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IOR/F/4/1148/30307
- Record Id:
- 041-000744024
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 040-000744018
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001779.0x0002ec
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100100812878.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/F/4/1148/30307
- Title:
- ‘Affray at Mocha’
- Scope & Content:
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The item consists of extracts of Political Letters and Political Consultations from the Government of Bombay regarding the affray at Mocha between some of the Factory servants and a group of Turkish soldiers, in which a Turkish soldier was killed. Topics covered include:
- Enquiries by the Government of Bombay, by Captain Bagnold, Resident at Mocha, and by the Imaum of Senna [Imam of Ṣanʻā', Yemen] regarding the circumstances surrounding the affray
- The removal of Mr Mackell, Assistant Surgeon and Member of the Mocha Residency, from post following his action of firing on the Turkish soldiers and his defence of his actions
- The consequences for the Turkish soldiers who instigated the affray
- The Resident of Mocha's reporting of positive outcomes from the affray, namely improved attitudes towards Europeans by Military and ‘lower orders of the people'.
Correspondents include: Government of Bombay; Resident at Mocha; William Newnham, Chief Secretary for the Government of Bombay; the Court of Directors; Henry Salt, Consul General in Egypt; Strickland Canning, Ambassador at Constantinople; Mr Mackell, Assistant Surgeon at Mocha; the Medical Board; the Secretary to the Supreme Government at Fort William.
The item also contains depositions by witnesses to the affray (ff 308 verso – 316 recto) sent from the Resident at Mocha to the Chief Secretary for the Government of Bombay.
The title page of the item contains the following references: 'P.C. 681, Draft 367, 1829/30', ‘Collection No. 11’ and 'Examiner's Office 1829’.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000735919
036-000736052
040-000744018
041-000744024 - Is part of:
- IOR/F : Records of the Board of Commissioners for the Affairs of India
IOR/F/4 : Board's Collections
IOR/F/4/1148 : Board's Collections Vol 1148
IOR/F/4/1148/30307 : ‘Affray at Mocha’ - Hierarchy:
- 032-000735919[0004]/036-000736052[1153]/040-000744018[0006]/041-000744024
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/F
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
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1 item (58 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000001779.0x0002ec
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1827
- End Date:
- 1827
- Date Range:
- 4 Mar 1827-31 Oct 1827
- 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 300, and terminates at f 357, 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 item also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
- Arrangement:
- The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the item. The item also contains a table of contents noting the page number, date, author and recipient of each letter (f 301 recto).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)