‘Persian Gulf. Plunder of Mails despatched from Bushire to Teheran-’
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- ‘Persian Gulf. Plunder of Mails despatched from Bushire to Teheran-’
- Date:
- 1847/1847
- Description:
- Abstract: The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence, minutes and memoranda cited in, or enclosed with, a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, 13 November 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 forty-third in a series of fifty-nine items on events in the Persian Gulf.The item relates to the theft of letters addressed to Lieutenant-Colonel Justin Sheil, HM Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at the Court of Persia [Iran], which had been sent from India via Bushire [Bushehr]. The Government of Bombay orders duplicates of the letters, as well as another copy of the Government Gazette, to be produced and forwarded to Sheil. A list of the stolen letters can be found at folio 489 verso.Correspondents include Major Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, and the Government of Bombay.The title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Bombay Political Department’, ‘Draft No. 345/48’, ‘Collection No. 2 of No. 139, Vol: 43.’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 487, and terminates at f 491, 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:
- Letters (documents)
Theft
HM Ambassador to Iran - Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100098005031.0x000001_ar
81055/vdc_100098005031.0x000001_en
IOR/F/4/2238/112364
IOR/F/4/2238/112364