Letter No. 57: Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire to His Excellency Lieutenant-Colonel Justin Sheil, Her Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Persia, Tehran [‎19v] (6/10)

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Samuel Hennell reports the failure of Mahomed Koolee Sultan, acting on behalf of the 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 [His Royal Highness Bahram Mirza], to extract a fine of 300 tomans 10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value. from the commander of a Dashtee bugla Large trading vessel. [ buggalow Large trading vessel. ], referred to as the Futh ool Kheyr , which recently imported slaves into Bushire. Hennell's explains that the attempt failed because the Futh ool Kheyr , which belongs to the Dashtee Chief, Hajee [Haji] Khan, left Bushire long before Mahomed Koolee Sultan's arrival. Hennell's letter includes the following enclosures:

• Translated extract of a letter, dated 25 January 1850, from His Royal Highness Bahram Mirza, Prince of Fars, to Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , in which the Prince enjoins Hennell to detain the bugla Large trading vessel. and compel the payment of the fine.
• Translation of a rukum Royal grants confirming specific trading privileges from the Shah of Persia. , dated January 1850, from the Prince of Shiraz [Bahram Mirza], to Sheik Nasir Khan [Governor of Bushire], in which the Prince urges Sheik Nasir Khan to lay an embargo on the bugla Large trading vessel. .
• Translation of a note, dated 1 February 1850 from Hennell to Sheik Nasir [Khan], Governor of Bushire, in which Hennell forwards the previous enclosure to Sheik Nasir Khan and suggests that if the Sheik does carry out the Prince's request, he will not come short in the matter.
• Translation of a note, dated 5 February 1850, from Sheik Nasir [Khan], Governor of Bushire, to Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , in which Sheik Nasir Khan states that he will follow the Prince's orders.
• Translation of a letter, dated 6 February 1850, from Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , to His Royal Highness Bahram Mirza, 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, in which Hennell encloses a copy of Sheik Nasir Khan's reply to Hennell's note (see the previous enclosure) and states that in the event of the bugla Large trading vessel. returning to Bushire, he [Hennell] will ensure that the ship is detained until the fine has been paid. However, Hennell adds that the ship is unlikely to revisit Bushire, as the Dashtee Chief, Hajee Khan, has heard of the Prince's order. Hennell suggests that the Prince order the Dashtee Chief to compel the nakhoda of the Futh ool Kheyr to pay the fine.

In his initial letter to Sheil, Hennell writes that he has doubts as to whether Sheik Nasir Khan will obey the Prince's orders, as Hajee Khan is the most powerful chief in the low country and the only real support that Sheik Nasir Khan has in his feud with Bakir Khan, the Chief of Tongistoon [Tangestān].

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