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IOR/F/4/2614/164854
- Record Id:
- 041-003708414
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 040-002226454
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100109043478.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100167126081.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/F/4/2614/164854
- Title:
- ‘Persian Gulf. Slave Trade. Further proceedings respecting the Slaves found on board the Arab Bugla Sumsherah which was seized by the Company’s Brigantin “Tigris” and subsequently released.’
- Scope & Content:
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The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, an extract of a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, 28 August 1855. The enclosures are dated 6 October 1853-8 August 1855.
The item contains updates from Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to the Government of Bombay regarding the interception by the Company ship Tigris, of the Sumherah [Shamshīr?], a ship from Luft [Bandar-e Laft].
Particular attention is given to the status of two enslaved people who were found onboard and taken from the Sumherah. Kemball's report includes a letter to him from Commodore George Robinson, Commanding the Persian Gulf Squadron, which itself includes a copy of a statement provided by Rashid ben Zaid [Rashīd bin Sa‘īd or Zayid, also rendered in text as Rashed ben Zaid and Rashid bin Said], nacodah [nakhuda] of the Sumherah.
There are multiple spellings for Sumherah in the text.
The title page of the item contains the following references: 'Bombay Political Department', Draft Number '1199 [18]55', 'Collection No.6', and 'Examiner's Office'. Originally, the Collection number was given as '2 of No. 86 of 1855.' 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
040-002226454
041-003708414 - Is part of:
- IOR/F : Records of the Board of Commissioners for the Affairs of India
IOR/F/4 : Board's Collections
IOR/F/4/2614 : Board's Collections Vol 2614 nos 164685 to 164890
IOR/F/4/2614/164854 : ‘Persian Gulf. Slave Trade. Further proceedings respecting the Slaves found on board the Arab Bugla Sumsherah which was… - Hierarchy:
- 032-000735919[0004]/036-000736052[2618]/040-002226454[0009]/041-003708414
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/F
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item (7 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100109043478.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1853
- End Date:
- 1855
- Date Range:
- 6 Oct 1853-28 Aug 1855
- 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 611, and terminates at f 617, 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 612), 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)