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IOR/F/4/2504/142188
- Record Id:
- 041-003706193
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 040-002226241
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100108445507.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100150533424.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/F/4/2504/142188
- Title:
- ‘Muscat. Loss of the ship Centaur of Calcutta.’
- 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, 3 November 1852, and found at IOR/F/4/2504/142185. It is the fourth in a series of sixteen items about the Persian Gulf.
The item mostly relates to information provided by Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Creswicke Rawlinson, Political Agent in Turkish Arabia [Ottoman Iraq], to the Government of Bombay, regarding stolen indigo from the wreck of the British merchant vessel, Centaur, off the coast of Oman. In particular, Rawlinson discusses the measures agreed to by Namik Pasha [Muḥammad Amīn Nāmiq Pāshā] for seizing any indigo imported into Turkish [Ottoman] ports, including concerns about claims to indemnification by merchants. Rawlinson also gives his opinion on what has likely happened to the indigo and to what extent Turkish authorities can aid in the search for the indigo.
The item also contains a letter from the Government of India to the Government of Bombay, 8 October 1852, conveying the Governor-General's satisfaction that the Imam [Imām] of Muscat did everything possible to recover the plundered cargo of the Centaur.
The title page of the item contains the following references: 'Bombay Political Department', 'Draft No. 350 of 1853', 'Collection No. 1 of No. 105', 'Vol: 4', 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
040-002226241
041-003706193 - Is part of:
- IOR/F : Records of the Board of Commissioners for the Affairs of India
IOR/F/4 : Board's Collections
IOR/F/4/2504 : Board's Collections Vol 2504 nos 142130 to 142200
IOR/F/4/2504/142188 : ‘Muscat. Loss of the ship Centaur of Calcutta.’ - Hierarchy:
- 032-000735919[0004]/036-000736052[2508]/040-002226241[0004]/041-003706193
- 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_100108445507.0x000001
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1852
- End Date:
- 1852
- Date Range:
- 20 Aug 1852-Nov 1852
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 1131, and terminates at f 1135, 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 1132), 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)