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211. IOR/R/15/1/127 f 16

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/127 f 16
Title:
Extract from a letter from the Honourable the Secret Committee
Scope & Content:
The extract refers to a letter from Lord Palmerston (f 17) on the subject of the slave trade carried on from the African dominions of the Sultan of Muscat (Zanzibar).
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Oct 1850
Extent:
1 folio

212. IOR/R/15/1/131, f 5

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/131, f 5
Title:
Letter No. 5: Lieutenant George William Leeds, Commander of the Honourable Company's Schooner Constance, to Commodore John Patterson Porter, Commander of the Persian Gulf Squadron
Scope & Content:
In this letter, which is a true copy signed by Commodore John Patterson Porter, Lieutenant George William Leeds relays intelligence received from the Agent at Sharja [Sharjah], Hadji Yacoob, which concerns recent actions carried out by some of the Arab chiefs. Many of the important details in thi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Mar 1852
Extent:
1 folio

213. IOR/R/15/1/131, ff 16-19

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/131, ff 16-19
Title:
Letter No. 301: Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire, to Commodore George Robinson, Commander of the Indian Naval Squadron in the Persian Gulf, Bushire
Scope & Content:
This letter concerns a deposition made by a native of Bushire named Ghooloom Ali (also written as Ghooloom Ally), who was until recently in the service of Lieutenant James Longden Stevens. Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire, states that the man was severely bas...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Sep 1852
Extent:
4 folios

214. IOR/R/15/1/119, ff 5-6

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/119, ff 5-6
Title:
Letter no.107 of 1850 from Major Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary to the Government Bombay
Scope & Content:
In the letter Hennell reports on rumours of the Sultan of Muscat Syed Soweynee's [Thuwaini bin Said] intentions to attack Ra's al-Khaymah and Dubai by sea. Included in the letter is a translated enclosure of a letter from Hennell to His Highness Thuwaini bin Said, dated 18 March 1850, reminding t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Mar 1850
Extent:
2 folios

215. IOR/R/15/1/122, f 30

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/122, f 30
Title:
Letter from Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire, to Commodore John Patterson Porter, Commander of the Indian Naval Squadron in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
Samuel Hennell acknowledges the receipt of John Patterson Porter's letter of 26 August 1850. Hennell refers to a breach of the Maritime Truce by subjects of Sheik Mukhtoom [Sheikh Maktoum bin Butti bin Sohal] of Debaye [Dubai]. The subjects are alleged to have seized a number of Aboothabee [Abu D...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Aug 1850
Extent:
1 folio

216. IOR/R/15/1/122, ff 2-5v

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/122, ff 2-5v
Title:
Letter No. 1: Commodore John Patterson Porter, Commander of the Indian Naval Squadron in the Persian Gulf, to Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire
Scope & Content:
John Patterson Porter refers to Hennell's requisition, no. 305 of 1849, and informs Samuel Hennell of his recent movements. Porter explains that he has dispatched Messrs Lewis, Brown and Bennett on the commission to Bunder Abbass [Bandar-e ʻAbbās]. The letter goes on to relay information obtaine...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Jan 1850
Extent:
3 folios

217. IOR/R/15/1/122, ff 12-20v

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/122, ff 12-20v
Title:
Letter No. 18: Commodore John Patterson Porter, Commander of the Indian Naval Squadron in the Persian Gulf, to Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire
Scope & Content:
John Patterson Porter acknowledges the receipt of Samuel Hennell's letter, no. 229, dated 19 June 1850, and gives details of how he has carried out Hennell's instructions and visited each port in turn. He reports on his meetings with the chiefs of the coast. Porter relays information obtained fro...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Jul 1850
Extent:
9 folios

218. IOR/R/15/1/122, ff 43-44

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/122, ff 43-44
Title:
Letter No. 17: Lieutenant James Tronson, Commander of the HC Brig Euphrates, to Commodore John Patterson Porter, Commander of the Indian Naval Squadron in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
James Tronson refers to instructions conveyed by Samuel Hennell (see the previous item in this file). Tronson confirms that he has delivered the bag of 600 German crowns to the Native Agent at Shargah [Sharjah], Moolah Hussein [Mullah Husain], and goes on to provide information regarding relation...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Dec 1850
Extent:
2 folios

219. IOR/R/15/1/124, f 8

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/124, f 8
Title:
Letter No. 195: Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire, to Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Acting Political Agent in Turkish Arabia, Bagdad
Scope & Content:
In this letter Samuel Hennell thanks Arnold Burrowes Kemball for his despatch dated 23 April 1850 (see ff 5-7), which announced the appointment of Maashook Pasha to the Government of Bussorah [Basra], and for bringing to his notice his suspicions regarding the Pasha's plans relating to the Arabia...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 May 1850
Extent:
1 folio

220. IOR/R/15/1/128, f 36

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/128, f 36
Title:
Letter from Lt Manners Brigantine Tigris, to Commodore John Patterson Porter, Commanding Indian Naval Squadron, Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
Report on the movements and activities of the Tigris, including landing at Sharjah and his meeting with the British Agent there, whose despatches have been forwarded with the letter.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Mar 1851
Extent:

1 folio

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