Letter from Stephen Babington, Secretary to the Government at Bombay Castle to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire
IOR/R/15/1/15, ff 14v-16v
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The record is made up of 3 folios. It was created in 16 Sep 1813. 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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Letter from Stephen Babington, Secretary to the Government at Bombay Castle to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire, acknowledging the receipt of a letter sent on 2 September and informing that the ship of the pirate Seyd Mahamed Akilla [Sayyid Muhammad Aqil] had arrived at Muscat under the command of his brother and was about to proceed up the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. to Bushire and Bussora [Basra].
In enclosure copy of a letter sent from Edward [Struttle], Advocate General in Bengal to Neil Benjamin Edmonston, Chief Secretary to Government on 22 June 1812, containing his account of the piracy act committed by Seyd Mahamed Akilla, commander of the [ Mahadoc ], formerly the Pigeon, against the American Ship Essex and its cargo in 1806 at Camaran [Kamaran], near Hoduida [Al Hudaydah, Yemen]. All the crew was murdered with the exception of an 'American boy', and Seyd Mahamed Akilla was therefore guilty of piracy whether or not the American boy was able to witness against him.
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- Letter from Stephen Babington, Secretary to the Government at Bombay Castle to Lieutenant William Bruce, Resident at Bushire
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- 15r:16v
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