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491. IOR/R/15/1/128, f 12

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/128, f 12
Title:
Letter no.264 of 1851 from Lt-Col Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to His Excellency Lt-Col Justin Sheil, Her Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Persia
Scope & Content:
Letter reporting the appearance of cholera in Bushire, and stating that the outbreak has assumed the 'epidemic form of Asiatic cholera.' Hennell estimates that at the outbreak's peak, twenty-five people per day were dying, including members of Bushire's Armenian community.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Aug 1851
Extent:
1 folio

492. IOR/R/15/1/128, f 25

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/128, f 25
Title:
Letter no.328 of 1851 from Lt-Col Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to James Grant Lumsden, Secretary to the Government of Bombay
Scope & Content:
Covering letter sent with copies of recent correspondence between Bushire Assistant Surgeon James McAlister, Commodore John Patterson Porter of the Indian Naval Squadron, and himself, relating to McAlister's personal complaint against Porter, arising from an 'uncourteous' message received by McAl...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Oct 1851
Extent:
1 folio

493. IOR/R/15/1/128, f 38

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/128, f 38
Title:
Letter no.84 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 that he approves of Lt Manner's suggestion of showing the two vessels under his command at Kateef [al-Qatif] (f 37), but points out that 'amicable relations subsist' between Ameer Fysul [Amir Faisal], the Wahhabi ruler of the Nedjd [Najd] region, and the British Government, so no a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Apr 1851
Extent:
1 folio

494. IOR/R/15/1/128, f 43

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/128, f 43
Title:
Letter no.108 of 1851 from Lt-Col Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary to the Government of Bombay
Scope & Content:
Covering letter with enclosure (a report from Commodore Porter, Commanding Officer of the Indian Naval Squadron) reporting on the squadron's activities on the coast of Qatar. Hennell reports that the squadron's visit to El Adeed [al 'Udayd], and the exploration of its backwaters, had an 'excellen...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Apr 1851
Extent:
2 folios

495. IOR/R/15/1/128, f 45

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/128, f 45
Title:
Letter no.4 of 1851 from Lt James Tronson, Commanding Officer of the Honourable Company's ship Euphrates, to Commodore John Patterson Porter, Commanding Officer of the Indian Naval Squadron, Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
Tronson reports on current events on the Arabian coast of the Gulf. He states that he has visited the British Agent at Sharjah, who told him that all was presently quiet on the Arab coast, and that the sheikhs had 'made up their quarrels.'
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 May 1851
Extent:
1 folio

496. IOR/R/15/1/128, f 50

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/128, f 50
Title:
Letter no.206 of 1851 from Lt-Col Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Commodore John Patterson Porter, Commanding Officer of the Indian Naval Squadron, Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
Hennell requests Porter to arrange transport for Sheikh Abdool Azeez ['Abd al-'Aziz], a confidential envoy of Ameer Faysul [Amir Faysal], the Regent of Nedjd [Najd] from Bushire to Kateef [al-Qatif]. Hennell notes that al-Qatif is currently being blockaded by a fleet belonging to the Sheikh of Ba...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Jun 1851
Extent:
1 folio

497. IOR/R/15/1/128, f 52

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/128, f 52
Title:
Extract of a letter from Lt Chitty, Officer in temporary charge of the Honourable Company's ship Tigris, to Lt William Balfour, Commanding Officer of the Honourable Company's ship Euphrates
Scope & Content:
Intelligence report, suggesting that the Said Said [Sa'id bin Sultan Al Sa'id], Imam of Muscat, is attempting reconciliation with the sheikhs of Ras el Khyma [Ra's al-Khaymah] and Sohar [Suhur], with whom he has been on unfriendly terms in recent times.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Jun 1851
Extent:
1 folio

498. IOR/R/15/1/128, f 52-52v

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/128, f 52-52v
Title:
Extract of letter no.2 of 1851 from Lt Leeds, Commanding Officer of the Honourable Company's ship Constance, to Lt William Balfour, Commanding Officer of the Honourable Company's ship Euphrates
Scope & Content:
Leeds reports that intelligence from the Sharjah Agent (Mullā Husayn) states that all boats have returned from the coast of Africa, arriving with some 1000 slaves.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Jun 1851
Extent:
1 folio

499. IOR/R/15/1/128, ff 3-4

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/128, ff 3-4
Title:
Letter no.6752 of 1850, from Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
Covering letter with an enclosure; a request by Malet that the Resident follow the Court of Directors' instructions whenever the occasion may offer. The enclosure (f 4) is an extract from a Despatch from the Court of Directors (dated 11 September 1850), reminding that 'small coins, copper plate i...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Dec 1850
Extent:
2 folios

500. IOR/R/15/1/128, ff 5-6

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/128, ff 5-6
Title:
Letter no.192 of 1851, from Lt-Col Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to His Excellency Lt-Col Justin Sheil, Her Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Persia
Scope & Content:
Letter including a completed form detailing British subjects present in Fars on 31 March 1851. Hennell notes that on this form (as opposed to previous returns) he has noted only British subjects of European (and not Asiatic) origin. Hennell also writes that he encloses a return from Commodore Por...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Jun 1851
Extent:
2 folios

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