'Letters inward'

Title:

'Letters inward'

Contributor:

President and Governor of Bombay in Council (correspondent)
Government of Bombay, Persian Secretary (correspondent)

Date:

1834/1834

Description:

This file contains letters from the Government of Bombay to the Residency in the Persian Gulf at Bushire. Correspondents include Charles Norris, Chief Secretary to the Government of Bombay, and William Henry Wathen, Secretary to the Government of Bombay. The recipients are David Anderson Blane, Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire, and Samuel Hennell, Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire. Subjects include: the role of the British Government in disputes between the Imam of Muscat and his neighbours; the condition of buildings at Bassidore [Bāsa‘īdū] Station and its advantages as a port; the death of the Wahhabi Chief Turki ibn Saud [Turkī bin ‘Abdullāh Āl Sa‘ūd]; and the weak condition of the Gulf Squadron.1 volume, 7 items (25 folios)The correspondence is chronological beginning with 7 March 1834 and ending on 12 September 1834, with the exception of folios 17-18.Pagination: There is an inconsistent pagination sequence, which is written in ink in the top right corner of each recto and in the top left corner of each verso. The sequence runs from 25 to 131, but there are a few gaps. Foliation: The foliation sequence is written in pencil, in the top right corner of the recto of each folio. It begins on the first folio of writing, on number 1, and ends on the last folio of writing, on number 19.

Language:

English

Type:

Letter book

Type (Narrower):

Letters

Type (Broader):

Text

Geographic region:

Muscat

Extent:

1 volume, 7 items (25 folios)

Rights:

Open Government Licence

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000000193.0x000026_ar
81055/vdc_100000000193.0x000026_en
IOR/R/15/1/65

Is part of:

British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers

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