‘Presents to the King of Persia and Imaum [Imam] of Muscat’

Title:

‘Presents to the King of Persia and Imaum [Imam] of Muscat’

Date:

1824/1825

Description:

Abstract: The item consists of extracts of Political Letters and Political Consultations from the Government of Bombay relating to gifts of glassware and porcelain for the King of Persia and the Imaum [Imam] of Muscat. In particular, the extracts are concerned with the decision to detain, in India, the glassware intended for the King of Persia until further instructions from the Home Authorities can be received. This is due to the recent refusal of the Court of Persia to receive an envoy from the Indian Government. After receiving dispatches from Henry Willock, His Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires at Tehran, the order is given to transport the gifts to Bushire so that they may be conveyed to the King.Correspondents include: the Government of Bombay; the Court of Directors; William Newnham, Chief Secretary to the Government of Bombay; George Swinton, referred to as Chief Secretary to the Supreme Government; Henry Willock, His Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires at Tehran; Mountstuart Elphinstone, Governor of Bombay; T Hoiver, Warehouse keeper; Captain Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident in the Persian Gulph [Gulf].The item also contains a table of contents noting the page number, date, author and recipient of each letter (f 6 recto). Despite appearing in the title and in the first extract Political Letter, no further mention of gifts to the Imaum of Muscat appears in the item.The title page of the item contains the following references: 'Bombay Political Department P.C. 598, Draft 444, 1828/9', ‘Collection No. 8’ and 'Examiner's Office 1828’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at f 21, 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
Shah of Persia, Qajar dynasty

Rights:

المُلكية العامة

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000001779.0x0001cd_ar
81055/vdc_100000001779.0x0001cd_en
IOR/F/4/1060/29120
IOR/F/4/1060/29120

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