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IOR/F/4/2550/149179
- Record Id:
- 041-004255319
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 040-002226378
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100149251889.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100170910799.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/F/4/2550/149179
- Title:
- ‘Bussorah. Report by Mr Taylor the Honble. Company’s Agent at Bussorah upon the trade of that place.’
- Scope & Content:
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This item consists of copies of correspondence, minutes, and consultations cited in, or enclosed with, a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, 19 July 1853. The enclosures are dated 1 February 1853-9 July 1853.
The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Colonel Henry Creswicke Rawlinson, Political Agent in Turkish Arabia [Ottoman Iraq]; and John George Taylor, the Company’s Agent and HM Vice Consul at Busreh [Basra, also rendered as Bussorah in the item].
The item concerns a report on the trade of Busreh produced by Taylor. A copy of the report, which covers a period from 1 September 1851 to 31 August 1852, is included (ff 184-208). The report contains a number of tables providing: details of the value and types of imports and exports, as well as their origins and destinations; details of the prices of various goods in local markets; and the income and expenditure of the Busreh government.
The item contains a table of contents (f 182), and the title page (f 181) contains the following references: Draft Number ‘358 - 1854’, ‘Collection No. 6 of No. 75 of 1853’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’. The collection number was originally given as ‘1’ but this has been crossed out and replaced with ‘6’.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000735919
036-000736052
040-002226378
041-004255319 - Is part of:
- IOR/F : Records of the Board of Commissioners for the Affairs of India
IOR/F/4 : Board's Collections
IOR/F/4/2550 : Board's Collections Vol 2550 nos 149149 to 149237
IOR/F/4/2550/149179 : ‘Bussorah. Report by Mr Taylor the Honble. Company’s Agent at Bussorah upon the trade of that place.’ - Hierarchy:
- 032-000735919[0004]/036-000736052[2554]/040-002226378[0003]/041-004255319
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/F
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item (31 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100149251889.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1853
- End Date:
- 1853
- Date Range:
- 1 Feb 1853-19 Jul 1853
- 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 181 and terminates at f 211, 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 front of the item to the rear.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)