‘Persian Gulf Affairs’

Title:

‘Persian Gulf Affairs’

Creator:

Author: Government of Bombay

Date:

1853/1853

Description:

Abstract: This item consists of copies of political letters from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors. The enclosures to these letters are contained in the subsequent items. It is the first in a series of sixteen items on the Persian Gulf.The item contains summaries of the enclosures to the political letters, mostly concerning:Reports of ‘piracies’ and ‘maritime aggressions’, and the settlement of claims for compensationThe question of whether local rulers should always be considered directly responsible for the actions of their dependants, and of whether monies recovered by British officials as compensation for injuries sustained from ‘piracy’ should be paid directly to the sufferers or through their respective rulersAffairs relating to Persia [Iran]The pension formerly paid to the late Agha Mohsin [Āqā Muḥsin] and Agha Ismael [Āqā Ismā‘īl], and the question of the continuation of these payments to their sistersThe alleged ill-treatment of Hajee Yakool [Ḥājjī Ya‘qūb], the British Agent at Sharga [Sharjah], and the measures adopted for obtaining redress.The title page (f 437) contains the following references: Draft Number ‘358 - 1854’, ‘Collection N. 10 (In 16 volumes) Vol. 1’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 437 and terminates at f 441, 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:

Seizure of vessels and cargoes
Compensation
Tribal relations
Pensions

Geographic region:

Persia
Persian Gulf

Rights:

رخصة حكومة مفتوحة

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100108905205.0x000001_ar
81055/vdc_100108905205.0x000001_en
IOR/F/4/2550/149197
IOR/F/4/2550/149197

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