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231. 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

232. 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

233. 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

234. 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

235. IOR/R/15/1/123, ff 31-33

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/123, ff 31-33
Title:
Letter No. 2450 of 1850 from Henry Goldsmid, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
The letter concerns slave trade treaties in the Persian Gulf region. The letter encloses an extract taken from a letter from the East India Company Agent at Muscat, dated 4 May 1849, and two extracts from a despatch from the Honorable Court of Directors of the East India Company, dated 27 March ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 May 1850
Extent:
3 folios

236. IOR/R/15/1/123, ff 34-35

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/123, ff 34-35
Title:
Letter No. 196 of 1850 from Henry Goldsmid, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
The letter concerns slave trade treaties in the Persian Gulf. The letter is a covering letter with an enclosure: letter no. 164 of 1850 from Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary to the Government Bombay, to Captain Stephen Lushington, Commodore and Commander in Chief of the Indian Navy, dated 6 August ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Oct 1850
Extent:
2 folios

237. IOR/R/15/1/124, f 9

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/124, f 9
Title:
Letter No. 301: Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire, to the Ecclesiastical Registrar, Bombay
Scope & Content:
In this letter Samuel Hennell states that he encloses the certificate of a marriage (not included), performed by himself on 15 April 1850, between James Charles Edwards and Mary Essai.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[8] Aug 1850
Extent:
1 folio

238. IOR/R/15/1/127 f 16

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/127 f 16
Title:
Extract from a letter from the Honourable the Secret Committee
Scope & Content:
The extract refers to a letter from Lord Palmerston (f 17) on the subject of the slave trade carried on from the African dominions of the Sultan of Muscat (Zanzibar).
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Oct 1850
Extent:
1 folio

239. IOR/R/15/1/131, f 5

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/131, f 5
Title:
Letter No. 5: Lieutenant George William Leeds, Commander of the Honourable Company's Schooner Constance, to Commodore John Patterson Porter, Commander of the Persian Gulf Squadron
Scope & Content:
In this letter, which is a true copy signed by Commodore John Patterson Porter, Lieutenant George William Leeds relays intelligence received from the Agent at Sharja [Sharjah], Hadji Yacoob, which concerns recent actions carried out by some of the Arab chiefs. Many of the important details in thi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Mar 1852
Extent:
1 folio

240. IOR/R/15/1/131, ff 16-19

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/131, ff 16-19
Title:
Letter No. 301: Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire, to Commodore George Robinson, Commander of the Indian Naval Squadron in the Persian Gulf, Bushire
Scope & Content:
This letter concerns a deposition made by a native of Bushire named Ghooloom Ali (also written as Ghooloom Ally), who was until recently in the service of Lieutenant James Longden Stevens. Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire, states that the man was severely bas...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Sep 1852
Extent:
4 folios