The brig Mary Ann, commanded by Captain William Lingard, out of Mauritius, is seized and plundered by the natives of Berbera on 9 Apr 1825, two of her crew being killed - the Bombay Government dispatch a punitive naval expedition, which bombards and captures Berbera.
‘Presents to the King of Persia and Imaum [Imam] of Muscat’
Scope & Content:
The item consists of extracts of Political Letters and Political Consultations from the Government of Bombay relating to gifts of glassware and porcelain for the King of Persia and the Imaum [Imam] of Muscat. In particular, the extracts are concerned with the decision to detain, in India, the gl...