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Letter No. 384: 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 [‎179v] (4/4)

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Ref: IOR/R/15/1/121, ff 178-179

The record is made up of 2 folios. It was created in 16 Oct 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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Content: Samuel Hennell refers to his despatch of 3 September 1850, letter no. 340, which transmitted a copy of a letter from Hennell to the Prince of Shiraz [Firouz Mirza Nosrat-ed-Dowleh], regarding the concerns of a deputation of Bushire merchants. Hennell reports that he has received a reply from Shiraz, in which the Prince states that the despatch of Sheik Nasir to Tehran was done under the orders of the Shah's Government. Hennell states that the Prince has despatched Moostufa Kooly Khan with a body of troops to enquire into the actual position of affairs in Bushire and to verify the wishes of its merchants. Hennell concludes by stating that reports are rife of the march of Mirza Hassan Ally Khan and the troops under Houssein Khan of Dashty to Tungistoon [Tangestān].
Extent and format: 2 folios
Written in: English in Latin script

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Letter No. 384: 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 [‎179v] (4/4), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/121, ff 178-179, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023513887.0x0000a1> [accessed 22 January 2025]

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Reference: IOR/R/15/1/121, ff 178-179
Title: Letter No. 384: 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
Pages: 178r:179v
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Letter No. 384: 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 [‎179v] (4/4)

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