‘Book 158 1847-8’ Vol 158 Letters inward

IOR/R/15/1/114

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The record is made up of 1 file (51 folios). It was created in 27 Dec 1847-18 Dec 1848. It was written in English and Persian. 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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The file contains letters received by Major Samuel Hennell, British Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , Bushire.

The majority of letters are naval patrol reports submitted to the Resident by the following British officers in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Squadron of the Indian Navy: Captain William Lowe, Commodore Thomas Grere Carless and Lieutenant Alan Hyde Gardner, all reporting from the Honourable Company (HC) sloop of war Elphinstone and Commodore John Croft Hawkins, reporting from the HC sloop of war Clive . There is also a naval patrol report made by Lieutenant James Rennie, commanding the HC schooner Constance , to Commodore Thomas Grere Carless, commanding the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Squadron.

The naval patrol reports describe the state of relations between the Arab Chiefs of the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. Sheikhdoms and any violations of the Maritime Truce, based on observation, enquiry, meetings and other communications while on patrol along the Arabian and Persian coasts of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .

The file also contains letters received from Lieutenant Colonel Francis Farrant, British Chargé d’Affaires at the Court of the Shah of Persia, Tehran regarding Persian affairs. This correspondence includes Persian transcripts of two firmans (royal decrees) issued by the Shah of Persia to the Governors of Fars and Persian Arabia respectively, prohibiting any future importation by sea of African slaves into Persia.

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1 file (51 folios)
Arrangement

The letters are arranged more or less chronologically. Most letters are either followed by copies or extracts from earlier letters that were enclosed with them.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the contents are numbered 2 to 51, from the front to the back of the file. The numbering is written in pencil on the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. , in the top right corner and encircled. The front cover of the file is numbered 1. The inside of the back cover is numbered 52. This is the main numbering system and should be used for referencing this file.

As a result of earlier, mainly foliation sequences, the contents are also numbered in the range 2 to 346, with many gaps, from the front to the back of the file. The numbering is written in ink, usually on the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. only, in the top right corner.

Condition: imperfections in the margins and along the outer edges of many folios have caused a slight loss of the text of some documents.

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English and Persian in Latin and Arabic script
Type
Letter book

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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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IOR/R/15/1/114
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Volume 158

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27 Dec 1847-18 Dec 1848 (CE, Gregorian)

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