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101. IOR/R/15/1/121, ff 198-199

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/121, ff 198-199
Title:
Letter No. 428: Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire, to His Excellency Lieutenant-Colonel Justin Sheil CB, Her Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Persia, Tehran
Scope & Content:
This letter is a response to Justin Sheil's letter of 15 October 1850 (see ff.191-192v), which concerned the ostensible reason for Sheik Nasir's dimissal from his position as Governor of Bushire. Samuel Hennell informs Sheil that the very large deficiency in the annual revenue payable by the Gov...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Nov 1850
Extent:
2 folios

102. IOR/R/15/1/121, ff 205-206

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/121, ff 205-206
Title:
Letter No. 440: Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire, to His Excellency Lieutenant-Colonel Justin Sheil CB, Her Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Persia, Tehran
Scope & Content:
Samuel Hennell states that on the morning of 22 November 1850, Sheik Houssein embarked on board his bugla [buggalow], which is now lying at anchor in the inner roads. Hennell reports that at about noon, on the same day, a detachment of 200 sirbaz [foot soldiers], under the command of Jaffer Kooly...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Nov 1850
Extent:
2 folios

103. IOR/R/15/1/134 f 8A

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/134 f 8A
Title:
Note no.15 from the British Agent at Bussorah (Basra)
Scope & Content:
Note briefly stating that disturbances between the Montefik Arabs and the Turkish Government are occurring on the Euphrates river, and that there are numerous 'plundering canoes' on the river, 'under the control of the unruly hordes'. Merchants and others navigating the river are unaware of the c...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Mar 1852
Extent:
1 folio

104. IOR/R/15/1/137, f 40

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/137, f 40
Title:
Circular no.4265 of 1854 from the Chief Secretary
Scope & Content:
The circular is a request that the Political Resident, when writing letters on foolscap paper, write thirty lines per side, with an average of seven words per line.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Oct 1853
Extent:
1 folio

105. IOR/R/15/1/137, ff 21-22

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/137, ff 21-22
Title:
Docket enclosing paragraph 2 of Resolution no.562 passed by Government
Scope & Content:
The docket and its enclosure relate to the opium trade in the Persian Gulf. The enclosure, an extract of paragraph 2 of Resolution no.562, dated 29 January 1853, notes that opium is grown in the northern parts of Asia Minor and Persia, and shipped at Constantinople [Istanbul] in the vessels of th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Aug 1853
Extent:
2 folios

106. IOR/R/15/1/144, ff 10-11

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/144, ff 10-11
Title:
Letter from L Darling, to Her British Majesty's Consul at Bushire
Scope & Content:
In this letter, L Darling writes to the British Consul at Bushire to obtain commercial information regarding the market of Bushire in relation to imports and exports. Darling’s questions cover the following subjects: duties levied upon imports; the articles that are usually imported and exported;...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Feb 1854
Extent:
2 folios

107. IOR/R/15/1/119, ff 3-4

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/119, ff 3-4
Title:
Letter no.3 of 1850 from Major Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary to the Government Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter describes a meeting between Sheikh Saeed ben Tahnoon [Sa'id bin Tahnun] of Abu Dhabi and Saad bin Mooltuk of Brymee [al Buraimi] at Muscat, and their discussion of the payment of of zukat (tribute) to a Wahhabi agent.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Jan 1850
Extent:
2 folios

108. IOR/R/15/1/128, ff 21-24

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/128, ff 21-24
Title:
Letter from Assistant Surgeon James McAlister, Bushire, to Lt-Col Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
McAlister writes to Hennell, responding in great detail to Porter's response (ff 19-20) to his version of events in his complaint against Porter (initially outlined in f 15). McAlister requests that Hennell have no objections to him making copies of this and his previous letter, to send to His Lo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Oct 1851
Extent:
4 folios

109. IOR/R/15/1/131, f 15

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/131, f 15
Title:
Letter No. 137: Commodore George Robinson, Commander of the Indian Naval Squadron in the Persian Gulf, Writing from the Honourable Company's Sloop Clive, Near Bushire, to Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
This letter relates to Commodore George Robinson's most recent visit to the Arabian coast. Robinson responds to a request made by Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, in a letter dated 3 September (no. 295). In that letter, Kemball transmitted a translation of a letter that he ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Sep 1852
Extent:
1 folio

110. IOR/R/15/1/134 ff 49-50

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/134 ff 49-50
Title:
Letters of recommendation for Residency staff members, written by Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Resident of the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
Copies of letters of recommendation for the Residency accountant, superintendent, two extra clerks, Arabic secretary, Persian secretary, shroff (money-changer), and apothecary, on the event of the impending departure of Hennell from the Residency.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Feb 1852
Extent:
2 folios

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