‘Persian Gulf. Piracies.’ [‎375r] (1/22)

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This item consists of copies of correspondence, minutes, and consultations cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions. . This item consists of copies of correspondence, minutes, and consultations cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions. . These political letters appear in IOR/F/4/2174/105546. It is the thirteenth in a series of forty-five items on the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .

The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions. ; Major Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; Hossein Khan, Sahib i Ikhtyar, Governor of Fars, [Muḥammad Ḥusayn Khān Muqaddam Marāgha’i, Ṣāḥib Ikhtiyār, Governor of Fars]; and Meerza Reza [ Mīrzā A title of honour originally applied to princes, later to military leaders, and later still to secretaries, chieftains, and other ‘gentlemen’. Reżā], British Agent at Shiraz.

The item concerns the efforts to obtain redress for two ‘piracies’: the plunder of the wreck of the East India Company’s schooner Emily by certain inhabitants of the island of Kenn [Kish, also rendered as Ges in the item], and an attack on two vessels from Karrack [Jazireh-ye Khark] by the people of Khirrah [Kherreh], a dependency of the Shaik of Assaloo [Shaikh of Bandar-e ‘Asaluyeh]. It includes a summary of a communication from Mustoofa Khan of Bastuk [Ḥājjī Mustafā Khān Bastakī, Ruler of Bastak].

The item also contains the response of the Government of Bengal From c. 1758-1858, the East India Company's administration in Bengal. From 1773-1833, the most senior of the three subdivisions of India, also known as the Supreme Government of India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. (f 380) to a despatch that is not included in this item.

The item contains a table of contents (ff 376-377), and the title page (f 375) contains the following references: ‘P C [Previous Communication] 5507, Coll. 7, Vol. 13’, ‘D/t 197/47’, ‘Collection No. 1 of No. 53’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.

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1 item (11 folios)

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The documents are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front of the item to the rear.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 375 and terminates at f 385, 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 The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.

Pagination: the item also contains an original pagination sequence.

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