Letter no.2098 of 1857 from Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to the Resident in the Persian Gulf
IOR/R/15/1/157, ff 98-99
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The record is made up of 2 folios. It was created in 13 May 1857. 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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The letter is a covering letter, enclosing an extract of paragraph 31 from despatch no.16 of 1857 (folio 99) from the Court of Directors The London-based directors of the East India Company who dealt with the daily conduct of the Company's affairs. , dated 11 February 1857. The letter relates to the plunder of cargo from a shipwrecked vessel at Sharjah, and details the terms and level of compensation payable (585 dollars) by Shaikh Sooltan bin Suggur [Sultan bin Saqr] at the end of the pearl fishing season of 1856.
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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/R/15/1/157, ff 98-99
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- 13 May 1857 (CE, Gregorian)
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- IOR/R/15/1/157, ff 98-99
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- Letter no.2098 of 1857 from Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to the Resident in the Persian Gulf
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- 98r:99v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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