‘Persian Gulf. Application to be considered British subjects from the Merchants of Sind residing in the-’
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- ‘Persian Gulf. Application to be considered British subjects from the Merchants of Sind residing in the-’
- Date:
- 1847/1848
- Description:
- Abstract: The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, 31 August 1847. A copy of this Political Letter can be found at IOR/F/4/2238/112322, alongside details of further enclosures. The item is the twelfth in a series of fifty-nine items on events in the Persian Gulf.The item relates to a request made by Sookram [Sukh Rām], a Hindoo [Hindu] merchant from Scinde [Sindh] residing in Bunder Abass [Bandar-e ʻAbbas], to Major Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf. Sookram’s request is for all Scinde merchants residing at Bunder Abass to be granted trading privileges there as British subjects, citing a similar arrangement in Muscat. The item also includes the Government of Bombay’s response, in which they refer to a previous decision made by the Government of India concerning privileges for Scinde merchants at Bahrein [Bahrain].Hennell’s letter includes a list of the Scinde merchants residing at Bunder Abass, which can be found at folio 327.The title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Bombay Political Department’, ‘Draft No. 345/48’, ‘Collection No. 2 of No. 107, Vol: 12.’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 324, and terminates at f 330, 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 item also contains an original pagination sequence.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival item
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Customs privileges
- Geographic region:
- Bunder Abass
- Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100098004472.0x000001_ar
81055/vdc_100098004472.0x000001_en
IOR/F/4/2238/112333
IOR/F/4/2238/112333