‘Piracy of a vessel in the Gulph of Cutch belonging to Shah Zara Darab a Prince of Caboul’
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- ‘Piracy of a vessel in the Gulph of Cutch belonging to Shah Zara Darab a Prince of Caboul’
- Date:
- 1813/1813
- Description:
- Abstract: This item consists mostly of copies of correspondence and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, letters from the Government of Bombay. It concerns a request from Shahzada Darab, of the ruling Durrani dynasty of Afghanistan, for assistance in recovering property plundered by pirates during a voyage between Mandavie [Mandvi, also referred to as Mandavy and Mandavee] and Curatchee [Karachi, also referred to as Cratchy and Kuratchee]. It includes:The arrival in Bombay of Prince Sultan Wais, the son of Shahzada Darab, his appeal for assistance in recovering his father’s property, and the hospitality provided for him during his stay in BombayThe assistance earlier provided by Shahzada Darab in capturing the pirate Luckoo [also referred to as Luckhoo], who was being pursued by the Zephyrand had taken refuge in the port of Almarrah [Ormara, also referred to as Ulmarrah, Olmurah and Hoormara]The investigations carried out into the act of piracy committed against Shahzada Darab, said to have been in retaliation to the capture of Luckoo, and the likely whereabouts of the plundered property.The primary correspondents are: Lieutenant George Millet, Commander of the Zephyr; Lieutenant James MacMurdo; R J Goodwin, Secretary and Translator in the Office of Country Correspondence; and Mountstuart Elphinstone, Resident at Poona [Pune].The title page (f 179) of the item contains the following references: ‘Bombay Political No. 5, Season 1814/15, Draft 190’; and ‘Examiner’s Office, January 1815’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at 179, and terminates at 212, 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.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival item
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Piracy
Sultan Wais
Government of Afghanistan
Zephyr - Geographic region:
- Curatchee
Almarrah
Mandavie - Rights:
- المُلكية العامة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000001714.0x000278_ar
81055/vdc_100000001714.0x000278_en
IOR/F/4/447/10765
IOR/F/4/447/10765