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IOR/F/4/2550/149200
- Record Id:
- 041-003708228
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 040-002226378
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100108905252.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100169617565.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/F/4/2550/149200
- Title:
- ‘Muscat. Further proceedings on the subject of the plunder of the cargo of the late merchant ship “Centaur” belonging to Calcutta.’
- Scope & Content:
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This item consists of copies of correspondence, minutes, and consultations cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors. These political letters appear in IOR/F/4/2550/149197. It is the fourth in a series of sixteen items on the Persian Gulf.
The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; the Government of India; Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf; Khojeh Hiskael [Khawājah Ḥizqīl bin Yūsuf], Agent at Muscat; Lieutenant Colonel Henry Creswicke Rawlinson, Political Agent in Turkish Arabia [Ottoman Iraq]; and Commodore George Robinson, Commanding Persian Gulf Squadron.
The item concerns the recovery of a cargo of indigo, said to have been plundered from the Centaur. It contains reports of indigo having been brought to Ukkur [Aqr], Baghdad, Bahrein [Bahrain], and Lingah [Bander-e Lengeh]. The report regarding Bahrein includes details of the weights of seventy-nine bags of indigo, a summary of the expenses incurred in storing and transporting the indigo, and records of two interviews with Khooshal [Khvushḥāl], the merchant who brought the indigo to Bahrein.
The item also contains discussion of the guidance given to the Agent at Muscat with regard to his communication with the authorities of Muscat.
The item contains a table of contents (ff 463-464), and the title page (f 462) contains the following references: Draft Number ‘358 - 1854’, ‘Collection No. 10 of No. 84 of 1853. Vol. 4’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’. The collection number was originally given as ‘3’ but this has been crossed out and replaced with ‘10’.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000735919
036-000736052
040-002226378
041-003708228 - Is part of:
- IOR/F : Records of the Board of Commissioners for the Affairs of India
IOR/F/4 : Board's Collections
IOR/F/4/2550 : Board's Collections Vol 2550 nos 149149 to 149237
IOR/F/4/2550/149200 : ‘Muscat. Further proceedings on the subject of the plunder of the cargo of the late merchant ship “Centaur” belonging… - Hierarchy:
- 032-000735919[0004]/036-000736052[2554]/040-002226378[0007]/041-003708228
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/F
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item (27 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100108905252.0x000001
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1852
- End Date:
- 1853
- Date Range:
- 28 Nov 1852-24 Aug 1853
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 462 and terminates at f 488, 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 documents are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front of the item to the rear.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)