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3741. IOR/R/15/1/119-198

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/119-198
Title:
Political Residency, Bushire: correspondence bound in subject compilations
Scope & Content:
The records consist of incoming and outgoing correspondence of the Political Residency, Bushire. The volumes are bound in subject compilations. The records are as follows: IOR/R/15/1/119-144: subject compilations, 1850-1855; IOR/R/15/1/145-179: subject compilations, 1854-1863; IOR/R/15/1/180-1...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, Farsi, French, Hebrew, Hindustani, Persian, and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
1850-1918
Extent:
80 volumes

3742. IOR/R/15/1/119, f 9

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/119, f 9
Title:
Letter no.138 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 conveys the details of a report received from the Native Agent at Muscat [Khojah Hiskal], concerning the seizure of Syed Humood ben Azan [Said Hamood bin Azan] of Sohar [Suhar] by the Sultan of Muscat Syed Soweynee [Thuwaini bin Said]. Thuwaini bin Said is reported to have demanded the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Apr 1850
Extent:
1 folio

3743. IOR/R/15/1/119, f 13

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/119, f 13
Title:
Letter no.198 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 reports the death of Syed Humood ben Azan [Said Hamood bin Azan] of Sohar [Suhar] at Muscat, on 23 April. Azan died as a result of the heat and fever suffered while incarcerated by the Sultan of Muscat (see f 5).
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 May 1850
Extent:
1 folio

3744. IOR/R/15/1/119, f 29

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/119, f 29
Title:
Letter no.297 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 includes details of the death of Sheikh Syed Kahtan ben Syf, Governor of the Imam of Muscat's fort at Shinas, who is alleged to have excited insurrection against the Chief of Sohar [Suhar]. Syed Kahtan was captured and killed by Syed Ghes, brother of Said Hamood bin Azan, in revenge fo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Aug 1850
Extent:
1 folio

3745. IOR/R/15/1/119, f 30

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/119, f 30
Title:
Letter no.377 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 contains a report on the seizure of an Oman town [Hoikaim] by Syed Ghes of Suhar. Hennell expects further hostilities from Said Ghes against Muscat territories with the close of the date-farming and pearl-fishing seasons.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Oct 1850
Extent:
1 folio

3746. IOR/R/15/1/119, ff 3-4

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/119, ff 3-4
Title:
Letter no.3 of 1850 from Major Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary to the Government Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter describes a meeting between Sheikh Saeed ben Tahnoon [Sa'id bin Tahnun] of Abu Dhabi and Saad bin Mooltuk of Brymee [al Buraimi] at Muscat, and their discussion of the payment of of zukat (tribute) to a Wahhabi agent.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Jan 1850
Extent:
2 folios

3747. 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

3748. IOR/R/15/1/119, ff 7-8

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/119, ff 7-8
Title:
Letter no.136 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 from Hennell forwards to Malet a translation of a letter sent by Khojah Hiskal, the Native Agent at Muscat, dated 25 February 1850, which reports on the murder of Sheikh Syf ben Humood [Saif bin Hamood] of Sohar [Suhar] by his slave servant, at the instigation of Saif's father Syed Hum...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Apr 1850
Extent:
2 folios

3749. IOR/R/15/1/119, ff 10-12

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/119, ff 10-12
Title:
Letter no.190 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 encloses a translation of correspondence sent by the Native Agent at Sharjah Moollah Hussein [Mullā Husayn], reporting on the unsuccessful siege of Suhar by the Sultan of Muscat, during which thirty men were wounded or killed. The Sharjah agent's letter contains further reports of skir...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 May 1850
Extent:
3 folios

3750. IOR/R/15/1/119, ff 14-15

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/119, ff 14-15
Title:
Letter no.199 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 Hennell reports of a letter received by him from the Sultan of Muscat Thuwaini bin Said (a translation of which is enclosed in the letter), in which the Sultan explains his conduct with regard to the incarceration and death of Said Hamood bin Azan of Suhar. Hennell writes that he fe...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 May 1850
Extent:
2 folios

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