of the Board of Commissioners for the Affairs of India
IOR/F/4 : Board's Collections
IOR/F/4/2302 : Board's Collections Vol 2302 nos 118708 to 118782
IOR/F/4/2302/118777 : ‘Persian Gulf Affairs Vol: 51’ - Hierarchy:
- 032-000735919[0004]/036-000736052[2306]/040-002207956[0051]/041-003476848
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/F
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item (25 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100098764779.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1848
- End Date:
- 1848
- Date Range:
- 7 Aug 1848-23 Dec 1848
- 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 725, and terminates at f 749, 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)