'Vol 188 1854/55 Arabian Coast and Muscat; Accounts and General'

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. based at Bushire. The correspondents include William Taylor Thompson ( 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), Meerza Hussein Ali Khan (the Governor of Bushire), 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), Henry Lacon Anderson (Secretary to the Bombay Government) and Said bin Sultan (the Imam of Muscat).

Correspondence between Kemball and Britain's native agents Non-British agents affiliated with the British Government. in Shiraz, Muscat, Sharjah and Lingah [Bandar Lengeh] is also contained in the file.

The file 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 an agent employed by the British in Shiraz. The correspondence and the intelligence reports discuss regional political developments, trade and relations between the British and the Persian court.

A list of those wounded and killed in an affray between the Boo Sumait and Al Ali Tribes in September 1854 is contained on folio 204.

Extent and format

1 volume (235 folios)

Arrangement

The file is arranged in to two sections; ff 1-210 which contains general correspondence and ff 211-226 which contains correspondence related to the Bushire 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. 's accounts. Both sections are arranged chronologically.

Physical characteristics

Condition: A bound letter book.

Foliation: The file's foliation sequence commences at the title page 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. Two original pagination sequences run between ff 1A-209 and ff 212-226; these numbers are written in ink, but are not circled, and can be found in the top left and top right corner 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'. side of each folio respectively.

The file contains the following foliation errors: 1 and 1A

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/15/1/140

History of this record

Date(s)

5 Jan 1854-19 Dec 1854 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

Trade (practice)International relations

People & organisations

Governor of BushireGovernment of Bombay, Secretary to the Political Department

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