Covering letter labelled 'Secret Department' from the Secretary of the Government of Bombay, to Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Resident of the Persian Gulf

IOR/R/15/1/119, ff 38-41

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The record is made up of 4 folios. It was created in 2 Nov 1850. 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 covering letter encloses a copy of a despatch sent from the Edward Clive Bayley, Under Secretary to the Government of India to the Governor General, dated 22 October 1850. The despatch concerns the recent hostiles of the Governor of Muscat Thuwaini bin Said, against the Chief of Suhar. The Under Secretary writes that his Lordship (the Governor General of India) 'entirely concurs' in the view of the Government of Bombay From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions. upon the matter. The Under Secretary goes on to state that the instructions already delivered to the Resident of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. are 'judicious and sufficient.'

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Covering letter labelled 'Secret Department' from the Secretary of the Government of Bombay, to Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Resident of the Persian Gulf, British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/119, ff 38-41, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100024222528.0x000002> [accessed 3 May 2024]

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