‘Persian Gulf. Contemplated blockade of the Persian ports of the Gulf by the Governor of Bunder Abass-’
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- ‘Persian Gulf. Contemplated blockade of the Persian ports of the Gulf by the Governor of Bunder Abass-’
- 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 January 1848. A copy of this Political Letter can be found at IOR/F/4/2238/112322, alongside details of further enclosures. The item is the fifty-fourth 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 9 September 1847, regarding the ‘hostile’ plans that Shaik Syf bin Nubhan [Shaikh Sayf bin Nabhān al-Ma’walī], Governor of Bunder Abass [Bandar-e ʻAbbas], has for the ports on the Persian [Iranian] coast of the Gulf. Hennell confirms that the Government’s opinion on the situation aligns with that of Her Majesty’s Minister at the Court of Persia.The title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Bombay Political Department’, ‘Draft No. 345/48, Coll: 2, Vol: 54’, ‘Collection No. 10 of No. 21’ 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 September No. 118 of 1847.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 591, and terminates at f 594, 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:
- Governor of Bandar Abbas
- Geographic region:
- Bunder Abass
- Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100098005230.0x000001_ar
81055/vdc_100098005230.0x000001_en
IOR/F/4/2238/112375
IOR/F/4/2238/112375