‘Present for the Imaum of Muscat’
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- ‘Present for the Imaum of Muscat’
- Date:
- 1820/1821
- Description:
- Abstract: This item consists of two copies of letters by the Government of Bombay and Captain Thomas Perronet Thompson. Thompson’s letter explains the role played by the Imaum of Muscat [Imam of Muscat, Sayyid Sa‘īd bin Sulṭān Āl Bū Sa‘īd] in the battle of Ash Kara [Ash Sharqiyah, during the Bani Bu Ali expedition], and the letter from Bombay sets out a possible gift for the Imaum of cut glass and porcelain, modelled on the French gift observed by Major General Lionel Smith.The title page of this item contains the following references: ‘Bombay Political, Draft 215, 1823/4, Examiners’ Office 1824’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 128, and terminates at f 130, 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 volume also contains an original pagination sequence.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival item
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Gifts
Āl Bū Sa'īd dynasty, Imam of Muscat and Oman - Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000001741.0x00026c_ar
81055/vdc_100000001741.0x00026c_en
IOR/F/4/711/19405
IOR/F/4/711/19405