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241. IOR/R/15/1/121, f 216

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/121, f 216
Title:
Letter No. 446: Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary to the Government, Bombay
Scope & Content:
Samuel Hennell refers to his letter of 28 October 1850, no. 109, which enclosed a copy of his despatch, no. 382, dated 15 October 1850, which was addressed to Her Majesty's Minister at the Court of Tehran, His Excellency Lieutenant-Colonel Justin Sheil CB. Hennell forwards a transcript of Sheil's...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Dec 1850
Extent:
1 folio

242. IOR/R/15/1/121, f 223

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/121, f 223
Title:
Letter No. 479: 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:
This is a letter in response to John Patterson Porter's letter of 16 December 1850, regarding the punishment of the sirbaz [foot soldier] who assaulted Porter's servant.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Dec 1850
Extent:
1 folio

243. IOR/R/15/1/121, ff 150-151

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/121, ff 150-151
Title:
Letter No. 364: Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary to the Government, Bombay
Scope & Content:
Samuel Hennell refers to his despatch of 31 May 1850, letter no. 52, in which he enclosed a copy of his letter (no. 169, dated 26 April 1850) to Her Majesty's Minister at the Court of Persia, Lieutenant-Colonel Justin Sheil, concerning piracy committed against a Congoon [Kangān] vessel by the sub...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Sep 1850
Extent:
2 folios

244. IOR/R/15/1/121, ff 187-188

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/121, ff 187-188
Title:
Letter from Justin Sheil CB, Her Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Persia, Tehran, to Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire
Scope & Content:
Justin Sheil refers to Samuel Hennell's despatch of 3 September 1850, no. 340, in which Hennell described an interview with the Acting Governor of Bushire and a deputation of merchants, on the subject of the removal of Sheikh Nasir from the Government of that town. Sheil expresses his approval bo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Oct 1850
Extent:
2 folios

245. IOR/R/15/1/122, ff 10A-11

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/122, ff 10A-11
Title:
Letter from 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 encloses a copy of a letter (not included) from Hennell to Lieutenant James Tronson, requesting that Tronson proceed to Bassidore, via Shargah [Sharjah]. Hennell states that, owing both to the absence of his assistant, Lieutenant Arnold Burrowes Kemball, who is on duty at Bagdad, a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Jun 1850
Extent:
3 folios

246. 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

247. 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

248. 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

249. 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

250. 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