Vol 26: Letters Inward

Title:

Vol 26: Letters Inward

Date:

1822/1822

Description:

Abstract: The file consists of correspondence addressed to the Resident at Bushire, Captain William Bruce. However, much of the content has been weeded, and is no longer present in the file; this is indicated by gaps in the file's pagination sequence.The remaining content includes some instructions to the Resident, concerning a stop-off he made at Muscat during his return from Bombay to Bushire early in 1822, along with a dispatch from Henry Willock, HM Chargé d'affaires at the Court of Persia, concerning the deterioration of his situation at Tehran as a result of arrears in the Persian Subsidy. It also includes a letter from the Bombay Government removing William Bruce from his position as Resident at Bushire at the end of 1822, for negotiating an unauthorised treaty at Shiraz with the Persian authorities there.Physical description: Foliation: The main foliation sequence commences at the cover and terminates at the last folio; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: An incomplete pagination sequence is also present between ff 2-40v; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the top outermost corners of each page.

Language:

English

Type:

Letter book

Type (Narrower):

Letters

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Abolition of slavery
Crown Prince of Persia, Qajar dynasty
Sultan of Muscat and Oman, Āl Bū Sa'īd Dynasty
Shah of Persia, Qajar dynasty

Geographic region:

Sheraz
Tehrān

Rights:

رخصة حكومة مفتوحة

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000000159.0x000016_ar
81055/vdc_100000000159.0x000016_en
IOR/R/15/1/26
IOR/R/15/1/26

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