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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 [53r] (3/4)
The record is made up of 2 folios. It was created in 15 Mar 1850. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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Justin Sheil transmits two complaints (not included) that have reached him from Sheeraz [Shiraz], regarding the Agent at that city, Meerza Mahmood. Sheil asks Samuel Hennell to establish the truth or falsehood of these claims. Sheil also encloses a letter (not included) which is apparently addressed by the Agent to the Persian Prime Minister [ Mīrzā A title of honour originally applied to princes, later to military leaders, and later still to secretaries, chieftains, and other ‘gentlemen’. Taqī Khān, known as Amir Kabir], although Sheil suspects that it is a forgery. Sheil concludes by requesting that Hennell fine the Agent twelve tomans 10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value. for his disobedience and disrespect in response to an order given by Sheil.
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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 [53r] (3/4), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/121, ff 52-53, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023513886.0x00006c> [accessed 4 May 2024]
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- 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
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