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Letter from Captain Charles Sealy aboard the HC cruizer Ternate at Bassidore [Bāsaʻīdū], to Captain George Walker commanding the HC cruizer Benares [5r] (1/2)
The record is made up of 1 folio. It was created in 18 Apr 1824. 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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Captain Charles Sealy instructs Captain George Walker to sail the Honourable Company (HC) cruizer Benares to Shaga [Sharjah], deliver a letter to the Chief of Sharjah, Shaik Sultan Ben Suggar [Āl Qāsimī One of the ruling families of the United Arab Emirates; also used to refer to a confederation of seafaring Arabs led by the Qāsimī tribe from Ras al Khaima. , Shaikh Sulṭān bin Saqr], then remain in the vicinity until 11 May 1824 for the purpose of intercepting two boats involved in piracy attacks near Rasulhad [Ra's al Ḥadd, cape] and expected to return to Shaga from Zanzibar. If captured, Captain George Walker was instructed to take his captives to the British 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. at Bushire and then return to his cruising ground on the Pearl Banks between Shaga and Bahrein [Bahrain], deliver a letter to the Chief of Bahrain, Shaik Abdillah Ben Hamed [Āl Khalīfah, Shaikh Abdullah bin Ahmad] and ask him for information, remain there until 20 June 1824 and then return to Bassador [Bassidore] [Bāsaʻīdū] to report his findings. The enclosure mentioned in Captain Charles Sealy’s letter (the letter to Shaik Sultan Ben Suggar) is not with this copy of the former’s letter.
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Letter from Captain Charles Sealy aboard the HC cruizer Ternate at Bassidore [Bāsaʻīdū], to Captain George Walker commanding the HC cruizer Benares [5r] (1/2), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/31, f 5-5v, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023416119.0x000017> [accessed 24 April 2024]
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- Letter from Captain Charles Sealy aboard the HC cruizer Ternateat Bassidore [Bāsaʻīdū], to Captain George Walker commanding the HC cruizer Benares
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