‘Persian Gulf – Wreck of the Hon’ble Company’s Schooner “Emily” – property plundered from the – and irregular and unfriendly conduct of the Inhabitants of Ges on this occasion – Vol: 10’
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- ‘Persian Gulf – Wreck of the Hon’ble Company’s Schooner “Emily” – property plundered from the – and irregular and unfriendly conduct of the Inhabitants of Ges on this occasion – Vol: 10’
- Date:
- 1845/1845
- Description:
- Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, consultations, 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, British Resident in the Persian Gulf; Lieutenant-Colonel Justin Sheil, Her Majesty’s Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Persia; Meerza Reza [Mīrzā Reżā], British Agent at Shiraz; Lieutenant Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Assistant Resident in the Persian Gulf; and Manochehr Khan Mootamud-ood Dowlah [Manūchihr Khān Gurjī, Muʿtamid al-Dawlah], Governor of Isfahan. It is the tenth in a series of fifteen items on the Persian Gulf (the others are IOR/F/4/2131/101199, IOR/F/4/2131/101200, IOR/F/4/2131/101201, IOR/F/4/2131/101202, IOR/F/4/2131/101203, IOR/F/4/2131/101204, IOR/F/4/2131/101205, IOR/F/4/2131/101206, IOR/F/4/2131/101207, IOR/F/4/2131/101209, IOR/F/4/2131/101210, IOR/F/4/2131/101211, IOR/F/4/2131/101212 and IOR/F/4/2131/101213).The item concerns:Efforts by the British Government to bring the individuals they believe to have been involved in plundering the wreck of the East India Company schooner Emilyto Shiraz from the island of Ges [Kish]Disputes over the amount taken from the Emilyand liability of the parties involved for the loss.The item contains a contents page, and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft 252/46, P.C. [Previous Communication] 5171, Collection No 4 of No 119’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 717, and terminates at f 735, 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:
- Shipwrecks
Robbery - Geographic region:
- Ges
- Rights:
- غير معروف
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100097992844.0x000001_ar
81055/vdc_100097992844.0x000001_en
IOR/F/4/2131/101208
IOR/F/4/2131/101208