Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, memoranda, minutes, and consultations cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Captain Christopher Short; and Archibald Spens, Senior Magistrate of Police, Bombay. It is the first in a series of three items on the wreck of the
Mary Florence.The item concerns the wreck of the
Mary Florenceoff Cape Guardafui [Ras Asir] on 3 June 1850. The item contains descriptions of the wreck by Captain Short, who was commanding the vessel, and who attributes it to a lack of accuracy in his charts. Short also describes how his wife, two mates, and four other crew members were left behind at the Cape when the rope connecting the wreck to the shore broke or was cut. He claims this was a deliberate act by the local inhabitants who plundered the stores the crew had salvaged and left on shore.The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft No 91 of 1851’ and ‘Collection No 10 in 3 volumes’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 308, and terminates at f 324, 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.
Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, memoranda, minutes, and consultations cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. The main correspondents are the Government of Bombay and Captain Stafford Bettesworth Haines, Political Agent at Aden. It is the second in a series of three items on the wreck of the
Mary Florence.The item concerns the wreck of the
Mary Florenceoff Cape Guardafui [Ras Asir] on 3 June 1850. The item contains descriptions of the wreck by Captain Short, who was commanding the vessel, and who attributes it to a lack of accuracy in his charts, a claim refuted by Haines.The item also contains depositions from James Newton and Junius (or Julius) Middleton Parkin who were left stranded at Cape Guardafui together with Mrs Short and four other crew members, when the line connecting the wreck to the shore was cut. They describe the deaths of Mrs Short and three other crew members, and how they themselves with another seaman, Robert Roberts, were taken to Ulloolah [Caluula] and finally reached Aden in the
Columbiaand the
Mahi. There is also a deposition from John McKinnon, who was with the main party that escaped from the wreck in the longboat, but was left behind at Cape Felix [Ras Filuk] and then joined the other three men at Ulloolah. The depositions and Haines’s reflection on the events emphasise the good conduct of the people the crew encountered, despite the plunder of the ship’s goods.The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft No 91 of 1851’ and ‘Coll[ection] 10’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 325, and terminates at f 348, 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.
Abstract: The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence and minutes, which form partial enclosures to a letter from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] to the East India Company Court of Directors, dated 2 March 1846. A copy of this letter can be found at IOR/F/4/2142/102302, alongside details of further enclosures.The item relates to an update provided by Stafford Bettesworth Haines, Captain in the Indian Navy and Political Agent at Aden, to the Government of Bombay regarding the investigation into property stolen from the wreck of the Company’s schooner,
Memnon. Haines provides details on the main suspect, Ali Yusuf, Chief of Aloola [‘Alī Yūsuf, Chief of Caluula], and recommends a course of action for obtaining compensation. His update is forwarded on to the Government of India for instruction.Aloola is also rendered in the text as ‘Alloola’.As well as Haines and the Government of Bombay, the item’s correspondents also include the Court of Directors.The title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Bombay Political Department’, ‘P.C. [Previous Communication] 5264, Draft 494/46’, ‘Collection N. 8 of N. 32, Vol: 8’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 198, and terminates at f 203, 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.
