‘Persian Gulf. Reports from the Resident in the – and the Acting Native Agent at Muscat contradicting the rumour of Major Hamerton’s death – Vol: 14’ [‎284v] (4/8)

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This item consists of copies of correspondence, consultations, and minutes 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/4/2349/123808. 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. ; Heskeal bin Yusoof [Ḥizqīl bin Yūsuf], Acting British Agent at Muscat; and Major Samuel Hennell, Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. . It is the fourteenth in a series of twenty-four items on events in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .

This item concerns reports received from Zanzibar via Muscat of the recovery of Captain Atkins Hamerton, British Consul and Agent in the Dominions of the Imam of Muscat, from a serious illness, contradicting previous reports of his death.

The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft no 334 of 1850’, ‘Coll[ection] 4’, and ‘Collection No 1 of No 111’.

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1 item (4 folios)

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

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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 283, and terminates at f 286 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.

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