‘Piracy and Murder committed in the Red Sea, on the American Ship Essex and her Crew, by Syed Mahomed Aukil in the year 1806’
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- ‘Piracy and Murder committed in the Red Sea, on the American Ship Essex and her Crew, by Syed Mahomed Aukil in the year 1806’
- Date:
- 1809/1811
- Description:
- Abstract: The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence and reports cited in, or enclosed with, letters to and from the Government of Bombay concerning the Government of Bombay's investigations into the alleged acts of piracy and murder committed by Syeed Mohomed Aukil [Shaikh Sayyid Muḥammad bin Aqil Al-Ajaybi, also Sayyid Muḥammad ‘Aqīl al-Saqqaf]. Syeed Mohomed Aukil is accused of murdering the crew of the American ship Essexnear the island of Cameran [Kamaran] and stealing the treasure, rigging and sails that were onboard. The item contains a copy of a report (ff 357 recto-365 verso) by Richard Thomas Goodwin, Secretary to Government of Bombay, and Charles Joseph Briscoe, Justice of the Peace at Bombay, which includes a deposition by Nicholas Hamm, Commander of the Arab ship Phoolk. In response to the information supplied by the report, Robert Smith, Advocate General at Fort William, advises the Government of Bombay to trace the witnesses mentioned by Hamm and provides instructions on how to arrest Syeed Mohomed Aukil if the opportunity presents itself.Correspondents: Government of Bombay; Court of Directors of the East India Company; Jonathan Duncan, President and Governor of Bombay; Richard Thomas Goodwin; Charles Joseph Briscoe; Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to Government of Bombay; Neil Benjamin Edmonstone, Chief Secretary to Government at Fort William; Robert Smith.The item includes multiple spellings of Syeed Mohomed Aukil and of the Arab ship Phoolk.The title page of the item contains the following references: 'Political No. 30, Season 1814/15, Draft 20', ‘Vide former Collection?’ and 'Examiner's Office November 1812'.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 353, and terminates at f 371, 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:
- Piracy
Criminal investigation
Homicide
USS Essex - Geographic region:
- Cameran
- Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000001700.0x0003a5_ar
81055/vdc_100000001700.0x0003a5_en
IOR/F/4/416/10298
IOR/F/4/416/10298