Letter no.463 of 1851 from Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary to the Government Bombay, to Lt-Col Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf

IOR/R/15/1/127 ff 38-41

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The record is made up of 4 folios. It was created in 31 Dec 1851. 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: Covering letter with two enclosures. The first enclosure (f 39) is an extract from a despatch from the Honourable the Secret Committee Pre-1784, the Committee responsible for protecting East India Company shipping. Post-1784, its main role was to transmit communications between the Board of Control and the Company's Indian governments on matters requiring secrecy. , dated 23 October 1851. The despatch relates to a convention concluded between the British Minister at Tehran (Lieutenant-Colonel Justin Sheil) and the Ameeri Nizam of Persia in August 1850, authorising Her Majesty's ships and East India Company ships under certain conditions, to search Persian merchant vessels suspected of being engaged in the transport of slaves. The second enclosure (ff 40-41) is a translation of the aforementioned convention.
Extent and format: 4 folios
It is part of: '1851/52 Residency in the Persian Gulf English Correspondence No.7 Slave Trade'
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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/127
Written in: English in Latin script
Type: Letter

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Original held at: 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.
Access conditions: Unrestricted
Archive reference: IOR/R/15/1/127 ff 38-41
Date(s): 31 Dec 1851 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects: Slavery
Places: Būshehr
People & organisations: Persian Gulf Political ResidencyConstance, schoonerGovernment of Bombay, Chief SecretaryHM Ambassador to IranJames OrtonFrancis WardenHugh Weightman

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Reference: IOR/R/15/1/127 ff 38-41
Title: Letter no.463 of 1851 from Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary to the Government Bombay, to Lt-Col Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf
Pages: 38r:41v
Author: East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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