'Vol 188 1854/55 Arabian Coast and Muscat; Accounts and General'
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- 'Vol 188 1854/55 Arabian Coast and Muscat; Accounts and General'
- Contributor:
- Government of Bombay, Secretary to the Political Department (correspondent)
- Date:
- 1854/1854
- Description:
- This file contains correspondence to and from Arnold Burrowes Kemball, the Resident in the Persian Gulf based at Bushire. The correspondents include William Taylor Thompson (Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Persia), Meerza Hussein Ali Khan (the Governor of Bushire), George Robinson (the Commander of the Persian Gulf Squadron), Henry Lacon Anderson (Secretary to the Bombay Government) and Said bin Sultan (the Imam of Muscat).Correspondence between Kemball and Britain's native agents in Shiraz, Muscat, Sharjah and Lingah [Bandar Lengeh] is also contained in the file.The file contains several translations of intelligence reports sent to Kemball at the Residency from an agent employed by the British in Shiraz. The correspondence and the intelligence reports discuss regional political developments, trade and relations between the British and the Persian court.A list of those wounded and killed in an affray between the Boo Sumait and Al Ali Tribes in September 1854 is contained on folio 204.1 volume (235 folios)The file is arranged in to two sections; ff 1-210 which contains general correspondence and ff 211-226 which contains correspondence related to the Bushire Residency's accounts. Both sections are arranged chronologically.Condition: A bound letter book.Foliation: The file's foliation sequence commences at the title page and terminates at the last folio; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and can be found in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. Two original pagination sequences run between ff 1A-209 and ff 212-226; these numbers are written in ink, but are not circled, and can be found in the top left and top right corner of the verso and recto side of each folio respectively.The file contains the following foliation errors: 1 and 1A
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Letter book
- Type (Narrower):
- Letters
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Trade (practice)
International relations - Extent:
- 1 volume (235 folios)
- Rights:
- Public Domain
Open Government Licence - Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000000193.0x000071_ar
81055/vdc_100000000193.0x000071_en
IOR/R/15/1/140 - Is part of:
- British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers