‘Abolition of the Residency at Muscat’

Title:

‘Abolition of the Residency at Muscat’

Date:

1810/1811

Description:

Abstract: The item consists of copies and extracts of Political Letters and Political Consultations from the Government of Bombay.The item consists of correspondence regarding the abolition of the Residency at Muscat and the consolidation of residencies at Muscat and Bushire. The correspondence is particularly concerned with the resignation, due to the climate, of Nicholas Hankey Smith from the Residency at Muscat and the search for a more suitable residence there.The correspondence consists of letters between the Government of Bombay and the Resident at Muscat. The other correspondents are: Court of Directors of the East India Company; George Cumming Osborne, Secretary to the Government of Bombay; Neil Benjamin Edmonstone, Chief Secretary to Government, Fort William; Captain Wainwright of His Majesty’s Ship La Chiffonne; Lieutenant-Colonel Smith.The title page of the item contains the following references: 'Political No. 28, Season 1814/15, Draft 20' and 'Examiner's Office November 1812'.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 327, and terminates at f 335, 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 file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.

Language:

English

Type:

Archival item

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Resignation (employee)
Climate

Geographic region:

Muscat
Bushire

Rights:

رخصة حكومة مفتوحة

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000001700.0x0003a3_ar
81055/vdc_100000001700.0x0003a3_en
IOR/F/4/416/10296
IOR/F/4/416/10296

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