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'Persian Gulf. Bunder Abbass. Vexatious proceedings of the Custom Master at the port...

Catalogue reference: IOR/F/4/2445/134353

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IOR/F/4/2445/134353
Title
'Persian Gulf. Bunder Abbass. Vexatious proceedings of the Custom Master at the port of Vol: 10'
Date
3 Feb 1851-18 Jun 1851
Description

This item consists of copies of correspondence, consultations, and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, a political letter from the Government of Bombay, which appears in IOR/F/4/2445/134344. The main correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; and Khojah Heskael [Khawājah Ḥizqīl bin Yūsuf], British Agent at Muscat. It is the tenth in a series of twenty-one items on events in the Persian Gulf. The item concerns complaints that the customs master at Bunder Abbass [Bandar-e ʻAbbas] has been detaining goods belonging to British subjects and charging 3% customs duty above the amount fixed by treaty. The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: 'Draft N 34 – 1852', and 'Collection No 32'.

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The documents are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front of the item to the rear.

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British Library: Asian and African Studies
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Language
English
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1 item (9 folios)
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 213, and terminates at f 221, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the bottom right corner of the recto side of each folio. Pagination: the item also contains an original pagination sequence.
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'Persian Gulf. Bunder Abbass. Vexatious proceedings of the Custom Master at the port of Vol: 10'