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IOR/F/4/2536/147464
- Record Id:
- 041-003708116
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 040-002226275
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100108815202.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100163024273.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/F/4/2536/147464
- Title:
- ‘Egypt. Course to be adopted relative to the Slaves who were brought by Beghet Aga Effendi to Bombay.’
- 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, dated 28 September 1853, and found at IOR/F/4/2536/147461. It is the fourth in a series of seven items about the 'slave trade' [trade in enslaved people].
The item contains a letter from the Government of India to the Government of Bombay, dated 31 August 1853, and a minute by the Governor of Bombay, dated 19 September 1853. Both relate to instructions from the Governor-General of India, following the recent discovery of enslaved women within the entourage of Behjut Aga Effendi [Bahjat Āghā Effendī] during the latter’s recent visit to Bahrein [Bahrain].
The title page of the item contains the following references: 'Bombay Political Department', Draft Number '161 1854', 'Collection', 'Vol: 4', and 'Examiner's Office'. Originally, the Collection was described as 'No. 1 of No. 96 of 1853' but this 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
040-002226275
041-003708116 - Is part of:
- IOR/F : Records of the Board of Commissioners for the Affairs of India
IOR/F/4 : Board's Collections
IOR/F/4/2536 : Board's Collections Vol 2536 nos 147323 to 147470
IOR/F/4/2536/147464 : ‘Egypt. Course to be adopted relative to the Slaves who were brought by Beghet Aga Effendi to Bombay.’ - Hierarchy:
- 032-000735919[0004]/036-000736052[2540]/040-002226275[0006]/041-003708116
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/F
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item (3 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100108815202.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1853
- End Date:
- 1853
- Date Range:
- 31 Aug 1853-Sep 1853
- 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 829, and terminates at f 831, 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 830), noting ‘No’, ‘From’, ‘To’, ‘Subject’, ‘Date and No. of Docu[men]t’ and ‘Date and No. of Consul[tation]’.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)