‘Permission granted to Nuwab Moomtaz-ood-Dowlah and his consort to proceed on a pilgrimage to the Shrines in Turkish Arabia.-’

Content

The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence cited in, or enclosed with, a Foreign Letter from Fort William [Government of India] 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 15 February 1856.

The item relates to two petitions addressed to the Governor-General of India from Nawab An honorific title; an official acting as a provincial deputy ruler in South Asia; or a significant Muslim landowner in nineteenth century India. Moontazood Dowlah Hoosein Alee Khan Bahadoor [ Nawwāb An honorific title; an official acting as a provincial deputy ruler in South Asia; or a significant Muslim landowner in nineteenth century India. Ḥusayn ‘Alī Khān Bahādur, Muntazid al-Dawlah] and Nawab An honorific title; an official acting as a provincial deputy ruler in South Asia; or a significant Muslim landowner in nineteenth century India. Zeenutoonissa Begum Courteous or formal title for (usually Muslim) women of elite status, especially of Turko-Mongol lineage. [ Nawwāb An honorific title; an official acting as a provincial deputy ruler in South Asia; or a significant Muslim landowner in nineteenth century India. Zinat al-Nisā’ Begum Courteous or formal title for (usually Muslim) women of elite status, especially of Turko-Mongol lineage. ], requesting permission to visit the shrines in Turkish Arabia A term used by the British officials to describe the territory roughly corresponding to, but not coextensive with, modern-day Iraq under the control of the Ottoman Empire. [Ottoman Iraq] and to draw their pensions from the Bagdad [Baghdad] Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. . The petitions are forwarded to the Governor-General via Major-General J Outram, Resident at Lucknow, who also provides details of the pensions, who the petitioners are and why they are entitled to the pensions.

The item also contains the response from the Government of India to Outram.

The title page of the item contains the following references: 'India Political Department', Draft Number '71 [18]57', 'Collection No. 21', and 'Examiner's Office'. Originally, the Collection number was given as '45' but this has been crossed out and replaced with '21'. Similarly, the reference department was noted as 'Fort William Foreign' but this has been crossed out and replaced with 'India Political'.

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 757), noting ‘Page’, ‘From’, ‘To’, ‘Subject’, ‘Date and No. of Document’ and ‘Date and No. of Cons[ultation]’.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 756, and terminates at f 761, 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/4/2662/176414

History of this record

Date(s)

Jul 1855-15 Feb 1856 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

ShrinesPensions

Places

Turkish Arabia

People & organisations

Political AgencyGovernment of India

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‘Permission granted to Nuwab Moomtaz-ood-Dowlah and his consort to proceed on a pilgrimage to the Shrines in Turkish Arabia.-’, British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/F/4/2662/176414, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100109276263.0x000001> [accessed 4 October 2024]

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