‘Permission granted to Nuwab Moomtaz-ood-Dowlah and his consort to proceed on a pilgrimage to the Shrines in Turkish Arabia.-’
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- ‘Permission granted to Nuwab Moomtaz-ood-Dowlah and his consort to proceed on a pilgrimage to the Shrines in Turkish Arabia.-’
- Date:
- 1855/1856
- Description:
- Abstract: The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence cited in, or enclosed with, a Foreign Letter from Fort William [Government of India] to the East India Company Court of Directors, dated 15 February 1856.The item relates to two petitions addressed to the Governor-General of India from Nawab Moontazood Dowlah Hoosein Alee Khan Bahadoor [Nawwāb Ḥusayn ‘Alī Khān Bahādur, Muntazid al-Dawlah] and Nawab Zeenutoonissa Begum [Nawwāb Zinat al-Nisā’ Begum], requesting permission to visit the shrines in Turkish Arabia [Ottoman Iraq] and to draw their pensions from the Bagdad [Baghdad] Political Agency. The petitions are forwarded to the Governor-General via Major-General J Outram, Resident at Lucknow, who also provides details of the pensions, who the petitioners are and why they are entitled to the pensions.The item also contains the response from the Government of India to Outram.The title page of the item contains the following references: 'India Political Department', Draft Number '71 [18]57', 'Collection No. 21', and 'Examiner's Office'. Originally, the Collection number was given as '45' but this has been crossed out and replaced with '21'. Similarly, the reference department was noted as 'Fort William Foreign' but this has been crossed out and replaced with 'India Political'.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 756, and terminates at f 761, 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:
- Shrines
Pensions
Political Agency - Geographic region:
- Turkish Arabia
- Rights:
- المُلكية العامة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100109276263.0x000001_ar
81055/vdc_100109276263.0x000001_en
IOR/F/4/2662/176414
IOR/F/4/2662/176414