‘Persian Gulf. Report from the Senior Indian Naval Officer in the-’
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- ‘Persian Gulf. Report from the Senior Indian Naval Officer in the-’
- Date:
- 1847/1847
- Description:
- Abstract: The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence cited in, or enclosed with, a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, 30 September 1847. A copy of this Political Letter can be found at IOR/F/4/2238/112322, alongside details of further enclosures. The item is the twenty-seventh in a series of fifty-nine items on events in the Persian Gulf.The item relates to a report by Captain William Lowe, Indian Navy Commanding in the Persian Gulf, to Major Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, dated 19 August 1847. Lowe reports that the Company ship, Elphinstone, had visited and delivered letters to the sheiks [shaikhs] of: Aboothabee [Abu Dhabi]; Debey [Dubai]; Sharga [Sharjah]; Ejmaun [Ajman]; and Amulgavine [Umm al-Qaywayn]. Lowe had also passed on letters to Moola Houssein [Mullā Ḥusayn, Native Agent at Sharjah] and the Sheik of Ras-el Khymah [Ra’s al-Khaymah]. Additionally, Lowe reports that there was an outbreak of cholera on-board the Company’s ship, Mahi, which resulted in the deaths of two crew members including the only medical officer. Lowe includes a report from a committee he established to enquire into what happened on the Mahi, and their recommendations for how the Mahishould proceed without her own medical officer.Lowe is also referred to as the Senior Naval Officer in the Gulf.The title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Bombay Political Department’, ‘Draft No. 345/48’, ‘Collection No. 2 of No. 118, Vol: 27.’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 396, and terminates at f 403, 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:
- Tours
Cholera - Geographic region:
- Persian Gulf
- Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100098004738.0x000001_ar
81055/vdc_100098004738.0x000001_en
IOR/F/4/2238/112348
IOR/F/4/2238/112348