‘Persian Gulf Shargah. Relative to an arbitrary fine levied by the Chief of- from a Baynan Native of Sind.-’

Content

The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence and resolutions, cited in, or enclosed with, a Political Letter 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. , dated 28 April 1854, and found at IOR/F/4/2575/152543. It is the twelfth in a series of thirteen items about the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .

The item contains correspondence between: 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. ; Hajee Yacoob [Ḥājjī Ya‘qūb], Agent at Shargah [Sharjah]; and Commodore George Robinson, Commanding Indian Naval Squadron in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. . The correspondence relates to a fine levied against a ' Banyan Merchant of Indian extraction. merchant', Hirman ben Heyrah [Hiraman bin Hīrā, also rendered in text as Heyman ben Heyrah], residing at Shargah, by the shaikh of that port, Sheikh Abdullah ben Sultan [Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Sulṭān].

Kemball forwards copies of the above correspondence to 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. .

The title page of the item contains the following references: 'Bombay Political Department', 'P.C. [Previous Communication] 8964', Draft Number '908 [18]54', 'Collection No. 1 of No. 32 of 1854', 'Vol: 12', and 'Examiner's Office'. Originally, the Collection number was given as '12' but this has been crossed out and replaced with '1'.

Extent and format

1 item (6 folios)

Arrangement

The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the item. The item also contains a table of contents (f 349), noting ‘No’, ‘From’, ‘To’, ‘Subject’, ‘Date and No. of Docu[men]t’ and ‘Date and No. of Consul[tation]’.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 348, and terminates at f 353, 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/4/2575/152554

History of this record

Date(s)

29 Dec 1853-26 Apr 1854 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

Fines (penalties)

Places

Shargah

People & organisations

Government of BombayPolitical ResidentNative Agent, Trucial Coast

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‘Persian Gulf Shargah. Relative to an arbitrary fine levied by the Chief of- from a Baynan Native of Sind.-’, British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/F/4/2575/152554, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100108939528.0x000001> [accessed 3 July 2024]

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