‘Mocha. Compensation for losses sustained by the Native Agent and his clerk at – during the plunder of that place by the Bedowins on the 13th December 1833.’
‘Mocha. Compensation for losses sustained by the Native Agent and his clerk at – during the plunder of that place by the Bedowins on the 13th December 1833.’
Date:
1834/1837
Description:
Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, minutes and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, letters from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] and the East India Company Court of Directors.The item concerns the claims for compensation made by Sheik Tayb [Mirza Shaikh Tayyib Ibrahimji], Native Agent at Mocha, and his clerk as a result of losses they sustained during an attack on the city which took place in December 1833.As well as the above, correspondents include: Robert Grant, Governor of Bombay; and John Pollard Willoughby, Secretary to Government, Bombay.The item contains a table of contents (ff 382r-383r), and the title page (f 381) contains the following references: ‘P C [Previous Communication] 2196, No. 6, Draft 573-1838, Collection No. 5 of No. 32’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 381 and terminates at f 398, 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 volume also contains an original pagination sequence.