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IOR/F/4/2391/128035
- Record Id:
- 041-003904393
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 040-002225904
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100122055518.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100133316857.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/F/4/2391/128035
- Title:
- ‘Persian Gulf. Affairs of the – ’
- Scope & Content:
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This item consists of copies of correspondence, minutes, and consultations cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. The main correspondents are the Government of Bombay; Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, British Resident in the Persian Gulf; Meerza Mahmood [Mīrzā Muḥammad], British Agent at Shiraz; Bahram Mirza [Bahrām Mīrzā Mo‘ezz-al-Dawlah], Prince-Governor of Fars; and Colonel Justin Sheil, HM Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at the Court of Tehran.
The item concerns:
- Attempts by the Prince-Governor of Fars to levy a fine of 300 tomans on the nakhuda of a Dashtee [Dashti] vessel for importing enslaved people into Bushire [Bushehr]
- 5% customs duties levied on sugar from Java arriving at Bushire, compared to the previous rate of 1.25%, and discussions by Hennell about whether he should intervene to ask the Prince-Governor of Fars to exempt these Bushire traders affected from inland transit duties
- Requests for assistance made to Hennell by people who have had property stolen
- Military conflicts between Bakir Khan [Bāqir Khān Tangistānī] and Sheik Nasir [Shaikh Nāṣir II Āl Madhkūr], Governor of Bushire, and between Bakir Khan and the Prince-Governor of Fars
- The replacement of Bahram Mirza as Prince-Governor of Fars, and Kurrem Khan [Karīm Khān] as Governor of Behbehan [Behbahan]
- Unrest in the province of Fars
- The imprisonment of Mirza Alli Mahomed [Mīrzā ‘Alī Muḥammad], the Bab [Báb], and an order for his execution
- The effects of locusts on food prices
- Sheik Nasir’s reluctance to go to Shiraz as he owed the Prince-Governor of Fars tribute
- Enquiries into the conduct of Mirza Mahomed due to complaints against him, including that he stole a gold watch from the late Mr Tasker, claims which are refuted by Hennell
- Defeat of the Babees [Bábis], who had been causing disturbances by the Sirbaz
- The execution of Syed Yahyah [Sayyid Yaḥyá], a follower of the Bab.
The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft No 91 of 1851’ and ‘Coll[ection]: 18’.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000735919
036-000736052
040-002225904
041-003904393 - Is part of:
- IOR/F : Records of the Board of Commissioners for the Affairs of India
IOR/F/4 : Board's Collections
IOR/F/4/2391 : Board's Collections Vol 2391 nos 128005 to 128126
IOR/F/4/2391/128035 : ‘Persian Gulf. Affairs of the – ’ - Hierarchy:
- 032-000735919[0004]/036-000736052[2395]/040-002225904[0005]/041-003904393
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/F
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item (108 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100122055518.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1850
- End Date:
- 1850
- Date Range:
- 3 Jan 1850-17 Oct 1850
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 568, and terminates at f 675, 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 documents are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear of the item to the front.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)