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112. IOR/R/15/1/41
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/1/41
- Title:
- 'Book 47: 1826-1827'
- Scope & Content:
- This file contains letters and enclosures inwards from William Newnham, Secretary to the Governor of Bombay, to Captain Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf at Bushire between 1826 and 1827. There are letters relating to Shaikh ‘Abd al-Rasūl Khān, the former Governor o...
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- Arabic, English, and Persian
- Date Range:
- 3 Nov 1826-28 Apr 1827
- Extent:
- 1 file, 9 items (33 folios)
113. IOR/R/15/1/41, ff 6-8
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/1/41, ff 6-8
- Title:
- Letter No 1283 of 1826 from William Newnham, Secretary to the Governor of Bombay, Bombay Castle, to Captain Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident in the Persian Gulf at Bushire
- Scope & Content:
- William Newnham encloses an original letter, dated 20 October 1826, from the Governor of Bombay for delivery to the Shaik of Bushire, Abdoor Russool Khan [‘Abd al-Rasūl Khān] with copies in Persian and English for the Resident's information.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- English and Persian
- Date Range:
- 23 Nov 1826
- Extent:
-
3 folios
114. IOR/R/15/1/44
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/1/44
- Title:
- 'Book No: 52'
- Scope & Content:
- The correspondence book consists of translations and substances of letters, with enclosures, addressed to Captain David Wilson, British Resident in the Persian Gulf at Bushire, Mirza Hadayat Ullah [Mīrzā Hidāyatullāh] and Captain Samuel Hennell. The dates of the letters are given using the Grego...
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- English and Persian
- Date Range:
- 15 Nov 1827-19 Sep 1828
- Extent:
- 1 volume (96 folios)
115. IOR/R/15/1/66
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/1/66
- Title:
- Vol 87: Translation Book, 1834 (Native Letters Inward)
- Scope & Content:
- The volume consists of substances of, and translations of native letters (i.e. correspondence in Arabic or Persian) sent to the British Resident in the Persian Gulf. The majority of these are from various native agents serving the British in the Gulf at Bahrein [Bahrain], Lingah [Bandar-e-Lengeh...
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- English and Persian
- Date Range:
- 8 Jan 1834-28 Dec 1834
- Extent:
- 1 volume, (145 folios)
116. IOR/R/15/1/114
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/1/114
- Title:
- ‘Book 158 1847-8’ Vol 158 Letters inward
- Scope & Content:
- The file contains letters received by Major Samuel Hennell, British Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire. The majority of letters are naval patrol reports submitted to the Resident by the following British officers in the Persian Gulf Squadron of the Indian Navy: Captain William Lowe...
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- English and Persian
- Date Range:
- 27 Dec 1847-18 Dec 1848
- Extent:
- 1 file (51 folios)
117. IOR/R/15/1/121
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/1/121
- Title:
- Vol 166: 1850 Persia
- Scope & Content:
- This file contains letters written and received by Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire. Most of the letters written by Hennell are addressed to His Excellency Lieutenant-Colonel Justin Sheil CB, Her Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary at...
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- English, French, and Persian
- Date Range:
- 7 Jan 1850-27 Dec 1850
- Extent:
- 1 volume, 94 items (226 folios)
118. IOR/R/15/1/121, ff 152-156
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/1/121, ff 152-156
- Title:
- Letter from His Excellency Lieutenant-Colonel Justin Sheil CB, Her Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Persia, Camp Near Tehran, to Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire
- Scope & Content:
- Justin Sheil refers to Samuel Hennell's despatch of 14 August 1850, which included a letter from Hajee Mahomed Jaffer and an istishad nameh, regarding the Agent at Shiraz [Mirza Mahmood]. Sheil argues that the istishad nameh is valueless and that Hajee Mahomed Jaffer's letter is far from conclusi...
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- English and Persian
- Date Range:
- 9 Sep 1850
- Extent:
- 5 folios
119. IOR/R/15/1/121, ff 181-186
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/1/121, ff 181-186
- Title:
- Letter from His Excellency Lieutenant-Colonel Justin Sheil CB, Her Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Persia, Tehran to Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire
- Scope & Content:
- This letter concerns the fate of the late Mr Tasker's watch. Justin Sheil informs Samuel Hennell that he wrote to Hajee Mahomed Jaffer, requesting an explanation of the circumstances by which he came to possess Mr Tasker's watch. Sheil states that Hajee Mahomed Jaffer's reply is neither an admis...
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- English and Persian
- Date Range:
- 8 Oct 1850
- Extent:
- 6 folios
120. IOR/R/15/1/138, f 414
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/1/138, f 414
- Title:
- Letter no.274 of 1854 from Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary of the Government, Bombay, to Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf
- Scope & Content:
- The letter is an acknowledgement of Kemball's previous letter (folios 394-95), relating to the importation of seven slaves into a port near Bushire. Malet writes that, unless the men implicated in the importation are British subjects, they are not liable to British laws. Given that they appear to...
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- English and Persian
- Date Range:
- 18 Jan 1854
- Extent:
- 1 folio






