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Letter No. 142: Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire, to His Excellency Lieutenant-Colonel Justin Sheil CB, Her Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Persia, Tehran [‎56r] (1/4)

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/121, ff 56-57

The record is made up of 2 folios. It was created in 10 Apr 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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Content: Samuel Hennell encloses a translation of a letter, dated March 1850, addressed to Hennell from Bahram Meerza, Prince Governor A Prince of the Royal line who also acted as Governor of a large Iranian province during the Qājār period (1794-1925). of Fars. The letter is concerned with acquiring the remaining amount owed to Hajee Yacoob, a dependent of the British Government, who lost the contents of his vessel to pirates. In his letter, the Prince states that the piracy was committed by subjects of Asseeloo [Bandar-e `Asaluyeh]. However, in his letter to Justin Sheil, Hennell writes that the piracy was in fact committed by inhabitants of the neighbouring district of Khirrah. The Prince's letter also refers to the twelve loads of raisins that the tribe of Boower Ahmed took from Yoosoof Malcolm.
Extent and format: 2 folios
Written in: English in Latin script

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Letter No. 142: Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire, to His Excellency Lieutenant-Colonel Justin Sheil CB, Her Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Persia, Tehran [‎56r] (1/4), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/121, ff 56-57, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023513886.0x000072> [accessed 2 February 2025]

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Reference: IOR/R/15/1/121, ff 56-57
Title: Letter No. 142: Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire, to His Excellency Lieutenant-Colonel Justin Sheil CB, Her Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Persia, Tehran
Pages: 56r:57v
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Letter No. 142: Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire, to His Excellency Lieutenant-Colonel Justin Sheil CB, Her Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Persia, Tehran [‎56r] (1/4)

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