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Letter No. 269: 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 [88r] (1/4)
The record is made up of 2 folios. It was created in 9 Jul 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 communication, recently received by Samuel Hennell from Sheik Mahomed ben Khuleefa [Muhammad bin Khalīfah Āl Khalīfah], Chief of Bahrein [Bahrain], in which the Sheik sought Hennell's advice on whether to respond to a communication from Mirza Jaffer Khan, the Persian Commissioner at Mohumrah [Khorramshahr, Iran], which referred to Bahrein as a dependency of Persia. Hennell states that he advised the Sheik that nothing more was necessary than a courteous acknowledgement of Mirza Jaffer Khan's communication. The letter is followed by a translation of Mirza Jaffer Khan's letter, dated 19 May 1850.
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Letter No. 269: 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 [88r] (1/4), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/121, ff 88-89A, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023513886.0x0000b2> [accessed 25 March 2025]
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- Letter No. 269: 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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- 88r:88v, 89Ar, 89Av
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