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37. ‘Vol: 1 - Relative to the disgraceful treatment experienced by Lieut Dominicetti of the Marine from the Dola of Mocha and others, and to the plunder of the Company’s Factory at that place in 1817 – also Proceedings of the Expedition which was in consequence dispatched against the Town of Mocha.’
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- Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, minutes, and consultations, cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai]. It is the first in a series of two items on Lieutenant Dominicetti and Mocha (the other is IOR/F/4/690/18909). The principal correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Lieutenant Bartholomew Dominicetti, commander of the Prince of Wales; Henry Meriton, Superintendent of the Bombay Marine; Muhammed Ali Khan, owner of the Derria Beggy.The item concerns:The death of Ramsay, the British Resident at Mocha on 16 July 1817The ill-treatment of Dominicetti and other British subjects resident at the Factory by the Dola of Mocha, [Amir Fatih Muhammad]The plunder of the British FactoryExtortion of money by the Dola of Mocha from British ships and the Honourable Company’s BrokerThe refusal of the Imaum of Senna [Mahdi ‘Abdullāh al-Qāsimī, Imam of Yemen] to give up deserters from Company ships who had converted to IslamA discussion of whether Dominicetti’s actions concerning the Derria Beggywere justified, and a consideration of her ownershipA discussion of the measures the British were prepared to take in response to the aboveThe British decision to blockade Yemen, and then bombard Mocha, if the Imaum’s response to their demands was unsatisfactory.The item includes a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft 38, P.C. [Previous Communication] 61, [Season 18]23/24’ and ‘Examin[er’s Office] Nove[mber]’.Physical description: The documents are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front of the item to the rear.
38. ‘Muscat – Levy of 5 per cent duties by High Highness the Imaum of – Vol: 15’
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- Abstract: This item consists of one letter cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai]. The correspondent is Major Samuel Hennell, British Resident in the Persian Gulf. It is the fifteenth in a series of twenty items on the Persian Gulf (the others are IOR/F/4/2180/106055, IOR/F/4/2180/106056, IOR/F/4/2180/106057, IOR/F/4/2180/106058, IOR/F/4/2180/106059, IOR/F/4/2180/106060, IOR/F/4/2181/106061, IOR/F/4/2181/106062, IOR/F/4/2181/106063, IOR/F/4/2181/106064, IOR/F/4/2181/106065, IOR/F/4/2181/106066, IOR/F/4/2181/106067, IOR/F/4/2181/106068, IOR/F/4/2181/106070, IOR/F/4/2181/106071, IOR/F/4/2181/106072, IOR/F/4/2181/106073, and IOR/F/4/2181/106074).The item concerns the introduction of a five percent levy on goods transhipped at ports belonging to the Imaum [Imam] of Muscat [Sayyid Sa‘īd bin Sulṭān Āl Bū Sa‘īd], except for any vessel which has put into port due to poor weather and where the goods were reshipped after the vessel was refitted.The item contains a contents page, and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft 282/47, P.C. [Previous Communication] 5573, Coll[ection]: 10, Collection No 11 of No 11’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 91, and terminates at f 93, 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 volume also contains an original pagination sequence.
39. ‘Muskat. His Highness the Imaum of makes certain regulations in regard to vessels putting into his Ports’
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- Abstract: The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, extracts of a Political Letter sent between the Government of Bombay and the East India Company Court of Directors, dated 14 January 1847.The item relates to attempts by the Company to get the Imaum [Imam] of Muscat [also rendered in text as Muskat] to agree to a similar arrangement that they have with the Guicowar [Gaekwad] in Kattiwar [Kathiawar, also rendered in text as Kattywar and Katteewar] and the Rao of Cutch [Kachchh]. The arrangement relates to the duties levied on vessels which are forced to dock at ports due to bad weather or needing repairs.Captain Atkins Hamerton, HM Consul and Company Agent in the Dominions of His Highness the Imaum of Muscat, reports on the Imaum's current attitude to such cases and the arrangement currently existing between the Imaum and the Government of the United States of North America. Copies of Hamerton’s letters are ordered to be sent out to numerous offices within the Government of Bombay.The item also includes correspondence from Major Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, on whether an article in the current treaty existing between the British Government and the Imaum is applicable in the cases noted above.As well as the above, the item’s correspondents also include the Court of Directors.The title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Bombay Political Department’, ‘P.C. [Previous Communication] 5595, Draft 346/47’, ‘Collection No. 36 of No. 2’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 235, and terminates at f 252, 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.
