‘Book 161 1847’ Vol 161 Letters inward
IOR/R/15/1/116
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The record is made up of 1 file (41 folios). It was created in 25 Jan 1847-22 Dec 1847. 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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The file contains letters received by Major Samuel Hennell, British Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , Bushire, from Arthur Malet, Secretary (later Chief Secretary) to the Government of Bombay From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions. in the Political Department, Bombay Castle and written between January and December 1847.
Arthur Malet’s letters contain information, guidance and instructions from the Governor in Council of Bombay to the Resident. Several of his letters are followed by enclosures, some of which are dated 1845 and 1846.
The majority of the correspondence relates to the suppression of the maritime slave trade between the East Coast of Africa and the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and includes:
- English version of the Treaty between Great Britain and the Imam of Muscat, dated 2 October 1845 and signed at Zanzibar by Saeed Saeed bin Sultan [Sa`id bin Sultan Al Sa‘id], Sultan of Muscat (the Imam of Muscat) and Captain Atkins Hamerton (British Consul and East India Company Agent in the dominions of the Imam of Muscat);
- Letter dated 1846 from Lord Palmerston, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, London to Henry Wellesley (1st Earl Cowley) and Colonel Justin Sheil, both British representatives at Tehran and Constantinople respectively, asking them to persuade the courts of Persia and Turkey to issue firmans (royal decrees) prohibiting the slave trade in Persian and Turkish ports of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ;
- Instructions (an undated copy) from the Lords of the Admiralty to the Commanders of Her Majesty’s ships about the seizure of slave vessels under the terms of the new treaty with the Imam of Muscat, also letters of instruction dated 1847, from the Bombay Government to the Superintendent of the Indian Navy and the British Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. , Aden about issuing similar instructions for their own warships, also the procedure to be followed with regard to seized vessels and slaves sent to Aden;
- English translation of an Arabic letter of congratulations dated 22 November 1847, from George Russell Clerk, Governor of Bombay to the Imam of Muscat, about the seizure of eleven Muscat slave ships at sea, made by Captain Lowe, Senior Naval Officer in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , under the terms of the Treaty between Great Britain and the Imam of Muscat dated 2 October 1845.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (41 folios)
- Arrangement
The letters are arranged more or less chronologically. Most letters are followed by copies or extracts from earlier letters that were enclosed with them.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the contents are numbered 1B, 2-40, from the front to the back of the file. The numbering is written in pencil on the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. , in the top right corner and encircled. The front cover of the file is numbered 1A. The inside of the back cover is numbered 41. There is an unnumbered folio between folios 13 and 14.
Pagination: the contents are also irregularly numbered 31-33, 59, 74-106, 111, 217-224, 234, 295-297, 310, 365-368, 391-395, 411, 426-427, 433-434. The numbering is written in ink, usually on both the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. and verso The back of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'v'. ; in the top right and left corner respectively. All blank pages and the majority of pages containing brief details such as the name of the sender or the date the letter was sent, are unnumbered.
Condition: holes and tears in the margins and along the outer edges of many folios have caused a slight loss of the text of documents.
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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/15/1/116
- Former external reference(s)
- Volume 161
- Date(s)
- 25 Jan 1847-22 Dec 1847 (CE, Gregorian)
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- Naval operationsSlave tradeTreaties
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- AdenEastern Africa
- People & organisations
- Government of the Ottoman EmpireGovernment of Persia, Qajar dynasty
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- IOR/R/15/1/116
- Title
- ‘Book 161 1847’ Vol 161 Letters inward
- Pages
- front, front-i, 1br:1bv, 2r:12v, 13ar:13bv, 14r:40v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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