‘Persian Gulf. Plunder of the wreck of the Schooner “Emily”.’

Title:

‘Persian Gulf. Plunder of the wreck of the Schooner “Emily”.’

Date:

1845/1846

Description:

Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, minutes, and consultations cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. These political letters appear in IOR/F/4/2174/105546. It is the eleventh in a series of forty-five items on the Persian Gulf.The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Major Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf; Hajee Yacoob [Ḥājjī Ya‘qūb], Government Pilot; and Justin Sheil, HM Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Persia [Iran].The item concerns the efforts to obtain redress for the plunder of the wreck of the East India Company’s schooner Emilyby certain inhabitants of the island of Kenn [Kish, also referred to in the item as Ges]. It includes:A letter from Hajee Yacoob reporting on his inquiries into this incident, and his belief that the majority of the goods plundered are in the possession of Sheikh Hussein bin Abdullah [Shaikh Ḥusayn bin ‘Abdullāh], the Chief of Charrack [Bandar-e Charak]A translation of a Royal Firman issued to Houssein Khan [Muḥammad Ḥusayn Khān Muqaddam Marāgha’i], the Governor of Fars, instructing him to recover the plundered property and punish the perpetratorsHennell’s concern that this incident will undermine British efforts to suppress ‘piracy’ in the Gulf.The item contains a table of contents (f 358), and the title page (f 357) contains the following references: ‘P C [Previous Communication] 5507, Coll. 7, Vol. 11’, ‘D/t 197/47’, ‘Collection No. 10 of No. 20’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 357 and terminates at f 367, 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 file

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Shipwrecks
Compensation
Government of Persia

Geographic region:

Kenn Island
Ges

Rights:

غير معروف

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100098591568.0x000001_ar
81055/vdc_100098591568.0x000001_en
IOR/F/4/2174/105556
IOR/F/4/2174/105556

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