‘Muscat. Ill-treatment received by the Native Agent at – in consequence of his having interfered on behalf of a Banian named Heerjee Kessowjee.’

Content

This item consists of copies of correspondence, minutes, and consultations cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions. . These political letters appear in IOR/F/4/2174/105546. It is the twenty-second in a series of forty-five items on the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .

The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions. ; Major Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; Khojah Heskeil [Khawājah Ḥizqīl bin Yūsuf], Native Agent Non-British agents affiliated with the British Government. at Muscat; and Syed Soweynee [Sayyid Thuwaynī bin Sa‘īd Āl Bū Sa‘īd], Governor of Muscat.

The item concerns the protection offered by Khojah Heskeil to Seyt Hirjee bin Kishmjee bin Kushra bin Purdan [Sīth Hīrjī ibn Kishnjī ibn Kusar ibn Pardhān] (referred to throughout the item as Hirjee or Hirjee Banyan Merchant of Indian extraction. , and occasionally as Heerjee Kessewjee [Hīrjī Kīsūjī]), and the subsequent ill treatment of Khojah Heskeil by Salmin bin Towfeak [Sālmīn bin Tawfīq], who is described as one of Syed Soweynee’s servants. Hirjee was granted protection as a British subject, but was recently discharged by Syed Soweynee from his position as farmer of customs and was facing claims from various creditors, and so Syed Soweynee considers Khojah Heskeil’s interference to be unwarranted. Hennell agrees, but nevertheless considers that Salmin bin Towfeak ought to be punished.

The item contains a table of contents (f 465), and the title page (f 464) contains the following references: ‘P C [Previous Communication] 5507, Coll. 7, Vol. 22’, ‘D/t 197/47’, ‘Collection No. 10 of No. 53’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.

Multiple spellings for various personal names are present in the volume.

Extent and format

1 item (19 folios)

Arrangement

The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 464 and terminates at f 482, 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 The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.

Pagination: the item also contains an original pagination sequence.

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/F/4/2174/105567

History of this record

Date(s)

10 Oct 1845-18 Mar 1846 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

Debt recoveryDiplomatic protection

Places

Muscat

People & organisations

Governor of MuscatPolitical ResidentNative AgentGovernment of Bombay

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‘Muscat. Ill-treatment received by the Native Agent at – in consequence of his having interfered on behalf of a Banian named Heerjee Kessowjee.’, British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/F/4/2174/105567, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/node/9592> [accessed 5 July 2024]

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