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'Book 181 - 1852'.

Catalogue reference: IOR/R/15/1/133

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IOR/R/15/1/133
Title
'Book 181 - 1852'.
Date
15 Dec 1851-14 Dec 1852
Description

The volume contains copies of incoming and outgoing correspondence for the Persian Gulf Residency. At the start of 1852 Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell is Resident, before being superseded in March by Captain Arnold Kemball. The volume includes:. Correspondence with the British Envoy at the Court of Persia, Colonel Justin Sheil, reporting on affairs in Persia, on the construction of an upper story for the house of John Malcolm at Bushire, and requesting for information on the history of Bahrain before 1716; Correspondence with the Secretaries to the Government at Bombay regarding affairs in Persia, the Persian Gulf slave trade, commerce, the 1853 occupation of the Island of Carrack [Kharg, Iran] and the conversion of an Armenian to Islam in Basra; Correspondence with the British Envoy at the Court of Persia and the Political Agents at Muscat and Shiraz, in regard to the dispute between the Imam of Muscat and Feerooz Meerza, the Prince Governor of Fars Province, over Bandar-e ʻAbbās; The volume contains letters in Arabic, one from the Imam of Muscat (folios 57 and 133).

Arrangement

The correspondence is arranged chronologically.

Held by
British Library: Asian and African Studies
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
Arabic; English
Physical description
1 volume (146 folios)
Access conditions

Unrestricted

Physical condition
Foliation: the foliation is written in pencil, in the top right corner of the recto of each folio. The numbering begins on the first folio with 2, and runs through to the final folio with 146. Pagination: there is also an original pagination sequence, which is not complete; only the pages with writing have been paginated.
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IOR/R/15/1

Political Residency, Bushire

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'Book 181 - 1852'.