‘Persian Gulf. Bushire. Mode and Extent of taxation at.’
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- ‘Persian Gulf. Bushire. Mode and Extent of taxation at.’
- Creator:
- Author: Assistant to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf
- Date:
- 1847/1847
- 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 thirteenth in a series of fifty-nine items on events in the Persian Gulf.The item contains a memorandum on the taxation system within the Province of Fars, composed by Lieutenant Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Assistant Resident in the Persian Gulf (folios 334-339). As well as information on the general system, Kemball’s memorandum also includes an example of rates levied from the villages of Reshehr. The memorandum was requested by HM Minister at the Court of Persia [Iran] and forwarded by Major Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to the Government of Bombay. The Governor of Bombay’s comments are included.The title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Bombay Political Department’, ‘Draft No. 345/48’, ‘Collection No. 2 of No. 107, Vol: 13.’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 331, and terminates at f 340, 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:
- Taxation
- Geographic region:
- Fars
- Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100098004498.0x000001_ar
81055/vdc_100098004498.0x000001_en
IOR/F/4/2238/112334
IOR/F/4/2238/112334