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'Book No. 200 from December 1854 to December 1855'

Catalogue reference: IOR/R/15/1/147

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IOR/R/15/1/147
Title
'Book No. 200 from December 1854 to December 1855'
Date
13 Jan 1855-15 Dec 1855
Description

The volumes consist of original correspondence sent to and copies of letters sent from the Bushire Residency; the principal correspondents being Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, followed by Captain James Felix Jones as Resident in the Persian Gulf at the time, the Assistant Resident in Charge, Herbert Frederick Disbrowe, Sir Charles Augustus Murray, British Ambassador at Tehran, and the Secretaries to the Government at Bombay. The main subjects covered are the diplomatic and commercial relations with Persia and the Persian Coast. Another subject covered is the siege of Sevastopol, and other events that occurred during the Crimean War. The book contains translations of letters from the Persian Shah.

Arrangement

This was once a single volume that has since been split into two parts. The letters are not in chronological order. There is an index by date, page and subject at the beginning of the book, on folios 2-4v.

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British Library: Asian and African Studies
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Physical description
2 volumes (293 folios)
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Unrestricted

Physical condition
Foliation: the foliation is in pencil, in the top right corner of each folio. The numbering sequence runs across two volumes (volume one ff 1-141 and volume two ff 142-283), commencing at the third sheet of volume one with 1, 1A and 1B and terminating at the third sheet from the back of volume two with 283.
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Political Residency, Bushire

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'Book No. 200 from December 1854 to December 1855'