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Letter from Justin Sheil, HM Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Persia, at Tehran to Lieutenant Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf [‎1av] (2/4)

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Letter from Justin Sheil, HM Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Persia, at Tehran to Lieutenant Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/132, ff 1A-2

The record is made up of 2 folios. It was created in 27 Dec 1851. 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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Content: The letter is informing the Resident that the Persian Government has appointed Mirza Mahmood Khan — son-in-law of the Minister of Foreign Affairs — to oversee the detention of Persian slaving vessels from a British cruizer; the British have been authorised to detain Persian ships suspected of carrying slaves, and to remove any slaves found aboard. It cautions that he should at no point be allowed to believe that he is equal in status to the commander of the vessel, and outlines the extent to which he is able to punish caught slave traders.
Extent and format: 2 folios
Written in: English in Latin script

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Letter from Justin Sheil, HM Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Persia, at Tehran to Lieutenant Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf [‎1av] (2/4), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/132, ff 1A-2, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023514232.0x000005> [accessed 20 April 2024]

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Reference: IOR/R/15/1/132, ff 1A-2
Title: Letter from Justin Sheil, HM Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Persia, at Tehran to Lieutenant Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf
Pages: 1ar:1av, 2r:2v
Author: East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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Letter from Justin Sheil, HM Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Persia, at Tehran to Lieutenant Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf [‎1av] (2/4)

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