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IOR/L/PS/7/35, ff 520-525
- Record Id:
- 041-004547253
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000543937
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100187296265.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/7/35, ff 520-525
- Title:
- Secret No. 32 of 1883, Letters from the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf Regarding the Proceedings of Shaikh Jasim-bin-Muhammad-bin-Thani of El-Bidaa
- 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 32 of 1883, dated 20 February 1883, and received by the India Office’s Political Department on 28 February 1883. The enclosures date from 11 December 1882 to 27 January 1883.
The Despatch includes enclosures concerning Sheikh Jasim bin Mohammed bin Tahani [Shaikh Jāsim bin Muḥammad Āl Thānī], Governor of El-Bidaa [Al Bidda, now a neighbourhood of Doha], Katr [Qatar], and his treatment of the banians [banyans, i.e. South Asian merchants] residing there. The situation is reportedly resolved by the resignation of Jasim bin Mohammed, enabling the return of the merchants to El-Bidaa.
The principal correspondents are: the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; the Resident Agent, Bahrain; the Foreign Department, Government of India; Jasim bin Mohammed bin Tahani; Kazi [Qāḍī] of Katr; and several of the aforementioned Indian merchants.
- 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
040-000543973
041-004547253 - 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/7/35 : 'POL. & SEC. LETTERS FROM INDIA JAN TO MARCH 1883’, Vol 35
IOR/L/PS/7/35, ff 520-525 : Secret No. 32 of 1883, Letters from the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf Regarding the Proceedings of… - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0007]/036-000543937[0001]/037-000543938[0035]/040-000543973[0002]/041-004547253
- 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:
- 1883
- End Date:
- 1883
- Date Range:
- 20 Feb 1883-13 Mar 1883
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at f 520 and terminates at f 525, 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: the item also contains an original pagination sequence.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Emir of Qatar, Mid 19th century-
Native Agent, Bahrain, c 1819-1900
Political Resident, Persian Gulf, 1822-1971 - Subjects:
- Banyan merchants
- Places:
- El Bidaa, Qatar
Katr, Arabian Peninsula, Asia