‘Presents from Native Chiefs Disposal of- on account of the Honble Company with the exception of a Diamond Snuffbox of Turkish manufacture, which is forwarded to the Honble the Court of Directors for the Museum at the East India House.-’
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- ‘Presents from Native Chiefs Disposal of- on account of the Honble Company with the exception of a Diamond Snuffbox of Turkish manufacture, which is forwarded to the Honble the Court of Directors for the Museum at the East India House.-’
- Date:
- 1852/1854
- Description:
- Abstract: The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence, minutes and resolutions, cited in, or enclosed with, a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, 30 August 1854. The enclosures are dated 28 August 1852-August 1854.The item relates to a gold Turkish snuffbox presented, amongst other gifts, to Major Atkins Hamerton, HM Consul and Company Agent in the dominions of the Imaum [Imām] of Muscat, by the Imaum in 1852. Hamerton forwards the gifts to the Government of Bombay, who order them to be sold at public auction except for the snuffbox which is to be held in the treasury. Hamerton provides details of the gifts' background and former owners, who include Mahammed Ali the Vice Roy of Egypt [Muḥammad ‘Alī Pāshā al-Mas‘ūd bin Āghā].The item also contains later papers from 1854 in which the Government of Bombay orders a list (included in item) of presents from 'native chiefs', including the snuffbox, to be sold at auction by Bennett & Company. After failing to sell for its estimated value, the box is returned to the Acting Sub-Treasurer. The Government of Bombay order the box to be sent to the Court of Directors, for deposit in their museum at East India House.The title page of the item contains the following references: 'Bombay Political Department', Draft Number '20 1855', 'Collection No. 7 of No. 61 of 1854', and 'Examiner's Office'. Originally, the Collection number was given as '1' but this has been crossed out and replaced with '7'.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 957, and terminates at f 969, 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:
- Auctions
Gifts
Āl Bū Sa'īd dynasty, Imam of Muscat and Oman - Rights:
- المُلكية العامة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100157619196.0x000001_ar
81055/vdc_100157619196.0x000001_en
IOR/F/4/2586/154800
IOR/F/4/2586/154800