‘Mahomerah – Sheik of – Refuses to allow certain Government Coal to be taken from that place.’
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- ‘Mahomerah – Sheik of – Refuses to allow certain Government Coal to be taken from that place.’
- Date:
- 1839/1841
- Description:
- Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, minutes, and consultations, cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. It is the sixth in a series of seven items about the Persian Gulf (the others are IOR/F/4/1912/81793, 81794, 81795, 81796, 81797, and 81799). The correspondents are: the governments of Bombay and India; Captain Samuel Hennell, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; Captain Robert Oliver, Superintendent of the Indian Navy; and Lieutenant Charles D Campbell of the East India Company Steamer Hugh Lindsay.The item concerns the initial refusal of Sheik Faris of Mahomerah [Shaikh Faris bin Ghaith Āl Kaabi of Mohammarah, i.e. Khorramshahr] to give Campbell coal deposited at Mahomerah belonging to the British Government, despite acknowledging that it was British property.The item includes a contents page, and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Col [Collection] 12, Draft 713, P.C. [Previous Communication] 3227, [Season 18]41’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 388 and terminates at f 406, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the bottom right corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: the volume also contains an original pagination sequence.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival item
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Coal
Naval supplies
Emir of Mohammerah - Geographic region:
- Mahomerah
- Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000000233.0x00020b_ar
81055/vdc_100000000233.0x00020b_en
IOR/F/4/1912/81798
IOR/F/4/1912/81798