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111. IOR/R/15/1/121, ff 152-156

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IOR/R/15/1/121, ff 152-156
Title:
Letter from His Excellency Lieutenant-Colonel Justin Sheil CB, Her Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Persia, Camp Near Tehran, to Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire
Scope & Content:
Justin Sheil refers to Samuel Hennell's despatch of 14 August 1850, which included a letter from Hajee Mahomed Jaffer and an istishad nameh, regarding the Agent at Shiraz [Mirza Mahmood]. Sheil argues that the istishad nameh is valueless and that Hajee Mahomed Jaffer's letter is far from conclusi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Persian
Date Range:
9 Sep 1850
Extent:
5 folios

112. IOR/R/15/1/121, ff 158-161

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IOR/R/15/1/121, ff 158-161
Title:
Letter No. 381: Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire, to His Excellency Lieutenant-Colonel Justin Sheil CB, Her Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Persia, Tehran
Scope & Content:
This letter concerns the origins of a gold watch, which was recently sold by the Agent at Shiraz, Mirza Mahmood. The letter includes the following enclosures: Translation of a letter, dated, 17 September 1850, from Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Mirza Mahmood, in which Hennell...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Oct 1850
Extent:
4 folios

113. IOR/R/15/1/121, ff 181-186

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IOR/R/15/1/121, ff 181-186
Title:
Letter from His Excellency Lieutenant-Colonel 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:
This letter concerns the fate of the late Mr Tasker's watch. Justin Sheil informs Samuel Hennell that he wrote to Hajee Mahomed Jaffer, requesting an explanation of the circumstances by which he came to possess Mr Tasker's watch. Sheil states that Hajee Mahomed Jaffer's reply is neither an admis...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Persian
Date Range:
8 Oct 1850
Extent:
6 folios

114. IOR/R/15/1/121, ff 198-199

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IOR/R/15/1/121, ff 198-199
Title:
Letter No. 428: Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire, to His Excellency Lieutenant-Colonel Justin Sheil CB, Her Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Persia, Tehran
Scope & Content:
This letter is a response to Justin Sheil's letter of 15 October 1850 (see ff.191-192v), which concerned the ostensible reason for Sheik Nasir's dimissal from his position as Governor of Bushire. Samuel Hennell informs Sheil that the very large deficiency in the annual revenue payable by the Gov...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Nov 1850
Extent:
2 folios

115. IOR/R/15/1/121, ff 205-206

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IOR/R/15/1/121, ff 205-206
Title:
Letter No. 440: Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire, to His Excellency Lieutenant-Colonel Justin Sheil CB, Her Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Persia, Tehran
Scope & Content:
Samuel Hennell states that on the morning of 22 November 1850, Sheik Houssein embarked on board his bugla [buggalow], which is now lying at anchor in the inner roads. Hennell reports that at about noon, on the same day, a detachment of 200 sirbaz [foot soldiers], under the command of Jaffer Kooly...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Nov 1850
Extent:
2 folios

116. IOR/R/15/1/134 f 8A

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IOR/R/15/1/134 f 8A
Title:
Note no.15 from the British Agent at Bussorah (Basra)
Scope & Content:
Note briefly stating that disturbances between the Montefik Arabs and the Turkish Government are occurring on the Euphrates river, and that there are numerous 'plundering canoes' on the river, 'under the control of the unruly hordes'. Merchants and others navigating the river are unaware of the c...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Mar 1852
Extent:
1 folio

117. IOR/R/15/1/137, f 40

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IOR/R/15/1/137, f 40
Title:
Circular no.4265 of 1854 from the Chief Secretary
Scope & Content:
The circular is a request that the Political Resident, when writing letters on foolscap paper, write thirty lines per side, with an average of seven words per line.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Oct 1853
Extent:
1 folio

118. IOR/R/15/1/137, ff 21-22

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IOR/R/15/1/137, ff 21-22
Title:
Docket enclosing paragraph 2 of Resolution no.562 passed by Government
Scope & Content:
The docket and its enclosure relate to the opium trade in the Persian Gulf. The enclosure, an extract of paragraph 2 of Resolution no.562, dated 29 January 1853, notes that opium is grown in the northern parts of Asia Minor and Persia, and shipped at Constantinople [Istanbul] in the vessels of th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Aug 1853
Extent:
2 folios

119. IOR/R/15/1/144, ff 10-11

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IOR/R/15/1/144, ff 10-11
Title:
Letter from L Darling, to Her British Majesty's Consul at Bushire
Scope & Content:
In this letter, L Darling writes to the British Consul at Bushire to obtain commercial information regarding the market of Bushire in relation to imports and exports. Darling’s questions cover the following subjects: duties levied upon imports; the articles that are usually imported and exported;...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Feb 1854
Extent:
2 folios

120. IOR/R/15/1/175, f 6

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IOR/R/15/1/175, f 6
Title:
Translation of a letter from Hajee Yacoob, British Agent at Shargah [Sharjah], to Capt. James Felix Jones, Political Resident, Bushire
Scope & Content:
This letter describes the Agent's demand and attempts to exact a sum of money from Sheikh [Shaikh] Abdool Rahma bin Syf, Himreeah [Hamriyah] Chief, for a piratical act.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Dec 1859
Extent:
1 folio