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Letter No. 224: 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 [76v] (2/6)
The record is made up of 3 folios. It was created in 15 Jun 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 recent events in and around Bushire. Samuel Hennell states that the Durya Beggee still persists in rejecting overtures for a reconciliation with Bakir Khan of Tungistoon [Tangestān]. Hennell reports that around the end of May, a number of men broke into the home of the Governor of Cazeroon [Kāzerūn], Abbas Kooly Khan, with the intent of murdering him and his wife. Both the Governor and his wife were severely wounded. Hennell also provides details of the defeat of Ally Kooly Khan by Sheik Houssein ben Jubbarah of Congoon [Kangān]. The letter concludes by stating that Sheik Nasir has received a rukum Royal grants confirming specific trading privileges from the Shah of Persia. from His Royal Highness and a letter from the Nusseer ool Mulk, both of which request the Sheik's immediate attendance at Shiraz. Hennell expresses his doubts that Sheik Nasir will go to Shiraz. The letter is followed by an enclosure: a translated substance of the monthly report from the Agent at Shiraz, Mirza Mahmood, which concerns affairs in Fars between 28 April and 28 May 1850.
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Letter No. 224: 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 [76v] (2/6), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/121, ff 76-78, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023513886.0x00009b> [accessed 31 March 2025]
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- Letter No. 224: 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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