'Vol 55 Letters outward'

Title:

'Vol 55 Letters outward'

Contributor:

Government of Bombay, Accountant General (correspondent)
Government of Bombay, Civil Auditor (correspondent)

Date:

1828/1828

Description:

This file contains letters written by David Wilson, the British Resident in the Persian Gulf based at Bushire. The bulk of the letters are addressed to William Newnham, Chief Secretary to the Government in Bombay and John Wedderburn, Accountant General in Bombay.The letters discuss relations with Abdoolah Ben Ahmed [Abdullah bin Ahmad], the ruler of Bahrain as well as tensions between him and Said bin Sultan, the Imam of Muscat.The file also contains a detailed account of an attack on the town of Bushire written by Wilson in December 1828 (ff. 19v-23).1 file (30 folios)The file is arranged in chronological order, from earliest at the beginning of the file to the most recent at end.Condition: The folios of the file are now loose in a folder but there is evidence of previous binding.Foliation: The file's foliation sequence is circled in pencil, in the top right corner of the recto of each folio. It begins on the front cover, on number 1, and ends on the last folio of writing, on number 29. This is the sequence which has been used by this catalogue to reference items within the volume.Pagination: The file's pagination sequence is written in ink, in the top right corners of the rectos and in the top left corners of the versos. It begins on the first page of writing, on number 135, and ends on the last page of writing, on number 364. There are several numbers missing from this sequence.

Language:

English

Type:

Letter book

Type (Narrower):

Letters

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Foreign relations
Military operations

Extent:

1 file (30 folios)

Rights:

Open Government Licence

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000000193.0x000014_ar
81055/vdc_100000000193.0x000014_en
IOR/R/15/1/47

Is part of:

British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers

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