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1021. IOR/R/15/1/128, f 34

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IOR/R/15/1/128, f 34
Title:
Letter no.41 of 1851 from Lt-Col Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Commodore John Patterson Porter, Commanding Indian Naval Squadron, Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
Hennell's response to Porter's letter of 24 February 1851 (f 33), enclosing a letter for Sheikh Sultan ben Suggur [Sultan bin Saqr] of the Joasmee [Al Qawasim] tribe on the Trucial Coast, requesting that he provide Porter with the use of a boat and pilot for his operations on the Qatar coast. Hen...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Feb 1851
Extent:
1 folio

1022. IOR/R/15/1/134 f 21

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IOR/R/15/1/134 f 21
Title:
Letter no.346 of 1852 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Major Atkins Hamerton, Her Majesty's Consul and Agent in the dominions of His Highness the Imam of Muscat
Scope & Content:
The letter is a report of news sent by the British agent at Sharjah, Hajee Jacoob, who has discovered a quantity of indigo, presumed plundered from the wrecked British merchant ship Centaur. Kemball writes that, as the packet is closing, he encloses Jacoob's original letter in Arabic, instead of ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Oct 1852
Extent:
1 folio

1023. IOR/R/15/1/138, f 414

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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

1024. IOR/R/15/1/149, f 29

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IOR/R/15/1/149, f 29
Title:
Letter no.445 of 1855 from Commander Felix Jones, Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter relates to the gift of a gold watch and diamond ring to Meerza Mahmood Khan, the Persian Slave Trade Commissioner, in appreciation of his good work. Appended to Jones’s letter is the translation of a letter from Khan to Jones, dated 14 December 1855, which is an expression of thanks f...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Dec 1855
Extent:
1 folio

1025. IOR/R/15/1/157, ff 17-18

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IOR/R/15/1/157, ff 17-18
Title:
Letter no.164 of 1856 from Commander Felix Jones, Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter is a report of an act of piracy and an incident of alleged murder, committed by subjects of the Shaikh of Bahrain against Banyan traders, who are British subjects, in Bahrain. Jones reports that the Shaikh of Bahrain [Muḥammad bin Khalīfah Āl Khalīfah] has agreed to pay reparations for...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 May 1856
Extent:
2 folios

1026. IOR/R/15/1/160, f 34

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IOR/R/15/1/160, f 34
Title:
Copy of letter no.3551 of 1860 from Henry Lacon Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to A W Lodwick, Civil Auditor
Scope & Content:
The letter is related to the payment of arrears of salary to the heirs of the late Agent at Brymee [Al Buraymī], following an initial enquiry by the Resident (folio 33), and copied to the Resident for reference.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Sep 1860
Extent:
1 folio

1027. IOR/R/15/1/126, f 23

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IOR/R/15/1/126, f 23
Title:
Letter (Office No 70 of 1851 and Cons No 13 of 1851) from Lieutenant Colonel Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, at Bushire to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary to the Government, Political Department, Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter is reporting that Shaikh Sultan ben Suggur [Sulṭān bin Saqr] has violated a promise made to the Resident indicating that he would not send troops to the aid of Lingah [Bandar-e-Lengeh]. It explains that 500 troops have been dispatched under the guise of evacuating women and children. ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Mar 1851
Extent:

1 folio

1028. IOR/R/15/1/126, f 50

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IOR/R/15/1/126, f 50
Title:
Letter No 199 of 1851 from Lieutenant Colonel Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, at Bushire to Justin Sheil, HM Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Persia, Tehran
Scope & Content:
The letter reports that the Province of Fars is in a state of tranquillity. The exception being the area around Gowbundee where Fort Malekaya has been taken by Shaikh Yoosoof bin Moobaruk, former Chief of Nabend. It notes that a force under the command of Shaikh Abdoolla ben Khulfan – brother of...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Jun 1851
Extent:

1 folio

1029. IOR/R/15/1/126, f 51

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IOR/R/15/1/126, f 51
Title:
Letter No 234 of 1851 from Lieutenant Colonel Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, at a camp near Bushire to Justin Sheil, HM Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Persia, Tehran
Scope & Content:
The letter is reporting that the sons of the Ex Chief of Bahrain, Shaikh Abdoollah ben Ahmed [‘Abdullāh bin Aḥmad Āl Khalīfah] have left the island of Kenn with their followers to join with the Wahabee Ameer [Wahabi Amir]; their intention being to invade Bahrain. It notes that the combined flee...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Jul 1851
Extent:

1 folio

1030. IOR/R/15/1/126, f 53

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IOR/R/15/1/126, f 53
Title:
Letter (Office No 255A and Cons No 15 of 1851) from Lieutenant Colonel Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, at a camp near Bushire to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary to the Government, Secret Department, Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter is explaining that if a peaceable arrangement can be made for the removal of the Kenn fleet from Kateef [Al-Qaṭīf], and the peace between Ameer Fysul and Shaikh Mahomed ben Khuleef established; the British squadron at Bahrain can be removed. It explains that under such circumstances, ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Aug 1851
Extent:

1 folio

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