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1051. IOR/R/15/1/140

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IOR/R/15/1/140
Title:
Vol 188 1854/55 Arabian Coast and Muscat; Accounts and General
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence to and from Arnold Burrowes Kemball, the Resident in the Persian Gulf based at Bushire. The correspondents include William Taylor Thompson (Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Persia), Meerza Hussein Ali Khan (the Governor of Bushire...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Farsi
Date Range:
5 Jan 1854-19 Dec 1854
Extent:
1 volume (235 folios)

1052. IOR/R/15/1/126, f 4

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IOR/R/15/1/126, f 4
Title:
Letter No 6A from Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, aboard the HC ship Auckland at Bassidore to Commodore John P Porter, Commander of the Indian Naval Squadron in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
The letter is reporting that the Resident has received intelligence from Lingah [Bandar-e-Lengeh] indicating that two supposed pirate boats are cruising in the neighbourhood of the island of Inderabia [Hendorābī, Jazīreh-ye]. It further instructs the Commander to send the HC Sloop Constance to in...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Jan 1851
Extent:
1 folio

1053. IOR/R/15/1/126, f 52

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IOR/R/15/1/126, f 52
Title:
Letter No 240 of 1851 from Lieutenant Colonel Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, at Bushire to Justin Sheil, HM Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Persia, Tehran
Scope & Content:
The letter is reporting that Shaikh Yoosoof ben Moorbaruk, Ex Chief of Nabend, has taken Gowbundee with the aid of Shaikh Houssein bin Jubara, Chief of Congoon. It notes they took advantage of an opportunity provided by the advance on Lar by Nasr Oollah Khan, and a force from the Shaikh of Charrr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Jul 1851
Extent:

1 folio

1054. IOR/R/15/1/126, f 55

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IOR/R/15/1/126, f 55
Title:
Letter No 274 of 1851 from Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, at a camp near Bushire to Commodore John P Porter, Commander of the Indian Naval Squadron in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
The letter conveys the Resident's agreement with the Commodore's decision to remove the squadron from Bahrain to the Persian Coast, as a result of an outbreak of cholera among the crew. It further reports that the squadron's goal has been met; it notes that Ameer Fysul has given up his hostile i...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Aug 1851
Extent:

1 folio

1055. IOR/R/15/1/126, f 56

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IOR/R/15/1/126, f 56
Title:
Letter No 298 of 1851 from Lieutenant Colonel Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, at a camp near Bushire to Lieutenant Colonel Justin Sheil, HM Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Persia, Tehran
Scope & Content:
The letter is reporting that the Resident has little news of events in Laristan [Lorestān] and Dashtistan [Dashtestan]. It notes that Aboo Talib has arrived at Lar [Lār] with forty horse, but failed to draw out Moostufa Khan Bastukee and Nasroollah Khan for a meeting. It also notes that Shaikh ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Sep 1851
Extent:

1 folio

1056. IOR/R/15/1/126, ff 41-42

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IOR/R/15/1/126, ff 41-42
Title:
Letter No 105 of 1851 from Lieutenant Colonel Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, at Bushire to Justin Sheil, HM Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Persia, Tehran
Scope & Content:
The letter is reporting that news has been received from Lars [Lār] indicating that Fort Beyda has surrendered to the Royal troops; it is noted that reports are circulating indicating that Mirza Naeem – commander of the Royal troops – bribed Moostufa Kooly Khan of Bastuk to give up the fight. It...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Apr 1851
Extent:

2 folios

1057. IOR/R/15/1/128, f 34

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IOR/R/15/1/128, f 34
Title:
Letter no.41 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's response to Porter's letter of 24 February 1851 (f 33), enclosing a letter for Sheikh Sultan ben Suggur [Sultan bin Saqr] of the Joasmee [Al Qawasim] tribe on the Trucial Coast, requesting that he provide Porter with the use of a boat and pilot for his operations on the Qatar coast. Hen...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Feb 1851
Extent:
1 folio

1058. IOR/R/15/1/134 f 21

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IOR/R/15/1/134 f 21
Title:
Letter no.346 of 1852 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Major Atkins Hamerton, Her Majesty's Consul and Agent in the dominions of His Highness the Imam of Muscat
Scope & Content:
The letter is a report of news sent by the British agent at Sharjah, Hajee Jacoob, who has discovered a quantity of indigo, presumed plundered from the wrecked British merchant ship Centaur. Kemball writes that, as the packet is closing, he encloses Jacoob's original letter in Arabic, instead of ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Oct 1852
Extent:
1 folio

1059. IOR/R/15/1/138, f 414

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IOR/R/15/1/138, f 414
Title:
Letter no.274 of 1854 from Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary of the Government, Bombay, to Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
The letter is an acknowledgement of Kemball's previous letter (folios 394-95), relating to the importation of seven slaves into a port near Bushire. Malet writes that, unless the men implicated in the importation are British subjects, they are not liable to British laws. Given that they appear to...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Persian
Date Range:
18 Jan 1854
Extent:
1 folio

1060. IOR/R/15/1/149, f 29

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/149, f 29
Title:
Letter no.445 of 1855 from Commander Felix Jones, Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay
Scope & Content:
The letter relates to the gift of a gold watch and diamond ring to Meerza Mahmood Khan, the Persian Slave Trade Commissioner, in appreciation of his good work. Appended to Jones’s letter is the translation of a letter from Khan to Jones, dated 14 December 1855, which is an expression of thanks f...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Dec 1855
Extent:
1 folio