‘Muscat. Further proceedings on the subject of the plunder of the cargo of the late merchant ship “Centaur” belonging to Calcutta.’
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- ‘Muscat. Further proceedings on the subject of the plunder of the cargo of the late merchant ship “Centaur” belonging to Calcutta.’
- Date:
- 1852/1853
- Description:
- Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, minutes, and consultations cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors. These political letters appear in IOR/F/4/2550/149197. It is the fourth in a series of sixteen items on the Persian Gulf.The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; the Government of India; Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf; Khojeh Hiskael [Khawājah Ḥizqīl bin Yūsuf], Agent at Muscat; Lieutenant Colonel Henry Creswicke Rawlinson, Political Agent in Turkish Arabia [Ottoman Iraq]; and Commodore George Robinson, Commanding Persian Gulf Squadron.The item concerns the recovery of a cargo of indigo, said to have been plundered from the Centaur. It contains reports of indigo having been brought to Ukkur [Aqr], Baghdad, Bahrein [Bahrain], and Lingah [Bander-e Lengeh]. The report regarding Bahrein includes details of the weights of seventy-nine bags of indigo, a summary of the expenses incurred in storing and transporting the indigo, and records of two interviews with Khooshal [Khvushḥāl], the merchant who brought the indigo to Bahrein.The item also contains discussion of the guidance given to the Agent at Muscat with regard to his communication with the authorities of Muscat.The item contains a table of contents (ff 463-464), and the title page (f 462) contains the following references: Draft Number ‘358 - 1854’, ‘Collection No. 10 of No. 84 of 1853. Vol. 4’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’. The collection number was originally given as ‘3’ but this has been crossed out and replaced with ‘10’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 462 and terminates at f 488, 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
Seizure of vessels and cargoes - Geographic region:
- Persian Gulf
- Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100108905252.0x000001_ar
81055/vdc_100108905252.0x000001_en
IOR/F/4/2550/149200
IOR/F/4/2550/149200