Proceedings and Despatches, Karrack, 1839
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- Proceedings and Despatches, Karrack, 1839
- Date:
- 1839/1839
- Description:
- Abstract: The item consists primarily of correspondence with enclosures, notes, reports and memoranda dated between 1 August 1839 and 10 September 1839. It covers the first month after the British occupation of Karrack [Khārk/Kharg].Most significant are those regarding: mercantile affairs; the movement of vessels to and from Persian [Iranian] ports; the preservation of British interests in the Persian Gulf; the Russo-Persian Wars; the transfer of the Residency from Bushire [Būshehr] to Karrack; Ottoman-Egyptian relations; control of Syria; Mahomed Ally Pasha [Muḥammad ‘Alī Pasha, Khedive of Egypt]; agitations around Persian Gulf cities; the rising and movement of Egypt troops in Central Asia and Gulf.Main correspondents: Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf; Robert Reid, Acting Chief Secretary to the Government of Bombay [Mumbai]; J P Willoughby, Secretary to the Government of Bombay; Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company; Secretary to the Government of India; Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Taylor, Political Resident in Turkish Arabia.Physical description: 1 item (186 folios)
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival item
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Russo-Persian War (1826-1828)
Maritime transport
Merchant shipping - Geographic region:
- Karrack (island)
- Rights:
- غير معروف
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100110392257.0x000001_ar
81055/vdc_100110392257.0x000001_en
IOR/L/PS/5/377, ff 450-635
IOR/L/PS/5/377, ff 450-635