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911. IOR/R/15/1/160, ff 24-27

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/160, ff 24-27
Title:
Printed copy of letter no.19 of 1859 from G. F. Forbes, Superintendent of the Dharwar Cotton Gin Factory, to T. Oglivy, Collector of Dharwar
Scope & Content:
The letter is a half-yearly statement of the operations of the Dharwar Cotton Gin Factory for the period ending 30 November 1858, and includes: tables with the value of work done; a cotton planter’s report; and an account of the receipts and expenditure of the Cotton Experiments at the Dharwar C...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Feb 1859
Extent:
4 folios

912. IOR/R/15/1/126, f 47

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/126, f 47
Title:
Letter No 41 of 1851 from Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary to the Government, Secret Department, Bombay to Lieutenant Colonel Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
The letter is expressing the regret of the Bombay Government that the Resident was unsuccessful in his negotiations with Shaikh Moobaruk bin Abdulla; the negotiations concerned an allowance from the Shaikh of Bahrain.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Feb 1851
Extent:

1 folio

913. IOR/R/15/1/126, ff 16-18

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/126, ff 16-18
Title:
Letter No 53 of 1851 from Lieutenant Colonel Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, at Bushire to Lieutenant Colonel Justin Sheil, HM Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Persia, Tehran
Scope & Content:
The letter is reporting on the mode and sources of taxation for the Persian Province of Fars; it is explained that the Resident's own knowledge of the subject is limited. It provides figures for the gross amounts of revenue raised annually, and explains how the income from the province is divided...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Mar 1851
Extent:

3 folios

914. IOR/R/15/1/127 f 3

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/127 f 3
Title:
Letter from Lt-Col Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary to the Government Bombay
Scope & Content:
Hennell writes to Malet that he has requested the inspection by Commodore J P Porter of a bugla (boat) flying British colours, which has been detained by Khojah Hiskal, the native agent at Muscat. Commodore Porter's reply was included with the original letter. Hennell writes that the crew of the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Jan 1851
Extent:
1 folio

915. IOR/R/15/1/127 f 27

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/127 f 27
Title:
Letter no.263 of 1851 from Lt-Col Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Lt-Col Justin Sheil, Her Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary at the Council of Persia
Scope & Content:
Hennell states that the British Agent at Sharjah (Mullā Husayn) reports in a late communication that seventy-five slaves were landed at Mogoo on the Persian Coast, and not 60 as previously stated (f 22). Hussein also reports that a bugla [boat] belonging to a Persian subject from Lingah [Bandar-e...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Aug 1851
Extent:
1 folio

916. IOR/R/15/1/127 f 28

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/127 f 28
Title:
Letter no.272 of 1851 from Lt-Col Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Commodore J. P. Porter, Commanding Indian Naval Squadron, Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
Hennell writes in reference to Lt Leeds' letter which reports of two slaves being taken on board the Honourable Company's schooner Constance. Hennell writes that, under the maritime treaties signed with the Arab rulers, there is no authority to interfere with slaves boarding ships, and as such it...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Aug 1851
Extent:
1 folio

917. IOR/R/15/1/127 f 30

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/127 f 30
Title:
Letter no.48 of 1851 from John Taylor, Agent at Basra, to Lt-Col Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
Taylor reports that a number of boats from Soor [Sur] and Muscat, have tried to land fifty to sixty slaves in the region, first at Mohammerah [Khorramshahr], and then at a village called Perajie, for import into Ottoman territory.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Sep 1851
Extent:
1 folio

918. IOR/R/15/1/127 ff 4-5

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/127 ff 4-5
Title:
Letter no.103 of 1851 from Lt-Col Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Lt-Col Justin Sheil, Her Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary at the Council of Persia
Scope & Content:
Hennell writes of his frustrations of Persia not being a signatory to any maritime slave trade suppression treaties with Great Britain, offering his own remarks on the subject to Sheil. He states that the best option for preventing slaves reaching Persia is to cut off the supply from Zanzibar and...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Apr 1851
Extent:
2 folios

919. IOR/R/15/1/127 ff 6-15

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/127 ff 6-15
Title:
Letter no.15 of 1851 from Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary of the Government of Bombay, to Lt-Col Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
Covering letter with a number of enclosures: An extract of paragraph 2 from a despatch (f 7) from the Honourable Committee, dated 28 November 1850, which makes reference to a letter from Lord Palmerston of 27 November 1850 (f 8), relating to a conference held with the Portuguese Chargé d'Affaire...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Portuguese
Date Range:
17 Jan 1851
Extent:
10 folios

920. IOR/R/15/1/127 ff 31-32

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/127 ff 31-32
Title:
Letter no.348 of 1851 from Lt-Col Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary to the Government of Bombay
Scope & Content:
Letter enclosing the translation of a report from the British Agent at Sharjah [Mullā Husayn], to which Hennell draws Malet's attention to Hussein's recommendation of native interpreters being used on board British ships employed in the suppression of the slave trade. Hennell's letter finishes by...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Oct 1851
Extent:
2 folios