‘Persian Gulf. Relative to an insult offered by a Persian Soldier to an Officer of the Honble Company’s Steamer “Ajdaha”.’
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- ‘Persian Gulf. Relative to an insult offered by a Persian Soldier to an Officer of the Honble Company’s Steamer “Ajdaha”.’
- Date:
- 1856/1856
- Description:
- Abstract: The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, 12 September 1856. A copy of this letter can be found at IOR/F/4/2661/176320, alongside details of further enclosures. The item is the third in a series of fifteen items on events in the Persian Gulf during 1855-56. The eighth item in the sequence is not present.The item contains correspondence between: Rear Admiral Sir Henry John Leeke, Commander in Chief of the Indian Navy; the Government of Bombay; and the Government of India. The correspondence relates to the two governments' approval of the proceedings undertaken by Commander Felix Jones, Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf, following an incident at Bushire [Bushehr] between a Persian [Iranian] soldier and an officer of the Company steamer, Ajdaha[ Ajdahā].The title page of the item contains the following references: 'Bombay Political Department', Draft Number '52 [18]57', 'Collection No. 6', 'Vol: 3', and 'Examiner's Office'. Originally, the Collection number was written as 'Collection No. 4 of No. 71 of 1856.' but the '4' was replaced with '6' and 'of No. 71 of 1856.' has been crossed out.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 1004, and terminates at f 1009, 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)
Political Resident, Persian Gulf - Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100109274824.0x000001_ar
81055/vdc_100109274824.0x000001_en
IOR/F/4/2661/176322
IOR/F/4/2661/176322