Letter from James Dow, Assistant Surgeon, Temporarily in Charge of the Residency, to Lieutenant Colonel Christopher Hodgson, Commissary of Stores, Bombay

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In this letter James Dow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. , Assistant Surgeon, temporarily in charge of the Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. , reports that a tundall and twelve lascars A term used by the British officials to describe non-European sailors employed on East India Company ships. , who formed part of the establishment brought from Bombay by Andrew Jukes, Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. in Persia, and who were left at Bushire following Jukes's departure for Tehran, have been given a passage to the Presidency The name given to each of the three divisions of the territory of the East India Company, and later the British Raj, on the Indian subcontinent. , on board the Honourable Company cruiser, the Ternate . Dow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. states that the lascars A term used by the British officials to describe non-European sailors employed on East India Company ships. received from Jukes their pay and batta An extra allowance of pay granted to soldiers involved in special field service or to public servants on special duty. up to the end of September and that Dow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. has since advanced them a further 94 2/4 rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. , which is detailed in an attached statement (not included).

Extent and format

2 folios

It is part of

Vol 22: Letters Outward

194 images

Ref: IOR/R/15/1/22

Written in

English in Latin script

Type

Letter

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/R/15/1/22, ff 83v-84

History of this record

Date(s)

16 Oct 1821 (CE, Gregorian)

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Letter from James Dow, Assistant Surgeon, Temporarily in Charge of the Residency, to Lieutenant Colonel Christopher Hodgson, Commissary of Stores, Bombay, British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/22, ff 83v-84, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100024054291.0x0000a3> [accessed 3 December 2024]

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