‘Aden. Plunder of the wreck of the Honble Company’s steamer “Memnon”.’
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- ‘Aden. Plunder of the wreck of the Honble Company’s steamer “Memnon”.’
- Date:
- 1845/1846
- Description:
- Abstract: The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence and minutes, which form partial enclosures to a letter from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] to the East India Company Court of Directors, dated 2 March 1846. A copy of this letter can be found at IOR/F/4/2142/102302, alongside details of further enclosures.The item relates to an update provided by Stafford Bettesworth Haines, Captain in the Indian Navy and Political Agent at Aden, to the Government of Bombay regarding the investigation into property stolen from the wreck of the Company’s schooner, Memnon. Haines provides details on the main suspect, Ali Yusuf, Chief of Aloola [‘Alī Yūsuf, Chief of Caluula], and recommends a course of action for obtaining compensation. His update is forwarded on to the Government of India for instruction.Aloola is also rendered in the text as ‘Alloola’.As well as Haines and the Government of Bombay, the item’s correspondents also include the Court of Directors.The title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Bombay Political Department’, ‘P.C. [Previous Communication] 5264, Draft 494/46’, ‘Collection N. 8 of N. 32, Vol: 8’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 198, and terminates at f 203, 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:
- Shipwrecks
Compensation
Theft
Memnon - Geographic region:
- Gulf of Aden
- Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100098003517.0x000001_ar
81055/vdc_100098003517.0x000001_en
IOR/F/4/2142/102309
IOR/F/4/2142/102309