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91. IOR/R/15/1/121, ff 214-215

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IOR/R/15/1/121, ff 214-215
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:
Justin Sheil refers both to Samuel Hennell's despatch of 21 April 1850, no. 159, which concerned an act of piracy committed by the Chief of Nabend, and Sheil's reply to that letter, dated 11 June 1850, which advised Hennell to consider the permission formerly given by the Governor of Fars [Firou...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Nov 1850
Extent:
2 folios

92. IOR/R/15/1/121, ff 220-221

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/121, ff 220-221
Title:
Letter No. 451: 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 acknowledges the receipt of Justin Sheil's despatch of 14 November 1850, in which Sheil referred to an act of piracy committed on a Congoon [Kangān] boat by the people of the Chief of Nabend, and asked Hennell what steps he had taken regarding this matter. Hennell states that as he...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Dec 1850
Extent:
2 folios

93. IOR/R/15/1/160, ff 8-9

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IOR/R/15/1/160, ff 8-9
Title:
Public Works Memorandum, no.1235 of 1859, to the Resident in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
The memorandum relates to maintenance arrangements for the Residency buildings in Bushire. The memorandum is a submission for sanction of a statement of the estimated costs for the three-yearly repairs to the Residency buildings. The statement of estimated costs (folio 9) is an identical copy of...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 May 1859
Extent:
2 folios

94. IOR/R/15/1/175, f 5

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IOR/R/15/1/175, f 5
Title:
Translation of a letter from Hajee Yacoob, British Agent at Sharga [Sharjah], to Capt. James Felix Jones, Political Resident Bushire
Scope & Content:
This letter describes an agreement between a native of Shaam and Sheikh [Shaikh] Suleyman bin Mahik, The Bokha [Barkā’, Oman] Chief, the native's subsequent theft of a vessel, and the resultant actions of the Agent.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Dec 1859
Extent:
1 folio

95. IOR/R/15/1/175, f 10

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/175, f 10
Title:
Letter from Commander William Balfour, Persian Gulf Squadron, to Captain James Felix Jones, HM Political Resident, Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
This letter discusses payments by the petty Chief of Bokha [Barka’, Oman] on account of maritime offences, and a payment from Sheikh of Hemreeah [Hamriyah].
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Feb 1860
Extent:
1 folio

96. IOR/R/15/1/175, ff 21-22

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IOR/R/15/1/175, ff 21-22
Title:
Letter from Captain James Felix Jones, I. N., Political Resident, Persian Gulf, Bushire, to Hajee Jassem, British Agent at Bahrein [Bahrain]
Scope & Content:
This letter regards the people lately associated with the Chief of Demam [Ad-Dammān], and their attempts to leave dangerous localities and make peaceable settlement under the Sheikh [Shaikh] of Bahrein [Bahrain].
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Dec 1829
Extent:
2 folios

97. IOR/R/15/1/175, ff 25-28

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IOR/R/15/1/175, ff 25-28
Title:
Letter from Commander William Balfour, Senior Naval Officer Commanding Persian Gulf Squadron to Captain James Felix Jones, I. N., Political Resident, Persian Gulf, Bushire
Scope & Content:
This letter describes Balfour's approach and anchorage in a harbour at night, and a conversation with Sheikh [Shaikh] Alli (the brother of Mahomed bin Kaleefar) regarding the matter of a vessel belonging to a native of Sahsah coerced to enter the port and sell her cargo of grain. The conversation...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Jan 1860
Extent:
4 folios

98. IOR/R/15/1/119, f 9

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/119, f 9
Title:
Letter no.138 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 conveys the details of a report received from the Native Agent at Muscat [Khojah Hiskal], concerning the seizure of Syed Humood ben Azan [Said Hamood bin Azan] of Sohar [Suhar] by the Sultan of Muscat Syed Soweynee [Thuwaini bin Said]. Thuwaini bin Said is reported to have demanded the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Apr 1850
Extent:
1 folio

99. IOR/R/15/1/119, ff 7-8

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/119, ff 7-8
Title:
Letter no.136 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 from Hennell forwards to Malet a translation of a letter sent by Khojah Hiskal, the Native Agent at Muscat, dated 25 February 1850, which reports on the murder of Sheikh Syf ben Humood [Saif bin Hamood] of Sohar [Suhar] by his slave servant, at the instigation of Saif's father Syed Hum...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Apr 1850
Extent:
2 folios

100. IOR/R/15/1/119, ff 16-20

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/119, ff 16-20
Title:
Letter no.223B 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 is a covering letter for two enclosures, the first of which is a translated copy of a letter received by Hennell from the Sultan of Muscat Syed Toweynee [Thuwaini bin Said], dated 14 April 1850, the second from Syed Ges ben Azan, Governor of Sohar [Suhar], dated 9 May 1850. Both enclos...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Jun 1850
Extent:
5 folios