‘Muscat. Horses presented by the Imaum of – to the Chairman of the Honble the Court of Directors.’
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- ‘Muscat. Horses presented by the Imaum of – to the Chairman of the Honble the Court of Directors.’
- Date:
- 1844/1846
- Description:
- Abstract: The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence, minutes and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, an extract Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, dated 27 March 1846.The item relates to the gift of two Arabian horses sent to the Chairman of the Court of Directors by Saeed Bin Sultan, Imaum of Muscat [Sayyid Sa‘īd bin Sulṭān Āl Bū Sa‘īd, Imam of Muscat], via Captain Robert Cogan of the Indian Navy. The item includes the Court’s response which is given via Captain Atkins Hamerton, HM Consul and the Company’s Agent in the Dominions of the Imaum of Muscat.The title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Bombay Political Department’, ‘P.C. [Previous Communication] 5293, Coll[ection] 10’, ‘Collection N. 12 of N. 39’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 586, and terminates at f 597, 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:
- Gifts
Horses - Rights:
- المُلكية العامة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100098003286.0x000001_ar
81055/vdc_100098003286.0x000001_en
IOR/F/4/2145/102615
IOR/F/4/2145/102615