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IOR/F/4/2661/176322
- Record Id:
- 041-003708806
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 040-002237415
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100109274824.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100178198166.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/F/4/2661/176322
- Title:
- ‘Persian Gulf. Relative to an insult offered by a Persian Soldier to an Officer of the Honble Company’s Steamer “Ajdaha”.’
- Scope & Content:
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The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, 12 September 1856. A copy of this letter can be found at IOR/F/4/2661/176320, alongside details of further enclosures. The item is the third in a series of fifteen items on events in the Persian Gulf during 1855-56. The eighth item in the sequence is not present.
The item contains correspondence between: Rear Admiral Sir Henry John Leeke, Commander in Chief of the Indian Navy; the Government of Bombay; and the Government of India. The correspondence relates to the two governments' approval of the proceedings undertaken by Commander Felix Jones, Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf, following an incident at Bushire [Bushehr] between a Persian [Iranian] soldier and an officer of the Company steamer, Ajdaha [Ajdahā].
The title page of the item contains the following references: 'Bombay Political Department', Draft Number '52 [18]57', 'Collection No. 6', 'Vol: 3', and 'Examiner's Office'. Originally, the Collection number was written as 'Collection No. 4 of No. 71 of 1856.' but the '4' was replaced with '6' and 'of No. 71 of 1856.' 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
040-002237415
041-003708806 - Is part of:
- IOR/F : Records of the Board of Commissioners for the Affairs of India
IOR/F/4 : Board's Collections
IOR/F/4/2661 : Board's Collections Vol 2661 nos 176153 to 176330
IOR/F/4/2661/176322 : ‘Persian Gulf. Relative to an insult offered by a Persian Soldier to an Officer of the Honble Company’s Steamer… - Hierarchy:
- 032-000735919[0004]/036-000736052[2665]/040-002237415[0003]/041-003708806
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/F
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item (6 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100109274824.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1856
- End Date:
- 1856
- Date Range:
- 2 Apr 1856-21 May 1856
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 1004, and terminates at f 1009, 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 1005), 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)