'Shahr and Makulla. Secret Letter from India, No. 16, Dated 2nd February 1881.'
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- 'Shahr and Makulla. Secret Letter from India, No. 16, Dated 2nd February 1881.'
- Contributor:
- Sir Knight Arthur William Moore (author)
- Date:
- 1881/1881
- Description:
- A letter and a short postscript, in which Arthur William Moore writes to the British Government describing an ongoing financial dispute between the chiefs of Shahr and Makulla, two principal ports on the south coast of Arabia. The author mentions the likelihood of the region falling into Turkish hands should the dispute continue, and outlines British attempts therefore to settle it. The dispute remains ongoing at the time the postscript was written.6 foliosFoliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at folio 41, and terminates at folio 46, as it is part of a larger volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 5-152; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival file
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Conflict resolution
- Geographic region:
- Shahr
Makulla - Extent:
- 6 folios
- Rights:
- Open Government Licence
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000000788.0x0003e6_ar
81055/vdc_100000000788.0x0003e6_en
IOR/L/PS/18/B23 - Is part of:
- British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers