Letter No. 352: 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
IOR/R/15/1/121, ff 140-145
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The record is made up of 6 folios. It was created in 16 Sep 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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Samuell Hennell reports that he has recently received rukums from the Prince Governor A Prince of the Royal line who also acted as Governor of a large Iranian province during the Qājār period (1794-1925). of Fars announcing that Mirza Hassan Ally Khan, son of Hajee Kuwam, has been appointed Governor of Bushire, in place of Sheik Nasir. Hennell states that Mirza Joonee, Sheik Nasir's confidential secretary, has arrived in Bushire, accompanied by Mahomed Cazim Sooltan, for the purpose of disposing of the vessels belonging to Sheik Nasir, so that the former Governor can pay up the balance of 5,000 tomans 10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value. that is demanded from him. The letter includes the following enclosures:
- Translated substance of a report (not dated) from the Agent at Shiraz, covering events from 23 July to 8 August 1850;
- Translated substance of a monthly report (not dated) from the Agent at Shiraz, covering events from 10 to 27 August 1850.
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Letter No. 352: 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, British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/121, ff 140-145, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100024051546.0x00003c> [accessed 4 May 2024]
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- IOR/R/15/1/121, ff 140-145
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- Letter No. 352: 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
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- 140r:145v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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