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741. IOR/R/15/1/128, f 83

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/128, f 83
Title:
Letter no.438 of 1851 from Lt-Col Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Commodore John Patterson Porter, Commanding Indian Naval Squadron, Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
Hennell requests that Porter despatch one of his vessels to Bahrain, in order to recover the 900 crowns from the Bahrain chief, which he promised to pay on behalf of the chiefs of the Guttur [Qatar] coast (f 37).
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Dec 1851
Extent:
1 folio

742. IOR/R/15/1/128, ff 17-18

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/128, ff 17-18
Title:
Letter no.308 of 1851 from Lt-Col Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Commodore John Patterson Porter, Indian Naval Squadron, Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
Hennell writes to Porter, informing him of the Bushire Assistant Surgeon James McAlister's grievances again him (f 15). Hennell quotes McAlister at length. The circumstances of the grievances relate to the drunken conduct at the Residency of one of Porter's men, and McAlister's request to Porter ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Sep 1851
Extent:
2 folios

743. IOR/R/15/1/128, ff 26-27

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/128, ff 26-27
Title:
Primary audit on the return of coal recovered and expended on board the steam frigate Auckland between 8 July 1850 and 21 May 1851, with the explanation of the Officer commanding the Auckland annexed, with reference to his return of coal at Muscat from 1 September to 31 December 1851
Scope & Content:
Audit of coal, drawn up in response to a discrepancy of 10 tonnes being noted, where 80 tonnes of coal were loaded from the depot at Muscat, but only 70 tonnes brought to account on the Auckland's arrival in Bushire. The Commanding Officer of the Auckland states that the discrepancy can be accoun...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
? 1851
Extent:

2 folios

744. IOR/R/15/1/128, ff 28-29

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/128, ff 28-29
Title:
Letter no.5746 of 1851 from Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to Lt-Col Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
A circular memo with instructions on how best to protect paper records from damage by insects. Malet states that boxes should be sponged with a strong solution of copper sulphate in water, and that they should be lined with common brown paper saturated in the same solution.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Dec 1851
Extent:
2 folios

745. IOR/R/15/1/128, ff 35-36

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/128, ff 35-36
Title:
Letter no.1 of 1851 from Lt James Tronson, Honourable Company's brig Euphrates, to Commodore J. P. Porter, Commanding Indian Naval Squadron, Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
Tronson reports of his arrival at the island of Inderabia [Jazīreh-ye Hendorābī] and his meeting with Sheikh Abdool Ruzzack ['Abd al-Razzāq], to which he gave two letters from the Resident (see f 33 for one of the two letters). He also describes a shipwrecked bugla [boat] on the island. Tronson w...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Mar 1851
Extent:
2 folios

746. IOR/R/15/1/129, f 19

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/129, f 19
Title:
Letter (No. 362 Cons No. 74 of 1852) from Captain Arthur Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, at Bushire to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary to the Government, Political Department, Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter is informing the Bombay Government that Lieutenant Herbert Frederick Disbrowe arrived at Bushire on 18 October 1852 aboard the steam frigate Queen, and has taken up his appointment as Assistant Resident in the Persian Gulf.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Oct 1852
Extent:

1 folio

747. IOR/R/15/1/130, f 154

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/130, f 154
Title:
Letter no.5760 of 1852 from Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary to the Government Bombay, to Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
Malet writes to ask Kemball to call upon Sheikh Sultan ben Suggar [Sultan bin Saqr], to enquire how he has disposed of the 500 crowns already received for indemnity payments, and to whom the remaining one hundred crowns should be paid out to.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Nov 1852
Extent:
1 folio

748. IOR/R/15/1/130, f 162-66

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/130, f 162-66
Title:
Letter no.331 of 1852 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary to the Government Bombay
Scope & Content:
Letter enclosing a copy of a letter with its enclosures sent to Lieutenant Tronson of the Company Brigantine Tigris, relating to acts of aggression between pearling vessels owned by the Sheikhs of Dubai and Aboothabee [Abu Dhabi]. Kemball writes that, with the Government's permission, he will wa...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Oct 1852
Extent:
5 folios

749. IOR/R/15/1/130, f 226

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/130, f 226
Title:
Letter no.39 of 1852 from Lt-Col Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary of the Government Bombay
Scope & Content:
Hennell draws Malet's attention to the fact that the slave trade suppression treaty, entered into by the British Government and the late Sheikh Syf ben Humood of Sohar [Suhar] in 1849, is not included in the British Parliament's Slave Trade Act of that year.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Feb 1852
Extent:
1 folio

750. IOR/R/15/1/130, f 280

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/130, f 280
Title:
Letter no.3964 of 1852, from Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary of the Government Bombay, to Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
In response to Kemball's earlier letter (f 279), Malet confirms the arrival of the two female slaves at Bombay upon the steam frigate Queen. Malet also writes that Kemball's bill of expenses has been passed to the civil auditor.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Sep 1852
Extent:
1 folio