‘Unfriendly Conduct of the Sheriffe of Mecca, in enforcing inordinate duties on the Woollens sent to Judda for Sale and which rendered their sale impracticable’
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- ‘Unfriendly Conduct of the Sheriffe of Mecca, in enforcing inordinate duties on the Woollens sent to Judda for Sale and which rendered their sale impracticable’
- Date:
- 1809/1811
- Description:
- Abstract: The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence, minutes and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, letters from the Government of Bombay. The item relates to the 'unfriendly conduct' towards the East India Company by the Sheriffe [Sharif] of Mecca. In particular, the item is concerned with:Two separate incidents at Judda [Jeddah] during which 27 pieces of broad cloth which belonged to the Company were taken from the brig Fattah Mobarukand customs duties were charged to John Benzoni, Assistant to the British Agent in the Persian Gulph [Gulf], on goods which he left at Judda and later collectedThe Government of Bombay's attempts to ascertain the standard customs duties exacted on goods at Judda and whether the Sheriffe has deviated from these regular ratesAccounts and reports provided by Benzoni, the Sheriffe of Mecca, the Nakhoda [Captain] of the brig Fattah Mobarukand J [Humruss], a man who has knowledge of the customs duties at Judda and is called upon by the Customs Master at Surat to provide information on this topicThe conflicting reports of Benzoni and the SheriffeThe possible punishments that the Government of Bombay could apply to the Sheriffe as a consequence of his conduct.Benzoni's correspondence also refers briefly to a draft Treaty relating to trade that he has concluded with the Pasha of Egypt.Correspondents: Government of Bombay; Captain Henry Rudland, Agent in the Gulph of Arabia; Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to Government of Bombay; Richard Thomas Goodwin, Secretary and Translator in the Office of the Country Correspondence; Nathan Crowe, Chief at Surat; George Cumming Osborne, Secretary to Government of Bombay; John Benzoni, Assistant to the British Agent in the Persian Gulph; D C Ramsay, Custom Master at Surat; James Farish, Deputy Secretary to Government of Bombay; J [Humruss], Merchant(?); Sheriffe Ghalib of Mecca [Ghālib ibn Musā’id al-Hāshimi, Sharīf of Mecca]; Jonathan Duncan, Governor of Bombay.Rudland is alternatively referred to within the item as the Political Agent at Mocha and the British Agent in the Persian Gulph.The title page of the item contains the following references: 'Political No. 21, Season 1814/15, Draft 20' and 'Examiner's Office November 1812'.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 112, and terminates at f 144, 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 file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival item
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Economic relations
Customs duty
Claims - Geographic region:
- Judda
- Rights:
- المُلكية العامة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000001700.0x00039c_ar
81055/vdc_100000001700.0x00039c_en
IOR/F/4/416/10289
IOR/F/4/416/10289