Letter from Captain Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Commodore George Barnes Brucks, Commanding the Indian Naval Squadron in the Persian Gulf [14r] (1/4)
The record is made up of 2 folios. It was created in 13 Feb 1841. 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 concerns the settlement of claims over incidents of piracy and plunder at Debaye [Dubai]. Hennell requests that, after having visited Biddah, Brucks proceed to Dubai in order to settle claims made against Shaikh Mukhtoom [Maktum] of Dubai. Hennell authorises Brucks to use ‘all the Naval means at your disposal’ in order to settle the claims.
The enclosed letter to Shaikh Maktum to which Hennell refers is not enclosed in the volume.
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Letter from Captain Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Commodore George Barnes Brucks, Commanding the Indian Naval Squadron in the Persian Gulf [14r] (1/4), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/92, ff 14-15, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023399480.0x000027> [accessed 15 January 2025]
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- Letter from Captain Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Commodore George Barnes Brucks, Commanding the Indian Naval Squadron in the Persian Gulf
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- 14r:15v
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