‘Socotra. An Arab vessel with one hundred and twenty five pilgrims on board founders near the island of -.’
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- ‘Socotra. An Arab vessel with one hundred and twenty five pilgrims on board founders near the island of -.’
- Date:
- 1844/1845
- Description:
- Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, minutes, and consultations cited in, or enclosed with, a political letter from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai].The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Arthur Malet, Political Agent in Katteewar [Kathiawar]; Edward Lyon, Chairman of the Bombay Chamber of Commerce; the Government of the North-Western Provinces; and Philip William Le Geyt, Senior Magistrate of Police, Bombay.It concerns the sinking of a ship near Socotra, which is described in a report by Syud Ahmed bin Abdoolla Hydroos [Sayyid Aḥmad bin ‘Abdullāh Ḥaydarūs], and the efforts of Captain D C Graham, Acting Superintendent of Police, to identify the passengers who died, who were pilgrims from Benares [Varanasi], Allehabad [Allahabad] and the zillah [district] of Azimghur [Azamgarh].The item contains a table of contents (ff 713-714), and the title page (f 712) contains the following references: ‘P C [Previous Communication] 5108’, ‘D/t 77/46’, ‘Collection No. 15 of No. 109’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 712 and terminates at f 724, 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:
- Pilgrims
Shipwrecks - Geographic region:
- Socotra
- Rights:
- المُلكية العامة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100098590747.0x000001_ar
81055/vdc_100098590747.0x000001_en
IOR/F/4/2124/100252
IOR/F/4/2124/100252