Persian Gulf, Persian, and Zanzibar Affairs
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- Persian Gulf, Persian, and Zanzibar Affairs
- Date:
- 1841/1841
- Description:
- Abstract: This part of the volume consists of Enclosures to a Despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 67 of 1841, dated 30 August 1841. The enclosures are dated 12 April to 30 August 1841, and are mostly copies of correspondence relating to the Persian Gulf, Persia [Iran], and Zanzibar.The correspondence mainly consists of the following: letters from the Resident in the Persian Gulf (Captain Samuel Hennell); reports from the British Agent at Muscat on a mission to Zanzibar (Captain Atkins Hamerton); and correspondence between the Acting Secretary to Government, Bombay, and the Secretary to the Government of India. Other correspondents include the Imam of Muscat.The enclosures relate to subjects including: the state of affairs in Persia; the conduct of a Frenchman, calling himself the Comte de Pron, at Muscat; the suggestion that the European troops at Karrack [Kharg], should be accommodated on board vessels stationed off that Island during the hot Summer months, for health reasons; and other matters relating to Nedgd [Nejd], Bahrein [Bahrain], Aboothabee [Abu Dhabi], Debay [Dubai], and Oman.Physical description: There is an abstract of contents of the despatch, numbered 1-35, on folios 1-6. These numbers are repeated for reference on the last verso of each enclosure.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival item
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Mortality rate
- Geographic region:
- Persia
Karrack (island)
Muscat
Zanzibar - Rights:
- المُلكية العامة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100080372732.0x000005_ar
81055/vdc_100080372732.0x000005_en
IOR/L/PS/5/397, ff 1a-183
IOR/L/PS/5/397, ff 1a-183