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1. IOR/R/15/1/123

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/123
Title:
Vol 166: 1850 Slave Trade
Scope & Content:
The file is comprised of correspondence and reports sent to and from the Resident in the Persian Gulf, Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, relating to reports of slaves being imported from Africa to the Persian and Arabian coasts of the Gulf. Intelligence reports are sent to Hennell by his agents...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Jan 1850-12 Dec 1850
Extent:
1 file, 16 items (38 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/1/123, f 29

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/123, f 29
Title:
Letter No. 348 of 1850 from Lieutenant-Colonel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to His Excellency Colonel Justin Sheil, Her Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Persia
Scope & Content:
The letter reports on continued slave trading activity at a number of Persian ports, with intelligence of specific vessels and numbers of slaves seen at the Persian ports of Lingah [Bandar-e Lengeh], Congoon [Bandar-e Kangan], Mohumrah [Khorramshahr] and Karrak [Bandar-e Charak].
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Sep 1850
Extent:
1 folio

3. IOR/R/15/1/123, f 30

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/123, f 30
Title:
Letter No. 353 of 1850 from Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to His Excellency Colonel Justin Sheil, Her Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Persia
Scope & Content:
The letter relates to slave trading incidents on the Persian coast. It follows on from previous correspondence (see folio 26), reporting that the Native Agent at Bussorah [Basra] has sighted the boat brought up from Karrak [Bandar-e Charak], carrying thirty-two slaves to Bussorah and Mohumrah [K...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Sep 1850
Extent:
1 folio

4. IOR/R/15/1/123, ff 3-4

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/123, ff 3-4
Title:
Letter No. 39 of 1850 from Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary to the Government Bombay
Scope & Content:
In the letter Samuel Hennell writes that he has written to Sheikh Sultan ben Suggar [Sulṭān bin Saqr Āl Qāsimī], protesting at his involvement in the African slave trade. The movements of vessels suspected of being used in the slave trade are being monitored by the British Government's Native Age...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Jan 1850
Extent:
2 folios

5. IOR/R/15/1/123, ff 5-8

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/123, ff 5-8
Title:
Letter No. 40 of 1850 from Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary to the Government Bombay, to Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
The letter concerns slave trade treaties in the Persian Gulf region. A covering letter encloses printed pages from the Bombay Government Gazette (folios 6-8), republishing an Act of Parliament, dated 1 August 1849. The first part of the Act's text is an English translation of an Engagement betwe...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Feb 1850
Extent:
4 folios

6. IOR/R/15/1/123, ff 14-15

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/123, ff 14-15
Title:
Letter No. 234 of 1850 from Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to His Excellency Colonel Justin Sheil, Her Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Persia
Scope & Content:
The letter relates to incidents of slave trading on the Persian coast. It encloses translated extracts from a report received by the Government Agent at Lingah [Bandar-e Lengeh], Ahmed ben Moollah Houssein, describing the arrival at that port of two vessels from Berberah [Berbera] carrying forty-...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Jun 1850
Extent:
2 folios

7. IOR/R/15/1/123, ff 18-21

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/123, ff 18-21
Title:
Letter No. 296 of 1850 from Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary to the Government Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter relates to slave trading on the Arab coast, and includes two enclosures. The first enclosure is comprised of translated extracts of a letter from the Native Agent at Sharjah, Moollah Houssein [Mullā Husayn]. The Agent reports continued slave trading activity into the Arabian peninsula...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Aug 1850
Extent:
4 folios

8. IOR/R/15/1/123, ff 22-23

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/123, ff 22-23
Title:
Letter No. 299 of 1850 from Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to His Excellency Colonel Justin Sheil, Her Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Persia
Scope & Content:
The letter concerns the slave trade on the Arab coast. It encloses translated extracts of correspondence sent by the Native Agent at Sharjah, Moollah Houssein [Mullā Husayn], dated 14 June 1850, reporting the names of merchants from Lingah [Bandar-e Lengeh] suspected of being involved in the sla...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Aug 1850
Extent:
2 folios

9. IOR/R/15/1/123, ff 24-25

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/123, ff 24-25
Title:
Letter No. 318 of 1850 from Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to His Excellency Colonel Justin Sheil, Her Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Persia
Scope & Content:
The letter relates to incidents of slave trading on the Persian coast. It contains a report of two vessels owned by inhabitants of Bushire which have been reported carrying male and female slaves. Of the first incident, Samuel Hennell reports that the boat owner maintained his innocence, and the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Aug 1850
Extent:
2 folios

10. IOR/R/15/1/123, ff 26-28

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/123, ff 26-28
Title:
Letter No. 346 of 1850 from Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to His Excellency Colonel Justin Sheil, Her Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Persia
Scope & Content:
The letter relates to incidents of slave trading on the Persian coast. It encloses an English translation of a note received from Sheikh Abdoollah the Acting Governor of Bushire, in reference to the incident of slave trading at Bushire (see ff 24-25). Samuel Hennell also reports on another incid...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Sep 1850
Extent:
3 folios