‘Persian Gulf. Cursondass Nency – Complaining of the seizure of the cargo of his Bugla “Salamuttee” by the Agent of His Highness the Imam of Muscat- at Kishm’
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- ‘Persian Gulf. Cursondass Nency – Complaining of the seizure of the cargo of his Bugla “Salamuttee” by the Agent of His Highness the Imam of Muscat- at Kishm’
- Date:
- 1854/1854
- Description:
- Abstract: The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence cited in, or enclosed with, a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, 29 August 1854. A copy of this letter can be found at IOR/F/4/2586/154786, alongside details of further enclosures. The item is the ninth in a series of nine items on events in the Persian Gulf 1853-54.The item contains a letter from Cursondas Neney [Karsandās Nīnsī, also rendered in text as Cursondass Nency], a British subject and owner of the vessel Sullamuttee[ Salāmatī], to the Government of Bombay, dated 1 August 1854. He complains that cargo on board belonging to Persian [Iranian] merchants was seized at Kissum [Qeshm, also rendered in text as Kishm and Kissim] by Shaik Abd Rahimon [Shaikh ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Ṣaqr], an Agent of the Imam [Imām] of Muscat. Further, he states that the Persian merchants are now demanding he pay the cost of the cargo as he was prevented from delivering it to their agents in Lingah [Bandar-e Lengeh, also rendered in text as Linga]. He requests assistance from the Governor of Bombay to retrieve the cargo.The Government of Bombay refers the matter to Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf.The title page of the item contains the following references: 'Bombay Political Department', Draft Number '20 1855', 'Collection No. 5 of No. 58 of 1854', 'Vol: 8' and 'Examiner's Office'. Originally, the Collection number was given as '10' but this has been crossed out and replaced with '5'.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 890, and terminates at f 894, 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:
- Seizure of property
- Geographic region:
- Kissum
- Rights:
- المُلكية العامة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100108940219.0x000001_ar
81055/vdc_100108940219.0x000001_en
IOR/F/4/2586/154794
IOR/F/4/2586/154794