‘Persian Gulf Increase of salary to the Native Agent at Lingah – sanctioned’
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- ‘Persian Gulf Increase of salary to the Native Agent at Lingah – sanctioned’
- Date:
- 1853/1853
- Description:
- Abstract: The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, dated 28 April 1854, and found at IOR/F/4/2575/152543. It is the fifth in a series of thirteen items about the Persian Gulf.The item relates to a request made by Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to the Government of Bombay, for an increase in salary for Moolla Ahmed [Mullā Aḥmad, also rendered in text as Molla Ahmed], Native Agent at Lingah [Bander-e Lengeh]. Kemball provides a brief history of the position and his reasons for recommending the increase, as well as a note comparing the salaries of Native Agents at Sheraz [Shiraz], Sharga [Sharjah], Bahrein [Bahrain] and Lingah.The Government of Bombay forwards the request to the Government of India, whose response is also included in the item.Kemball is also referred to as the Resident at Bushire [Bushehr].The title page of the item contains the following references: 'Bombay Political Department', 'P.C. [Previous Communication] 8964', Draft Number '908 [18]54', 'Collection No. 1 of No. 32 of 1854', 'Vol: 5', and 'Examiner's Office'. Originally, the Collection number was given as '5' but this has been crossed out and replaced with '1'.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 280, and terminates at f 287, 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:
- Wages
Native Agent - Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100108938398.0x000001_ar
81055/vdc_100108938398.0x000001_en
IOR/F/4/2575/152547
IOR/F/4/2575/152547