'Vol 183 1853/54 Residency in the Persian Gulf, Persia and Persian Coast'

Content

This file contains correspondence to and from Arnold Burrowes Kemball, the Resident in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. . The correspondents include Justin Sheil ( Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary A diplomatic representative who ranks below an ambassador. The term can be shortened to 'envoy'. at the Court of Persia) the Governor of Bushire and George Robinson (the Commander of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Squadron).

The file also contains several translations of intelligence reports sent to Kemball at the Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. 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.

Extent and format

1 file (174 folios)

Arrangement

File is arranged in chronological order, from earliest at beginning of the file to most recent at end.

Physical characteristics

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 The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. 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 The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. and in the top left corner of most of the versos. It begins on the verso The back of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'v'. of the first folio of correspondence, on number 2, and ends on recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of the last folio of writing, on number 276. The sequence is inconsistent in that the blank pages have not been paginated.

Written in

English and Farsi in Latin and Arabic script

Type

Letter book

Access & Reference

Original held at

British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/R/15/1/136

Former external reference(s)

Vol 183

History of this record

Date(s)

6 Jan 1853-15 Dec 1853 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

Trade (practice)ShippingForeign relationsBilateral relations

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