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HCS Aurora (1809)
HCS Aurora was a 14-gun sloop-of-war of the Bombay Marine launched in 1809 at the Bombay Dockyard. Intended to protect East India Company (EIC) trade routes in the Indian Ocean from piracy, the French Imperial Navy captured ''Aurora'' in the action of 13 September 1810, only to have the British recapture her in early December of that year. ''Aurora'' returned to the service of the Bombay Marine, assisting the British military in various campaigns in the East Indies and Persian Gulf. The last mention of ''Aurora'' in EIC records was 1828, when she was listed on the rolls of the Bombay Marine on 1 January of that year. Career ''Aurora'' went into active service shortly after she was launched. Under the command of Lieutenant Conyers, she participated the Persian Gulf campaign of 1809. The Royal Navy and the EIC sent a large force to the Persian Gulf to force the Qawasim - a tribal confederation at war with Britain's ally, Oman - to cease their attacks on local shipping, particularl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East India Company
The East India Company (EIC) was an English, and later British, joint-stock company that was founded in 1600 and dissolved in 1874. It was formed to Indian Ocean trade, trade in the Indian Ocean region, initially with the East Indies (South Asia and Southeast Asia), and later with East Asia. The company gained Company rule in India, control of large parts of the Indian subcontinent and British Hong Kong, Hong Kong. At its peak, the company was the largest corporation in the world by various measures and had its own armed forces in the form of the company's three presidency armies, totalling about 260,000 soldiers, twice the size of the British Army at certain times. Originally Chartered company, chartered as the "Governor and Company of Merchants of London Trading into the East-Indies," the company rose to account for half of the world's trade during the mid-1700s and early 1800s, particularly in basic commodities including cotton, silk, indigo dye, sugar, salt, spices, Potass ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al Qasimi
The Al Qasimi (, spelled sometimes as Al Qassimi or Al Qassemi; plural: Al Qawasem and, archaically, Joasmee) is an Arab dynasty in the Persian Gulf that rules Emirate of Sharjah, Sharjah and Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah, Ras Al Khaimah, today forming two of the seven emirates of the United Arab Emirates. They are one of the longest reigning royal families in the Arabian Peninsula, Arabian peninsula. Historically, they also ruled over the town of Bandar Lengeh, Lengeh as sheikhs for a century until its annexation by Iran in 1887. Historically, the "Qawasim" were a confederation of Sunni Islam, Sunni Tribes of Arabia, tribes in south eastern Gulf region surrounding the cities of Ras al-Khaimah and Sharjah; and faced strong rivalry with the Omani Empire, Omani empire for naval domination along the Persian Gulf. Due to their allegiance to the Wahhabism, Wahhabi Emirate of Diriyah, Emirate of Dir'iyah, the British Empire branded them as "pirates" and fought two major military campaigns ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Konkani People
The Konkani people are an Indo-Aryan peoples, Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group native to the Konkan region of the Indian subcontinent. They speak various dialects of the Konkani language. Following the Konkani language agitation, Konkani became the premier official language of Goa state, while Mahratti, Marathi remains as the associate official language of Goa. Konkani is also spoken by populations in Karnataka, Maharashtra, Damaon, Kerala, & Gujarat. A large percentage of Konkani people are bilingual. Etymology The word ''Konkan, Koṅkaṇa'' (कोंकण) and, in turn ''Koṅkaṇi'', is derived from ' (कुङ्कण) or (कुङ्कणु). Different authorities elaborate etymology of this word differently. They include: *''Koṇa'' (कोण) meaning top of the mountain. *The name of aboriginal mother goddess, which is sometimes Sanskritisation, Sanskritised to mean goddess Renuka. *Some scholars believe that (कोङ्कण) comes from (कोण) "co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sepoy
