‘PLAN SHOWING SHATT EL ARAB FROM KURNA TO BASRA, AND RESPECTIVE POSITIONS APPROXIMATELY OF LYNCH DOCK AT MAGIL, THE BAGDAD RAILWAY MATERIAL DEPÔT, AND THE TOWN OF BASRA’
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Distinctive Features: Produced in Basra, Sept. 1912 and signed ‘Sd. F.E. Crow H. Ms. Consul’. Rough plan of area north of Basra with location of German Depot and British Consulate shown. In the bottom left-hand corner printed: ‘S.D.O. No. 606. Dec. 1912’.
‘COPY FROM A TRACING OF A PORTION OF THE CHART OF THE SHATT EL ARAB – MAGHIL TO BASRA, SUPPLIED BY LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER CAMPBELL OF THE R.I.M.S. “COMET”.’
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Distinctive Features: Title continues: ‘ON WHICH I HAVE MARKED THE BAGDAD RAILWAY MATERIAL DEPÔT IN RED INK’. Rough plan showing Basra and environs with the location of German Depot and Customs indicated. British Consulate’s coordinates reported. In the bottom left-hand corner printed: ‘S.D.O....
Letter (Office No 70 of 1851 and Cons No 13 of 1851) from Lieutenant Colonel Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, at Bushire to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary to the Government, Political Department, Bombay
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The letter is reporting that Shaikh Sultan ben Suggur [Sulṭān bin Saqr] has violated a promise made to the Resident indicating that he would not send troops to the aid of Lingah [Bandar-e-Lengeh]. It explains that 500 troops have been dispatched under the guise of evacuating women and children. ...
Letter No 199 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
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The letter reports that the Province of Fars is in a state of tranquillity. The exception being the area around Gowbundee where Fort Malekaya has been taken by Shaikh Yoosoof bin Moobaruk, former Chief of Nabend. It notes that a force under the command of Shaikh Abdoolla ben Khulfan – brother of...
Letter No 234 of 1851 from Lieutenant Colonel Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, at a camp near Bushire to Justin Sheil, HM Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Persia, Tehran
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The letter is reporting that the sons of the Ex Chief of Bahrain, Shaikh Abdoollah ben Ahmed [‘Abdullāh bin Aḥmad Āl Khalīfah] have left the island of Kenn with their followers to join with the Wahabee Ameer [Wahabi Amir]; their intention being to invade Bahrain. It notes that the combined flee...
Letter (Office No 255A and Cons No 15 of 1851) from Lieutenant Colonel Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, at a camp near Bushire to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary to the Government, Secret Department, Bombay
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The letter is explaining that if a peaceable arrangement can be made for the removal of the Kenn fleet from Kateef [Al-Qaṭīf], and the peace between Ameer Fysul and Shaikh Mahomed ben Khuleef established; the British squadron at Bahrain can be removed. It explains that under such circumstances, ...
Letter (Office No 430 and Cons No 90 of 1851) from Lieutenant Colonel Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, at Bushire to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary to the Government, Political Department, Bombay
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The letter is reporting that HM Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Persia has withdrawn his demand for the recall of Mirza Hassan Ally Khan, Governor of Bushire; instead he will accept monetary compensation for the loss sustained by the supercargo of an unspecified m...
Letter No 4 of 1851 from Lieutenant Charles G Constable, Commander of the HC Schooner Constance to Commodore John P Porter, Commander of the Persian Gulf Squadron, at Bushire
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The letter is reporting on the outcome of a cruise by the HC Schooner Constance made 'in quest of pirates'. It details the proceedings of the Lieutenant's investigations at Lingah [Bandar-e-Lengeh], the island of Inderabia [Hendorābī, Jazīreh-ye], and the island of Keim [Kish]. The source of th...
Letter (Office No 28 Cons No 5 of 1851) from Lieutenant Colonel Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, at Bushire to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary to the Government, Political Department, Bombay
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The letter is reporting that the Resident has dispatched the HC Schooner Constance to Inderabia [Hendorābī, Jazīreh-ye] in response to reports that two boats are engaged in pirate activity in the area. It explains that the Resident believes that the boats in question were sent by the Asseeloo , ...
Letter No 145 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
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The letter is reporting that as a result of an agreement reached between Shaikh Saeed ben Guzeeb, Chief of Lingah [Bandar-e-Lengeh], and Mirza Naeem, Commander of the Persian forces, the Joasmee [Quwāsim] allies of the former have left Lingah. Background details on how this agreement was reached...
