‘Persian Gulf. Cholera’

Title:

‘Persian Gulf. Cholera’

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 thirty-first in a series of fifty-nine items on events in the Persian Gulf.The item contains a letter from Major Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to the Government of Bombay, dated 11 September 1847, which reports on the outbreak of cholera in Arabia, Turkish Arabia [Ottoman Iraq] and Persia [Iran]. In particular, Hennell mentions the impact of the disease in Bushire [Bushehr], its surrounding districts, and in Bahrein [Bahrain].The title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Bombay Political Department’, ‘Draft No. 345/48’, ‘Collection No. 2 of No. 118, Vol: 31.’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 421, and terminates at f 423, 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_100098004796.0x000001_ar
81055/vdc_100098004796.0x000001_en
IOR/F/4/2238/112352
IOR/F/4/2238/112352

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