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11. IOR/R/15/1/127 ff 23-25

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IOR/R/15/1/127 ff 23-25
Title:
Letter no.231 of 1851 from Lt-Col Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary to the Government Bombay
Scope & Content:
Letter enclosing a translated communication from the British Agent at Sharjah (Mullā Husayn), reporting in detail on the slaves imported into the Arab coast of the Gulf this season. Hennell writes that the Agent has knowledge of 495 slaves being imported, but fears the number may be much more. Th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Jul 1851
Extent:
3 folios

12. IOR/R/15/1/127 ff 33-35

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IOR/R/15/1/127 ff 33-35
Title:
Letter no.402 of 1851 from Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary to the Government Bombay, to Lt-Col Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
Covering letter with two enclosures. The first enclosure (f 34) is a copy of letter no.26 of 1851 from A. Le Messurier, Advocate General at Bombay, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary to the Government of Bombay, dated 13 October 1851. It concerns British consular protection and the right of the Bri...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Nov 1851
Extent:
3 folios

13. IOR/R/15/1/127 ff 36-37

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IOR/R/15/1/127 ff 36-37
Title:
Letter no.313 of 1851 from Major Atkins Hamerton, Her Majesty's Consul and Honourable Company's Agent in the dominions of His Highness the Imam of Muscat, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary to the Government Bombay
Scope & Content:
Letter relating to Indian subjects involved in the slave trade between East Africa and Muscat. Hamerton states that the involvement of native Indians (Banians) in the slave trade will continue until deportation and strict punishments are imposed.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Aug 1851
Extent:
2 folios

14. IOR/R/15/1/127 ff 38-41

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IOR/R/15/1/127 ff 38-41
Title:
Letter no.463 of 1851 from Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary to the Government Bombay, to Lt-Col Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
Covering letter with two enclosures. The first enclosure (f 39) is an extract from a despatch from the Honourable the Secret Committee, dated 23 October 1851. The despatch relates to a convention concluded between the British Minister at Tehran (Lieutenant-Colonel Justin Sheil) and the Ameeri Niz...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Dec 1851
Extent:
4 folios

15. 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

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

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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

17. 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

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

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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

19. 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

20. 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