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The record is made up of 1 item (4 folios). It was created in 28 Aug 1846. 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 item comprises 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 93 of 1846, dated 28 August 1846. The enclosure is dated 24 April 1846.
The primary document is a despatch from Captain Atkins Hamerton, HM Consul and Honourable Company’s Agent in the Dominions of HH the Imaum [Imam] of Muscat [also spelled Muskat in this item], based in Zanzibar, to the Chief Secretary to the Government, Bombay.
In his despatch Hamerton reports on the friendly relations for some time existing between himself and the Imam, ever since the receipt by the Imam of a letter dated 27 November 1844 from Lord Aberdeen [Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs]. Hamerton also refers to the frequent complaints formerly made against him by the Custom Master and the Imam’s Secretary, which were the result of his ‘breaking down a system from which they and many others derived considerable pecuniary advantages’.
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- IOR/L/PS/5/445, ff 29-32
- Title
- Muscat Affairs
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- 29r:32v
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