Letter no.166 of 1856 from Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to Commander Felix Jones, Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf
IOR/R/15/1/157, ff 133-136
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The record is made up of 4 folios. It was created in 19 Jan 1856. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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The letter and its enclosures relate to the shipwrecking of a vessel carrying pilgrims off the coast of Oman near Ra’s al Ḥadd, its reported plunder of its possession by Bedouins, and several members of its crew murdered. Anderson encloses a copy of letter no.160 of 1856 (folio 133) from Brigadier William Coghlan, Acting Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. and Commandant at Aden, dated 21 December 1855. Coghlan’s letter encloses a second Appearance and Deposition (folios 134-36) from a Mahomed Saleh, nakhuda of the vessel Fatteh-el-Khair (this name being different from that stated in Coghlan’s earlier deposition (folios 131-32), which Coghlan believes to be a more accurate description of the incident.
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- IOR/R/15/1/157, ff 133-136
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- Letter no.166 of 1856 from Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to Commander Felix Jones, Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf
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- 133r:136v
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