Letter no.245 from Commander Felix Jones, Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay

IOR/R/15/1/157, f 180

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The record is made up of 1 folio. It was created in 18 Aug 1856. 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 letter relates to the whereabouts of a Soor [Ṣūr] inhabitant charged with kidnapping a Somali girl. Jones writes that information from the British Agent at Muscat suggests that the man is now residing in Aden. Appended to Jones’s letter is the translated extract of a letter from the British Agent at Muscat, to Jones, dated 30 July 1856.

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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/15/1/157, f 180

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18 Aug 1856 (CE, Gregorian)

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Letter no.245 from Commander Felix Jones, Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/157, f 180, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100024066926.0x000041> [accessed 24 April 2024]

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