40. ‘Muscat. Custom duties.’
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- Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, minutes, and consultations cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. These political letters appear in IOR/F/4/2174/105546. It is the twenty-first in a series of forty-five items on the Persian Gulf. The main correspondents are the Government of Bombay and Major Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf.The item concerns the question of whether the authorities at Muscat are entitled to claim payment of half duty on the cargo brought by a British vessel but transhipped there for another port, and also whether they can demand customs on goods landed at Muscat by two ships which, though bound for another port, have put into Muscat as a result of unfavourable weather conditions.The item contains a table of contents (ff 453-454), and the title page (f 452) contains the following references: ‘P C [Previous Communication] 5507, Coll. 7, Vol. 21’, ‘D/t 197/47’, ‘Collection No. 9 of No. 53’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 452 and terminates at f 463, 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.
41. ‘Muskat. Relative to the duty levied on the Cargo of a boat put into the Port of- from stress of weather-’
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- Abstract: The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, an extract of a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, 16 September 1850.The item relates to the Imaum [Imām] of Muscat's agreement to arrange for the repayment of duties which had been incorrectly charged, at Muscat, to a ship bound for Aden. The ship had been forced to dock temporarily at Muscat due to bad weather. The Imaum's decision is reported by Captain Atkins Hamerton, HM Consul and the Company's Agent at Muscat, to the Government of Bombay. This information is forwarded to Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, who had originally raised the issue.Hamerton is also referred to as HM Consul and the Company's Agent in the Dominions of His Highness the Imaum of Muscat. Muscat is also rendered as Muskat in the text.The title page of the item contains the following references: 'Bombay Political Department', 'Draft No. 931 of 1850', 'Collection No 11 of No 76', and 'Examiner's Office'.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 804, and terminates at f 808, 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.
42. ‘Muscat. Complaint of His Highness the Imaum, of the annoyance occasioned to his people at the Indian Custom Houses’
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- Abstract: The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, extracts from a Bombay [Mumbai] Political Consultation, 2 July 1845. The papers contained in this item are partial enclosures to a Political Letter sent from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, 14 July 1845. A copy of this Political Letter can be found at IOR/F/4/2122/100076, alongside details of further enclosures.The item relates to the Imaum [Imam] of Muscat’s complaint that his merchants are being unfairly treated at numerous Customs Houses in India and that, in particular, ‘Arab merchants’ are affected by this perceived mistreatment. Following confirmation from the Collector of Customs at Bombay that the Imaum’s vessels are charged the same as ‘British bottoms’ [goods carried on British ships], the matter is referred to the Government of Madras (also called Government of Fort St George [Chennai]) since an example given by the Imaum of this mistreatment mentions the Malabar Coast. The Government of Madras is reminded that the 1839 commercial treaty concluded between the Imaum and Her Britannic Majesty the Queen states that the Imaum’s vessels are to be charged the same amount of customs duty as British bottoms.The correspondents are: Captain Atkins Hamerton, HM Consul and the Company’s Agent in the Dominions of the Imaum of Muscat; H W Glass, Collector of Customs, Bombay; and the Government of Bombay.The title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Bombay Political Department’, ‘P.C. [Previous Communication] 5061, Draft 29/46, Coll[ection]: 23, Vol: 13’, ‘Collection No. 1 of No. 76’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 513, and terminates at f 518, 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.
