‘Persian Gulf. Disbursement sanctioned on account of presents made to the Maritime Chiefs on the late Tour of the Arabian Ports.’
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- ‘Persian Gulf. Disbursement sanctioned on account of presents made to the Maritime Chiefs on the late Tour of the Arabian Ports.’
- Date:
- 1853/1853
- Description:
- Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence and consultations cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors. These political letters appear in IOR/F/4/2550/149197. It is the twelfth in a series of sixteen items on the Persian Gulf.The correspondents are the Government of Bombay and Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf.The item concerns a request by Kemball for the Government of Bombay to sanction his expenditure on presents for the ‘maritime chiefs’ during his recent tour of the ports of the Arabian side of the Gulf, and to approve the purchase of certain articles for future gifts. It contains a ‘statement of presents made by the Resident in the Persian Gulf to the chiefs of the Arabian Coast submitted for the sanction of Government’ (f 571) and a ‘list of articles required from the Residency for future presentation’ (f 572).The item contains a table of contents (f 569), and the title page (f 568) contains the following references: Draft Number ‘358 - 1854’, ‘Collection No. 10 of No. 84 of 1853. Vol. 12’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’. The collection number was originally given as ‘9’ but this has been crossed out and replaced with ‘10’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 568 and terminates at f 573, 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:
- Tours
Gifts - Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100108905476.0x000001_ar
81055/vdc_100108905476.0x000001_en
IOR/F/4/2550/149208
IOR/F/4/2550/149208