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File 14/1 'Piracies & Irregularities at Sea' [‎165r] (331/610)

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The record is made up of 1 file (301 folios). It was created in 21 May 1907-10 Jan 1914. It was written in English and Arabic. 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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6 th January 1913.
X X X X X x x
CONDITION OF COUNTRY .
297. News has been received of a piracy, facts of which
are as follows
A sailing boat (bellam) said to be of Nakhuda Hussain,
Koweiti, took a cargo of dat^es recent-ly from Bahrein for Oman
ports, where the nakhuda disposed of his dat.es and bought fish
and sailed i»o Qatar. After he had sold his fish, he left for
Koweit, having on board a crew of 4 Basris, one negro, one
Nejdi and his son.
On uhe way, the Basris suggested lo ohe Nakhuda to go
to sleep as he appeared tired and to allow them to t,ake the
rudder. The Nakhuda agreed to this and went to sleep with his
son. After they were asleep, one of the Basris attacked the
Nakhuda, his son and the Nejdi - one by one -, cut their
throais with a knife and threw t,hem into hie sea. The Basris
then suggested to the negro that, if he would catch the rudder
and .ake the boat to Busreh, they would give him money. The
w^nd, however, being against the boat, the negro was obliged
to take the vessel to Naiband, a Persian port, where it ap
pears no boats make a call. Saggar, the Sheikh of the place
on seeing -the boat, sent his men to enquire what had brought it
there, when the negro told the Basris that he knew some one
there and wished to land. On landing the negro went and re-
-ported the facts of the piracy to Sheikh Saggar. The latter
sent his men, arrested the Basris and got the boat beached.
Sheikh Mahomed bin Khalfan, Chief of Naiband, has since
sent the negro to Sheikh Isa bin Ali, Chief of Bahrein, with
a letter. The latter has taken down the negro’s statement,
and sent it on to Sheikh Mubarak-as-Subah together with Sheikh
Muhammad bin Khalfan's letter.

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The file contains correspondence relating to the investigation and prosecution of nine cases of piracy by the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. , Kuwait. These cases concern attacks by Arab, Persian and Somali pirates, mainly on Kuwaiti cargo and passenger boats, their passengers and crew, in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and off the coast of Somalia in East Africa, in breach of maritime regulations and peace treaties between Great Britain and her Protectorates which prohibited piracy. The main correspondents are all British officials: the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. at Kuwait, the 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. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. at Bushire and the British Vice-Consul at Lingah. The correspondence includes numerous witness statements made orally at the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Kuwait and written down in English. The majority of the witnesses are surviving crew members and the owners of the attacked boats, as well as merchants and passengers who lost goods and possessions in the raids at sea. There are several Arabic documents in the file: notes, lists of suspects and stolen goods, receipts and correspondence, including a few letters exchanged between the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. at Kuwait and the Ruler of Kuwait.

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1 file (301 folios)
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At the front of the file is a table of contents entitled ‘Index’. It lists each case of piracy according to the nature of the offence and where it took place, together with the folio reference on which the case papers begin. The folio reference given in the table of contents belongs to a superseded foliation sequence, which is written in pencil, but not circled. Each set of case papers appear in the file in chronological order, based on the month and year in which the act of piracy took place and the investigation began. Within each individual case record, the claim papers are arranged in approximate chronological order.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 303; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-300; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.

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English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
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