IOR/F/4/447/10765

This item consists mostly of copies of correspondence and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, letters from the Government of Bombay. It concerns a request from Shahzada Darab, of the ruling Durrani dynasty of Afghanistan, for assistance in recovering property plundered by pirates during a voyage between Mandavie [Mandvi, also referred to as Mandavy and Mandavee] and Curatchee [Karachi, also referred to as Cratchy and Kuratchee]. It includes:

• The arrival in Bombay of Prince Sultan Wais, the son of Shahzada Darab, his appeal for assistance in recovering his father’s property, and the hospitality provided for him during his stay in Bombay
• The assistance earlier provided by Shahzada Darab in capturing the pirate Luckoo [also referred to as Luckhoo], who was being pursued by the Zephyr and had taken refuge in the port of Almarrah [Ormara, also referred to as Ulmarrah, Olmurah and Hoormara]
• The investigations carried out into the act of piracy committed against Shahzada Darab, said to have been in retaliation to the capture of Luckoo, and the likely whereabouts of the plundered property.

The primary correspondents are: Lieutenant George Millet, Commander of the Zephyr; Lieutenant James MacMurdo; R J Goodwin, Secretary and Translator in the Office of Country Correspondence; and Mountstuart Elphinstone, Resident at Poona [Pune].

The title page (f 179) of the item contains the following references: ‘Bombay Political No. 5, Season 1814/15, Draft 190’; and ‘Examiner’s Office, January 1815’.