‘Regarding the wreck of the Buggalow “Tyree” near Cape Guardufoy.’
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- ‘Regarding the wreck of the Buggalow “Tyree” near Cape Guardufoy.’
- Date:
- 1842/1843
- Description:
- Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, minutes, and consultations cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; the Court of Directors of the East India Company; Captain Stafford Bettesworth Haines, Political Agent at Aden; Lieutenant Christopher, commanding the East India Company man of war Tigris; and Captain Atkins Hamerton, British Consul and Agent in the Dominions of the Imaum of Muscat.The item concerns the wreck of the bugalow [baghlah] Tyreeoff Hafoon [Ras Hafun] near Cape Guardufoy [Ras Asir], and the suspicions of Haines that the wreck was deliberately arranged by the nacodah [nakhuda] on the orders of the Shaikh of Hafoon, both of whom are alleged by the supercargo to have plundered the wreck. The item also mentions two cases of suspected slaving vessels.The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft 727/43’ and ‘Coll[ection] No: 4’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 489, and terminates at f 526 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:
- Slave trade
Shipwrecks
Theft - Geographic region:
- Hafoon
- Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000001895.0x0003b6_ar
81055/vdc_100000001895.0x0003b6_en
IOR/F/4/2017/90274
IOR/F/4/2017/90274