‘Persian Gulf. Bushire – Affairs of – Vol: 2’

Title:

‘Persian Gulf. Bushire – Affairs of – Vol: 2’

Date:

1849/1850

Description:

Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, consultations, and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. These political letters appear in IOR/F/4/2376/126162. The main correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Major Samuel Hennell, British Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; and Joseph Malcolm, an Armenian merchant in Bushire [Bushehr]. It is the second in a series of fifteen items on the Persian Gulf.The item concerns:The actions of Meerza Mehdy Khan [Mīrzā Mahdī Khān], Bakir Khan [Bāqir Khān Tangistānī], Chief of Tungistoon [Tungistan], and Meerza Sultan Mahomed Khan [Mīrzā Sulṭān Khān] in besieging and plundering areas belonging to BushireMalcolm’s questions about rates of customs duty and charges for British merchantsA request by the Prince of Shiraz [Prince-Governor of Fars, Bahrām Mīrzā Mo‘ezz-al-Dawlah] for Arrathoon Simon to defend his claim to estates in Cazeroon [Kazerun]Malcolm’s complaint that twelve mule-loads of raisins have been plunderedThe resumption of mercantile activities at Bushire, following its siege and the plunder of the surrounding area by the Tungistoonees (a description of the siege can be found at IOR/F/4/2349/123828).The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft no 745 of 1850’, and ‘Coll[ection] No 5’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 11, and terminates at f 36 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. The sequence contains one foliation anomaly, f 34a.Pagination: the item also contains an original pagination sequence.

Language:

English

Type:

Archival item

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Highway robbery
Rebellions
Customs duty

Geographic region:

Tungistoon
Bushire

Rights:

رخصة المشاع الإبداعي

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100108383325.0x000001_ar
81055/vdc_100108383325.0x000001_en
IOR/F/4/2376/126163
IOR/F/4/2376/126163

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