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IOR/F/4/2586/154800
- Record Id:
- 041-004310778
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 040-002226416
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100157619196.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100178252802.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/F/4/2586/154800
- Title:
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‘Presents from Native Chiefs Disposal of- on account of the Honble Company with the exception of a Diamond Snuffbox of Turkish manufacture, which is forwarded to the Honble the Court of Directors for the Museum at the East India House.-’
- Scope & Content:
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The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence, minutes and resolutions, cited in, or enclosed with, a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, 30 August 1854. The enclosures are dated 28 August 1852-August 1854.
The item relates to a gold Turkish snuffbox presented, amongst other gifts, to Major Atkins Hamerton, HM Consul and Company Agent in the dominions of the Imaum [Imām] of Muscat, by the Imaum in 1852. Hamerton forwards the gifts to the Government of Bombay, who order them to be sold at public auction except for the snuffbox which is to be held in the treasury. Hamerton provides details of the gifts' background and former owners, who include Mahammed Ali the Vice Roy of Egypt [Muḥammad ‘Alī Pāshā al-Mas‘ūd bin Āghā].
The item also contains later papers from 1854 in which the Government of Bombay orders a list (included in item) of presents from 'native chiefs', including the snuffbox, to be sold at auction by Bennett & Company. After failing to sell for its estimated value, the box is returned to the Acting Sub-Treasurer. The Government of Bombay order the box to be sent to the Court of Directors, for deposit in their museum at East India House.
The title page of the item contains the following references: 'Bombay Political Department', Draft Number '20 1855', 'Collection No. 7 of No. 61 of 1854', and 'Examiner's Office'. Originally, the Collection number was given as '1' but this has been crossed out and replaced with '7'.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000735919
036-000736052
040-002226416
041-004310778 - Is part of:
- IOR/F : Records of the Board of Commissioners for the Affairs of India
IOR/F/4 : Board's Collections
IOR/F/4/2586 : Board's Collections Vol 2586 nos 154738 to 154822
IOR/F/4/2586/154800 : ‘Presents from Native Chiefs Disposal of- on account of the Honble Company with the exception of a Diamond Snuffbox of… - Hierarchy:
- 032-000735919[0004]/036-000736052[2590]/040-002226416[0016]/041-004310778
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/F
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item (13 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100157619196.0x000001
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1852
- End Date:
- 1854
- Date Range:
- 28 Aug 1852-30 Aug 1854
- 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 957, and terminates at f 969, 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 (ff 958-959), 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)