‘Vol 182 1852/53 Persia; Slave Trade; Muscat; Commerce; miscellaneous’ [‎39ar] (87/114)

Content

The volume contains copies of incoming and outgoing correspondence for the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. 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. . At the start of 1852 Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell is Resident, before being superseded by Captain Arnold Kemball. Correspondence in the volume falls under the following headings:

• Persia, Basra and Baghdad (folios 2-4);
• The Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. slave trade (folios 6-8);
• Correspondence with the Muscat 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. (folios 10-23);
• Commerce (folios 25-39);
• Miscellaneous items (folios 40-51).

Extent and format

1 volume, 38 items (57 folios)

Arrangement

The correspondence in the volume has been grouped under a number of headings: 1) 1852/53 Persia, Busrah [Basra], Baghdad; 2) 1852/53 Slave Trade; 3) 1852/53 Muscat; 4) 1852/53 Commerce. Each set of correspondence has its own title page. The correspondence under each heading has been arranged chronologically, from the earliest first (January 1852) to the latest last. A fifth, unnamed, category sits at the end of the file, identified in the file catalogue title as 'miscellaneous'.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: There is an original pagination sequence, which is written in ink, in the top right of each recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. and the top left of each verso The back of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'v'. . There is one foliation sequence, which is written in pencil, in the top right corner of each folio. The sequence begins on the title page, on number 1, and runs through to 52, ending on the inside of the back cover of the volume. The following details should be noted: f 7 is followed by f 7A; f 8 is followed by f 8A; f 23 is followed by f 23A; f 39 is followed by f 39A.

On some pages the lines of handwritten have been truncated where the pages have been later cropped, making the legibility of words at the edges of pages difficult to read. One item in the volume (f 32) is written is in cypher.

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English in Latin script

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