‘Persian Gulf – Piracy committed on a Kharrack Boat. Vol: 4’

Title:

‘Persian Gulf – Piracy committed on a Kharrack Boat. Vol: 4’

Date:

1838/1838

Description:

Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, consultations, memoranda, resolutions, and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai]. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Captain Samuel Hennell, Officiating Resident in the Persian Gulf; the Government of India; Moollah Hussein [Mullah Husayn], British Agent at Shargah [Sharjah], and Shaik bin Guzeeb [Shaikh Sa’id bin Qazib], Shaikh of Lingah [Bandar-e-Lengeh]. It is the fourth in a series of ten items on the Persian Gulf (the others are IOR/F/4/1767/72461, IOR/F/4/1767/72462, IOR/F/4/1767/72463, IOR/F/4/1767/72465, IOR/F/4/1767/72466, IOR/F/4/1767/72467, IOR/F/4/1767/72468, IOR/F/4/72469, and IOR/F/4/1767/72470).The item concerns: the loss of a buggarah [baqqara] from Karrack [Jazīreh-ye Khārk] in suspicious circumstances; the discovery of the cargo, and the bodies of the crew and passengers; and the subsequent arrest of a man from Sharga on a charge of ‘piracy’.The item contains a contents page, and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft 550, 1839, P.C. [Previous Communication] 2491’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 790 and terminates at f 803, as it was originally 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

Geographic region:

Karrack (island)

Rights:

المُلكية العامة

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000001878.0x00011b_ar
81055/vdc_100000001878.0x00011b_en
IOR/F/4/1767/72464
IOR/F/4/1767/72464

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