Letter from Lt-Col Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary of the Government Bombay

IOR/R/15/1/130, f 311

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The record is made up of 1 folio. It was created in 20 Mar 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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Hennell writes that, in previous years, numerous gifts have been received by the Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. from the Imam of Muscat and his son, to an estimated value of 2000 rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. . Hennell states that all these gifts have been 'brought' on the Government Books, and that no return has been made. He therefore suggests that his Lordship in Council consider whether a gift of equivalent value be made to the Imam of Muscat.

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