‘Muskat. Loss of the Ship “Centaur” of Calcutta. Vol: 1’
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- ‘Muskat. Loss of the Ship “Centaur” of Calcutta. Vol: 1’
- Date:
- 1852/1852
- Description:
- Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, minutes, and consultations cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. The correspondents are the Government of Bombay and Major Atkins Hamerton, British Agent and Consul in the Dominions of the Imam of Muscat. It is the first in a series of two items about the loss of the Centaur.The item concerns the wreck of the Centaurat Alkhabba [Ra’s al Khabbah], loss of her cargo, and the return of her crew to Muskat [Muscat]. The item also describes the actions of the Imam of Muscat [Sayyid Sa‘īd bin Sulṭān Āl Bū Sa‘īd].The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft No 969-1852’ and ‘Collection No 7 of No 68 (in 2 volumes)’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 1206, and terminates at f 1214, 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:
- Shipwrecks
Imam of Oman - Geographic region:
- Alkhabba
- Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100108390329.0x000001_ar
81055/vdc_100108390329.0x000001_en
IOR/F/4/2485/140124
IOR/F/4/2485/140124