![Letter No. 274: 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 [‎98v] (6/22)](https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100000000193.0x00005e/IOR_R_15_1_121_0200.jp2/full/!1200,1200/0/default.jpg "Letter No. 274: 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 [‎98v] (6/22)")
Letter No. 274: 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 [98v] (6/22)
The record is made up of 11 folios. It was created in 15 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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Samuel Hennell informs Justin Sheil that Sheik Nasir, Governor of Bushire, left for Shiraz on 12 July 1850. Hennell reports that the Sheik has apparently collected 6,000 tomans 10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value. in goods and coin [ sic ], although this sum is still far short of the arrears of revenue due from this quarter. The letter is followed by the following enclosures:
- Translated substance of a letter of news (not dated) from Mirza Mahmood, Acting Agent at Shiraz, to Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , which gives details of events between 24 May and 5 June 1850;
- Translated substance of a news letter (not dated) from the Agent at Shiraz [Mirza Mahmood] to Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , which gives details of occurrences between 4 and 20 June 1850;
- Translated substance of the monthly report (not dated) from the Agent at Shiraz [Mirza Mahmood], regarding occurrences between 23 June and 3 July 1850.
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Letter No. 274: 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 [98v] (6/22), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/121, ff 96-106, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023513887.0x000001> [accessed 8 February 2025]
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- Letter No. 274: 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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- 96r:106v
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