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'Précis of correspondence regarding the affairs of the Persian Gulf, 1801-1853'

Catalogue reference: IOR/L/PS/20/C248C

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IOR/L/PS/20/C248C
Title
'Précis of correspondence regarding the affairs of the Persian Gulf, 1801-1853'
Date
1906
Description

A précis of correspondence regarding the affairs of the Persian Gulf, 1801-1853 prepared by Jerome Antony Saldanha and published by Government of India Central Printing Office, Calcutta in 1906. The précis is divided up into eight sections, as follows:. Part I: British Envoys to Persia and from Persia, 1801-1814. Part II: British policy in regard to Maskat [Muscat] and the Maritime Arab tribes on the Persian Gulf, 1801-1815. Part III: Affairs on the Persian Coast and Islands, 1801-1820. Part IV: British Residents and Agents in the Persian Gulf and at Maskat, 1801-1813. Part V: British policy in regard to Maskat and the Maritime Arab Tribes. Vigorous measures taken for the suppression of piracies and for security of peace in the Gulf. Persian Coast and Islands Affairs, 1818-1823. Part VI: British policy in regard to Maskat and the Maritime Arab tribes, 1823-1853. Part VII: Affairs on the Persian Coast and Islands, 1823-1853. Part VIII: British Residents and Agents in the Persian Gulf and Maskat, 1823-1853.

Arrangement

The volume is arranged roughly chronologically and divided into twelve chapters. Folios 5-9 is a detailed list of the contents of the file.

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British Library: Asian and African Studies
Former department reference
No 24
Legal status
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Language
English
Creator(s)
Saldanha, Jerome Anthony, judge, 1868-1947
Physical description
1 volume (172 folios).
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Physical condition
Foliation: the sequence commences at the front cover, and terminates at the inside back cover; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
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