Letter no.1284 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 137-142
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The record is made up of 6 folios. It was created in 19 Mar 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 is a covering letter relating to the shipwreck and plunder of the vessel Futhel Kheir (or Futhel-el-Khair ) off the Muscat coast in 1855. The letter encloses a copy of letter no.108 of 1856 from William Crawford, Senior Magistrate of Police [Bombay], to Anderson, dated 11 March 1856. Crawford’s letter includes further depositions (folios 139-40 and folios 141-42) from two inhabitants of Bombay who were on the shipwrecked vessel, which Crawford notes are not consistent with each other. The first deposition is from a pilgrim traveller, the second from the vessel’s navigator.
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- 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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- IOR/R/15/1/157, ff 137-142
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- 19 Mar 1856 (CE, Gregorian)
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Letter no.1284 of 1856 from Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to Commander Felix Jones, Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf, British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/157, ff 137-142, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100024066926.0x000031> [accessed 1 April 2025]
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- IOR/R/15/1/157, ff 137-142
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- Letter no.1284 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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- 137r:142v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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