‘Persian Mission. Tents’

Title:

‘Persian Mission. Tents’

Date:

1849/1850

Description:

Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, memoranda, minutes, and consultations cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Major Samuel Hennell, British Resident in the Persian Gulf; Lieutenant-Colonel Justin Sheil, HM Chargé d’Affaires in Tehran; Captain Whichele, Deputy Commissary General to Bombay; and the Bombay Military Board.The item concerns a shipment of tents from Bombay [Mumbai] to the Persian [Iranian] Mission in Tehran, via Bushire [Bushehr]. The item includes a packing list for the tents, complaints about the tent doors, and a note that some of the tents had been stolen en route.The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft No 214 of 1851’ and ‘Collection No 26 of No 111’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 308, and terminates at f 320, 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:

Tents
Theft

Geographic region:

Tehran

Rights:

رخصة حكومة مفتوحة

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100108386376.0x000001_ar
81055/vdc_100108386376.0x000001_en
IOR/F/4/2397/128988
IOR/F/4/2397/128988

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