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IOR/F/4/2475/138729
- Record Id:
- 041-003701700
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 040-002226175
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100108389796.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100144684262.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/F/4/2475/138729
- Title:
- ‘Persian Gulf. Shargah – Death of Native Agent of Application for pension for his Widow and appointment of his successor.-’
- Scope & Content:
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The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, 31 March 1852, and found at IOR/F/4/2475/138723. It is the sixth in a series of eight items about the Persian Gulf.
The item relates to the death of Moollah Houssein [Mullā Ḥusayn, also rendered in text as Moola Hoossain], Native Agent at Shargah [Sharjah], as reported by Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to the Government of Bombay. Hennell recommends Hajee Yacoob [Ḥājjī Ya‘qūb], Government Pilot, as successor to the post and suggests that a pension should be granted to Moollah Houssein's widow. The Government of Bombay's response is included, approving the appointment of Hajee Yacoob and recommending that the question of the pension should be passed on to the Government of India.
The title page of the item contains the following references: 'Bombay Political Department', 'Draft No. 733 of 1852', 'Collection No. 7', 'Vol: 6', and 'Examiner's Office'. Originally, the Collection number was given as 'No. 7 of No. 35' but 'of No. 35' has been crossed out.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000735919
036-000736052
040-002226175
041-003701700 - Is part of:
- IOR/F : Records of the Board of Commissioners for the Affairs of India
IOR/F/4 : Board's Collections
IOR/F/4/2475 : Board's Collections Vol 2475 nos 138646 to 138735
IOR/F/4/2475/138729 : ‘Persian Gulf. Shargah – Death of Native Agent of Application for pension for his Widow and appointment of his successor.-’ - Hierarchy:
- 032-000735919[0004]/036-000736052[2479]/040-002226175[0007]/041-003701700
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/F
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item (5 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100108389796.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1851
- End Date:
- 1852
- Date Range:
- 24 Dec 1851-31 Mar 1852
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 981, and terminates at f 985, 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 982), 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)