Skip to main content
Service phase: Beta

This is a new way to search our records, which we're still working on. Alternatively you can search our existing catalogue, Discovery.

Item

'Persian Gulf. Native Agent at Lingah. Exoneration from the charge of bribery of...

Catalogue reference: IOR/F/4/2445/134354

What’s it about?

This record is about the 'Persian Gulf. Native Agent at Lingah. Exoneration from the charge of bribery of... dating from 23 Jan 1851-28 May 1851.

Access information is unavailable

Sorry, information for accessing this record is currently unavailable online. Please try again later.

Full description and record details

Reference
IOR/F/4/2445/134354
Title
'Persian Gulf. Native Agent at Lingah. Exoneration from the charge of bribery of the – Vol: 11'
Date
23 Jan 1851-28 May 1851
Description

This item consists of copies of correspondence, consultations, and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, a political letter from the Government of Bombay, which appears in IOR/F/4/2445/134344. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; and Saeed ben Guzeeb, [Sa'īd bin Qāzib], Governor of Lingah [Bandar-e Lengeh]. It is the eleventh in a series of twenty-one items on events in the Persian Gulf. The item concerns the exoneration of the British Agent at Lingah from a charge of having accepted a bribe from the owner of two enslaved people. The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: 'Draft N 34 – 1852', and 'Collection No 32'.

Arrangement

The documents are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front of the item to the rear.

Held by
British Library: Asian and African Studies
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Physical description
1 item (5 folios)
Access conditions

Unrestricted

Physical condition
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 222, and terminates at f 226, 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.
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/21165193-0f7d-4ce9-a389-ab5bcf898615/

Series information

IOR/F/4

Board's Collections

See the series level description for more information about this record.

View series description

Catalogue hierarchy

963,091 records
22,974 records

Within the fonds: IOR/F

Records of the Board of Commissioners for the Affairs of India

22,818 records

Within the series: IOR/F/4

Board's Collections

24 records

Within the file: IOR/F/4/2445

Board's Collections Vol 2445 nos 134331 to 134518

You are currently looking at the item: IOR/F/4/2445/134354

'Persian Gulf. Native Agent at Lingah. Exoneration from the charge of bribery of the – Vol: 11'