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181. IOR/R/15/1/122, f 35

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/122, f 35
Title:
Letter No. 379: Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire, to Commodore John Patterson Porter, Commander of the Indian Naval Squadron in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
Samuel Hennell requests that his enclosed letters (not included) be taken to the Island of Kenn [Qeys] and delivered to Sheik Moobaruck ben Abdoollah, Humood ben Mahomed and Ally ben Sultan. The letters warn against the dispatch of an expedition against [Bahrein] Bahrain.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Oct 1850
Extent:
1 folio

182. IOR/R/15/1/122, f 41

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/122, f 41
Title:
Letter No. 421: Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire, to Commodore John Patterson Porter, Commander of the Indian Naval Squadron in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
Samuel Hennell requests that the Commander of the HC sloop Clive be instructed to touch at Muscat on his voyage to Bombay, in order to deliver 300 German crowns to the Native Agent, Khojeh Hiskael [Khojah Hiskal]. Hennell further requests that the Commander obtain information from the Agent regar...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Nov 1850
Extent:
1 folio

183. IOR/R/15/1/122, ff 21-23

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/122, ff 21-23
Title:
Letter from Commodore John Patterson Porter, Commander of the Indian Naval Squadron in the Persian Gulf, to Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire
Scope & Content:
John Patterson Porter forwards a copy of a letter, no. 6, dated 15 August 1850, from Lieutenant Frederick Erskine Manners, Commander of HC brigantine Tigris, to Porter. In the enclosure, Manners refers to Porter's letter, no. 83 of 1850. Manners states that he proceeded to Mohamerah [Khorramshahr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Aug 1850
Extent:
3 folios

184. IOR/R/15/1/122, ff 24-25

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/122, ff 24-25
Title:
Letter No. 323: Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire, to Commodore John Patterson Porter, Commander of the India Naval Squadron in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
This letter is a copy. Samuel Hennell acknowledges the receipt of John Patterson Porter's letter of the same date (see the previous item in this file), which included Lieutenant Frederick Erskine Manners's report of his search for the pirates who recently plundered a Bushire vessel off the river ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Aug 1850
Extent:
2 folios

185. IOR/R/15/1/122, ff 33-34

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/122, ff 33-34
Title:
Letter from Lieutenant James Tronson, Commander of HC Brig Euphrates, to Commodore John Patterson Porter, Commander of the Indian Naval Squadron in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
James Tronson acknowledges the receipt of John Patterson Porter's letters, dated 27 August and 4 September respectively. Tronson describes how he went to Debai [Dubai], accompanied by the Native Agent of Shargah [Sharjah], and delivered Samuel Hennell's letter to Sheik Mucktoom [Sheikh Maktoum bi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1850]
Extent:
2 folios

186. IOR/R/15/1/122, ff 36-37

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/122, ff 36-37
Title:
Letter No. 392: Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire, to Commodore John Patterson Porter, Commander of the Indian Naval Squadron in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
The letter acknowledges the receipt of John Patterson Porter's letter of 22 October 1850, which announced the arrival of the HC steam frigate Auckland. Hennell requests that the Auckland embark on a mission, accompanied by the Tigris and the Euphrates, to obtain the payment of 600 dollars as the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Oct 1850
Extent:

2 folios

187. IOR/R/15/1/122, ff 38-39

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/122, ff 38-39
Title:
Letter No. 393: Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire, to Commodore John Patterson Porter, Commander of the Indian Naval Squadron in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
Samuel Hennell refers to a letter from Lieutenant James Tronson to John Patterson Porter, in which Tronson stated that the only instructions he had received were to act in case of a disturbance with Amulgavine [Umm al-Qaywayn]. Hennell states that the principal object for which a squadron is main...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Oct 1850
Extent:
2 folios

188. IOR/R/15/1/122, ff 46-47

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/122, ff 46-47
Title:
Letter from Commodore John Patterson Porter, Commander of the Indian Naval Squadron in the Persian Gulf, to Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire
Scope & Content:
John Patterson Porter forwards an extract of a letter, dated 20 November 1850, from Commander Archibald MacDonald of the HC sloop of war Clive. In the extract, MacDonald confirms that he delivered 300 dollars to the Native Agent at Muscat and made enquiries regarding the soor boat that was plunde...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Dec 1850
Extent:
2 folios

189. 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

190. IOR/R/15/1/128, ff 74-75

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/128, ff 74-75
Title:
Letter from Lieutenant William Balfour, Commanding the Honourable Company's brig Euphrates, to Commodore John Patterson Porter, Commanding Indian Naval Squadron
Scope & Content:
Balfour reports an update on events at al-Qatif harbour since his last letter (ff 72-73), noting that the Bahrain fleet departed on 2 August. Reports that he has carried out Porter's instructions (as detailed in f 69), and that the Kenn [Kish] tribes have delivered up a boat to British officers. ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Aug 1851
Extent:
2 folios