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Vol 77: Native Letters Inward [‎2v] (10/70)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (29 folios). It was created in 9 Apr 1832-24 Nov 1832. 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 file consists of contemporaneous copies or summaries of letters received by the Resident in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. (usually based at Bushire but temporarily residing on the Island of Corgo, following an outbreak of the plague) from a number of East India Company native agents Non-British agents affiliated with the British Government. , including those at Shargah [Sharjah], Muscat, Lingah [Bandar-e Lengeh] and Shiraz. Named correspondents include Moollah Houssein [Mullā Husayn], Native Agent Non-British agents affiliated with the British Government. at Shargah, and Mirza Ally Ackbar [Mirza Ali Akbar], Native Agent Non-British agents affiliated with the British Government. at Shiraz. Most of these letters are in fact summaries (in the file they are referred to as 'substances') of letters, rather than complete copies of letters, which have been produced by a member of 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. staff.

In addition, there are a number of substances or extracts of letters from local rulers, including: Sultan bin Suggur [Sulṭān bin Saqr Āl Qāsimī One of the ruling families of the United Arab Emirates; also used to refer to a confederation of seafaring Arabs led by the Qāsimī tribe from Ras al Khaima. , ruler of Ra's al-Khaymah and Sharjah]; Shaik Tahnun [Shaikh Tahnun bin Shakhbut Āl Nahyān] of Aboothabee [Abu Dhabi]; and Saood bin Ally [Saud bin Ali], Governor of Burka [Barkā’, Oman].

Subjects covered in this file include: the imprisonment of the Imam of Muscat's [Sa‘īd bin Sultān Āl Bū Sa‘īd's] son and nephew by Saood bin Ally; relations between Sultan bin Suggur and Shaik Tahnun; an outbreak of plague in Bushire; the British Government's alliance with the Imam of Muscat; the reported seizure by Sultan bin Suggur of three forts on the Batinah [Al-Bāṭinah] coast belonging to the Imam of Muscat.

The file includes one item of outgoing correspondence: a copy of a letter (see ff 8-11), dated 25 May 1832, from Samuel Hennell, Assistant to the Resident in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , to Charles Norris, 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 which Hennell recounts his recent visits to Sohar [Ṣuḥār], Sowek [As Suwayq], Burka and Muscat.

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1 volume (29 folios)
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The letters in this file generally proceed from 9 April 1832 to 24 November 1832, although there are a few cases where a letter appears out of sequence.

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Pagination: There is an original but incomplete pagination sequence, which is written in ink, in the top outermost corners of each page.

Foliation: The foliation sequence commences at the first folio with content (i.e. text) and terminates at the last folio with content; these numbers are written in pencil, and are located 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 which has been used by this catalogue to reference items within the file.

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Vol 77: Native Letters Inward [‎2v] (10/70), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/59, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023512789.0x00000b> [accessed 28 March 2024]

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