‘Muscat. Residence at Zanzibar for Her Majesty’s Consul & Hon’ble Company’s Agent’
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- ‘Muscat. Residence at Zanzibar for Her Majesty’s Consul & Hon’ble Company’s Agent’
- Date:
- 1844/1844
- Description:
- Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, consultations, resolutions, and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai]. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; the Military Board of Bombay; the Court of Directors of the East India Company; the Imaum of Muscat [Imam of Muscat, Sayyid Sa‘īd bin Sulṭān Āl Bū Sa‘īd]; Captain Atkins Hamerton, British Consul and Company Agent in the Dominions of the Imam of Muscat; Lieutenant Colonel Jervis, Chief Engineer at Bombay; and Captain Turner, Civil Architect at Bombay.The item concerns building a suitable residence for Hamerton at Zanzibar, including detailed estimates of the costs of materials and labour. The need for a house at Zanzibar is also the subject of IOR/F/4/2006/89516.The item includes a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft 291/45, P.C. [Previous Communication] 4747, Collection No 3 of No 101’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 1015 and terminates at f 1043, 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 volume also contains an original pagination sequence.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival item
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Houses
Embassies and consulates - Geographic region:
- Zanzibar
- Rights:
- المُلكية العامة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100098590059.0x000001_ar
81055/vdc_100098590059.0x000001_en
IOR/F/4/2087/96931
IOR/F/4/2087/96931