'Vol 174 1851/52 General or Miscellaneous and Packets'

Title:

'Vol 174 1851/52 General or Miscellaneous and Packets'

Contributor:

Residency Surgeon, Persian Gulf (correspondent)
Political Agent and Consul, Zanzibar (correspondent)
Commander of the brigantine Tigris (correspondent)
Commander of the brigantine Euphrates (correspondent)
Samuel Hennell (correspondent)

Date:

1850/1851

Description:

The volume contains correspondence to and from the Resident of the Persian Gulf (Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell) during 1851. The first part of the file (ff 2-29) relates to miscellaneous issues of a largely domestic nature arising at the Residency. The second part of the file (ff 31-76) contains copies of correspondence exchanged between the Commanding Officers of the Honourable Company's [East India Company] ships in the Gulf and the Residency, concerning the disputes occuring at the time between the Wahhabi and Qatari tribes and the Sheikh of Bahrain, and correspondence relating to coastal towns of Guttur [Qatar].1 volume, 54 items (83 folios)The items in the file are likely to have been arranged in the order that the originals were received, starting with the earliest item at the front of the file, to the latest at end. The file thus follows a chronological, but not strict chronological, sequence.Foliation: There is an incomplete pagination sequence and a complete foliation sequence. The foliation sequence is written in pencil, in the top-right corner of each folio. It begins on the front cover, on number 1, and runs through to 84, ending on the inside of the back cover of the file. Foliation errors: f 27 missing.Condition: Some of the papers in the file have deteriorated significantly at the edges and show signs of significant insect damage, both of which affect the legibility of some parts of their text.

Language:

English

Type:

Letter book

Type (Narrower):

Letters

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Drinking water
Cholera
Wells

Geographic region:

Zanzibar
Qais
Rass el Khyma
Sohar
Abo Thabee
Adeed
Euphrates River
Bushire
El Biddah
Kenn Island
Bassidore
Kateef
Congoon
Doah
Fowarit
Guttur
Inderabia

Extent:

1 volume, 54 items (83 folios)

Rights:

Open Government Licence

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000000193.0x000065_ar
81055/vdc_100000000193.0x000065_en
IOR/R/15/1/128

Is part of:

British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers

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