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31. IOR/R/15/1/128, ff 52v-54

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/128, ff 52v-54
Title:
Extract of a letter from Lt Chitty, Officer in temporary change of the Honourable Company's Brigantine Tigris, to Commodore John Patterson Porter, Commanding Officer of the Indian Naval Squadron, Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
Chitty reports of his meeting with Sheikh Mubarak bin Ahmad on Qais [Qeys] Island, who informs Chitty that he has taken possession of El Biddah [al Bidda], and has resettled his people there from Qeys. Mubarak claimed that the ryots [Indian peasants] of Bahrain had risen in favour of him, but tha...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Jun 1851
Extent:
2 folios

32. IOR/R/15/1/128, ff 57-59

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/128, ff 57-59
Title:
Letter no.245 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 states that he is pleased that British actions appear to have prevented Bahrain falling to the Wahhabis. He instructs Porter to not attack the Wahhabi fleet if they remain in the port at al-Qatif.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Jul 1851
Extent:
3 folios

33. IOR/R/15/1/128, f 7

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/128, f 7
Title:
Letter no.224 of 1851 from Lt-Col Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to James McAlister, Civil Surgeon, Bushire
Scope & Content:
Letter requesting that McAlister instruct the apothecary Mr Hayward to supply the assistant surgeon Mr Brown, with as many leeches as can be spared from the Residency dispensary, for use on the Company's ship Clive.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Jul 1851
Extent:

1 folio

34. IOR/R/15/1/128, f 12

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/128, f 12
Title:
Letter no.264 of 1851 from Lt-Col Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to His Excellency Lt-Col Justin Sheil, Her Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Persia
Scope & Content:
Letter reporting the appearance of cholera in Bushire, and stating that the outbreak has assumed the 'epidemic form of Asiatic cholera.' Hennell estimates that at the outbreak's peak, twenty-five people per day were dying, including members of Bushire's Armenian community.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Aug 1851
Extent:
1 folio

35. IOR/R/15/1/128, f 25

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/128, f 25
Title:
Letter no.328 of 1851 from Lt-Col Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to James Grant Lumsden, Secretary to the Government of Bombay
Scope & Content:
Covering letter sent with copies of recent correspondence between Bushire Assistant Surgeon James McAlister, Commodore John Patterson Porter of the Indian Naval Squadron, and himself, relating to McAlister's personal complaint against Porter, arising from an 'uncourteous' message received by McAl...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Oct 1851
Extent:
1 folio

36. IOR/R/15/1/128, f 38

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/128, f 38
Title:
Letter no.84 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 writes that he approves of Lt Manner's suggestion of showing the two vessels under his command at Kateef [al-Qatif] (f 37), but points out that 'amicable relations subsist' between Ameer Fysul [Amir Faisal], the Wahhabi ruler of the Nedjd [Najd] region, and the British Government, so no a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Apr 1851
Extent:
1 folio

37. IOR/R/15/1/128, f 43

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/128, f 43
Title:
Letter no.108 of 1851 from Lt-Col Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary to the Government of Bombay
Scope & Content:
Covering letter with enclosure (a report from Commodore Porter, Commanding Officer of the Indian Naval Squadron) reporting on the squadron's activities on the coast of Qatar. Hennell reports that the squadron's visit to El Adeed [al 'Udayd], and the exploration of its backwaters, had an 'excellen...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Apr 1851
Extent:
2 folios

38. IOR/R/15/1/128, f 45

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/128, f 45
Title:
Letter no.4 of 1851 from Lt James Tronson, Commanding Officer of the Honourable Company's ship Euphrates, to Commodore John Patterson Porter, Commanding Officer of the Indian Naval Squadron, Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
Tronson reports on current events on the Arabian coast of the Gulf. He states that he has visited the British Agent at Sharjah, who told him that all was presently quiet on the Arab coast, and that the sheikhs had 'made up their quarrels.'
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 May 1851
Extent:
1 folio

39. IOR/R/15/1/128, f 50

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/128, f 50
Title:
Letter no.206 of 1851 from Lt-Col Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Commodore John Patterson Porter, Commanding Officer of the Indian Naval Squadron, Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
Hennell requests Porter to arrange transport for Sheikh Abdool Azeez ['Abd al-'Aziz], a confidential envoy of Ameer Faysul [Amir Faysal], the Regent of Nedjd [Najd] from Bushire to Kateef [al-Qatif]. Hennell notes that al-Qatif is currently being blockaded by a fleet belonging to the Sheikh of Ba...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Jun 1851
Extent:
1 folio

40. IOR/R/15/1/128, f 52

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/128, f 52
Title:
Extract of a letter from Lt Chitty, Officer in temporary charge of the Honourable Company's ship Tigris, to Lt William Balfour, Commanding Officer of the Honourable Company's ship Euphrates
Scope & Content:
Intelligence report, suggesting that the Said Said [Sa'id bin Sultan Al Sa'id], Imam of Muscat, is attempting reconciliation with the sheikhs of Ras el Khyma [Ra's al-Khaymah] and Sohar [Suhur], with whom he has been on unfriendly terms in recent times.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Jun 1851
Extent:
1 folio