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Letter No. 359: Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire, to Commodore John Patterson Porter, Commander of the Indian Naval Squadron in the Persian Gulf [147v] (2/2)
The record is made up of 1 folio. It was created in 24 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 encloses a letter (not included) to Sheik Yoosoof ben Moobaruk of Nabend, which calls upon him to restore certain property belonging to Sheik Hassan ben Jubbarah. The property, valued at 80 tomans 10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value. , was plundered from a Congoon [Kangān] boat while it was en route to Shewoo. Hennell requests that John Patterson Porter instruct Lieutenant Frederick Erskine Manners, Commander of the HC brigantine Tigris, to confine himself solely to conveying the letter and receiving the Sheik's reply. However, Hennell asks that Manners note which ships are at anchor off Nabend, and whether any of the boats could be destroyed from the sea if necessary. Details of the plundered articles are provided in the margin.
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Letter No. 359: Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire, to Commodore John Patterson Porter, Commander of the Indian Naval Squadron in the Persian Gulf [147v] (2/2), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/121, f 147, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023513887.0x000063> [accessed 3 April 2025]
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- Letter No. 359: Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire, to Commodore John Patterson Porter, Commander of the Indian Naval Squadron in the Persian Gulf
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- 147r:147v
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