Letter no.211 of 1851 from Lt-Col Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary to the Government of Bombay
IOR/R/15/1/127 f 21
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The record is made up of 1 folio. It was created in 28 Jun 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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Covering letter, enclosing a copy of correspondence (not included in the file) from Commodore J. P. Porter, Commanding Indian Naval Squadron, itself enclosing an extract from a letter written by the Officer Commanding the Honourable Company schooner Constance , reporting the return to the Batinah Coast of Arab vessels to and from Zanzibar. Hennell notes that the existing maritime treaties between the Arab coast rulers and the British Government do not cover slaves being landed and sold in the Arab territories, and that the profits that can be made by Arab slave traders outweigh the risks they take of British capture.
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Letter no.211 of 1851 from Lt-Col Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary to the Government of Bombay, British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/127 f 21, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023517346.0x000008> [accessed 25 April 2024]
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- Letter no.211 of 1851 from Lt-Col Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary to the Government of Bombay
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- 21r:21v
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