‘Persian Gulf. Cholera in Bushire’
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- ‘Persian Gulf. Cholera in Bushire’
- Date:
- 1847/1847
- Description:
- Abstract: The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence cited in, or enclosed with, a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, 30 September 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 twenty-fifth in a series of fifty-nine items on events in the Persian Gulf.The item relates to a letter from Major Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Lieutenant-Colonel Justin Sheil, Her Majesty’s Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Persia [Iran], dated 17 August 1847. Hennell reports that there has been an outbreak of cholera at Bushire [Bushehr] and gives brief details on the impact of the disease there and on the surrounding districts.The title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Bombay Political Department’, ‘Draft No. 345/48’, ‘Collection No. 2 of No. 118, Vol: 25.’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 385, and terminates at f 388, 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:
- Cholera
- Geographic region:
- Bushire
- Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100098004708.0x000001_ar
81055/vdc_100098004708.0x000001_en
IOR/F/4/2238/112346
IOR/F/4/2238/112346