'Book 152 - 1846'

Content

The volume consists of correspondence sent to and from the Bushire Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. ; the principal correspondents being Major Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. at the time, and John Croft Hawkins, Commodore commanding the Squadron in the Gulf of Persia, on board the East India Company Sloop Clive . The main topic covered is piracy.

Extent and format

1 volume (52 folios, 15 items)

It is grouped into

'Letter from the Commander of the Sloop Clive , at Bushire, to Major Samuel Hennell, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf,'

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/109, ff 2-5

Letter from Justin Sheil to Major Samuel Hennell, Political Resident in Bushire

2 images

Ref: IOR/R/15/1/109, f 6

'Letter from the Assistant Resident, Arnold Burrowes Kemball, on board the Sloop Clive , Bushire Roads, to Major Samuel Hennell, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf'

26 images

Ref: IOR/R/15/1/109, ff 7-19

'Letter from John Croft Hawkins, Commodore Commanding Indian Navy Squadron in the Persian Gulf, on board the Sloop Clive , off Sharga, to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf'

6 images

Ref: IOR/R/15/1/109, ff 20-22

'Letter from John Croft Hawkins, Commodore Commanding the Indian Navy Squadron in the Persian Gulf, on board the Sloop Clive , off Bushire, to Major Samuel Hennell, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf'

4 images

Ref: IOR/R/15/1/109, ff 23-24

'Letter from John Croft Hawkins, Commodore Commanding Indian Navy Squadron in the Persian Gulf, on board the Sloop Clive , off Bushire, to Major Samuel Hennell, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf'

4 images

Ref: IOR/R/15/1/109, ff 25-26

'Letter from John Croft Hawkins, Commodore Commanding Indian Navy Squadron in the Persian Gulf, to Major Samuel Hennell, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf'

2 images

Ref: IOR/R/15/1/109, f 27

'Letter from Justin Sheil, at Tehran, to Major Samuel Hennell, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf'

4 images

Ref: IOR/R/15/1/109, ff 28-29

'Letter from John Croft Hawkins, Indian Naval Officer commanding the Squadron in the Gulf of Persia, to Major Samuel Hennell, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf'

4 images

Ref: IOR/R/15/1/109, ff 30-31

'Letter from John Croft Hawkins, Indian Naval Officer commanding the Squadron in the Gulf of Persia, on board the Sloop Clive at Bahrain, to Major Samuel Hennell, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf'

2 images

Ref: IOR/R/15/1/109, f 32

'Letter from Justin Sheil, at the Camp near Tehran, to Major Samuel Hennell, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf'

4 images

Ref: IOR/R/15/1/109, ff 33-34

'Letter from Justin Sheil, at the Camp Lavasaun, to Major Samuel Hennell, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf'

4 images

Ref: IOR/R/15/1/109, ff 35-36

'Letter from William T Salmon, Commander of the British Ship [ Forth ], at Muscat'

12 images

Ref: IOR/R/15/1/109, ff 37-42

'Letter from John Croft Hawkins, Commodore commanding the Squadron in the Gulf of Persia, on board the Sloop Clive off Asseloo, to the Resident in the Gulf of Persia'

12 images

Ref: IOR/R/15/1/109, ff 43-47

'Letter from John Croft Hawkins, Commodore commanding the Squadron in the Gulf of Persia, on board the East India Company Sloop Clive, at Bushire, to the Resident in the Gulf of Persia'

12 images

Ref: IOR/R/15/1/109, ff 48-53

Arrangement

The letters in the file are arranged in chronological order.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation is in pencil, circled, and can be found in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. The numbering commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 53. The remains of an original pagination sequence is also present in the file between ff 2-53; these numbers are written in ink.

Written in

English in Latin script

Type

Letter book

Access & Reference

Original held at

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.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/R/15/1/109

Former external reference(s)

Book 152

History of this record

Date(s)

24 Jan 1846-10 Dec 1846 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

International relationsTrade (practice)

People & organisations

Assistant Resident, BushireClive, sloop ship

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