‘Mocha. Compensation for losses sustained by the Native Agent and his clerk at – during the plunder of that place by the Bedowins on the 13th December 1833.’

Content

This item consists of copies of correspondence, minutes and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, 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. [Mumbai] and the East India Company Court of Directors The London-based directors of the East India Company who dealt with the daily conduct of the Company's affairs. .

The item concerns the claims for compensation made by Sheik Tayb [Mirza Shaikh Tayyib Ibrahimji], Native Agent Non-British agents affiliated with the British Government. at Mocha, and his clerk as a result of losses they sustained during an attack on the city which took place in December 1833.

As well as the above, correspondents include: Robert Grant, Governor of Bombay; and John Pollard Willoughby, Secretary to Government, Bombay.

The item contains a table of contents (ff 382r-383r), and the title page (f 381) contains the following references: ‘P C [Previous Communication] 2196, No. 6, Draft 573-1838, Collection No. 5 of No. 32’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.

Extent and format

1 item (18 folios)

Arrangement

There is no chronological order.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 381 and terminates at f 398, 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 volume also contains an original pagination sequence.

Written in

English in Latin script

Type

Archival item

Access & Reference

Original held at

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.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/F/4/1699/68468

History of this record

Date(s)

24 Nov 1834-30 Jun 1837 (CE, Gregorian)

Related material

Related primary sources

Bom Pol 29 Aug 1838, draft 513/1838, IOR/E/4/1063 pp 431-32. See also IOR/F/4/1516/59858

Subjects

Compensation

Places

Mocha

People & organisations

Court of DirectorsGovernment of BombayNative Agent

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‘Mocha. Compensation for losses sustained by the Native Agent and his clerk at – during the plunder of that place by the Bedowins on the 13th December 1833.’, British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/F/4/1699/68468, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100000001865.0x0001a5> [accessed 17 July 2026]

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