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IOR/L/PS/7/31, ff 155-160
- Record Id:
- 041-004540930
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000543937
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100182268371.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/7/31, ff 155-160
- Title:
- Secret No. 3 of 1882, Papers on the Subject of Poor Treatment of Indian Banians by the Shaikh of El-Bidda
- Scope & Content:
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This item consists of a copy of a Secret Despatch from the Government of India’s Foreign Department, to the Secretary of State for India, Number 3 of 1882, dated 9 January 1882, and received by the India Office Political Department on 30 January 1882.
The despatch includes enclosures consisting of:
- A warning from Colonel Edward Charles Ross, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Jasim bin Mohammed bin Tahani [Jāsim bin Muḥammad Āl Thānī], Shaikh and Governor of El-Bidaa [Al Bidda, now a neighbourhood of Doha], about his cruel treatment of the Indian ‘banians’ [South Asian merchants] residing at El-Bidaa
- The views of other South Asian merchants in Katr [Qatar] and Bahrain on this ill-treatment
- A report by Captain Thomas Peere Williams Nesham, Commander of HMS Woodlark, on the situation at El-Bidaa among the inhabitants of the Batinah [Al Batinah] and ‘Pirate’ [Arab] coasts of the Persian Gulf.
The principal correspondents are: the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; the Resident Agent, Bahrain; and the Government of India, Foreign Department.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000538283
036-000543937
037-000543938
040-000543969
041-004540930 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/PS : Political and Secret Department Records
IOR/L/PS/7 : Political and Secret Correspondence with India
IOR/L/PS/7/1-253 : Political and Secret Letters and Enclosures received from India
IOR/L/PS/7/31 : ‘POL. & SEC. LETTERS FROM INDIA JAN TO MARCH 1882’, Vol 31
IOR/L/PS/7/31, ff 155-160 : Secret No. 3 of 1882, Papers on the Subject of Poor Treatment of Indian Banians by the Shaikh of El-Bidda - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0007]/036-000543937[0001]/037-000543938[0031]/040-000543969[0001]/041-004540930
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item (5 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1882
- End Date:
- 1882
- Date Range:
- 9 Jan 1882-30 Jan 1882
- 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 155, and terminates at f 160, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Pagination: a pre-existing pagination sequence is also present.
- Former External References:
- Secret No. 3 of 1882
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Government of India, Foreign and Political Department, 1783-1937
Native Agent, Bahrain, c 1819-1900
Political Resident, Persian Gulf, 1822-1971 - Subjects:
- Banyan merchants
- Places:
- Pirate Coast, Arabian Peninsula, Asia