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'Wrecks, Maritime outrages'
Catalogue reference: IOR/R/15/1/175
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This record is a file about the 'Wrecks, Maritime outrages' dating from 9 Dec 1859-10 May 1860.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- IOR/R/15/1/175
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Title (The name of the record)
- 'Wrecks, Maritime outrages'
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Date (When the record was created)
- 9 Dec 1859-10 May 1860
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Description (What the record is about)
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This volume is concerned with 'outrages' committed by the Sheikh [Shaikh] of Bokha [Barka', Oman] on the people of Shargah [Sharjah] whose boat foundered off his town. It is also concerned with fines exacted and the recovery of payments from various Shaikhs incurred for acts of piracy, the coercion of a vessel to sell its cargo to avoid paying 'double dues', and the disassociation people wished to make from the Chief of Demaum [Muḥammad bin 'Abdullāh, Ad-Dammān] and asylum they sought.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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The letters in the volume span the period from 9 Dec 1859 to 10 May 1860, but have been arranged by subject matter and are therefore not in chronological order. The letters are divided into two sections (ff 3-11v and ff 14-30v), which are placed within covering sheets. On each of the covering sheets are summary accounts on the contents therein. Several of the letters also include summaries of the contents on the same sheet, often written in a different text direction and handwriting.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- British Library: Asian and African Studies
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 1 volume, 17 items (32 folios)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Unrestricted
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- Foliation: There are two foliation sequences. The main one runs from the front cover to the back cover. It appears as a circled number, in pencil, in the top right corner of the recto side of the folio. This is the sequence followed when cataloguing this file. The second sequence is uncircled and begins on f 3 and terminates on f 31. Condition: The items are on both A4 and A3 sheets (the latter folded in half), both previously folded smaller, and each folio has small holes punched along the folded/inner edge indicating they were previously bound, which do not impede the reading of the text.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/09da03a0-7695-4b3f-9b15-1a6b2aaf3ff0/
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IOR/R/15/1
Political Residency, Bushire
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Catalogue hierarchy
This record is held at British Library: Asian and African Studies
Within the fonds: IOR/R
India Office Records transferred later through official channels
Within the sub-fonds: IOR/R/15
Records of the British Residency and Agencies in the Persian Gulf
Within the series: IOR/R/15/1
Political Residency, Bushire
Within the sub-series: IOR/R/15/1/119-198
Political Residency, Bushire: correspondence bound in subject compilations
Within the sub-sub-series: IOR/R/15/1/145-179
Bushire Residency correspondence: subject compilations
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'Wrecks, Maritime outrages'