''Sepoy'' () is a term related to ''sipahi'', denoting professional Indian infantrymen, traditionally armed with a musket, in the armies of the Mughal Empire and the Maratha. In the 18th century, the French East India Company and its European counterparts employed locally recruited soldiers within India, mainly consisting of infantry designated as "sepoys". The largest sepoy force, trained along European lines, served the British East India Company. The term "sipahi" (or sometimes "sepoy") continues in use in the Indian, Pakistan and Nepalese armies, where it denotes the rank of private. Etymology In Persian (Aspa) means horse and Ispahai is also the word for cavalrymen. The term ''sepoy'' is the anglicised form of the Persian word (), meaning the traditional "infantry soldier" in the Mughal Empire. In the Ottoman Empire the term was used to refer to cavalrymen. Historical usage The term ''sepoy'' came into common use in the forces of the British East India Com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lascars
A lascar was a sailor or militiaman from the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia, the Arab world, British Somaliland or other lands east of the Cape of Good Hope who was employed on European ships from the 16th century until the mid-20th century. Etymology The ''Oxford English Dictionary'' states that the word has two possible derivations: :Either an erroneous European use of Urdu ''lashkar'' army, camp .. or a shortened form of its derivative ''lashkarī'' ..In Portuguese ''c''1600 ''laschar'' occurs in the same sense as ''lasquarim'' , i.e. Indian soldier; this use, from which the current applications are derived, is not recorded in English. The Portuguese adapted the term to "lascarins", meaning Asian militiamen or seamen, from any area east of the Cape of Good Hope, including Indian, Malay, Chinese, and Japanese crewmen. The English word "lascarins", now obsolete, referred to Sri Lankans who fought in the colonial army of the Portuguese until the 1930s. The British of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Invasion Of Isle De France
The invasion of Isle de France was a complicated but successful British amphibious operation in the Indian Ocean, launched in November 1810 during the Napoleonic Wars. During the operation, a substantial military force was landed by the Royal Navy at Grand Baie, on the French colony of Isle de France (now Mauritius). Marching inland against weak French opposition, the British force was able to overwhelm the defenders in a series of minor engagements, culminating in the capture of the island's capital Port Napoleon and the surrender of Governor Charles Mathieu Isidore Decaen. The surrender eliminated the last French territory in the Indian Ocean and among the military equipment captured were five French Navy frigates and 209 heavy cannon. Isle de France was retained by Britain at the end of the war under the name of Mauritius and remained part of the British Empire until 1968. Background The operation was the culmination of two years of conflict over the island and the neigh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mauritius
Mauritius, officially the Republic of Mauritius, is an island country in the Indian Ocean, about off the southeastern coast of East Africa, east of Madagascar. It includes the main island (also called Mauritius), as well as Rodrigues, Agaléga, and St. Brandon (Cargados Carajos shoals). The islands of Mauritius and Rodrigues, along with nearby Réunion (a French overseas department), are part of the Mascarene Islands. The main island of Mauritius, where the population is concentrated, hosts the capital and largest city, Port Louis. The country spans and has an exclusive economic zone covering approximately . The 1502 Portuguese Cantino planisphere has led some historians to speculate that Arab sailors were the first to discover the uninhabited island around 975, naming it ''Dina Arobi''. Called ''Ilha do Cirne'' or ''Ilha do Cerne'' on early Portuguese maps, the island was visited by Portuguese sailors in 1507. A Dutch fleet, under the command of Admiral Van War ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Pomone (1809)
''Astrée'' was a 44-gun of the French Navy, launched at Cherbourg in 1809. In December of the next year she captured HMS ''Africaine''. The Royal Navy captured ''Astrée'' in 1810 and took her into service under her French name, rating her as a 38-gun frigate, but then in 1811 recommissioned her as HMS ''Pomone''. She served during the War of 1812 and was broken up in 1816. French service ''Astrée'' took part in the campaign in the Indian Ocean under Commander René Lemarant de Kerdaniel, serving with Hamelin's squadron. She also was present in the final stages of the Battle of Grand Port. A few days later, on 30 August, ''Astrée'' recaptured the 1-gun schooner-aviso ''Mouche No. 23'', which HMS ''Nereide'' had captured 2 June. ''Astrée'' came to be part of a squadron under Pierre Bouvet, who had assumed command of the French squadron at Grand Port after Duperré was wounded, and had been promoted to ''capitaine de frégate''. The squadron also comprised as a flagsh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre François Étienne Bouvet De Maisonneuve
