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351. IOR/R/15/1/127 f 17

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/127 f 17
Title:
Copy of a letter from Lord Palmerston to the Right Honourable John Hobhouse
Scope & Content:
Palmerston writes that he has learnt with satisfaction of the permission granted by the Sultan of Muscat for the British to carry out suppression of the slave trade in his East African dominions. The original letter enclosed printed copies of the protocol agreed with the Portuguese government for...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Sep 1850
Extent:
1 folio

352. IOR/R/15/1/128, f 75

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/128, f 75
Title:
Letter from Lieutenant William Balfour, Commanding the Honourable Company's brig Euphrates, to Commodore John Patterson Porter, Commanding Indian Naval Squadron, Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
Responding to Porter's letter of the 8 Aug (ff 70 2-71), Balfour writes that he left al-Qatif with the Tigris on the 10 Aug. He reports on an exchange of captured property between the Kenn [Kish] and Bahraini chiefs, supervised by Balfour.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Aug 1851
Extent:
1 folio

353. IOR/R/15/1/128, ff 10-11

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/128, ff 10-11
Title:
Letter from James McAlister, Civil Surgeon, Bushire, to Lt-Col Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
McAlister's reply to Hennell's letter of the same date (ff 8-9), regarding the altercation between his and Hennell's servants at a water well. He gives his own impression of events, refuting Hennell's suggestion of the seriousness of the confrontation and its near fatal consequences.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Aug 1851
Extent:
2 folios

354. IOR/R/15/1/128, ff 31-32

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/128, ff 31-32
Title:
Letter no.37 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 writes of the 'lawless proceedings' of Soheil ben Aleish who has carried out raids from the Guttur [Qatar] towns of Fowarit [Fuwairit], Doah [Doha] and Wukra [Al-Wakrah]. Hennell requests Porter's assistance in meting out punishment on these towns, first in the imposition of a fine of 1,0...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Feb 1851
Extent:
2 folios

355. IOR/R/15/1/128, ff 46-49

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/128, ff 46-49
Title:
Extract of letter no.106 of 1851 from Commodore John Patterson Porter, Commanding Officer of the Indian Naval Squadron, Persian Gulf, to Lt-Col Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
Covering letter with two enclosures (folios 47-49) from Lt Tronson, Commanding Officer of the Honourable Company's ship Euphrates, and Lt Chitty, Officer in Charge of the Honourable Company's ship Tigris. The first enclosure is an extract of a letter from Lt James Tronson, Commanding Officer of t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Jun 1851
Extent:
4 folios

356. IOR/R/15/1/128, ff 60-61

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/128, ff 60-61
Title:
Letter no.133 of 1851 from Commodore John Patterson Porter, Commanding Indian Naval Squadron, Persian Gulf, to Lt-Col Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
Report from the native agent at Bahrain that Sheikh Alley bein Khalifa [Ali bin Khalifa] and Faysul ben Turkie [Faysal bin Turki] have reached a peace agreement, with the former giving the latter 4000 dollars per year in tribute. Porter states that Faisal has now left El Biddah [al Bidda]. Porter...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Jul 1851
Extent:
2 folios

357. IOR/R/15/1/128, ff 63-65

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/128, ff 63-65
Title:
Letter no.133 of 1851 from Commodore John Patterson Porter, Commanding Indian Naval Squadron, Persian Gulf, to Lt-Col Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
Letter with two enclosures. Porter writes that Lt Balfour, Commanding Officer of the Euphrates, having demanded a boat from the Kenn [Kish] Island forces in lieu of the one captured from Bahrain, reports of further seizures by Faysal's people at Qais [Qeys] of Bahraini boats. Two enclosures are ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Aug 1851
Extent:

3 folios

358. IOR/R/15/1/128, ff 66-67

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/128, ff 66-67
Title:
Letter no.142 of 1851 from Commodore John Patterson Porter, Commanding Indian Naval Squadron, Persian Gulf, to Lt-Col Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
Porter provides details of the recent movements of the Honourable Company's [East India Company] ships on the Arab coast, in the wake of the breaking of the blockade at al-Qatif, and a peace agreement between the Emir of Najd and the Sheikh of Bahrain. Porter reports on the decision taken on boar...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Aug 1851
Extent:
2 folios

359. IOR/R/15/1/128, ff 68v-69

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/128, ff 68v-69
Title:
Letter no.132 of 1851 from Commodore John Patterson Porter, Commanding Indian Naval Squadron, Honourable Company's sloop Clive, Bahrain, to Lieutenant William Balfour, Commanding the Honourable Company's brig Euphrates
Scope & Content:
Letter acknowledging receipt of three items of correspondence from Balfour. Porter requests that a strict blockade of the harbour at al-Qatif is maintained, pending further instructions from the Resident at Bushire.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Jul 1851
Extent:
1 folio

360. IOR/R/15/1/128, ff 69-70

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/128, ff 69-70
Title:
Letter no.135 of 1851 from Commodore John Patterson Porter, Commanding Indian Naval Squadron,Honourable Company's sloop Clive, Bahrain, to Lieutenant William Balfour, Commanding the Honourable Company's brig Euphrates
Scope & Content:
Porter instructs Balfour, in lieu of peace having been concluded between Amir Faisal and the Bahrain chiefs, to ensure that no vessels from Katiff [Al-Qatif] are interfered with. Instruction that Balfour demands three boats from the Kenn [Kish] chief, in lieu of those captured from the Bahrain pe...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Aug 1851
Extent:
1 folio

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