The Forwarding of a Letter Regarding the Horses Sent by the Imaum of Muscat to Queen Victoria

IOR/L/PS/5/388, ff 6-8

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The record is made up of 1 item (3 folios). It was created in 21 Oct 1840. 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 part of the volume consists of a copy of an enclosure to a despatch from 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. Secret Department 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. , Number 85 of 1840, dated 21 October 1840.

The enclosure is dated 14 September 1840. It consists of a letter from Captain Atkins Hamerton, on a mission to Muscat (as East India Company Agent in the Dominions of the Imām of Muscat), to the 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. , Lestock Robert Reid. Hamerton writes that at the request of the Imaum [Imām] of Muscat, he is enclosing a letter (not included in this item) to be sent on to Lord Palmerston, HM Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. Hamerton states that the letter concerns the four horses sent by the Imaum to Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom, and that the letter was not sent with the horses due to an oversight by the Imaum’s Secretary.

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‘ENCLOSURES TO SECRET LETTERS FROM BOMBAY’, Vol 26

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Ref: IOR/L/PS/5/388

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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/L/PS/5/388, ff 6-8
Former external reference(s): No. 85 of 1840
Date(s): 21 Oct 1840 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects: HorsesGifts
Places: Muscat
People & organisations: Political Agent and Consul, ZanzibarĀl Bū Sa'īd dynasty, Imam of Muscat and Oman

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Reference: IOR/L/PS/5/388, ff 6-8
Title: The Forwarding of a Letter Regarding the Horses Sent by the Imaum of Muscat to Queen Victoria
Pages: 6r:8v
Author: East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
Usage terms: Open Government Licence