Publication Date
21 Feb 1863-12 May 1863 (CE, Gregorian)
Type
Document
Language
eng,fas
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
8
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
Mss Eur F126/49
Record ID
vdc_100000001524.0x0003bc
Library Location
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.
Date
21 Feb 1863-12 May 1863 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
The memo contains information in Persian, with English translation, regarding the Dashtee [Dashti] tribe and the villages that are subordinate to it.
For the town of Dashtee (folio 8) the memo gives details of the tribute paid to the Governor of Bushire; for each subordinate village the following information is given:
Under whose authority the village falls
The amount, in
Tomans
10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value.
, paid as tribute to the Dashti tribe
The number of households in the village
The distance, in Fursacs, from the nearest neighbouring village
On the rear cover of the memo (folio 1) are instructions from Lewis Pelly dated 21 February 1863 asking him to provide a translation alongside each section of the memo and a note from Joseph Charles Edwards dated 12 May 1863 noting that the translations have been completed.
As the memo was written in Persian, with English translation added later it should be read from back to front (folio 8-folio1)
The dates provided relate to the request for and completion of the translation into English, the memo itself may be from an earlier date.
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