Letters Inward
IOR/R/15/1/73
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The record is made up of 1 volume, 8 items (16 folios). It was created in 12 Jan 1837-19 Aug 1837. It was written in English. The original is part of the 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. .
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A collection of letters received by the Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , Bushire. Two letters are from Edward M Wood, Secretary to Government, Bombay. The first contains copies of letters between Wood and Charles Malcolm, Superintendent of the Indian Navy, concerning the ship the Hugh Lindsay . The second contains copies of correspondence between Charles Malcolm, Superintendent of the Indian Navy, and Robert Grant, President and Governor in Council, Bombay, and between Wood and Francis Rawdon Chesney, on the best means of establishing a packet communication between Bombay and Khorramshahr. Three letters are from John Pollard Willoughby. One refers to a certificate granted by the Imam of Muscat, Sa‘īd bin Sultān Āl Sa‘īd, to the Native Agent Non-British agents affiliated with the British Government. of Muscat, Khojah Rubin, and includes a copy of a letter from the Imam of Muscat to William Henry Wathen, Chief Secretary to Government, Bombay, concerning the Native Agent Non-British agents affiliated with the British Government. of Muscat. In the second Willoughby requests the immediate issue and distribution of a proclamation to all the ports on the Arabian Coast. The third is concerned with the Chief of Abu Dhabi and his wish to declare war against Bahrain. There is one letter from Rawdon Chesney, Commander of the Euphrates Expedition, Bombay, to Samuel Hennell, Bushire, giving instructions and an inscription for a tombstone for a man from the Euphrates expedition who died at Bushire. Two letters are from William Henry Wathen, Chief Secretary to Government, Bombay, acknowledging letters and copies of letters received from the Acting Resident.
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- 1 volume, 8 items (16 folios)
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- 4 imagesRef: IOR/R/15/1/73, ff 2-34 imagesRef: IOR/R/15/1/73, ff 4-52 imagesRef: IOR/R/15/1/73, f 64 imagesRef: IOR/R/15/1/73, ff 7-82 imagesRef: IOR/R/15/1/73, f 912 imagesRef: IOR/R/15/1/73, ff 10-152 imagesRef: IOR/R/15/1/73, f 162 imagesRef: IOR/R/15/1/73, f 17
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The correspondence is arranged in chronological order. The earliest letter is dated 12 January 1837 and the latest letter is dated 19 August 1837.
- Physical characteristics
Pagination: An original, but incomplete pagination sequence numbers each page of text between ff 2-17; these numbers are written in ink, and can be found in the top left or right corners of the verso The back of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'v'. and recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. sides of each folio respectively.
Foliation: The main foliation sequence commences at the cover 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 The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. This is the sequence used by this catalogue to reference items within the file.
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- English in Latin script
- Type
- Letter book
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- 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.
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- IOR/R/15/1/73
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- 12 Jan 1837-19 Aug 1837 (CE, Gregorian)
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- President and Governor of Bombay in CouncilHugh Lindsay, shipNative Agent, LingahGovernment of Bombay, Secretary to the Political DepartmentSuperintendent of the Indian NavyGovernment of Bombay, Secretary to the Military and Naval DepartmentEmir of Sharjah, Āl Qāsimī dynastyEmir of Ra's al-Khaymah, Āl Qāsimī dynastyMargaret, shipElphinstone, shipAmherst, shipFrancis Rawdon Chesney
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- Reference
- IOR/R/15/1/73
- Title
- Letters Inward
- Pages
- front, front-i, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence
- Reference
- IOR/R/15/1/73, ff 2-3
- Title
- Letter No.55: Edward M Wood, Secretary to Government, Bombay, to the Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf
- Pages
- 2r:3v
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence
- Reference
- IOR/R/15/1/73, ff 4-5
- Title
- Letter No. 60: John Pollard Willoughby, Secretary to Government, Bombay, to the Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire
- Pages
- 4r:5v
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence
- Reference
- IOR/R/15/1/73, f 6
- Title
- Letter No. 84: John Pollard Willoughby, Secretary to Government, Bombay, to the Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire
- Pages
- 6r:6v
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence
- Reference
- IOR/R/15/1/73, ff 7-8
- Title
- Letter from Francis Rawdon Chesney, Commander of the Euphrates Expedition, to Samuel Hennell, Bushire
- Pages
- 7r:8v
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence
- Reference
- IOR/R/15/1/73, f 9
- Title
- Letter No. 262: John Pollard Willoughby, Secretary to Government, Bombay, to the Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire
- Pages
- 9r:9v
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence
- Reference
- IOR/R/15/1/73, ff 10-15
- Title
- Letter No. 234: Edward M Wood, Secretary to Government, Bombay, to the Officiating Resident in the Persian Gulf
- Pages
- 10r:15v
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence
- Reference
- IOR/R/15/1/73, f 16
- Title
- Letter No. 1546: William Henry Wathen, Chief Secretary to Government, Bombay, to the Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf
- Pages
- 16r:16v
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence
- Reference
- IOR/R/15/1/73, f 17
- Title
- Letter No. 1557: William Henry Wathen, Chief Secretary to Government, Bombay, to The Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf
- Pages
- 17r:17v
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence