‘Muscat. Extortion of the Farmer of Customs at-’

Title:

‘Muscat. Extortion of the Farmer of Customs at-’

Date:

1845/1845

Description:

Abstract: The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, extracts from a Bombay [Mumbai] Political Consultation, 9 June 1845. The papers contained in this item are partial enclosures to a Political Letter sent from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, 10 June 1845. A copy of this Political Letter can be found at IOR/F/4/2122/100076, alongside details of further enclosures.The item relates to a letter written by Captain Atkins Hamerton, HM Consul and the Company's Agent in the Dominions of the Imam of Muscat, reporting on a conversation he had with the Imam on the subject of the extra payment of duty enforced by the Farmer of Customs at Muscat on goods on board the British vessel, the Columbia. The consequences of this conversation are also included in the item.The correspondents are: Hamerton; the Imam of Muscat [Sayyid Sa‘īd bin Sulṭān Āl Bū Sa‘īd]; and the Government of Bombay.The title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Bombay Political Department’, ‘P.C. [Previous Communication] 5061, Draft 29/46, Coll[ection]: 23, Vol: 9’, 'Collection No. 8 of No. 62' and ‘Examiner's Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 498, and terminates at f 503, 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

Geographic region:

Muscat

Rights:

المُلكية العامة

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100098434627.0x000001_ar
81055/vdc_100098434627.0x000001_en
IOR/F/4/2122/100084
IOR/F/4/2122/100084

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