Letter no.45 of 1852 from Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Colonel John Taylor, Acting British Agent at Bussorah [Basra]
IOR/R/15/1/134 f 6
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The record is made up of 1 folio. It was created in 6 Feb 1852. 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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The letter reports that a boat from Hindoostan [Hindustan] carrying seventy slaves has arrived at Mohumrah (Khorramshahr). Hennell states that Shaikh Jabir of Bushire) did not allow the slaves to be landed, suggesting that the report is probably an invention of the Shaikh, as a cover for slaves being landed under the Persian flag. Hennell requests that Taylor make enquiries into the validity of these claims.
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- 6 Feb 1852 (CE, Gregorian)
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Letter no.45 of 1852 from Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Colonel John Taylor, Acting British Agent at Bussorah [Basra], British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/134 f 6, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023673703.0x000020> [accessed 24 April 2024]
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- Letter no.45 of 1852 from Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Colonel John Taylor, Acting British Agent at Bussorah [Basra]
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- 6r:6v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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