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Letter no.216 of 1856 from Commander Felix Jones, Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay [22v] (6/6)
The record is made up of 3 folios. It was created in 7 Jul 1856. 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 and its enclosures relate to the shipwreck of a vessel, its plunder by Bahraini subjects, and the alleged murder of a Banyan Merchant of Indian extraction. trader at Bahrain. Jones encloses a copy of his letter (no.181 of 1856) to Commodore Richard Ethersey, Commanding Officer Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Squadron, dated 2 June 1856, containing instructions to Ethersey to proceed to Bahrain to conduct investigations. Also enclosed is an extract of paragraph 10 from Ethersey’s reply (letter no.129 of 1856) to Jones, dated 26 June 1856, the original of which enclosed a receipt for the reparations paid by the Shaikh of Bahrain for the plundered property.
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Letter no.216 of 1856 from Commander Felix Jones, Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay [22v] (6/6), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/157, ff 20-22, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023736811.0x00003a> [accessed 18 April 2024]
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- Letter no.216 of 1856 from Commander Felix Jones, Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay
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