‘Persian Gulf. Disbursement sanctioned on account of presents made to the Maritime Chiefs on the late Tour of the Arabian Ports.’

Content

This item consists of copies of correspondence 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. to the East India Company Court of Directors The London-based directors of the East India Company who dealt with the daily conduct of the Company's affairs. . These political letters appear in IOR/F/4/2550/149197. It is the twelfth in a series of sixteen 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. and Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .

The item concerns a request by Kemball for 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. to sanction his expenditure on presents for the ‘maritime chiefs’ during his recent tour of the ports of the Arabian side of the Gulf, and to approve the purchase of certain articles for future gifts. It contains a ‘statement of presents made by the Resident in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. to the chiefs of the Arabian Coast submitted for the sanction of Government’ (f 571) and a ‘list of articles required from 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. for future presentation’ (f 572).

The item contains a table of contents (f 569), and the title page (f 568) contains the following references: Draft Number ‘358 - 1854’, ‘Collection No. 10 of No. 84 of 1853. Vol. 12’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’. The collection number was originally given as ‘9’ but this has been crossed out and replaced with ‘10’.

Extent and format

1 item (6 folios)

Arrangement

The documents are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front of the item to the rear.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 568 and terminates at f 573, 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 item

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/4/2550/149208

History of this record

Date(s)

25 May 1853-24 Aug 1853 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

ToursGifts

People & organisations

Political Resident, Persian GulfGovernment of Bombay

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‘Persian Gulf. Disbursement sanctioned on account of presents made to the Maritime Chiefs on the late Tour of the Arabian Ports.’, British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/F/4/2550/149208, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100108905476.0x000001> [accessed 4 October 2024]

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