Series
Southern Department and Foreign Office: Embassy, Ottoman Empire: Letter Books
Catalogue reference: FO 261
Date: 1776-1794
This series contains letter books compiled during the embassy of Sir Robert Ainslie to the Ottoman empire.
Series
Colonial Office: Kuria Muria Islands, Original Correspondence
Catalogue reference: CO 143
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CO 143
This series contains original correspondence relating to the Kuria Muria Islands
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- CO 143
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Title (The name of the record)
- Colonial Office: Kuria Muria Islands, Original Correspondence
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1857-1858
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains original correspondence relating to the Kuria Muria Islands
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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The single volume in this series is arranged chronologically within the subject headings Despatches (letters of the governors), and Offices (letters of government departments and other organisations).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For further correspondence see FO 54/16
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 1 volume(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- International
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Unpublished finding aids (A note of unpublished indexes, lists or guides to the record)
- The correspondence in CO 143 is registered in the Mauritius registers in CO 356.
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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The Kuria Muria islands were ceded to Britain by the Imam of Muscat in 1854 as a Cable station. Formerly governed from Aden, they are now part of the Sultanate of Oman.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4334/
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