Download PDF (600 MB)

Search within this record

The record is made up of 2 folios. It was created in 15 Aug 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. .

About this record

Content

The letter is a covering letter, enclosing an extract of paragraph 3 from despatch no.32 of 1856 (folio 97) from the Court of Directors The London-based directors of the East India Company who dealt with the daily conduct of the Company's affairs. , dated 11 June 1856. The extract is related to the theft of cargo from a shipwrecked vessel at Sharjah, and states that acts of piracy against vessels belonging to British subjects will be dealt with by demands for full reparations from the rulers deemed to be responsible.

Extent and format
2 folios
Written in
English in Latin script
Type
Letter

Archive information for this record

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/R/15/1/157, ff 96-97

History of this record

Date(s)
15 Aug 1856 (CE, Gregorian)

Use and share this record

Share this record
Cite this record in your research

Letter no.3984 of 1856 from Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to the Resident in the Persian Gulf, British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/157, ff 96-97, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100024066926.0x000022> [accessed 25 April 2024]

Link to this record
IIIF details

This record has a IIIF manifest available as follows. If you have a compatible viewer you can drag the icon to load it.https://www.qdl.qa/en/iiif/81055/vdc_100000000193.0x000082/manifestOpen in Universal viewerOpen in Mirador viewerMore options for embedding images