‘Affray at Mocha’

Title:

‘Affray at Mocha’

Date:

1827/1827

Description:

Abstract: The item consists of extracts of Political Letters and Political Consultations from the Government of Bombay regarding the affray at Mocha between some of the Factory servants and a group of Turkish soldiers, in which a Turkish soldier was killed. Topics covered include:Enquiries by the Government of Bombay, by Captain Bagnold, Resident at Mocha, and by the Imaum of Senna [Imam of Ṣanʻā', Yemen] regarding the circumstances surrounding the affrayThe removal of Mr Mackell, Assistant Surgeon and Member of the Mocha Residency, from post following his action of firing on the Turkish soldiers and his defence of his actionsThe consequences for the Turkish soldiers who instigated the affrayThe Resident of Mocha's reporting of positive outcomes from the affray, namely improved attitudes towards Europeans by Military and ‘lower orders of the people'.Correspondents include: Government of Bombay; Resident at Mocha; William Newnham, Chief Secretary for the Government of Bombay; the Court of Directors; Henry Salt, Consul General in Egypt; Strickland Canning, Ambassador at Constantinople; Mr Mackell, Assistant Surgeon at Mocha; the Medical Board; the Secretary to the Supreme Government at Fort William.The item also contains depositions by witnesses to the affray (ff 308 verso – 316 recto) sent from the Resident at Mocha to the Chief Secretary for the Government of Bombay.The title page of the item contains the following references: 'P.C. 681, Draft 367, 1829/30', ‘Collection No. 11’ and 'Examiner's Office 1829’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 300, and terminates at f 357, 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 printed pagination sequence.

Language:

English

Type:

Archival item

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Employees transfer
Conflict resolution

Geographic region:

Mocha

Rights:

رخصة حكومة مفتوحة

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000001779.0x0002ec_ar
81055/vdc_100000001779.0x0002ec_en
IOR/F/4/1148/30307
IOR/F/4/1148/30307

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