Letter No. 346 of 1850 from Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to His Excellency Colonel Justin Sheil, Her Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Persia
IOR/R/15/1/123, ff 26-28
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The record is made up of 3 folios. It was created in 9 Sep 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 letter relates to incidents of slave trading on the Persian coast. It encloses an English translation of a note received from Sheikh Abdoollah the Acting Governor of Bushire, in reference to the incident of slave trading at Bushire (see ff 24-25). Samuel Hennell also reports on another incident of thirty-two male and female slaves shipped from Muscat to Bushire. Hennell writes that the owner of the vessel involved in this latest incident is closely connected with Sheikh Abdool Rahman, Governor of Karrak [Bandar-e Charak], and as a result of this association, Sheikh Abdoollah, the Acting Governor at Bushire, is unwilling to take any strong action.
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Letter No. 346 of 1850 from Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to His Excellency Colonel Justin Sheil, Her Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Persia, British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/123, ff 26-28, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100028714542.0x000007> [accessed 20 July 2026]
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- IOR/R/15/1/123, ff 26-28
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- Letter No. 346 of 1850 from Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to His Excellency Colonel Justin Sheil, Her Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Persia
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- 26r:28v
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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