‘Persian Gulf Shargah. Relative to an arbitrary fine levied by the Chief of- from a Baynan Native of Sind.-’
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- ‘Persian Gulf Shargah. Relative to an arbitrary fine levied by the Chief of- from a Baynan Native of Sind.-’
- Date:
- 1853/1854
- Description:
- Abstract: The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence and resolutions, 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 twelfth in a series of thirteen items about the Persian Gulf.The item contains correspondence between: Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf; Hajee Yacoob [Ḥājjī Ya‘qūb], Agent at Shargah [Sharjah]; and Commodore George Robinson, Commanding Indian Naval Squadron in the Persian Gulf. The correspondence relates to a fine levied against a 'Banyan merchant', Hirman ben Heyrah [Hiraman bin Hīrā, also rendered in text as Heyman ben Heyrah], residing at Shargah, by the shaikh of that port, Sheikh Abdullah ben Sultan [Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Sulṭān].Kemball forwards copies of the above correspondence to the Government of Bombay.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: 12', and 'Examiner's Office'. Originally, the Collection number was given as '12' 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 348, and terminates at f 353, 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:
- Fines (penalties)
- Geographic region:
- Shargah
- Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100108939528.0x000001_ar
81055/vdc_100108939528.0x000001_en
IOR/F/4/2575/152554
IOR/F/4/2575/152554