‘Persian Gulf. Arrangements for relieving Commodore Hawkings- Commanding Squadron the-’
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- ‘Persian Gulf. Arrangements for relieving Commodore Hawkings- Commanding Squadron the-’
- Date:
- 1847/1847
- Description:
- Abstract: The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, 31 August 1847. A copy of this Political Letter can be found at IOR/F/4/2238/112322, alongside details of further enclosures. The item is the seventeenth in a series of fifty-nine items on events in the Persian Gulf.The item relates to arrangements put in place in the event that Commodore John Croft Hawkins, Commander of the Squadron in the Persian Gulf, may be obliged to leave his station on account of poor health. Robert Oliver, Captain in the Royal Navy and Superintendent of the Indian Navy, reports that Captain William Lowe can act as a suitable replacement in this situation were to arise. The item includes the Government of Bombay’s order that the relevant correspondence should be forwarded to Major Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf.The title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Bombay Political Department’, ‘Draft No. 345/48’, ‘Collection No. 2 of No. 107, Vol: 17.’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’. The title page also contains a note that relevant correspondence can be found in Collection No. 7 accompanying despatch from the Government of Bombay, 30 January No. 11 of 1847.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 354, and terminates at f 358, 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:
- Leave
Persian Gulf Naval Squadron - Geographic region:
- Persian Gulf
- Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100098004565.0x000001_ar
81055/vdc_100098004565.0x000001_en
IOR/F/4/2238/112338
IOR/F/4/2238/112338