43. ‘Muscat. Extortion of the Farmer of Customs at-’
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- Abstract: The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, extracts from a Bombay [Mumbai] Political Consultation, 9 June 1845. The papers contained in this item are partial enclosures to a Political Letter sent from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, 10 June 1845. A copy of this Political Letter can be found at IOR/F/4/2122/100076, alongside details of further enclosures.The item relates to a letter written by Captain Atkins Hamerton, HM Consul and the Company's Agent in the Dominions of the Imam of Muscat, reporting on a conversation he had with the Imam on the subject of the extra payment of duty enforced by the Farmer of Customs at Muscat on goods on board the British vessel, the Columbia. The consequences of this conversation are also included in the item.The correspondents are: Hamerton; the Imam of Muscat [Sayyid Sa‘īd bin Sulṭān Āl Bū Sa‘īd]; and the Government of Bombay.The title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Bombay Political Department’, ‘P.C. [Previous Communication] 5061, Draft 29/46, Coll[ection]: 23, Vol: 9’, 'Collection No. 8 of No. 62' and ‘Examiner's Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 498, and terminates at f 503, 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.
44. ‘Muscat. Customs levied at Kurrachee on Vessels from the Imaum’s Dominion.’
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- Abstract: The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, extracts from a Bombay [Mumbai] Political Consultation, 4 June 1845. The papers contained in this item are partial enclosures to a Political Letter sent from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, 10 June 1845. A copy of this Political Letter can be found at IOR/F/4/2122/100076, alongside details of further enclosures.The item contains a letter, dated 3 April 1845, written by Captain Atkins Hamerton, HM Consul and the Company’s Agent in the Dominions of the Imam of Muskat [Muscat], to the Government of Bombay. He confirms that, as per his instructions, he has passed on the message to the Imam that, at the port of Curachee [Karachi] since February 1843, duty is now charged at the same rate on vessels from the Imam's territories as it is on ‘British Bottoms’ [goods carried on British ships].The title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Bombay Political Department’, ‘P.C. [Previous Communication] 5061, Draft 29/46, Coll[ection]: 23, Vol: 11’, ‘Collection No. 10 of No. 62’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 507, and terminates at f 509, 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.
45. 'Précis on commerce and communication in the Persian Gulf, 1801-1905'
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- Abstract: The volume is a précis on trade and communications in the Persian Gulf. It was prepared by Jerome Antony Saldanha and published by the Government of India, Foreign Department, Simla in 1906.The volume begins with a preface by Saldanha, written on 26 March 1906, and is then organised into five parts, each divided into chapters, and eight appendices at the end, as follows:Part I, Regulations and Duties, 1803-1847: Chapter I, Line of conduct to be pursued by the Resident at Basrah with regard to the American vessels trading in the Persian Gulf, 1803; Chapter II, Regulations for country ships visiting Bushire, 1813; Chapter III, Rules for the guidance of British vessels visiting the Persian Gulf, 1831; Chapter IV, Export and import duties in Persia and export of mules and horses from Persia, 1822-23, 1835-42; Chapter V, Question of exempting Arab ships from the discriminating duty imposed on foreign ships, 1836-37; Chapter VI, Ports of Arabia to which the Government of India notification dated 9 January 1839 should apply. Vessels of every description belonging to those ports to be to be provided with Registers or Passes countersigned by British Officers, 1839-47; Chapter VII, Mode and extent of taxation in operation at Bushire and surrounding districts, 1847.Part II, Trade and Traffic, 1834-71: Chapter VIII, Report in the trade of the Persian Gulf, 1834; Chapter IX, Traffic between Karachi and Bushire and other Persian Ports, 1854-58; Chapter X, Trade between Bombay and Bushire and Basrah [Basra], 1856-57; Chapter XI, Trade of the Persian Gulf, 1863-1869; Chapter XII, Colonel Pelly's reports on the trade of the Persian Gulf, 1870-71; Chapter XIII, List of British subjects and British protected persons on the Persian Court and islands, 1869.Part III, Review of the Trade reports from 1872 to 1905: Chapter XIV, Trade of the Gulf of Oman and Persia, 1873-1905; Chapter XV, Persian Opium Trade.Part IV, The Gulf Telegraph