'Vol 183 1853/54 Residency in the Persian Gulf, Persia and Persian Coast'
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- 'Vol 183 1853/54 Residency in the Persian Gulf, Persia and Persian Coast'
- Date:
- 1853/1853
- Description:
- This file contains correspondence to and from Arnold Burrowes Kemball, the Resident in the Persian Gulf. The correspondents include Justin Sheil (Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Persia) the Governor of Bushire and George Robinson (the Commander of the Persian Gulf Squadron).The file also contains several translations of intelligence reports sent to Kemball at the Residency from Meerza Fuzl Oollah (an agent employed by the British in Shiraz) . The correspondence and the intelligence reports discuss regional political developments and relations between the British and the Persian court.A list of British vessels trading between Bushire and Bombay is contained on folios 52v-53.1 file (174 folios)File is arranged in chronological order, from earliest at beginning of the file to 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 written in pencil, in the top right corner of the recto of each folio. It begins on first folio after the front cover, on number 2, and ends on the inside of the back cover, on number 170. The file contains the following foliation errors: f 31 is followed by f 31A; no f 35; f 124 is followed by ff 124A-D.Pagination: The pagination sequence is written in ink, in the top right corner of each recto and in the top left corner of most of the versos. It begins on the verso of the first folio of correspondence, on number 2, and ends on recto of the last folio of writing, on number 276. The sequence is inconsistent in that the blank pages have not been paginated.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Letter book
- Type (Narrower):
- Letters
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Trade (practice)
Shipping
Foreign relations
Bilateral relations - Extent:
- 1 file (174 folios)
- Rights:
- Open Government Licence
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000000193.0x00006d_ar
81055/vdc_100000000193.0x00006d_en
IOR/R/15/1/136 - Is part of:
- British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers