‘Vol: 2. Persian Gulf – A Bugla stranded off Kishm’

Title:

‘Vol: 2. Persian Gulf – A Bugla stranded off Kishm’

Date:

1840/1841

Description:

Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, minutes, and consultations, cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai]. It is the second in a series of three items about the Persian Gulf (the others are IOR/F/4/1929/82843 and IOR/F/4/1929/82845). The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Captain Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf; Captain George Barnes Brucks, Commander of the Indian Navy in the Persian Gulf; Lieutenant John Stephens, Commander of the East India Company Schooner Emily; Thomas MacKenzie, Acting Assistant Resident in the Persian Gulf.The item concerns the salvage of the Bugla [Baghla] Futchool Khya[ Fateh ul Khyr], which ran aground on Kishm [Qeshm], and its cargo, by the East India Company Schooner Emily. The Bugla and cargo were taken to Karrack [Jazīreh-ye Khārk] and a list of the cargo auctioned is present on folio 391.The item includes a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Collection No. 13 of No. 50, Draft 31, P.C. [Previous Communication] 3302, [Season] 1842’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 370 and terminates at f 392, 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 side of each folio.Pagination: the item also contains an original pagination sequence.

Language:

English

Type:

Archival item

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Shipwrecks
Marine salvage
Emily

Geographic region:

Kishm
Karrack (island)

Rights:

رخصة حكومة مفتوحة

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000000290.0x000019_ar
81055/vdc_100000000290.0x000019_en
IOR/F/4/1929/82844
IOR/F/4/1929/82844

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