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Archive Reference (shelfmark) IOR/F Subject Piracy

1. IOR/F/4/182/3486

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/182/3486
Title:
'Measures adopted for the recovery of the country ship Alert, seized by her Native Crew, who after murdering her European captain and officers carried her into Mockulla on the coast of Arabia’
Scope & Content:
This item consists of different extracts of the Bombay Public Consultations, regarding an act of piracy and murder that was reportedly committed by the native crew of the country ship Alert. The Alert was bound for Bengal port laden with dispatches principally belonging to the East India Company...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Dec 1804-31 May 1805
Extent:
1 item (32 folios)

2. IOR/F/4/186/3885

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/186/3885
Title:
State of affairs at Muscat in consequence of the Imaum's death And Depredations committed in the Persian Gulph by the Joasmee Pirates.
Scope & Content:
This item consists of extracts from political letters received by officials of the Government of Bombay, containing enclosures regarding the political situation at Muscat following the death of the Imaum, Syed Sultaun [Sayyid Sulṭān bin Aḥmad Āl Bū Sa‘īd, also written in the correspondence as Se...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Oct 1798-19 Feb 1805
Extent:
1 item (57 folios)

3. IOR/F/4/190/4155

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/190/4155
Title:
Unsettled state of affairs at Muscat and operations against the Joasmee Pirates by the combined forces of the Company and the Muscat Government
Scope & Content:
The item consists of correspondence regarding the situation in Muscat after the death in 1804 of the Imam Syed Sultan [Sultan bin Ahmad Al Bu Sa’id] and efforts to counter the naval activities of the Joasmee [Al-Qasimi] in the Gulf. The correspondence is particularly concerned with the capture b...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Oct 1798-23 Jul 1806
Extent:
1 item (89 folios)

4. IOR/F/4/256/5645

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/256/5645
Title:
Measures for the Recovery of the Company's Property which was plundered by the Sheikh of Busheab on board the Country Ship Hector in the Persian Gulph
Scope & Content:
The item consists of correspondence regarding the capture and plundering of a British ship, the Hector, by the Shaikh of Nuckholoo [Nokhaylo], also referred to as the Shaikh of Busheab [Lavan]. The correspondence is particularly concerned with the potential for assistance from the Government of ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Oct 1805-2 Feb 1808
Extent:
1 item (29 folios)

5. IOR/F/4/256/5646

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/256/5646
Title:
Treaty with the Joasmee Pirates
Scope & Content:
The item consists of correspondence regarding a peace treaty between the East India Company and the Joasmee [Āl Qāsimī], and relations between the Joasmee and the Imam of Muscat. The correspondence consists mainly of letters between the Government of Bombay and the Resident at Muscat. It also i...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Jan 1806-10 Jan 1808
Extent:
1 item (39 folios)

6. IOR/F/4/257/5648

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/257/5648
Title:
Attempts of the French to obtain possession of the Island of Cameran in the Red Sea
Scope & Content:
This item consists primarily of copies of correspondence and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, letters from the Governments of Bengal and Bombay concerning the purchase of the Island of Cameran [Kamaran, also spelt Kameran, Kumran, and Camran] by Syed Mohamed Akil [Sayyid Muḥammad Aqil al-...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 May 1806-6 Mar 1807
Extent:
1 item (132 folios)

7. IOR/F/4/288/6503

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/288/6503
Title:
‘Depredations committed by the Joasmee pirates in violation of the Treaty of Peace concluded with them in 1806. An expedition authorised by the Supreme Government for their suppression.’
Scope & Content:
The item consists mostly of copies of correspondence, minutes and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, letters to and from the Governments of Bengal and Bombay. It concerns reports of piracy carried out by the Joasmee [Qawasim], and the deliberations of the governments of Bombay and Bengal ov...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Mar 1806-30 Aug 1809
Extent:
1 item (100 folios)

8. IOR/F/4/290/6519

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/290/6519
Title:
‘Pension granted to the Family of a Native Carpenter who was killed on board the Sylph Cruizer in an encounter with the Pirates, on his passage to join Sir H. Jones’s Mission at Bushire’
Scope & Content:
The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, letters to and from the Government of Bombay. The item is concerned with the Government of Bombay's decision to pay a pension of 10 rupees per month to the two widows and child of Seuram Suntag...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 May 1806-15 Apr 1809
Extent:
1 item (6 folios)

9. IOR/F/4/343/7962

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/343/7962
Title:
Operations of the Naval and Military Forces employed against the Joasmee Pirates – and An application from the Imaum of Muscat for protection against the danger which threatens him from the Wahabees for the part he took in that Expedition
Scope & Content:
This item consists of copies of correspondence and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the governments of Bombay and Bengal. The principal correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Captain John Wainwright; Brigadier General John Malcolm; the Residents at Muscat, Da...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 May 1809-20 Aug 1810
Extent:
1 item (147 folios)

10. IOR/F/4/344/7963

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/344/7963
Title:
Operations of the Naval and Military Forces employed against the Joasmee Pirates and An application from the Imaum of Muscat for protection against the danger which threatens him from the Wahabees for the part he took in that Expedition
Scope & Content:
The item consists of correspondence regarding the Persian Gulf campaign of 1809, a British naval effort to subdue the activities of the Joasmee [Āl Qāsimī] in the Gulf with the assistance of the Imam of Muscat. Folios 6-25 contain discussions of strategy and detailed accounts of engagements in...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Nov 1809-11 Aug 1810
Extent:
1 item (151 folios)