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IOR/F/4/2444/134188
- Record Id:
- 041-003701660
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 040-002226144
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100108387647.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100151496825.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/F/4/2444/134188
- Title:
- ‘Bagdad. Household property on the Island of Bombay belonging to a deceased Jew of Bagdad.~’
- Scope & Content:
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The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence cited in, or enclosed with, an extract of a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, 30 September 1851.
The item relates to a request from Major Henry Creswicke Rawlinson, Political Agent in Turkish Arabia [Ottoman Iraq], that the Government of Bombay intervene in a legal dispute between the trustees of the estate of Jacob Simah [also rendered in text as Jacob Semah and Yacoob Simah], a Jewish resident of Bagdad [Baghdad]. Rawlinson gives details of the dispute, including a list of the property in Bombay [Mumbai] belonging to the estate, and the legal complexities involved. The Government refers the matter to William Acland, the Company's Solicitor, Bombay, who gives recommended actions, and these are in turn passed on to Rawlinson.
The item also contains correspondence between the Government and Messrs Dirom, Hunter & Co, representatives of five of the trustees, relating to the case.
The title page of the item contains the following references: 'Bombay Political Department', 'Draft No. 19 of 1852', 'Collection No 1 of No 71', 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
040-002226144
041-003701660 - Is part of:
- IOR/F : Records of the Board of Commissioners for the Affairs of India
IOR/F/4 : Board's Collections
IOR/F/4/2444 : Board's Collections Vol 2444 nos 134188 to 134330
IOR/F/4/2444/134188 : ‘Bagdad. Household property on the Island of Bombay belonging to a deceased Jew of Bagdad.~’ - Hierarchy:
- 032-000735919[0004]/036-000736052[2448]/040-002226144[0001]/041-003701660
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/F
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item (9 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100108387647.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1848
- End Date:
- 1851
- Date Range:
- 18 Sep 1848-30 Sep 1851
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 4, and terminates at f 12, 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 5), 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)