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31. IOR/R/15/1/121, ff 50-51

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IOR/R/15/1/121, ff 50-51
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 to Samuel Hennell's letter of 6 February 1850, no. 57, which concerned the Dashtee vessel that carried slaves to Bushire. Sheil writes that Hennell's suggestion to Bahram Meerza to despatch a mohussil to Hajee Khan of Dashtee is the best course of action. Sheil states that he ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Mar 1850
Extent:
2 folios

32. IOR/R/15/1/121, ff 56-57

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IOR/R/15/1/121, ff 56-57
Title:
Letter No. 142: 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 encloses a translation of a letter, dated March 1850, addressed to Hennell from Bahram Meerza, Prince Governor of Fars. The letter is concerned with acquiring the remaining amount owed to Hajee Yacoob, a dependent of the British Government, who lost the contents of his vessel to pi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Apr 1850
Extent:
2 folios

33. IOR/R/15/1/121, ff 58-61

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IOR/R/15/1/121, ff 58-61
Title:
Letter No. 143: 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 since his last dispatch, letter no. 90, dated 14 March 1850, several places north of Bushire, which were occupied by Bakir Khan's people, were taken by the combined forces of Mahomed Kurreem Khan and Sheik Nasir. Hennell reports that these forces then marched upon Chako...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Apr 1850
Extent:
4 folios

34. IOR/R/15/1/121, ff 63-64

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IOR/R/15/1/121, ff 63-64
Title:
Letter No. 169: 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 a vessel belonging to Sheik Houssein, Chief of Congoon [Kangān], which was recently seized and plundered by a number of boats belonging to Sheik Yoosoof ben Moobaruck ben Ally of Nabend. Samuel Hennell states that Sheik Houssein has asked Hennell either to respond to the act ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Apr 1850
Extent:
2 folios

35. IOR/R/15/1/121, ff 65-67

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IOR/R/15/1/121, ff 65-67
Title:
Letter No. 191: 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 encloses a translated substance of a report from the Agent at Shiraz, Mirza Mahmood, regarding affairs in the province of Fars between 18 March and 26 April 1850. Hennell also provides details of Bakir Khan's failed attempts to make peace with Sheik Nasir, through the mediation of ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 May 1850
Extent:
3 folios

36. IOR/R/15/1/121, ff 68-72

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IOR/R/15/1/121, ff 68-72
Title:
Letter No. 192: 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 refers to his earlier letter to Justin Sheil, no. 139, dated 9 April 1850, which concerned complaints from Shiraz against the British Agent of that city, Mirza Mahmood. The complaints originated from letters addressed to Sheil, which were purportedly written by Mirza Mahomed Houss...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 May 1850
Extent:
5 folios

37. IOR/R/15/1/121, ff 76-78

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IOR/R/15/1/121, ff 76-78
Title:
Letter No. 224: 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 recent events in and around Bushire. Samuel Hennell states that the Durya Beggee still persists in rejecting overtures for a reconciliation with Bakir Khan of Tungistoon [Tangestān]. Hennell reports that around the end of May, a number of men broke into the home of the Govern...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Jun 1850
Extent:
3 folios

38. IOR/R/15/1/121, ff 86-87

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IOR/R/15/1/121, ff 86-87
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 to Samuel Hennell's despatch (no. 169) of 26 April 1850, which concerned a recent act of piracy, committed by the Chief of Nabend. Sheil opines that it would not be at all advisable to allow the maratime [maritime] chiefs to suppose that they could redress their grievances by ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Jun 1850
Extent:
2 folios

39. IOR/R/15/1/121, ff 96-106

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IOR/R/15/1/121, ff 96-106
Title:
Letter No. 274: 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 informs Justin Sheil that Sheik Nasir, Governor of Bushire, left for Shiraz on 12 July 1850. Hennell reports that the Sheik has apparently collected 6,000 tomans in goods and coin [sic], although this sum is still far short of the arrears of revenue due from this quarter. The lett...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Jul 1850
Extent:
11 folios

40. IOR/R/15/1/121, ff 112-114

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IOR/R/15/1/121, ff 112-114
Title:
Letter No. 317: 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 informs Justin Sheil that the Agent at Shiraz, Mirza Mahmood, has responded to Hennell's communication, which informed the Agent that Sheil did not consider his explanation regarding the late Mr Tasker's watch to be satisfactory. Hennell encloses the following two documents, which...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Aug 1850
Extent:
3 folios