‘Reports on the Establishments in the Persian Gulph & arrangements consequent thereon’
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- ‘Reports on the Establishments in the Persian Gulph & arrangements consequent thereon’
- Date:
- 1822/1822
- Description:
- Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, consultations, and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. All the documents are from the Government of Bombay.The item briefly traces the development of the establishments in the Arabian Gulf, giving the starting points of the Residencies in Bussora [Basra], the Gulph of Persia [Arabian Gulf], and Bushire [Būshehr]. The discussion covers the merging of the Muscat Residency with Bushire, and the proposed position of Political Agent in the Gulph of Persia, to be filled by William Bruce, with Robert Taylor as the Assistant to the Agent, reflecting the change in East India Company roles in the Gulf from commercial to political. A dragoman will remain at Bagdad [Baghdad], a commanding officer at Kishm [Qeshm], and Native Agents elsewhere. The item also discusses the salaries to be paid to all the Agents and Residents, and the state of British trade with the Ottoman Empire including tariffs and duties paid.The item includes a contents page, and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Political No. 855, Draft 106, P.C. 200, Season 24/5, Examiner’s Office March 1824’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 74, and terminates at f 97, 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 pagination sequence.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival item
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Expenses
Customs duty
Trade agreements
Wages
Political Resident, Persian Gulf - Geographic region:
- Bushire
- Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000001741.0x0003a7_ar
81055/vdc_100000001741.0x0003a7_en
IOR/F/4/765/20706
IOR/F/4/765/20706