‘Muskat. Relative to the duty levied on the Cargo of a boat put into the Port of- from stress of weather-’
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- ‘Muskat. Relative to the duty levied on the Cargo of a boat put into the Port of- from stress of weather-’
- Date:
- 1849/1850
- Description:
- Abstract: The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, an extract of a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, 16 September 1850.The item relates to the Imaum [Imām] of Muscat's agreement to arrange for the repayment of duties which had been incorrectly charged, at Muscat, to a ship bound for Aden. The ship had been forced to dock temporarily at Muscat due to bad weather. The Imaum's decision is reported by Captain Atkins Hamerton, HM Consul and the Company's Agent at Muscat, to the Government of Bombay. This information is forwarded to Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, who had originally raised the issue.Hamerton is also referred to as HM Consul and the Company's Agent in the Dominions of His Highness the Imaum of Muscat. Muscat is also rendered as Muskat in the text.The title page of the item contains the following references: 'Bombay Political Department', 'Draft No. 931 of 1850', 'Collection No 11 of No 76', and 'Examiner's Office'.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 804, and terminates at f 808, 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:
- Customs duty
Imam of Oman - Geographic region:
- Muscat
- Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100098181749.0x000001_ar
81055/vdc_100098181749.0x000001_en
IOR/F/4/2387/127405
IOR/F/4/2387/127405