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IOR/F/4/2537/147501
- Record Id:
- 041-003708222
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 040-002226276
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100108905110.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100163024408.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/F/4/2537/147501
- Title:
- ‘Muscat Captain Sir Henry Leeke Commander in Chief of the Indian Navy, refers to the […] instructions of Government relative to certain articles of presents of which the Agent in Bombay of the Imaum of Muscat had in the name of His Highness requested the acceptance by Lady Leeke.~’
- 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, 28 October 1853.
The item contains a letter, dated 12 May 1853, from Captain Sir Henry John Leeke, Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Navy, to Lord Viscount Falkland, President and Governor in Council of Bombay. He requests instructions following the offer of gifts to his wife, Lady Augusta Sophia Leeke, by the Imaum [Imām] of Muscat, via his agent at Bombay. In response, the Governor cites extracts of earlier dispatches from the Court of Directors which confirm that gifts should not be accepted by servants of Government, nor by their wives and children.
The short extracts quoted by the Governor date from 9 May 1827, 19 August 1829, and 4 September 1840. The rest of the material in the item dates from 1853.
The title page of the item contains the following references: 'Bombay Political Department', Draft Number '163 ~ 1854', 'Collection No. 14 of No. 103 of 1853', and 'Examiner's Office'. Originally, the Collection number was given as '15' 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
040-002226276
041-003708222 - Is part of:
- IOR/F : Records of the Board of Commissioners for the Affairs of India
IOR/F/4 : Board's Collections
IOR/F/4/2537 : Board's Collections Vol 2537 nos 147471 to 147535
IOR/F/4/2537/147501 : ‘Muscat Captain Sir Henry Leeke Commander in Chief of the Indian Navy, refers to the […] instructions of Government… - Hierarchy:
- 032-000735919[0004]/036-000736052[2541]/040-002226276[0001]/041-003708222
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/F
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item (6 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100108905110.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1827
- End Date:
- 1853
- Date Range:
- 9 May 1827-28 Oct 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 403, and terminates at f 408, 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 404), 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)