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'Persian Gulf. Relative to the claim of Kursundass Nance on the assets of two Bankrupts...

Catalogue reference: IOR/F/4/2445/134358

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IOR/F/4/2445/134358
Title
'Persian Gulf. Relative to the claim of Kursundass Nance on the assets of two Bankrupts of Muskat. Vol: 15'
Date
9 May 1850-28 Apr 1851
Description

This item consists of copies of correspondence, minutes, resolutions, memoranda, and consultations cited in, or enclosed with, a political letter from the Government of Bombay, which appears in IOR/F/4/2445/134344. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; Kursundass Nency [Karsandās Nīnsī]; and Khojah Hiskael [Khawājah Ḥizqīl bin Yūsuf], British Agent at Muscat. It is the fifteenth in a series of twenty-one items on events in the Persian Gulf. The item concerns a request by Kursundass Nency for help in recovering money owed to him by a merchant and a shroff [banker] in Muscat who had gone bankrupt. 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
Physical description
1 item (9 folios)
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Physical condition
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 244, and terminates at f 252, 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. Relative to the claim of Kursundass Nance on the assets of two Bankrupts of Muskat. Vol: 15'