‘Muscat. Loss of the ship Centaur of Calcutta.’

Title:

‘Muscat. Loss of the ship Centaur of Calcutta.’

Date:

1852/1852

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, 3 November 1852, and found at IOR/F/4/2504/142185. It is the fourth in a series of sixteen items about the Persian Gulf.The item mostly relates to information provided by Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Creswicke Rawlinson, Political Agent in Turkish Arabia [Ottoman Iraq], to the Government of Bombay, regarding stolen indigo from the wreck of the British merchant vessel, Centaur, off the coast of Oman. In particular, Rawlinson discusses the measures agreed to by Namik Pasha [Muḥammad Amīn Nāmiq Pāshā] for seizing any indigo imported into Turkish [Ottoman] ports, including concerns about claims to indemnification by merchants. Rawlinson also gives his opinion on what has likely happened to the indigo and to what extent Turkish authorities can aid in the search for the indigo.The item also contains a letter from the Government of India to the Government of Bombay, 8 October 1852, conveying the Governor-General's satisfaction that the Imam [Imām] of Muscat did everything possible to recover the plundered cargo of the Centaur.The title page of the item contains the following references: 'Bombay Political Department', 'Draft No. 350 of 1853', 'Collection No. 1 of No. 105', 'Vol: 4', and 'Examiner's Office'.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 1131, and terminates at f 1135, 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:

Indigo
Government of the Ottoman Empire

Geographic region:

Turkish Arabia

Rights:

رخصة حكومة مفتوحة

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100108445507.0x000001_ar
81055/vdc_100108445507.0x000001_en
IOR/F/4/2504/142188
IOR/F/4/2504/142188

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