‘Bombay – Application of certain inhabitants of for the protection of their Agent at Bushire from the extortions of the Governor of that place-’

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British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
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Qatar National Library
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Title:
‘Bombay – Application of certain inhabitants of for the protection of their Agent at Bushire from the extortions of the Governor of that place-’
Date:
1847/1847
Description:
Abstract: The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence and memoranda cited in, or enclosed with, extracts from a Government of Bombay Political Consultation, 14 April 1847.The item contains a petition from merchants at Bombay [Mumbai] to the Governor of Bombay, dated 9 March 1847. The merchants request that the Resident at Bushire [Bushehr] extend his protection to their agent, Cojah Moorad Nussim [Khwājah Murād Nasīm(?), also rendered in text as Cojah Moorad Nusein], at Bushire as the Governor of that place keeps taking money from him whilst charging full customs duty. As well as a memorandum by the Persian Secretary, the item also includes the Government of Bombay’s response.The title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Bombay Political Department’, ‘Draft No. 152/48, Collection No. 18 of No. 150’, and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 93, and terminates at f 96, 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
Petitions
Governor of Bushire
Geographic region:
Bushire
Rights:
المُلكية العامة
Identifier:
81055/vdc_100098592930.0x000001_ar
81055/vdc_100098592930.0x000001_en
IOR/F/4/2225/110811
IOR/F/4/2225/110811
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