Lascars and Indian Ocean Seafaring, 1780-1860

Shipboard Life, Unrest and Mutiny

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ID9325457
AuthorsAaron Jaffer (corresponding author)
Year2015
Pages254
Publication date2015-11-17
Open AccessYes
TypeBOOK
VenueLascars and Indian Ocean Seafaring, 1780-1860 (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherBoydell and Brewer Limited (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/9781782045939
OpenAlexW4301525358
ISBN9781782045939
Open LibraryOL34526171M
LanguageEN
Citations received13

Lascars were seamen from the Indian subcontinent and other areas of the Indian Ocean region who were employed aboard European ships from the sixteenth to the twentieth centuries. They experienced difficult working conditions and came from a wide variety of ethnic, cultural and religious backgrounds, which created considerable scope for friction between them and their European officers. This book, based on extensive original research, examines the role of lascars employed aboard country ships, East Indiamen and other British sailing vessels. The focus is on protest in its various forms, from mild unrest to violent acts of mutiny in which lascar crews murdered officers, seized ships and then sought refuge with local rulers. It is only through descriptions of such events - found in logbooks, seafaring diaries and the East India Company's judicial records - that many aspects of lascar life at sea become visible and lascar voices can be heard. Through the study of mutiny and other forms of protest, the book provides a detailed insight into shipboard conditions amongst lascars employed during this period. Aaron Jaffer completed his doctorate in history at the University of Warwick

Ancient history · Geography · Indian ocean · Indian subcontinent · Mutiny · Political science · Politics · Social unrest · Unrest · Colonial History and Postcolonial Studies · Geology · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories · History · Law · Maritime Security and History · Oceanography · 1765-1947 · british occupation · East India Company · India · Sailors · Seafaring life

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