Letter No. 90: Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Perisan Gulf, Bushire, to His Excellency Lieutenant-Colonel Justin Sheil CB, Her Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Persia, Tehran
IOR/R/15/1/121, ff 43-45
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The record is made up of 3 folios. It was created in 14 Mar 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 relays an account of an attack on Tungistoon [Tangestān], which was attempted by forces deployed by Kurrreem Khan and Sheik Nasir, Governor of Bushire. Hennell states that the attack failed and that the resulting skirmish led to the deaths of ten men from Bushire, eight of whom were killed after they had surrendered. Hennell reports that the Tungistoon forces deceived the men into surrendering before mutilating and burning their bodies. Also included with this letter is a translated abstract of a report from the Agent at Shiraz, covering the principal occurrences in that quarter between 26 January and 1 March 1850. The abstract includes details of Mahomed Kurreem Khan being despatched as Governor to Behbehan [Behbehān], where reportedly he was received with all honour and respect by Mirza Sultan Mahomed Khan, the Prince Governor A Prince of the Royal line who also acted as Governor of a large Iranian province during the Qājār period (1794-1925). .
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Letter No. 90: Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Perisan Gulf, Bushire, to His Excellency Lieutenant-Colonel Justin Sheil CB, Her Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Persia, Tehran, British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/121, ff 43-45, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100024051546.0x000018> [accessed 26 March 2025]
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- IOR/R/15/1/121, ff 43-45
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- Letter No. 90: Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Perisan 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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- 43r:45v
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