‘Bagdad. Household property on the Island of Bombay belonging to a deceased Jew of Bagdad.~’
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- ‘Bagdad. Household property on the Island of Bombay belonging to a deceased Jew of Bagdad.~’
- Date:
- 1848/1851
- Description:
- Abstract: The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence cited in, or enclosed with, an extract of a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, 30 September 1851.The item relates to a request from Major Henry Creswicke Rawlinson, Political Agent in Turkish Arabia [Ottoman Iraq], that the Government of Bombay intervene in a legal dispute between the trustees of the estate of Jacob Simah [also rendered in text as Jacob Semah and Yacoob Simah], a Jewish resident of Bagdad [Baghdad]. Rawlinson gives details of the dispute, including a list of the property in Bombay [Mumbai] belonging to the estate, and the legal complexities involved. The Government refers the matter to William Acland, the Company's Solicitor, Bombay, who gives recommended actions, and these are in turn passed on to Rawlinson.The item also contains correspondence between the Government and Messrs Dirom, Hunter & Co, representatives of five of the trustees, relating to the case.The title page of the item contains the following references: 'Bombay Political Department', 'Draft No. 19 of 1852', 'Collection No 1 of No 71', and 'Examiner's Office'.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 4, and terminates at f 12, 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:
- Legal disputes
- Geographic region:
- Bombay
- Rights:
- المُلكية العامة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100108387647.0x000001_ar
81055/vdc_100108387647.0x000001_en
IOR/F/4/2444/134188
IOR/F/4/2444/134188