‘Persian Gulf Khimjee Gopaldass. Proceedings of Government on a complaint preferred by- relating to an outrage committed by people of Shargah on his vessel the “Cullian Pursad” stranded off their coast.~’
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- ‘Persian Gulf Khimjee Gopaldass. Proceedings of Government on a complaint preferred by- relating to an outrage committed by people of Shargah on his vessel the “Cullian Pursad” stranded off their coast.~’
- Date:
- 1855/1856
- Description:
- Abstract: The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, 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 sixth in a series of fifteen items on events in the Persian Gulf during 1855-56. The eighth item in the sequence is not present.The item relates to the plunder of a vessel, the Cullian Pursad[ Kalyān Parsād, also rendered in text as Culian Persadand Cullian Pursand], by Wahabee [Wahhābī] Arabs based at Sharja [Sharjah, also rended in text as Sharga and Shargah] after it became stuck in the mud near that place. The item contains:Petitions by Khimjee Gopalldass [Khemjī Gopāldās], owner of the vessel, requesting assistance from the Governor of BombayCorrespondence outlining steps to obtain redress taken by: Commander Felix Jones, Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf; Lieutenant Foulerton, Commanding the Company ship Tigris; and Hajee Yacoob [Ḥājjī Ya‘qūb], British Agent at SharjaCorrespondence between Jones and Sheikh Sultan ben Suggur, Sheikh of Rusul Khymah [Shaikh Sulṭān I bin Ṣaqr al-Qāsimī, Shaikh of Ra's al-Khaymah], regarding the latter's responsibilities to restore the stolen cargo or pay its valueDeposition of Oosman Moossa [ʻUthmān Mūsá], the nakoda [nakhuda] of the vessel, given to William Crawford, Senior Magistrate of Police, Bombay [Mumbai].The item contains multiple spellings for multiple personal and place names. The Cullian Pursadand Khimjee Gopalldass may be the same ship and person mentioned in IOR/F/4/2641/169201 ( Kallionand Kemjee Cossal respectively).The title page of the item contains the following references: 'Bombay Political Department', Draft Number '52 [18]57', 'Collection No. 6', 'Vol: 6', and 'Examiner's Office'. Originally, the Collection number was written as 'Collection No. 4 of No. 40 of 1856.' but the '4' 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 1038, and terminates at f 1056, 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:
- Compensation
Theft - Geographic region:
- Sharja
- Rights:
- المُلكية العامة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100109275086.0x000001_ar
81055/vdc_100109275086.0x000001_en
IOR/F/4/2661/176325
IOR/F/4/2661/176325