'Précis of correspondence regarding the affairs of the Persian Gulf, 1801-1853'

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A précis of correspondence regarding the affairs of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , 1801-1853 prepared by Jerome Antony Saldanha and published by Government of India Central Printing Office, Calcutta in 1906.

The précis is divided up into eight sections, as follows:

Part I: British Envoys to Persia and from Persia, 1801-1814.

Part II: British policy in regard to Maskat [Muscat] and the Maritime Arab tribes on the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , 1801-1815.

Part III: Affairs on the Persian Coast and Islands, 1801-1820.

Part IV: British Residents and Agents in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and at Maskat, 1801-1813.

Part V: British policy in regard to Maskat and the Maritime Arab Tribes. Vigorous measures taken for the suppression of piracies and for security of peace in the Gulf. Persian Coast and Islands Affairs, 1818-1823.

Part VI: British policy in regard to Maskat and the Maritime Arab tribes, 1823-1853.

Part VII: Affairs on the Persian Coast and Islands, 1823-1853.

Part VIII: British Residents and Agents in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and Maskat, 1823-1853.

Extent and format

1 volume (172 folios)

Arrangement

The volume is arranged roughly chronologically and divided into twelve chapters. Folios 5-9 is a detailed list of the contents of the file.

Physical characteristics

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 The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.

Written in

English in Latin script

Type

Archival file

Access & Reference

Original held at

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.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/L/PS/20/C248C

Former external reference(s)

No 24

History of this record

Date(s)

1906 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

PiracyTribes

Places

PersiaArabian PeninsulaPersian Gulf

People & organisations

Jerome Anthony Saldanha

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