‘Arabian Horses sent as a present to Her Majesty the Queen of England by the Imaum of Muscat’
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- ‘Arabian Horses sent as a present to Her Majesty the Queen of England by the Imaum of Muscat’
- Date:
- 1839/1839
- Description:
- Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, minutes, and consultations, cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. The correspondents are the Government of Bombay and Aga Mahomed Rahim Shirazee [Āghā Muḥammad Raḥim Shirāzi], Agent of the Imaum of Muscat [Imam of Muscat, Sayyid Sa‘īd bin Sulṭān Āl Bū Sa‘īd].The item concerns a gift of Arabian horses sent from Muscat to Her Majesty [Queen Victoria] on the Higginson, which left Bombay [Mumbai] on 4 May 1839.The item includes a contents page, and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Collection No. 8, Draft 456, P.C. [Previous Communication] 2762, [Season] 1840’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 268 and terminates at f 273, 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:
- Gifts
Imam of Oman - Geographic region:
- Muscat
- Rights:
- المُلكية العامة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000000178.0x00008f_ar
81055/vdc_100000000178.0x00008f_en
IOR/F/4/1831/75820
IOR/F/4/1831/75820