Line: Chapter XVI, Construction of the Telegraph Line; Chapter XVII, Telegraph Station at Fao; Chapter XVIII, Telegraph Station at Bushire; Chapter XIX, Medical arrangements for telegraph stations at Bushire, Fao and Jask.Part V, Miscellaneous: Chapter XX, Wreck of the SS Hallamshirenear Ras-el-Hadd and the measures proposed for the prevention of wreckage by the wild tribes on the Arabian Coasts, 1878; Chapter XXI, New system of registration of native owned vessels in the Gulfs of Persia and Oman, 1883-84.Appendices: Appendix A, Statement of the exports and imports of Bushire, 1832-34; Appendix B, Statements of Trade between Bushire and Basrah and Bombay, 1857; Appendix C, Comparative statements of exports of Bushire, 1863-65; Appendix D, Trade Returns appended to Colonel Pelly's letter No. 86-37, dated 23 April 1870; Appendix E, Returns of British subjects and British Protected persons on the Persian coast and Islands, 1869; Appendix F, Comparative Statements of Persian Gulf Trade with the Principal Countries, 1873-1905; Appendix G, Contrasted Statements of Principal Exports and Imports from and to the Ports in the Persian Gulf namely Bushire, Lingah, Bunder Abbas [Bandar Abbas], Bahrein [Bahrain], Basrah, and Maskat [Muscat] from 1893 to 1904; Appendix H, Returns of Shipping of the Ports of Bushire, Maskat and Basrah.Physical description: Foliation: the sequence commences at the front cover, and terminates at the inside back cover; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: the volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
46. ‘File 12/7 II Arrival of country craft from India’
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- Abstract: The file comprises correspondence relating to the shipment and transhipment of cargo (chiefly rice, sugar, spices, piece goods) from India (Karachi) to the ports of the Persian Gulf, chiefly Dubai, Katar [Qatar, also spelt Gutter, Quatter in the file] and Bahrain. The file is a direct chronological continuation of ‘File 12/7 I Shipping. Arrival of Sailing Crafts at Qatar and other places with Cargo.’ (IOR/R/15/2/1375). The file’s principal correspondents are: the Collector (and Assistant Collector) of Customs at Karachi; staff at the Political Agency in Bahrain; the Director of Customs at Bahrain (Claud Cranbrook Lewis DeGrenier; George William Reginald Smith); the Ruler of Qatar (Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Jāsim Āl Thānī); the Ruler of Dubai (Shaikh Sa‘id bin Maktūm Āl Maktūm).The correspondence chiefly concerns routine enquires made about specific vessels travelling from India to the ports of the Persian Gulf, and involves the delivery and return of export manifests. The enquiries begin with letters from the Collector (or Assistant Collector) of Customs, or other administrators, at Indian ports (Karachi, Bombay, Veraval) informing the Political Agent at Bahrain of named vessels travelling to ports in the Persian Gulf, with details of their cargo and cargo markings, and requesting confirmation of their arrival and the landing of their cargo. These letters are followed by enquiries made by the Political Agent to the Director of Customs at Bahrain (for vessels travelling to Bahrain), the Residency Agent at Sharjah (for vessels travelling to the ports of the Trucial Coast), and the Ruler of Qatar (for vessels travelling to Qatar), with further correspondence, including replies from the Residency Agent at Sharjah (in English and Arabic) and letters from the Rulers of Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and Ajman, and replies from the Ruler of Qatar. Correspondence is concluded with a letter from the Political Agent at Bahrain, back to the Collector of Customs at Karachi, confirming the arrival (and sometimes non-arrival) of named vessels.Other papers in the file include:correspondence in response to an enquiry made by P N Candavarkar, Collector of Customs at Bombay, to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, dated October 1938, relating to the status of the customs administration at the port of Dofar [Dhofar], prompting broader questions, answered by the Political Agent at Bahrain and the Residency Agent at Sharjah, of how certificates for the landing of cargoes are managed in the ports of the Persian Gulf. This correspondence includes copies of earlier papers, dating from 1924 (ff 95-110);a copy of an export general manifest, dated 1941 (f 237).Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 500; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 3-331 and between ff 427-462; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence. An additional mixed foliation/pagination sequence is also present in parallel between ff 463-492; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