Ship-of-the-line captain, Captain Pierre-François-Henri-Étienne Bouvet de Maisonneuve (28 December 1775 – 18 June 1860Levot, p.59Quintin, p.87) was a French Navy officer and privateer. Born to a Navy captain, Bouvet started sailing at the age of 11, He served under his father on various ships between France and the Indies. He was taken prisoner by the British during their occupation of Toulon. Released, Bouvet served on the frigate '' Amazone'' in Linois's squadron, which raided commerce in the Indies. After '' Amazone'' was wrecked at Cape of Good Hope, he attempted to return to Mauritius and inform the governor, but was captured en route by a British frigate. Released on parole, Bouvet designed a patamar or felucca of Indian pattern that he named . After he was exchanged, he cruised off the Malabar Coast undetected amongst indigenous shipping. Appointed to a 16-gun brig also named , Bouvet sailed to Manila and rescued the crew of Mouche No. 2-class schooner-avisos#Mouche No ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Iphigenia (1808)
HMS ''Iphigenia'' was a Royal Navy 36-gun Perseverance-class frigate, ''Perseverance''-class fifth-rate Sailing frigate, frigate. She was built at Chatham Dockyard by Master Shipwright Robert Seppings. The French captured her at the debacle of Battle of Grand Port, Grand Port and in their service she participated in the capture of several British vessels. The British recaptured her and she served in the West Africa Squadron, West Africa squadron (or "Preventative Squadron"), combating the slave trade. She was broken up in 1851 after serving for many years as a training ship. British service Captain Henry Lambert commissioned ''Iphigenia'' and on 28 January 1809 sailed her to the Cape of Good Hope and Mumbai, Bombay. On 13 September she was at Bombay where her crew helped fight, albeit unsuccessfully, the fire on . In 1810 she joined the British squadron off Isle de France (Mauritius), Isle de France (now Mauritius). The squadron consisted of ''Iphigenia'', ''Leopard'', ''Fren ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ras Al Khaimah
Ras Al Khaimah (; ), often referred to its initials RAK, is the largest city and capital of the Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah in the U.A.E. The city had a population of 191,753 in 2025, and is the sixth-most populous city in UAE after Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, Al Ain and Ajman. The city is divided by a creek into two parts: old town in the west and Al Nakheel in the east. The town is the successor to the Islamic era port and trading hub of Julfar. Etymology ''Ras Al Khaimah'' translates to "Headland of the Tent". ''Khaimah'' () means 'Tent', but also refers to the palm frond houses or ''areesh'' that were common in the area. History Antiquity Ras Al Khaimah has been the site of continuous human habitation for 7,000 years, with archaeological finds dating back to the Neolithic. The northern area of the city today known as Ras Al Khaimah was previously the location of the important Islamic era settlement and port of Julfar. Archaeological evidence has demonstrated that Julf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sharjah (emirate)
The Emirate of Sharjah (; ') is one of the emirates of the United Arab Emirates, which covers and has a population of over 1,400,000 (2015). It comprises the capital city of Sharjah, after which it is named, and other minor towns and exclaves such as Kalba, Al Dhaid, Dibba Al-Hisn and Khor Fakkan. The emirate is an absolute monarchy. It has been ruled by Sultan bin Muhammad Al-Qasimi since 1972, except for a seven-day period during an attempted coup d'etat by his brother, Sheikh Abd al-Aziz bin Muhammad Al Qasimi. History Human settlement in the area covered by the emirate has existed for over 120,000 years, with significant finds made of early axes and stone tools as well as Copper and Iron Age implements in Al Dhaid, Al Thuqeibah, Mileiha, Tell Abraq, Muwailah, Al Madam and Jebel Faya. Archaeological finds in the Mleiha area point to human habitation consistent with the spread of humanity from Africa to the wider world, evidenced by finds displayed at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
