‘Persian Gulf. Projected marriage of the Imaum of Muscat with a Persian Princess.’
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- ‘Persian Gulf. Projected marriage of the Imaum of Muscat with a Persian Princess.’
- 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, 13 November 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 fortieth in a series of fifty-nine items on events in the Persian Gulf.The item relates to correspondence from Justin Sheel [Sheil], HM Minister at the Court of Tehran, to Major Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, regarding the supposed marriage between His Highness the Imam of Muscat and a granddaughter of Futteh Allee Shah, late King of Persia [Fatḥ ‘Alī Shāh, late Shāh of Iran]. Hennell forwards the correspondence to the Government of Bombay, who in turn forward it on in a letter to the Government of India (which also briefly mentions the case of Ahmed Dad Kurreem [Aḥmad bin Dād Karīm]).The title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Bombay Political Department’, ‘Draft No. 345/48’, ‘Collection No. 2 of No. 139, Vol: 40.’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 463, and terminates at f 466, 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:
- Marriage
Āl Bū Sa'īd dynasty, Imam of Muscat and Oman - Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100098004968.0x000001_ar
81055/vdc_100098004968.0x000001_en
IOR/F/4/2238/112361
IOR/F/4/2238/112361