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'Vol 249 Persian correspondence'
Catalogue reference: IOR/R/15/1/164
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This record is a file about the 'Vol 249 Persian correspondence' dating from 23 Nov 1858-24 Nov 1859.
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- IOR/R/15/1/164
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Title (The name of the record)
- 'Vol 249 Persian correspondence'
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Date (When the record was created)
- 23 Nov 1858-24 Nov 1859
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Description (What the record is about)
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The file is chiefly comprised of translated extracts of letters written by the British Agent at Shiraz, E N Castelli (an original letter in French, signed Castilly, is also in the file at folio 3), sent to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Captain Felix Jones. These extracts were sent onwards to the Secretary to the Government Bombay, with covering letters written by Jones. The extracts touch on the following subjects:. General political and military affairs in Shiraz; General reports on the appearance and extent of disease (cholera and fever) in Persia and the Persian ports; Reports of maladministration at Fars, and the efforts of the Prince Governor of Fars to collect revenue in order to pay debts due, to be collected by a mohussil (coercive collector of revenue) from Tehran; Movements in Persia of the Prussian ambassador Julius Rudolph Ottomar Freiherr von Minutoli, his subsequent death from fever, interment in an Armenian cemetery in Shiraz, and the disturbance of his grave
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The file's contents are arranged in approximate chronological order.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- British Library: Asian and African Studies
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- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English; French
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 1 file (33 folios)
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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: The foliation sequence commences on the front cover and runs until the last page of writing. The sequence consists of a circled pencil number in the top right hand corner of each folio. It ends on the last folio of writing, on number 31. Foliation anomalies: f 28 is followed by f 28A. ff 28 and 9 are A3 foldouts with text on recto and verso.
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/5b27d72a-798a-4928-b9e6-1a939d3cfc06/
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IOR/R/15/1
Political Residency, Bushire
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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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'Vol 249 Persian correspondence'