‘Muskat. Result of the remonstrance addressed to His Highness the Imaum- touching the unfair division of an insolvent merchants assets amongst his creditors’
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- ‘Muskat. Result of the remonstrance addressed to His Highness the Imaum- touching the unfair division of an insolvent merchants assets amongst his creditors’
- Date:
- 1849/1850
- 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, 18 July 1849.The item relates to the Court of Directors and the Government of Bombay’s dissatisfaction with the Imaum of Muscat [Sayyid Sa‘īd bin Sulṭān Āl Bū Sa‘īd, Imām of Muscat], following the ‘unfair’ division of assets belonging to an insolvent merchant, Dhurumsee [Dharamsī], between his creditors, including British subjects. Captain Atkins Hamerton, Her Majesty’s Consul and the Company’s Agent in the Dominions of His Highness the Imaum of Muscat, writes to the Government updating them on actions taken by the Imaum to rectify the situation. Copies of relevant correspondence are forwarded to Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf.The title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Bombay Political Department’, ‘Draft No. 743 of 1850’, ‘Collection No 11 of No 49’, and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 856, and terminates at f 863, 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:
- Insolvency
Imam of Oman - Geographic region:
- Muscat
- Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100098181598.0x000001_ar
81055/vdc_100098181598.0x000001_en
IOR/F/4/2374/126146
IOR/F/4/2374/126146