‘Persian Gulf. Relative to the plunder at Shargah of the wrecked Nowree called the “Cullian Pursand”.-’
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- ‘Persian Gulf. Relative to the plunder at Shargah of the wrecked Nowree called the “Cullian Pursand”.-’
- Date:
- 1856/1856
- 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, 12 September 1856. A copy of this letter can be found at IOR/F/4/2661/176320, alongside details of further enclosures. The item is the seventh 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 recent plunder of a ship, the Cullian Pursand[ Kalyān Parsād], by Wahabee [Wahhābī] inhabitants of Shargah [Sharjah]. In particular, it covers:Methods of repaying the stolen cargo's value by Sheikh Sultan bin Sugur bin Rashed bin Mutur Alkasmee, 'Chief' of Rasel Khymah [Shaikh Sulṭān I bin Ṣaqr al-Qāsimī, Shaikh of Ra's al-Khaymah], including the use of jewellery as security until full repayment can be madeValuation of the jewellery offered as securityStatements made by Khimjee Gopaldass [Khemjī Gopāldās] and Fazull Bulloo detailing the amount, value, and ownership of the stolen cargoReports on the situation by: Sheikh Sultan; Lieutenant Carpendale, Commanding the Company schooner Constance; Commander Felix Jones, Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf; and Commodore Richard Ethersey, Commanding the Persian Gulf Squadron.Carpendale's letter also notes general updates from the southern end of the Gulf relating to a conflict at newly-discovered pearl banks and 'slave trade' [trade in enslaved people] activity involving ships from Rasel Khymah and Amulgavine [Umm al-Qaywayn].As well as the above, correspondents include: William Crawford, Senior Magistrate of Bombay, Bombay; the Court of Directors; and the Government of Bombay.The item contains multiple spellings for multiple personal and place names. The Cullian Pursandand Khimjee Gopaldass may be the same ship and person mentioned in IOR/F/4/2641/169201 ( Kallionand Kemjee Cossal respectively).Sheikh Sultan is also referred to as the Sheikh of Shargah.The title page of the item contains the following references: 'Bombay Political Department', Draft Number '52 [18]57', 'Collection No. 6', 'Vol: 7', and 'Examiner's Office'. Originally, the Collection number was written as 'Collection No. 5 of No. 71 of 1856.' but the '5' was replaced with '6' and 'of No. 71 of 1856.' has been crossed out.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 1057, and terminates at f 1081, 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:
- Theft
Compensation - Geographic region:
- Shargah
- Rights:
- المُلكية العامة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100109275153.0x000001_ar
81055/vdc_100109275153.0x000001_en
IOR/F/4/2661/176326
IOR/F/4/2661/176326