‘Persian Gulf. Compensation to parties who suffered loss on account of the plunder and destruction of their property by the inhabitants of Kenn on the occasion of the wreck of the schooner “Emily” in 1845 off that Island.’
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- ‘Persian Gulf. Compensation to parties who suffered loss on account of the plunder and destruction of their property by the inhabitants of Kenn on the occasion of the wreck of the schooner “Emily” in 1845 off that Island.’
- Date:
- 1847/1847
- Description:
- Abstract: The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, 13 November 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 forty-first in a series of fifty-nine items on events in the Persian Gulf.The item relates to claims for compensation in relation to the plunder of the Company schooner Emily, by inhabitants of the island of Kenn [Kish] in March 1845. One claim is made by Mr J Essai, on behalf of his wife, Mrs Catherine Essai, and his sister, Mrs Mary Johannes Carrapiet (also appears in text as Carapit). Another claim is made by W[illiam?] H Litchfield, Commander of the Sir Charles Forbesand former acting Master of the Emily. Compensation taken from the Sheik [Shaikh] of Kenn is divided up by Major Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, as shown in a statement found at folios 477-478.As well as the above, correspondents include the Government of Bombay.The title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Bombay Political Department’, ‘Draft No. 345/48’, ‘Collection No. 2 of No. 139, Vol: 41.’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’. The title page also contains a note that relevant correspondence can be found in Collection No. 7 accompanying despatch from the Government of Bombay, 1 April No. 49 of 1847.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 467, and terminates at f 479, 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:
- Compensation
- Rights:
- المُلكية العامة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100098004989.0x000001_ar
81055/vdc_100098004989.0x000001_en
IOR/F/4/2238/112362
IOR/F/4/2238/112362