‘Persian Gulf. Piracies.’

Title:

‘Persian Gulf. Piracies.’

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. 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 thirteenth 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; Hossein Khan, Sahib i Ikhtyar, Governor of Fars, [Muḥammad Ḥusayn Khān Muqaddam Marāgha’i, Ṣāḥib Ikhtiyār, Governor of Fars]; and Meerza Reza [Mīrzā Reżā], British Agent at Shiraz.The item concerns the efforts to obtain redress for two ‘piracies’: the plunder of the wreck of the East India Company’s schooner Emilyby certain inhabitants of the island of Kenn [Kish, also rendered as Ges in the item], and an attack on two vessels from Karrack [Jazireh-ye Khark] by the people of Khirrah [Kherreh], a dependency of the Shaik of Assaloo [Shaikh of Bandar-e ‘Asaluyeh]. It includes a summary of a communication from Mustoofa Khan of Bastuk [Ḥājjī Mustafā Khān Bastakī, Ruler of Bastak].The item also contains the response of the Government of Bengal (f 380) to a despatch that is not included in this item.The item contains a table of contents (ff 376-377), and the title page (f 375) contains the following references: ‘P C [Previous Communication] 5507, Coll. 7, Vol. 13’, ‘D/t 197/47’, ‘Collection No. 1 of No. 53’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 375 and terminates at f 385, 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:

Compensation

Geographic region:

Kenn Island
Ges

Rights:

غير معروف

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100098591622.0x000001_ar
81055/vdc_100098591622.0x000001_en
IOR/F/4/2174/105558
IOR/F/4/2174/105558

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