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Letter No. 350: 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 [135r] (3/8)
The record is made up of 4 folios. It was created in 12 Sep 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 writes in response to Justin Sheil's despatch of 14 August 1850, regarding Sheil's suspicions that the Agent at Shiraz, Mirza Mahmood, stole both a gold watch and a valuable shawl, which belonged to the late Mr Tasker. Hennell informs Sheil that Mr Ferrier's statement, which Sheil referred to in his earlier despatch, has caused Hennell to change his belief in Mirza Mahmood's innocence. Hennell reports that the Agent has not provided an explanation to counter Sheil's suspicions. Hennell concludes by stating that twelve tomans 10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value. have been deducted from the Agent's salary. This letter includes the following enclosures:
- Translated extract of a letter, which is not dated, from Mirza Mahmood, 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. , regarding the disappearance of a valuable shawl belonging to Mr Tasker;
- Translation of a declaration, which is not dated, made by two semsars of Shiraz, regarding the disturbances in that city following the Shah's death, during which some of their property was plundered.
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Letter No. 350: 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 [135r] (3/8), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/121, ff 134-137, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023513887.0x00004a> [accessed 26 March 2025]
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- Letter No. 350: 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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