Letter no.165 of 1856 from Commander Felix Jones, Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay [101r] (3/4)
The record is made up of 2 folios. It was created in 23 May 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 relates to compensation to be paid for the plunder of cargo from a shipwrecked vessel at Sharjah. Jones writes that it has come to his attention that the inhabitants of Himireyah [Ḩamrīyah] were involved in the appropriation of cargo. Jones also discusses the estimates of the losses of the cargo, the vessel’s salvage value, and the abduction of a man from Koong island by the inhabitants of Ḩamrīyah.
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Letter no.165 of 1856 from Commander Felix Jones, Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay [101r] (3/4), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/157, ff 100-101, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023736812.0x00000e> [accessed 18 April 2024]
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- Letter no.165 of 1856 from Commander Felix Jones, Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay
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- 100r:101v
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