‘Bushire. Application from Messrs Campbell Dallas & Co of Bombay for License to export a quantity of Gunpowder to-.’
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- ‘Bushire. Application from Messrs Campbell Dallas & Co of Bombay for License to export a quantity of Gunpowder to-.’
- Date:
- 1845/1846
- Description:
- Abstract: The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, an extract from a Political Letter, dated 31 March 1846. The Political Letter is most likely to have been sent to the East India Company Court of Directors from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai].The item relates to a request made to the Collector of Customs by Campbell Dallas & Co, merchants at Bombay, for a licence to export gunpowder to Bagdad [Baghdad] via Bushire [Bushehr]. After receiving more details on the request, the Governor of Bombay declines on the basis that affairs in the Pachalic [Pashalik] of Bagdad are currently in an ‘unsettled state’.The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; H H Glass, Collector of Customs, Bombay; and P P Campbell Dallas & Co.The title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Bombay Political Department’, ‘P.C. [Previous Communication] 5287, Draft 503/46’, ‘Coll[ection] 9’, ‘Collection N. 11 of N. 41’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 243, and terminates at f 249, 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 item also contains an original pagination sequence.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival item
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Export licences
- Geographic region:
- Pachalic of Bagdad
Bushire - Rights:
- المُلكية العامة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100098003160.0x000001_ar
81055/vdc_100098003160.0x000001_en
IOR/F/4/2143/102461
IOR/F/4/2143/102461