Letter No. 234 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 14-15
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The record is made up of 2 folios. It was created in 24 Jun 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 translated extracts from a report received by the Government Agent at Lingah [Bandar-e Lengeh], Ahmed ben Moollah Houssein, describing the arrival at that port of two vessels from Berberah [Berbera] carrying forty-seven female slaves from Abyssinia (Ethiopia). The Agent estimates that each slave vessel carries twenty to thirty slaves. Samuel Hennell writes that he fears the Governor of Bandar-e Lengeh and the other chiefs of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. have realised that he can take no action against the slave trade beyond remonstrating with those involved, which he claims has little if any effect.
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Letter No. 234 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 14-15, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100028714542.0x00000c> [accessed 13 August 2026]
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- Letter No. 234 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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- 14r:15v
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