'Shahr and Makulla. Secret Letter from India, No. 16, Dated 2nd February 1881.'
IOR/L/PS/18/B23
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The record is made up of 6 folios. It was created in 7 Mar 1881-1 Sep 1881. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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A letter and a short postscript, in which Arthur William Moore writes to the British Government describing an ongoing financial dispute between the chiefs of Shahr and Makulla, two principal ports on the south coast of Arabia. The author mentions the likelihood of the region falling into Turkish hands should the dispute continue, and outlines British attempts therefore to settle it. The dispute remains ongoing at the time the postscript was written.
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- 6 folios
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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at folio 41, and terminates at folio 46, as it is part of a larger volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 5-152; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- English in Latin script
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- British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity.
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- IOR/L/PS/18/B23
- Date(s)
- 7 Mar 1881-1 Sep 1881 (CE, Gregorian)
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- Conflict resolution
- Places
- ShahrMakulla
- People & organisations
- Chief of ShahrRuler of MakullaSir Arthur William Moore, Knight
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- IOR/L/PS/18/B23
- Title
- 'Shahr and Makulla. Secret Letter from India, No. 16, Dated 2nd February 1881.'
- Pages
- 41r:46v
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence