James Scurry: Difference between revisions

In 1780, when Scurry was 14 years old, he set on a voyage from Plymouth Sound on the [[HMS Hannibal (1779)|Hannibal]].<ref>{{harvnb|Scurry|Whiteway|1824|p=[https://archive.org/details/captivitysuffer00whitgoog <!-- quote=The Captivity, Sufferings And Escape of James Scurry Who Was Detained a Prisoner During Ten Years In The Dominions of Hyder Ali and Tippu Saheb. --> 13]|Ref=jam}}</ref><ref>{{harvnb|Scurry|Whiteway|1824|p=[https://archive.org/details/captivitysuffer00whitgoog <!-- quote=The Captivity, Sufferings And Escape of James Scurry Who Was Detained a Prisoner During Ten Years In The Dominions of Hyder Ali and Tippu Saheb. --> 14]|Ref=jam}}</ref> However, he, along with his crew, were captured by the French in the Gulf of Bengal nearwithin 5 days sailing of Madras. They were handed over to [[Hyder Ali]] by the French admiral [[Pierre André de Suffren de Saint Tropez|Suffren]]. Hyder deported Scurry and the 15 young men to [[Seringapatam]]. The 15 men were all [[Khitan (circumcision)|circumcised]], converted to [[Islam]] and forcibly conscripted to Tipu's army.<ref name="b"/><ref name="mc2"/> James Scurry was given the Islamic name, Shamsher Khan.<ref name="mc2">{{harvnb|Machado|1999|p=196|Ref=mac}}</ref>