Letter no.231 of 1851 from Lt-Col Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary to the Government Bombay

IOR/R/15/1/127 ff 23-25

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The record is made up of 3 folios. It was created in 11 Jul 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: Letter enclosing a translated communication from the British Agent at Sharjah (Mullā Husayn), reporting in detail on the slaves imported into the Arab coast of the Gulf this season. Hennell writes that the Agent has knowledge of 495 slaves being imported, but fears the number may be much more. The enclosure contains detailed information of individual slave traders, their boats, the number of slaves transported, and where they were landed.
Extent and format: 3 folios
It is part of: '1851/52 Residency in the Persian Gulf English Correspondence No.7 Slave Trade'
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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/127
Written in: English in Latin script
Type: Letter

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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/15/1/127 ff 23-25
Date(s): 11 Jul 1851 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects: Slavery
Places: Būshehr
People & organisations: Persian Gulf Political ResidencyConstance, schoonerGovernment of Bombay, Chief SecretaryHM Ambassador to IranJames OrtonFrancis WardenHugh Weightman

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Reference: IOR/R/15/1/127 ff 23-25
Title: Letter no.231 of 1851 from Lt-Col Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary to the Government Bombay
Pages: 23r:25v
Author: East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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