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IOR/F/4/2641/169197
- Record Id:
- 041-003708506
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 040-002236266
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100109082958.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100178194327.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/F/4/2641/169197
- Title:
- ‘Persian Gulf Measures adopted by the Resident to prevent the disorder apprehended to take place between the Al Ali and Boo Soomait tribes on the Pearl Banks.-’
- Scope & Content:
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The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, extracts of a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, 15 January 1856. A copy of this letter can be found at IOR/F/4/2641/169196, alongside details of further enclosures. The item is the second in a series of twelve items on events in the Persian Gulf.
The item contains a letter from Lieutenant Herbert Frederick Disbrowe, Assistant Resident in Charge, Persian Gulf, to the Government of Bombay. He reports the actions taken by Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to prevent a conflict between the Al Ali [Āl ‘Alī] and the Boo Soomait [Āl Būsmayṭ] tribes on the Persian [Iranian] side of the Gulf. His letter contains copies of correspondence between: Kemball; Charles Augustus Murray, HBM's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at the Court of Persia [Iran]; Mahomed Shereef [Muḥammad Sharīf], Officiating British Agent at Lingah [Bandar-e Lengeh]; and Commodore Richard Ethersey, Commanding Indian Naval Squadron in the Persian Gulf. Details of the two tribes' preparations for the conflict are included, as well as communications Kemball has had with Sheikh Khuleefah ben Saeed [Shaikh Khalīfah bin Sa‘īd], Governor of Lingah, and Sheikh Ali ben Sultan [Shaikh ‘Alī bin Sulṭān].
The Government of Bombay forward copies of the above to the Government of India and the Court of Directors.
The title page of the item contains the following references: 'Bombay Political Department', Draft Number '633 [18]56', 'Collection No. 1 of No. 1 of 1856', 'Vol: 2', and 'Examiner's Office'. Originally, the Collection number was given as '2' but this has been crossed out and replaced with '1'.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000735919
036-000736052
040-002236266
041-003708506 - Is part of:
- IOR/F : Records of the Board of Commissioners for the Affairs of India
IOR/F/4 : Board's Collections
IOR/F/4/2641 : Board's Collections Vol 2641 nos 169061 to 169318
IOR/F/4/2641/169197 : ‘Persian Gulf Measures adopted by the Resident to prevent the disorder apprehended to take place between the Al Ali and… - Hierarchy:
- 032-000735919[0004]/036-000736052[2645]/040-002236266[0003]/041-003708506
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/F
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item (8 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100109082958.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1855
- End Date:
- 1855
- Date Range:
- 9 Jul 1855-17 Dec 1855
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 491, and terminates at f 498, 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 492), 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)