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IOR/F/4/2641/169202
- Record Id:
- 041-003708512
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 040-002236266
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100109083176.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100178155802.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/F/4/2641/169202
- Title:
- ‘Persian Gulf. Relative to outrages at sea committed by the people of Shargah.-’
- 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, 16 February 1856. A copy of this letter can be found at IOR/F/4/2641/169196, alongside details of further enclosures. The item is the seventh in a series of twelve items on events in the Persian Gulf.
The item contains a letter from Commander Felix Jones, Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf, to the Government of Bombay, dated 31 December 1855. He reports recent 'piratical' acts committed by inhabitants of Sharga [Sharjah, also rendered in text as Sharja and Shargah] and includes copy of a letter of complaint he has written to Sheikh Sultan bin Suggur, 'Chief' of Ras-el-Khyma and of the Joasmees [Shaikh Sulṭān I bin Ṣaqr al-Qāsimī, Shaikh of Ra's al-Khaymah and the Qawāsim]. He includes details of the acts and the perpetrators.
The item also contains the Government of Bombay's response.
The title page of the item contains the following references: 'Bombay Political Department', Draft Number '633 [18]56', 'Collection No. 1 of No. 16 of 1856.', 'Vol: 7', 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
041-003708512 - 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/4/2641/169202 : ‘Persian Gulf. Relative to outrages at sea committed by the people of Shargah.-’ - Hierarchy:
- 032-000735919[0004]/036-000736052[2645]/040-002236266[0008]/041-003708512
- 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_100109083176.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1855
- End Date:
- 1856
- Date Range:
- 30 Dec 1855-Feb 1856
- 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 543, and terminates at f 547, 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 544), 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)