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General Order Book of H.M.S. Sparrow-hawk Dawson Mayne Esquire Commander. 27th December 1830 at Sea - early nineteenth-century naval manuscript.

1830ref. 1947521830 . Keeping things ship-shape on an anti-slaving cruise Meticulously prepared manuscript aide-memoir of General Duties on-board the brig-sloop Sparrowhawk 18 on anti-slaving duties in the Caribbean. Organised in the first section by the days of the week and in the second by reference to the responsible officers. Each section signed off at the conclusion by Mayne. Mayne entered the Navy in 1812 as a First Class Volunteer on board Ville de Paris at Portsmouth. In 1813 he sailed in the Doris 36 Capt. Robert O'Brien as part of a large convoy for the East Indies and China and took part in the blockading of several American merchantmen at Whampoa. In 1816 with the Trent he took part in "the bombardment of Algiers where a slight wound in the foot and a severe one in the thigh procured him a grant from the Patriotic Fund and a pension which lasted until his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant Mr. Mayne proceeded with the flag of Sir David Milne to North America" O'Byrne. Commissioned lieutenant in 1821 he served on the North America and West Indies Station in the mid-1820s on Druid and Barham "in the former of which ships we find him escorting General Bolivar and suite from La Guiara to Carthagena". On 14 Aug. 1829 he was promoted to the command of the Icarus 10 also in the West Indies; where on 22 July 1830 he was transferred to that of the Sparrowhawk 18 - ordered 1806 built Brightlingsea launched Chatham 1807 paid off 1841. During this period the ship was on anti-slaving duties in the Caribbean; April 1830 detained the Spanish schooner Santiago with 144 slaves who were carried to Havana on HMS Slaney the Spanish vessel being abandoned as in "a sinking state". Mayne was nominated 28 Oct. 1831 Acting-Captain of the Magnificent receiving-ship at Port Royal Jamaica "in which he continued until Feb. 1832 when she was reduced to a Lieutenant's command". In his later career Mayne was employed as Inspecting commander of the Coast Guard at Sheerness Hastings and Brighton from 1834-7 and on the north coast of Ireland and again at Hastings from 2 May 1839 until Feb. 1840. An unusual document from an interesting context. Octavo. 196 x 166 mm. 14-pages of neat manuscript text table to text and the title page with an exquisite pen and ink vignette of the Sparrow-hawk in company with other Naval vessels in the West Indies. Hand-sewn booklet containing 7 bifolia formed of leaves of foolscap watermarked "J. Coles 1825" sewn into thin card wraps with canvas sailcloth covers - lettered "Sparrowhawk Guard Book" in ink partially cropped - pasted down now lifted. Canvas covers lifted as mentioned some browning but overall very good indeed. paperback

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Dissent and heterodoxy in the late Ottoman Empire. Reformers, Babis and Baha'is.

2008New English Paperback. Pbo. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In English. 270 p. CONTENTS: Illustrations Acknowledgements A Note on the Transliteration Foreword Introduction. 1. Reforms in the Late Ottoman Empire Westernising Reforms and the Role of the ulema at the Turn of the 19th Century Sultan Abdülmecid The Tanzimat Period. 2. Early Babis in the Ottoman Empire The Rule of Necib Pasha in Iraq and the Relationship with Iran The Rise of the Babi Movement Combined Sunni-Shi'i Opposition: the Trial of Mulla 'Ali Bastami The Bab's Epistle to Sultan Abdülmecid Sultan Abdülmecid and Tahira. 3. The Babis, Iran and the Ottoman Reform Elite The Exile of Baha'u'llah in Baghdad and Iran's Intervention Forced Residence of Baha'u'llah in Istanbul Baha'u'llah in Edirne: the Deterioration of Babi-Ottoman Relations Final Exile in 'Akka: Baha'u'llah's Letters to Âli Pasha and Fuad Pasha. 4. The Baha'is and the 'Fathers' of Ottoman Constitutionalism Young Ottomans and the Baha'is Midhat Pasha and 'Abdu'l-Baha. 5. Iranian Reformers, Young Turks and the 'Babis' in 19th Century Istanbul Sayyid Jamalu'd-Din 'al-Afghani' Al-Afghani, the Babis and the Baha'is The 'Babi Leader' al-Afghani and the Young Turks Mirza Malkum Khan, the Babis and the Baha'is The Reformist Baha'i Qajar Prince Shaykhu'r-Ra'is. 6. 'Abdu'l-Baha and the Ottomans, 1890s - 1910s Ottoman Intellectuals on 'Abdu'l-Baha 'Abdu'l-Baha, Abdülhamid II and the Young Turks 'Abdu'l-Baha and the Young Turks after 1908. 7. From Empire to Republic: State and Religion in the Era of Kemalist reform The Young Turks and Kemalist Westernism: the Role of Abdullah Cevdet Abdullah Cevdet, Islam and the Baha'i Religion Atatürk's Secularist Reforms and the Baha'i Response Baha'is under the Scrutiny of the Kemalist State Atatürk and the Baha'i Religion Conclusions Appendices Illustration Bibliography Index.

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