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IOR/F/4/182/3486
- Record Id:
- 041-000737251
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 040-000737249
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001673.0x000370
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100082807756.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/F/4/182/3486
- Title:
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'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:
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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. The letters report that part of her native crew seized the ship, murdered the European Captain and officers, and sailed the ship to the port of Mockulla [Mukalla] on the coast of Arabia.
The item contains a description of the act of piracy on the Alert ship and its aftermath, including the following: measures taken by the Company to secure the return of the ship; negotiations with the Hakim regarding the restitution of the Alert and her cargo; reports from the Customs Master at Bombay; the involvement of the Princess Augusta cruiser; the appointment of a commissioner, Samuel Sparks, to start negotiations with Hakim on the restitution of the Alert and its cargo; a memorandum on the Alert's cargo.
Notable correspondents include the following: James Augustus Grant, Secretary to the Government of Bombay; Jonathan Duncan, Governor of Bombay; Forbes & Co; Virja Nanjis Searkrun; the East India Company's Broker in Mocha; Sir John Malcolm; Samuel Sparks, Commissioner; the Phoenix Assurance Company; John Pringle, Resident at Mocha.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000735919
036-000736052
040-000737249
041-000737251 - Is part of:
- IOR/F : Records of the Board of Commissioners for the Affairs of India
IOR/F/4 : Board's Collections
IOR/F/4/182 : Board's Collections Vol 182
IOR/F/4/182/3486 : 'Measures adopted for the recovery of the country ship Alert, seized by her Native Crew, who after murdering her European… - Hierarchy:
- 032-000735919[0004]/036-000736052[0184]/040-000737249[0002]/041-000737251
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/F
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item (32 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000001673.0x000370
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1804
- End Date:
- 1805
- Date Range:
- 22 Dec 1804-31 May 1805
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 94, and terminates at f 125, 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 file also contains an original pagination sequence.
- Arrangement:
- The contents of the item have been arranged chronologically from the front to the rear.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)