47. ‘File 12/7 Vol. III Arrival of Country-Craft from India with cargoes for Bahrain, Trucial Coast and Qatar – Verification of Export Manifests –’
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- Abstract: The file comprises correspondence relating to the shipment and transhipment of cargo from India (chiefly Karachi but also Veraval) to the ports of the Persian Gulf, principally Dubai, Sharjah, Qatar (often spelt Quattar) and Bahrain. The file is a direct chronological continuation of ‘File 12/7 II Arrival of country craft from India’ (IOR/R/15/2/1376) The file’s principal correspondents are: the Collector of Customs at Karachi; staff at the Political Agency in Bahrain; the Residency Agent at Sharjah; the Political Officer on the Trucial Coast; the Director of Customs at Bahrain (George William Reginald Smith).The correspondence relates to routine enquiries made concerning cargo on specific vessels travelling from Karachi (and Veraval) to the ports of the Persian Gulf, and involves the exchange of export manifests detailing goods landed at different ports. The enquiries begin with letters from the Collector of Customs at Karachi (or Veraval) informing the Political Agent at Bahrain of named vessels travelling to ports in the Persian Gulf, with extracts of their export manifest, and requesting confirmation of their arrival and the verification of the landing of their cargo. These letters are followed by enquiries made by the Political Agent (enclosing export manifests) to the Director of Customs at Bahrain (for vessels travelling to Bahrain), the Residency Agent at Sharjah (for vessels travelling to the ports of the Trucial Coast), and the Ruler of Qatar (for vessels travelling to Qatar), requesting verification of the export manifests. Replies from the Director of Customs at Bahrain, the Residency Agent at Sharjah (in English and Arabic) and the Ruler of Qatar, confirm if vessels have arrived in port or not. Further correspondence includes letters from the Political Agent at Bahrain to the Collector of Customs at Karachi (or Veraval) confirming the arrival (and sometimes non-arrival) of named vessels, enclosing verified (or unverified) export manifests.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 199; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-149; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.
48. ‘File 12/12 Shipping. Miscellaneous’
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- Abstract: The file comprises miscellaneous correspondence concerning shipping in the Persian Gulf, including:in March 1936, an enquiry from the Director of the Bahrain Customs House concerning the visit of the SS Arabistanto Muscat in February 1936 (ff 3-6);in June 1936, a notice issued at Bahrain by the Strick & Ellerman Line, announcing that they are unable to accept Dubai cargo with transhipment at other ports (ff 9-11);correspondence dated April 1938 relating to the Ruler of Qatar’s introduction of dues on sailing boats in Qatar ports, and the response of Petroleum Development (Qatar) Limited to the introduction of these dues, in light of their reliance on imports of fresh water from Bahrain (ff 14-19);correspondence dated April 1939 relating to an enquiry from the Residency at Mukalla [Al-Mukallā] of the whereabouts of a dhow carrying forty passengers, feared lost at sea (ff 20-23);correspondence dated 1942 relating to a Government of India notice concerning measures to prevent the overloading of vessels, in order to prevent the jettisoning of valuable cargo at sea (ff 24-26);correspondence dated August 1944 relating to efforts by a Tehran-based company to obtain a port manifest from Dubai, for a vessel that departed from Dubai to Khorramshahr in July 1943 (ff 29-36);a letter relating to several incidents taking place in 1948, in which Arab dhows were boarded by an Iranian naval garrison near Kharg Island [Jazīreh-ye Khārk], which confiscated large amounts of money from the Arab dhow crews (f 40). Follow-up correspondence related to compensation payments made against these incidents can be found in IOR/R/15/2/1373;correspondence dated from February 1949 relating to a complaint made by a subject of Umm al Qaiwain [Umm al-Qaywayn] against the Iranian authorities at Bushire, after the confiscation of rifles and a sword from his dhow. Subsequent Government correspondence concerns the usefulness of an arms permit system on the Trucial Coast (ff 41-47);correspondence dated August 1949 relating to the Government of Bahrain’s refusal to give an individual named Tayeb Konji the authority to act as a shipping agent, due to his lack of experience (ff 49-42).Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 69; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 3-11 and between ff 29-45; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.