Abstract: The volume contains correspondence relating to a number of subjects, listed below. The principal correspondents throughout are Commander (James) Felix Jones, initially Acting Resident, then Resident in the Persian Gulf; and Henry Lacon Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay.The volumes contain correspondence relating to events in the Gulf, and are arranged by subject as follows:Bahrain (folios 10-24); despatches from the Government of Bombay in response to 1854-55 events in Bahrain; theft of property from Banyan (Indian) traders in Bahrain, and the suspicious death of a Banyan trader;Aboothabee [Abu Dhabi] (folios 25-65): the attack upon Abu Dhabi of the deposed Shaikh Sa’id bin Tahnun, in collaboration with Shaikh Sultan bin Saqr; an act of piracy off the Al-Qaṭīf coast;Shargah, Rasul Khymah [Ra’s al-Khaymah], and Himreeyah [Ḩamrīyah] (folios 66-127): an incident of piracy at Sharjah, and attempts by British officials to obtain compensation; conflict between Shaikh Sultan bin Saqr, ruler of Ra’s al-Khaymah, and the tribes of Ḩamrīyah; Wahhābī forces moving toward the Oman coast;Muscat and Bunder Abbass [Bandar-e ʻAbbās] (folios 128-62): investigation into the shipwreck and plunder of a vessel carrying pilgrims, and the murder of some of the vessel’s crew; the treatment of British subjects at Muscat; conflict and settlement between the Persian Government and Imam of Muscat over customs at Persian ports including Bandar-e ʻAbbās;The Slave Trade (folios 163-297): resources in the Gulf for fighting the maritime slave trade; Jones’s recommendations for improvements and changes to the policing of waters; the actions of the British Agent at Lingah [Bandar-e Lengeh], in relation to diplomatic relations between Britain and Persia; the capture of a boat carrying slaves under Turkish colours.Physical description: Foliation: This item is in two parts and the foliation sequence runs through both volumes as a continuous sequence. The foliation sequence begins on the title page of part one and ends on the third sheet from the back of part two. The sequence uses numbers written in pencil, which can be found in the top-right corner of the recto side of each folio. An original pagination sequence is present between ff 11-297; these numbers are written in ink and can be found in the top left and top right of the verso and recto side respectively. The following foliation anomalies occur: 1, 1A and 1B.
Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, minutes, and consultations cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. The correspondents are the Government of Bombay and Major Atkins Hamerton, British Agent and Consul in the Dominions of the Imam of Muscat. It is the first in a series of two items about the loss of the
Centaur.The item concerns the wreck of the
Centaurat Alkhabba [Ra’s al Khabbah], loss of her cargo, and the return of her crew to Muskat [Muscat]. The item also describes the actions of the Imam of Muscat [Sayyid Sa‘īd bin Sulṭān Āl Bū Sa‘īd].The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft No 969-1852’ and ‘Collection No 7 of No 68 (in 2 volumes)’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 1206, and terminates at f 1214, 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.
Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, minutes, and consultations cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. The main correspondents are the Government of Bombay and Lieutenant-Colonel William Charles Barker, commanding East India Company steam packet
Ajdaha.The item concerns an account of the aid given by Barker to a steamer belonging to the Viceroy of Egypt, which was wrecked near Ras Gharib in the Red Sea. The item also includes a discussion over whether to allow Barker to keep the sword presented to him by the Viceroy.The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft No 626’, ‘1852’ and ‘Collection No 2 of No 51’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 258, and terminates at f 267, 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.
Abstract: The file comprises correspondence relating to at least two alleged or suspected cases of piracy. The first case in the file (case number 2 in the file title) comprises a letter from Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, Advisor to the Government of Bahrain, to the Political Agent at Bahrain (Lieutenant-Colonel Percy Gordon Loch), dated 2 June 1935, reporting the disappearance of a loaned boat, and requesting enquiries be made as to its whereabouts. Further correspondence contains the responses to enquiries made by the Political Agent to the Residency Agent at Sharjah, the Ruler of Qatar (Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Jāsim Āl Thānī), and the Political Agents at Muscat and Kuwait, and a further letter from Belgrave to the Political Agent, dated 1 April 1936, reporting that the boat has been returned (ff 3-15).The second case in the file (case number 1 in the file title) comprises a letter from Belgrave to the Political Agent at Bahrain, dated 4 June 1935, reporting the shipwrecking of a boat belonging to a Muharraq merchant (Ibrahim Joomah Doy) at Raf-al-Jazeri, and the seizure of the vessel’s cargo by the Ruler of Maseyda [Maṣīrah] and his people. Also included are statements made by Ibrahim Joomah Doy and the boat’s nakhuda, and correspondence between Belgrave and the Political Agent clarifying where the incident took place (ff 24-36).The remainder of the correspondence in the file, dated August 1937 (ff 37-44), is incomplete, and appears relate to other incidents of alleged piracy on the Trucial Coast, including a shooting incident on a vessel at Kalba, resulting in the death of two members of crew (ff 37-38).Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 45; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 3-14 and between ff 24-44; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.
