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Letter no.316 of 1856 from Commander Felix Jones, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay [‎275r] (9/10)

The record is made up of 5 folios. It was created in 9 Oct 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 is a covering letter, enclosing correspondence from Commodore Richard Ethersey, Commanding Officer Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Squadron, relating to British efforts to suppress the slave trade to the Gulf. the enclosures are as follows:

1. Letter no.185 of 1856 (folio 272) from Ethersey to Jones, dated 10 September 1856, with details of the two slaves illegally seized by the British Agent at Lingah [Bandar-e Lengeh] having claimed ‘English’ protection, and who are now at the depot at Bassadore; and Ethersey’s own reluctance to send the two slaves back to their owners, carried out under the circumstances of Britain’s current relations with Persia;

2. Letter no.187 of 1856 (folio 273) from Ethersey to Jones, dated 10 September 1856, discussing British relations with Persia, in connection with cooperation between the two countries in the suppression of the slave trade on the Persian coast, and in the wake of the British Agent at Bandar-e Lengeh’s illegal seizure of two slaves; the handing back of the two slaves; and the British Agent’s continued refuge at Bassadore;

3. Letter no.312 of 1856 (folios 274-75) from Jones to Ethersey, dated 4 October 1856, discussing the despatch of slaves to Bombay; the legality of the British Agent at Bandar-e Lengeh’s actions, and the implications of now handing the two slaves back to the Persian authorities; Jones’s authority in relation to Ethersey and the Government; arrangements with the Persian Government with regard to slaves and the suppression of the slave trade.

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Letter no.316 of 1856 from Commander Felix Jones, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay [‎275r] (9/10), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/157, ff 271-275, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023736813.0x0000af> [accessed 29 March 2024]

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