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The record is made up of 1 volume (358 folios). It was created in 20 Feb 1796-20 Feb 1808. 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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This volume consists of three items which are copies of correspondence, minutes, and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, letters from the Governments of Bombay and Bengal. The items are:
- IOR/F/4/257/5647 'Mr Crow's reply to the strictures on his Conduct sent by Mr Manesty to the Secret Committee Pre-1784, the Committee responsible for protecting East India Company shipping. Post-1784, its main role was to transmit communications between the Board of Control and the Company's Indian governments on matters requiring secrecy. in 1796'
- IOR/F/4/257/5648 'Attempts of the French to obtain possession of the Island of Cameran in the Red Sea'
- IOR/F/4/257/5650 'The French Brig La Vigilante with her Crew delivered over to the Imaum of Muscat to enable him by her restoration to appease the resentment of the French excited by his having compelled the Brig to leave the Cove of Muscat which led to her capture by His Majesty's Ship Concorde'.
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- 1 volume (358 folios)
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- 232 imagesRef: IOR/F/4/257/5647264 imagesRef: IOR/F/4/257/5648224 imagesRef: IOR/F/4/257/5650
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Items are divided by title pages listing the Secret and Political letters contained within each item.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 360; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the bottom right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
Pagination: the volume also contains an original pagination sequence.
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- English in Latin script
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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/F/4/257
- Date(s)
- 20 Feb 1796-20 Feb 1808 (CE, Gregorian)
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Board's Collections Vol 257, British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/F/4/257, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100000001198.0x0003c1> [accessed 22 July 2026]
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- IOR/F/4/257/5647
- Title
- 'Mr Crow's reply to the strictures on his Conduct sent by Mr Manesty to the Secret Committee in 1796'
- Pages
- 112v:114r
- Author
- Suleimān Pasha the Great
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- Public Domain
- Reference
- IOR/F/4/257/5647
- Title
- 'Mr Crow's reply to the strictures on his Conduct sent by Mr Manesty to the Secret Committee in 1796'
- Pages
- 114r:116v, 117r:117v
- Author
- Ali Kâhya
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- Public Domain
- Reference
- IOR/F/4/257/5647
- Title
- 'Mr Crow's reply to the strictures on his Conduct sent by Mr Manesty to the Secret Committee in 1796'
- Pages
- 117v:120r
- Author
- Abdullah Aga
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- Public Domain
- Reference
- IOR/F/4/257/5648
- Title
- 'Attempts of the French to obtain possession of the Island of Cameran in the Red Sea'
- Pages
- 158v:159r, 180v:181v, 181v:183r, 204r:206r, 206r:206v, 246r:246r
- Author
- Benzoni, J
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- Public Domain
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- IOR/F/4/257/5648
- Title
- 'Attempts of the French to obtain possession of the Island of Cameran in the Red Sea'
- Pages
- 201r:202v
- Author
- Āl Bū Sa‘īd, Sayyid Sa‘īd bin Sulṭān
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- Public Domain
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- IOR/F/4/257/5648
- Title
- 'Attempts of the French to obtain possession of the Island of Cameran in the Red Sea'
- Pages
- 205r:206r
- Author
- Stevenson, William
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- Public Domain
- Reference
- IOR/F/4/257/5648
- Title
- 'Attempts of the French to obtain possession of the Island of Cameran in the Red Sea'
- Pages
- 235r:236r, 236r:236v
- Author
- Sulaymani, Hammud bin Muhammad
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- Public Domain
- Reference
- IOR/F/4/257/5648
- Title
- 'Attempts of the French to obtain possession of the Island of Cameran in the Red Sea'
- Pages
- 239r:240v, 241r:242r
- Author
- Schuler, L
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- Public Domain
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- IOR/F/4/257/5648
- Title
- 'Attempts of the French to obtain possession of the Island of Cameran in the Red Sea'
- Pages
- 246v:247v
- Author
- Al-Wakil, Sheikh Baha al-Din
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- Public Domain
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- IOR/F/4/257/5648
- Title
- 'Attempts of the French to obtain possession of the Island of Cameran in the Red Sea'
- Pages
- 144v:146r
- Author
- Annesley, Arthur, 1st Earl of Mountnorris
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- Public Domain
- Reference
- IOR/F/4/257/5650
- Title
- 'The French Brig La Vigilante with her Crew delivered over to the Imaum of Muscat to enable him by her restoration to appease the resentment of the French excited by his having compelled the Brig to leave the Cove of Muscat which led to her capture by His Majesty's Ship Concorde'
- Pages
- 315r:315v
- Author
- Darwish Chalabi
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- Public Domain
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- IOR/F/4/257/5650
- Title
- 'The French Brig La Vigilante with her Crew delivered over to the Imaum of Muscat to enable him by her restoration to appease the resentment of the French excited by his having compelled the Brig to leave the Cove of Muscat which led to her capture by His Majesty's Ship Concorde'
- Pages
- 272r:275r, 303r:304v, 318r:320r, 346r:347r
- Author
- Āl Bū Sa‘īd, Sayyid Sa‘īd bin Sulṭān
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- Public Domain
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- IOR/F/4/257/5650
- Title
- 'The French Brig La Vigilante with her Crew delivered over to the Imaum of Muscat to enable him by her restoration to appease the resentment of the French excited by his having compelled the Brig to leave the Cove of Muscat which led to her capture by His Majesty's Ship Concorde'
- Pages
- 309r:310r
- Author
- bin Ghulam Shah, Bahadur
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- Public Domain
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- IOR/F/4/257/5650
- Title
- 'The French Brig La Vigilante with her Crew delivered over to the Imaum of Muscat to enable him by her restoration to appease the resentment of the French excited by his having compelled the Brig to leave the Cove of Muscat which led to her capture by His Majesty's Ship Concorde'
- Pages
- 315v:316v
- Author
- Bihbāhānī, Muḥammad, Āghā
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- Public Domain
- Reference
- IOR/F/4/257
- Title
- Board's Collections Vol 257
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:4v, 365r:366v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence
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- IOR/F/4/257/5647
- Title
- 'Mr Crow's reply to the strictures on his Conduct sent by Mr Manesty to the Secret Committee in 1796'
- Pages
- 5r:112r, 120v
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence
- Reference
- IOR/F/4/257/5648
- Title
- 'Attempts of the French to obtain possession of the Island of Cameran in the Red Sea'
- Pages
- 121r:144r, 146v:158r, 159v:180r, 183v:200v, 203r:203v, 207r:234v, 237r:238v, 242v:245v, 248r:252v
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence
- Reference
- IOR/F/4/257/5650
- Title
- 'The French Brig La Vigilante with her Crew delivered over to the Imaum of Muscat to enable him by her restoration to appease the resentment of the French excited by his having compelled the Brig to leave the Cove of Muscat which led to her capture by His Majesty's Ship Concorde'
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- 253r:271v, 275v:302v, 305r:308v, 310v:314v, 317r:317v, 320v:345v, 347v:364v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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