Letter No. 462 of 1850 from Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to His Excellency Lieutenant-Colonel Justin Sheil, Her Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Persia
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The letter is a report stating that Mirza Bakir, a Tufungdar (representative) of Feerooz Mirza (Firouz Mirza Nosrat ed-Dowleh) Governor of Fars, arrived in Bushire, acting in the capacity of a Mohussil for the implementation of more stringent measures in the suppression of the slave trade. Samue...
Letter No. 60 of 1850 from Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary to the Government Bombay, to Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf
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The letter relates to the suppression of the slave trade in the Persian Gulf. The letter is a covering letter sent with an enclosed letter, itself with another letter as an enclosure. The enclosed letter (ff 10-11) is from A. Galloway and John Shepherd, East India House, London, to the Governmen...
Letter No. 179 of 1850 from Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary to the Government Bombay
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The letter is a report of a slave trading incident on the Muscat coast. The letter encloses translated extracts from a report received by the Government Agent at Muscat, Khojeh Hiskael [Khojah Hiskal], describing the detention of a bugla [buggalow] from Bahrain, under British colours at Muscat, ...
Letter No. 245 of 1850 from Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary to the Government Bombay
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The letter relates to the slave trade on the Arab coast of the Persian Gulf, and contains a translated copy of a letter received from the Native Agent at Sharjah, Moollah Houssein [Mullā Husayn], dated 29 May 1850, reporting a marked increase in the slave trade to the Persian Gulf from Zanzibar ...
Letter No. 306: A Malcolm to Samuel Hennell, British Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire
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In this letter Mr Malcolm, a British merchant in Bushire, refers to a notification from Prince Feroze Mirza [Firouz Mirza], Governor of Shiraz, that he intends to take Bushire by assault and is allowing all those under British protection fifteen days to leave Bushire. Malcolm expresses his concer...
Letter no.1729 of 1853 from Henry Edward Goldsmid, Secretary to the Government, Bombay
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The letter is a note that states that 'a copy of the above' (letter no.1728, folio 85) should be sent to Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf
Letter no. 1941 of 1860 from Henry Lacon Anderson Esq., Acting Chief Secretary to Government, Bombay, to Captain James Felix Jones, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf
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This letter relates to a fine exacted from the Sheikh of Boka [Barka’, Oman] and approves of the Resident's proceedings. It also comments on the length of the Resident's dispatches.
Letter No. 1 of 1860 from Lieutenant R. W. [name unreadable], Commanding H. M. Schooner [name unreadable] to Commander William Balfour, Senior Naval Officer Commanding Persian Gulf Squadron
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This letter concerns the capture of two bagaras [vessels], and the attempted escape of a batil [vessel] found to belong to Mahomed bin Said and lately used to convey troops against Bahrein [Bahrain].
Sketch plan of the proposed site for a consulate at Ahwaz
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Distinctive Features: Hand drawn sketch plan showing land near the Kārun River at Ahwaz with proposed site for the consulate indicated by blue pecked line. Properties outlined in colour and labelled for reference with dimensions inserted in pencil. Signed at the bottom left-hand corner.
‘PLAN of BASSADORE ROADS by H.H. Hewett Midshipman most respectfully dedicated to Commodore J. Pepper, Indian Navy, 1836’
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Imprint: Reduced and lithographed in the Chief Engineer’s Office by Kumbroodeen E. & F.D. Jesus, Bombay 3d Oct.r 1855. Distinctive Features: Plan originally produced to accompany a report on Bassadore prepared by Captain Thomas Remon, Bombay Engineers. Depth shown by soundings in fatho...
