‘Persian Gulf. Bunder Abbass. Vexatious proceedings of the Custom Master at the port of Vol: 10’
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- ‘Persian Gulf. Bunder Abbass. Vexatious proceedings of the Custom Master at the port of Vol: 10’
- Date:
- 1851/1851
- Description:
- Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, consultations, and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, a political letter from the Government of Bombay, which appears in IOR/F/4/2445/134344. The main correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; and Khojah Heskael [Khawājah Ḥizqīl bin Yūsuf], British Agent at Muscat. It is the tenth in a series of twenty-one items on events in the Persian Gulf.The item concerns complaints that the customs master at Bunder Abbass [Bandar-e ʻAbbas] has been detaining goods belonging to British subjects and charging 3% customs duty above the amount fixed by treaty.The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft N 34 – 1852’, and ‘Collection No 32’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 213, and terminates at f 221, 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
- Geographic region:
- Bunder Abbass
- Rights:
- المُلكية العامة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100108388971.0x000001_ar
81055/vdc_100108388971.0x000001_en
IOR/F/4/2445/134353
IOR/F/4/2445/134353