![Letter No. 86: 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 [‎39v] (2/4)](https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100000000193.0x00005e/IOR_R_15_1_121_0080.jp2/full/!1200,1200/0/default.jpg "Letter No. 86: 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 [‎39v] (2/4)")
Letter No. 86: 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 [39v] (2/4)
The record is made up of 2 folios. It was created in 8 Mar 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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This letter concerns a claim for British protection. Samuel Hennell informs Justin Sheil that a certain Meer Mahomed Sadik has applied for support in recovering 1,041 tomans 10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value. worth of merchandise, which he purchased in Shiraz with the intention of exporting it to India, via Bushire. Hennell states that while the merchandise was on its way to Bushire it was plundered by Khoda Kurreem Khan. Hennell reports that he has declined to interfere in the affair, but at Meer Mahomed Sadik's request has agreed to submit the case to Sheil. Hennell attaches copies of two documents (not included) that support Meer Mahomed Sadik claim for British protection.
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Letter No. 86: 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 [39v] (2/4), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/121, ff 39-40, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023513886.0x000051> [accessed 25 March 2025]
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- Letter No. 86: 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
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