Mocha Affairs
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- Mocha Affairs
- Date:
- 1820/1820
- Description:
- Abstract: This item comprises a copy of an enclosure to a despatch from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] Secret Department to the Secret Committee: Bombay Secret Letter 9 August 1820. The enclosure is dated 9 August 1820.The enclosure comprises a letter from Mountstuart Elphinstone, Governor of Bombay, addressed to the Imaum of Senna [Imam of San’ā, Yemen], demanding an apology and reparation for the ‘insults and cruelties’ of the Governor of Mocha towards ‘a respectable officer of the British Government at it's [East India Company] factory’ in Mocha and stating that Captain Loch of HM Navy is being sent with a squadron of ships to see that the demands, including the negotiation of a treaty, are met.Physical description: The despatch comprises one enclosure, numbered 1. The enclosure number is written for reference on the verso of the last folio of the enclosure.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival item
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Diplomatic protests
Governor of Mocha
Royal Navy - Geographic region:
- Mocha
- Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100122005751.0x00000d_ar
81055/vdc_100122005751.0x00000d_en
IOR/L/PS/5/369, ff 3-4
IOR/L/PS/5/369, ff 3-4