Abstract: This file contains exchanges of letters pertaining to collisions of boats moored in Bahrain waters or pearl banks, which have caused disputes between crews or sea captains.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 15; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: The file contains a letter from the British Consulate in Khorramshar, transmitted to the India Office by the British Legation at Tehran, on the subject of the SS
Suisang, a British India Steam Navigation Company's ship which caught fire at Abadan whilst loading aviation petrol, and was sunk. The letter also mentions that a small safe containing a revolver, money and other objects was removed from the wreck, and that an Arab named Haji Faisali helped locating it.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 4; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: The file contains correspondence concerning: the shipwreck on the coast of Italian Somaliland, on 20 March 1938, of a group of Muscat Arabs on board the dhow [sailing vessel] ‘
Galib’, bound for Zanzibar and the Tanganyika Territory; and the reimbursement of the expenses incurred by the Government of Italian Somaliland and the Government of Kenya in the transport of the rescued party to Mombasa, Kenya, and the subsequent transport of most of the passengers to Zanzibar.The correspondence mainly consists of: correspondence between the Under Secretary of State for India and the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies, including enclosed copies of correspondence between Malcolm Macdonald, Secretary of State for the Colonies, and Sir Robert Brooke-Popham, Air Chief Marshal and Governor of Kenya, and others; correspondence between the India Office and the External Affairs Department of the Government of India, and copies of correspondence between the Government of India, External Affairs Department and the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 54; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: The journal of the ship
Casar[Caesar] by Captain William Mabbott. The journal contains:The daily entries for the voyage from the River Thames to Margate (10 November 1720), the Downs (13 November 1720), Grand Cannares [Gran Canaria] (23 December 1720), Trinadada [Trinidade] (27 January 1721), Penguin Island (4 March 1721), St Lawrance [Madagascar] (9 April 1721), Cape Gardufoy [Cape Guardafui] (27 April 1721), Eadan [Aden] (3 May 1721), Bablemandel [Bab-el-Mandeb] (6 May 1721), and Mocha (12 May 1721)The daily entries for the voyage from Mocha to the Island Bablemandel [Jazirat Mayyun] (19 July 1721), Fort Bassen [Fort Vasai] (3 August 1721) and Bombay [Mumbai] (4 August 1721)The daily entries for the voyage from Bombay to Carrinja [Kāranja], Mangulor [Mangaluru] (1 September 1721); Tullicherry [Thalassery] (2 September 1721); Anjanga [Anchuthengu] (6 September 1721); Cape Bone Esprance [Cape of Good Hope] (13 November 1721); Green Point (14 November 1721); Table Land (2 December 1721); St Helena (16 December 1721); Island of Ascencion [Ascension Island] (1 January 1722); Dover Castle (24 February 1722); and Tilbury Fort (3 March 1722).The journal contains daily entries in two columns: one for Week Days and Dates (excluding the Year), and another for 'Remarkable Observations and Accidents on Board the Ship'.At the front of the journal is the inscription: 'This being my Originall Journall ... W. Mabbott ... Rec:d 3d Aprill 1722'.Physical description: The foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 1, and terminates at f 43; it is part of a larger physical volume of different shelfmarks in which every shelfmark has been given its own separate foliation sequence, i.e. non-consecutive; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The volume includes a sequence of blank pages, ff 31-43, which have not been digitised.
Abstract: This item consists of copies of a General Despatch from the Government of India Foreign Department to the Secretary of State for India, dated 15 May 1874 and received via Brindisi on 8 June 1874, forwarding a copy of a letter from the Government of Bombay reporting the proceedings of the Commander of HMS
Kwangtungin connection with the wreck of the steam ship
Woosungin the Red Sea.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 48 and terminates at f 55a, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The sequence contains five foliation anomalies: f 48a, f 50a, f 52a, f 53a, and f 55a.