‘Persian Gulf. Coja David Sassoon, a native merchant of Bombay.’
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- ‘Persian Gulf. Coja David Sassoon, a native merchant of Bombay.’
- Date:
- 1850/1850
- Description:
- Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, minutes, and consultations cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. These political letters appear in IOR/F/4/2416/130506. It is the twelfth in a series of twenty-eight items on the Persian Gulf. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf; and Coja David Sassoon [Khvājah Dāwūd Sāsūn, also rendered as Coja Daood Sassoon in the item], a merchant of Bombay.The item concerns a petition from Coja David Sassoon to the Governor of Bombay, asking for British assistance in Bushire [Bushehr] where, he claims, Shaik Nasir [Shaikh Nāṣir II Āl Madhkūr], the Governor of Bushire, is preventing his agents from transacting business. Hennell investigates and decides that British interference in the case is not required.The item contains a table of contents (f 542), and the title page (f 541) contains the following references: ‘Dft. No. 424 of 1851’, Collection No. 1, Vol. 12’, and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 541 and terminates at f 552, 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:
- Petitions
- Geographic region:
- Bushire
- Rights:
- المُلكية العامة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100108387007.0x000001_ar
81055/vdc_100108387007.0x000001_en
IOR/F/4/2416/130517
IOR/F/4/2416/130517