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IOR/L/PS/5/442, ff 16-54
- Record Id:
- 041-004258346
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000538832
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100149396309.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100152739553.0x000010
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/5/442, ff 16-54
- Title:
- Affairs in Bussorah
- Scope & Content:
- Enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 21 of 1846, dated 14 February 1846. The enclosures are dated and contain correspondence relating to: the murder of an Arab villager of Bussorah [Basra] by a British seaman; assessment of the risk of exiled Qajar [Qājār] princes inciting rebellions through partisan factions at the Court of Persia [Iran] and beyond; and the imposition by the Ottoman Governor of Bussorah of ad valorem taxes on Persian Shia [Shīʿah] pilgrims visiting the town of Kerbella [Karbala] and those journeying onto Mecca. This item commences with an abstract of contents (folios 16-18). Correspondence from Her Majesty’s Consul General in Bagdad [Baghdad] addressed to the Political Agent in Turkish Arabia [Ottoman Iraq].
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000538283
036-000538832
037-000539208
040-000539288
041-004258346 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/PS : Political and Secret Department Records
IOR/L/PS/5 : Secret Correspondence with India
IOR/L/PS/5/363-509 : Enclosures to Secret Letters from Bombay
IOR/L/PS/5/442 : 'ENCLOSURES TO SECRET LETTERS FROM BOMBAY' Vol 80
IOR/L/PS/5/442, ff 16-54 : Affairs in Bussorah - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0005]/036-000538832[0013]/037-000539208[0080]/040-000539288[0002]/041-004258346
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item (39 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100152739553.0x000010
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1846
- End Date:
- 1846
- Date Range:
- 14 Feb 1846
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Former External References:
- No. 21 of 1846
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)