Letter no.192 of 1851, from Lt-Col Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to His Excellency Lt-Col Justin Sheil, Her Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Persia
IOR/R/15/1/128, ff 5-6
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The record is made up of 2 folios. It was created in 10 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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Letter including a completed form detailing British subjects present in Fars on 31 March 1851. Hennell notes that on this form (as opposed to previous returns) he has noted only British subjects of European (and not Asiatic) origin. Hennell also writes that he encloses a return from Commodore Porter of the Indian Naval Squadron, listing British subjects serving in the squadron in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. . The letter includes a table listing British subjects in the Province of Fars on 31 March 1851 (folio 6).
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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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Letter no.192 of 1851, from Lt-Col Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to His Excellency Lt-Col Justin Sheil, Her Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Persia, British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/128, ff 5-6, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023673698.0x00002b> [accessed 10 May 2024]
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- IOR/R/15/1/128, ff 5-6
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- Letter no.192 of 1851, from Lt-Col Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to His Excellency Lt-Col Justin Sheil, Her Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Persia
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- 5r:6v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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