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IOR/F/4/2586/154793
- Record Id:
- 041-003708301
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 040-002226416
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100108940193.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100178152940.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/F/4/2586/154793
- Title:
- ‘Muskat Latest intelligence from- and regarding a Gold watch presented by His Highness the Imam to the Acting Native Agent at-’
- 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, 29 August 1854. A copy of this letter can be found at IOR/F/4/2586/154786, alongside details of further enclosures. The item is the eighth in a series of nine items on events in the Persian Gulf 1853-54.
The item contains a letter from Heskeal bin Yusoof [Ḥizqīl bin Yūsuf], Acting Native Agent at Muscat, to the Government of Bombay, dated 22 May 1854. He mentions that Abbass Khan [‘Abbās Khān, Ruler of Zir Rah?] sent provisions and ammunition to the port of Hamez [Hormuz?] but Syud Mahomed bin Salim [Sayyid Muḥammad bin Sālim], an agent of the Imam [Imām] of Muscat, sent a group to steal the provisions and expel the Persians [Iranians] from Hamez.
Heskeal bin Yusoof also notes that the Imam has gifted him with a gold watch. The Secretary to Government questions whether he can keep this watch, quoting extracts from Sections LXII-LXIV of Chapter 52 of the Charter Act 1793 [Also called the East India Company Act 1793, described in text as '33 of George the III, Chap: 52']. The Governor of Bombay disagrees, stating that the Act of Parliament does not apply to 'Natives who are not called British Subjects' as 'British Subject' is used to signify 'what we call a European'.
The title page of the item contains the following references: 'Bombay Political Department', Draft Number '20 1855', 'Collection No. 5 of No. 58 of 1854', 'Vol: 7' and 'Examiner's Office'. Originally, the Collection number was given as '8' but this has been crossed out and replaced with '5'.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000735919
036-000736052
040-002226416
041-003708301 - Is part of:
- IOR/F : Records of the Board of Commissioners for the Affairs of India
IOR/F/4 : Board's Collections
IOR/F/4/2586 : Board's Collections Vol 2586 nos 154738 to 154822
IOR/F/4/2586/154793 : ‘Muskat Latest intelligence from- and regarding a Gold watch presented by His Highness the Imam to the Acting Native… - Hierarchy:
- 032-000735919[0004]/036-000736052[2590]/040-002226416[0014]/041-003708301
- 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_100108940193.0x000001
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1854
- End Date:
- 1854
- Date Range:
- 22 May 1854-31 Jul 1854
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 885, and terminates at f 889, 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 886), 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)