‘Persian Gulf Proceedings on the subject of an insult offered to an Officer of the Indian Naval Squadron at Bushire by a Persian Soldier.~’
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- ‘Persian Gulf Proceedings on the subject of an insult offered to an Officer of the Indian Naval Squadron at Bushire by a Persian Soldier.~’
- Date:
- 1856/1856
- Description:
- Abstract: The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, extracts of a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, 26 April 1856. A copy of this letter can be found at IOR/F/4/2661/176320, alongside details of further enclosures. The item is the second in a series of fifteen items on events in the Persian Gulf 1855-56. The eighth item in the sequence is not present.The item relates to a recent incident at Bushire [Bushehr] during which a Persian [Iranian] soldier allegedly threw stones and mud at Acting Lieutenant Robert George Hurlock, Third Lieutenant on the Company vessel Ajdaha[ Ajdahā]. In particular, the item concerns:Discussions over whether the soldier was deliberately aiming at HurlockAction taken by Commander Felix Jones, Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf, to obtain redress in the matterDetails about the soldier's punishment ordered by Meerza Hassan Ally Khan, Dureya Beggee of Bushire [Mīrzā Ḥasan ‘Alī Khān, Daryā Begī, or Governor, of Bushehr].The correspondents are: Commodore Richard Ethersey, Commanding the Persian Gulf Squadron; Senior Lieutenant M B Worsley, Commanding the Ajdaha; Hurlock; Jones; and Meerza Hassan Ally Khan.Jones forwards copies of correspondence between the above correspondents to the Government of Bombay, who in turn forward them to the Government of India.The title page of the item contains the following references: 'Bombay Political Department', Draft Number '52 [18]57', 'Collection No. 6', 'Vol: 2', and 'Examiner's Office'. Originally, the Collection number was written as 'Collection No. 1 of No. 40 of 1856.' but the '1' was replaced with '6' and 'of No.40 of 1856.' has been crossed out.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 990, and terminates at f 1003, 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
- Geographic region:
- Bushire
- Rights:
- المُلكية العامة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100109274769.0x000001_ar
81055/vdc_100109274769.0x000001_en
IOR/F/4/2661/176321
IOR/F/4/2661/176321