‘Persian Gulf – Certain Merchants of Bombay solicit that they may be recommended to the protection of the Resident in the – Vol: 13’
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- ‘Persian Gulf – Certain Merchants of Bombay solicit that they may be recommended to the protection of the Resident in the – Vol: 13’
- Date:
- 1846/1847
- Description:
- Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, consultations, and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai]. The main correspondents are: Major Samuel Hennell, British Resident in the Persian Gulf and the Government of Bombay. It is the thirteenth in a series of twenty items on the Persian Gulf (the others are IOR/F/4/2180/106055, IOR/F/4/2180/106056, IOR/F/4/2180/106057, IOR/F/4/2180/106058, IOR/F/4/2180/106059, IOR/F/4/2180/106060, IOR/F/4/2181/106061, IOR/F/4/2181/106062, IOR/F/4/2181/106063, IOR/F/4/2181/106064, IOR/F/4/2181/106065, IOR/F/4/2181/106066, IOR/F/4/2181/106068, IOR/F/4/2181/106069, IOR/F/4/2181/106070, IOR/F/4/2181/106071, IOR/F/4/2181/106072, IOR/F/4/2181/106073, and IOR/F/4/2181/106074).The item concerns a petition by three Hindu merchants of Bombay asking for compensation for their goods which were seized during the war between the rival shaikhs of Bahrein [Bahrain] in 1843, and requesting the protection of the Resident in the Persian Gulf from the authorities in Bahrein.The item contains a contents page, and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft 282/47, P.C. [Previous Communication] 5573, Coll[ection]: 10, Collection No 9 of No 11’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 77, and terminates at f 82, 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:
- Petitions
Diplomatic protection
Compensation - Geographic region:
- Bahrein
- Rights:
- المُلكية العامة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100098004001.0x000001_ar
81055/vdc_100098004001.0x000001_en
IOR/F/4/2181/106067
IOR/F/4/2181/106067