Letter no. 1657 of 1822 from the Secretary to the Government of Bombay to Lieutenant John MacLeod, Resident in the Persian Gulph [Gulf]
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Informs MacLeod that the Civil Pay Master has been instructed to advance him of the amount of 8000 rupees for the purchase of furniture for the Residency and also discusses a suite of tents provided for Doctor Andrew Jukes, the Residency Surgeon, and in possession of Captain William Bruce, should...
Letter No. 3154 of 1840 from Colonel David Barr, Military Auditor General, Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Dickinson, Chief Engineer at Bombay, and Lieutenant-Colonel George Moore, Member of the Military Board, Bombay, to Sir James Rivett Carnac, Baronet, Governor and President in Council, Bombay
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The letter is a response to a request for recommendations on the extent repairs should be made to the defences of the Island of Karrack [Khārk, Jazīreh-ye]; the authors draw attention to the report submitted on the matter in their address No. 700 of 14 September 1839 (see ff 2-21), and some of th...
Letter No 41 of 1851 from Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary to the Government, Secret Department, Bombay to Lieutenant Colonel Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf
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The letter is expressing the regret of the Bombay Government that the Resident was unsuccessful in his negotiations with Shaikh Moobaruk bin Abdulla; the negotiations concerned an allowance from the Shaikh of Bahrain.
Letter No 53 of 1851 from Lieutenant Colonel Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, at Bushire to Lieutenant Colonel Justin Sheil, HM Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Persia, Tehran
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The letter is reporting on the mode and sources of taxation for the Persian Province of Fars; it is explained that the Resident's own knowledge of the subject is limited. It provides figures for the gross amounts of revenue raised annually, and explains how the income from the province is divided...
Letter from Lt-Col Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary to the Government Bombay
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Hennell writes to Malet that he has requested the inspection by Commodore J P Porter of a bugla (boat) flying British colours, which has been detained by Khojah Hiskal, the native agent at Muscat. Commodore Porter's reply was included with the original letter. Hennell writes that the crew of the ...
Letter no.263 of 1851 from Lt-Col Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Lt-Col Justin Sheil, Her Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary at the Council of Persia
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Hennell states that the British Agent at Sharjah (Mullā Husayn) reports in a late communication that seventy-five slaves were landed at Mogoo on the Persian Coast, and not 60 as previously stated (f 22). Hussein also reports that a bugla [boat] belonging to a Persian subject from Lingah [Bandar-e...
Letter no.272 of 1851 from Lt-Col Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Commodore J. P. Porter, Commanding Indian Naval Squadron, Persian Gulf
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Hennell writes in reference to Lt Leeds' letter which reports of two slaves being taken on board the Honourable Company's schooner Constance. Hennell writes that, under the maritime treaties signed with the Arab rulers, there is no authority to interfere with slaves boarding ships, and as such it...
Letter no.48 of 1851 from John Taylor, Agent at Basra, to Lt-Col Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf
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Taylor reports that a number of boats from Soor [Sur] and Muscat, have tried to land fifty to sixty slaves in the region, first at Mohammerah [Khorramshahr], and then at a village called Perajie, for import into Ottoman territory.
Letter no.103 of 1851 from Lt-Col Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Lt-Col Justin Sheil, Her Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary at the Council of Persia
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Hennell writes of his frustrations of Persia not being a signatory to any maritime slave trade suppression treaties with Great Britain, offering his own remarks on the subject to Sheil. He states that the best option for preventing slaves reaching Persia is to cut off the supply from Zanzibar and...
