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IOR/F/4/415/10276
- Record Id:
- 041-000739507
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 040-000739504
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001700.0x00038f
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100092033442.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/F/4/415/10276
- Title:
- ‘Dispatch of Three Cruizers to the Persian Gulph [Gulf] for the Suppression of Pirates.’
- Scope & Content:
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The item consists of copies and extracts of Political Consultations and Political Letters sent to and from the Government of Bombay.
The item relates to attacks on merchant ships by the Joasamee [Āl Qāsimī] and the numerous counterefforts made by the East India Company and others over several years to curb the power of the Joasamee 'pirates'. In particular the item is concerned with:
- Accounts of the attack on the Company ships Macaulay and Duncan
- The armament and dispatch of three Company cruizers to the Gulph [Gulf] of Persia for the purpose of protecting trade in the region against the Joasamee pirates
- The order to inform the Imaum [Imam] of Muscat and the English Broker at Muscat of the above expedition so that they might offer aid and assistance to the commanding officers
- The prohibition of the sale of timber, teakwood and planks at British ports to Arabs as it has been discovered that some of these items are then sent to the Coast of Malabar where the Joasamee are able to source the material to repair their ships
- The successful attack on Rasul Khyma [Ra's al-Khaymah], the principal port of the Joasamee, by Captain Wainwright of His Majesty's ship La Chiffonne and Lieutenant-Colonel Smith of His Majesty's 65th Regiment
- Intelligence that a fleet of 18 'piratical' vessels based at Rasul Khyma are preparing to intercept merchant ships on their journey from Bussora [Basra] to India
- Instructions to commanding officers including orders in the event of conciliatory proposals on the part of the Joasamee and orders to avoid 'all undue constraint or detriment towards the interior commerce of the Gulph'
- Reports of a battle between the fleet of Rehma bin Janber [Rahmah bin Jābir al-Jalhami] and the Uttobies [ʿUtūb] of Bahrein [Bahrain] in which three of Rehma's ships have been blown up and Rehma has reportedly been killed.
The item also includes a note on the number of ships destroyed and men killed or wounded in the attack on Rasul Khyma (f 59 verso).
Correspondents: Government of Bombay; East India Company Court of Directors; J Babington, Deputy Secretary to Government of Bombay; W J Hamilton, Secretary in the Government of Bombay Marine Department; Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to Government of Bombay; Alexander Bell, Conservator of the Forests in Malabar [Kochi]; Captain Charles Sealy, Commander of the Company's cruizer Benares; Chief Secretary to the Supreme Government; Captain Prior of His Majesty's ship Hesper; William Bruce, Acting Resident at Bushire.
The title page of the item contains the following references: 'Political No. 9, Season 1814/15, Draft 20' and 'Examiner's Office November 1812-November 1813'. - Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000735919
036-000736052
040-000739504
041-000739507 - Is part of:
- IOR/F : Records of the Board of Commissioners for the Affairs of India
IOR/F/4 : Board's Collections
IOR/F/4/415 : Board's Collections Vol 415
IOR/F/4/415/10276 : ‘Dispatch of Three Cruizers to the Persian Gulph [Gulf] for the Suppression of Pirates.’ - Hierarchy:
- 032-000735919[0004]/036-000736052[0417]/040-000739504[0003]/041-000739507
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/F
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
-
1 item (29 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000001700.0x00038f
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1810
- End Date:
- 1813
- Date Range:
- 29 Aug 1810-16 Jan 1813
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 52, and terminates at f 80, 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 printed pagination sequence.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)