Letters Inward

Content

The volume contains letters received by 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. , relating to a number of issues affecting or occurring in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. during the period covered: regulations for British vessels visiting the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and Bushire; hostilities on the Arab coast between the rulers of Abu Dhabi, Ra's al-Khaymah and Ajman; the forwarding of letters from the Honourable Governor in Council to the Wahhābī A follower of the Islamic reform movement known as Wahhabism; also used to refer to the people and territories ruled by the Al-Saud family. ruler Turki bin Sa‘ūd, and the Shaikh of Ajman Rashid bin Humayd.

Extent and format

1 volume, 5 items (12 folios)

It is grouped into

Letter No. 512, from John Bax, Secretary to the Bombay Government, to Lieutenant Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf

4 images

Ref: IOR/R/15/1/57, ff 1-2

Letter from Robert Money, Bombay Persian Secretary’s Office, to Lieutenant Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf

10 images

Ref: IOR/R/15/1/57, ff 3-7

Letter No.742 [Political Department] from John Bax, Secretary to the Bombay Government, to the Assistant in Charge of the Residency of the Persian Gulf

2 images

Ref: IOR/R/15/1/57, f 8

Letter No. 988 [Political Department] from Charles Norris, Chief Secretary to the Bombay Government, to the Assistant in Charge of the Residency at Bushire

6 images

Ref: IOR/R/15/1/57, ff 9-11

Letter No. 1004 [Political Department] from Charles Norris, Chief Secretary to the Bombay Government, to the Assistant in Charge of the Bushire Residency

2 images

Ref: IOR/R/15/1/57, f 12

Arrangement

The letters in the volume are arranged in chronological order, from the earliest at the front of the volume, to the latest at the rear.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the first page of text and terminates at the last folio; these numbers are written in pencil, and can be found in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. An original incomplete pagination sequence, written in ink, is also present in the volume between ff 1-12. This is the sequence used by this catalogue to reference items within the volume.

Written in

English and Arabic 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/15/1/57

History of this record

Date(s)

7 Apr 1831-11 Jul 1831 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

Shipping regulations

People & organisations

Wahabi (Tribe)

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