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'Book No. 172 From January 1851 to September 1851'

Catalogue reference: IOR/R/15/1/125

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IOR/R/15/1/125
Title
'Book No. 172 From January 1851 to September 1851'
Date
16 Aug 1849-8 Mar 1852
Description

The volumes consists of original correspondence sent to and copies of letters sent from the Bushire Residency; the principal correspondents being Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, the Secretaries to the Government at Bombay and Her Majesty's Consul at Muscat. The main subjects covered are the relations with and between the rulers in the Arabian Coast, mostly in Guttur [Qatar] and Bahrain, and piracy.

Arrangement

This was once a single volume that has since been split into two parts. The letters are not in chronological order.

Held by
British Library: Asian and African Studies
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Physical description
2 volumes (306 folios)
Access conditions

Unrestricted

Physical condition
2 volumes in one slipcase. Foliation: the foliation is in pencil, in the top right corner of each folio. The numbering in the first volume starts on the first folio of writing with 1,1A,1B,1C,1D; then 2-100; 101A, 101B and then it carries on until 148, which is the last number given to the last folio of the first volume. The second volume starts on the first folio of writing with 149 and carries on until 300, which is the last number given to the last folio of the volume. Pagination: there is also an original pagination sequence across both volumes: 1-230; 230A-435.
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Political Residency, Bushire

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'Book No. 172 From January 1851 to September 1851'