Letter No. 428: 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
IOR/R/15/1/121, ff 198-199
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The record is made up of 2 folios. It was created in 12 Nov 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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This letter is a response to Justin Sheil's letter of 15 October 1850 (see ff.191-192v), which concerned the ostensible reason for Sheik Nasir's dimissal from his position as Governor of Bushire. Samuel Hennell informs Sheil that the very large deficiency in the annual revenue payable by the Governor of Bushire for the last two years is the ostensible cause of Sheik Nasir's dismissal. Hennell states that he does not think that the dismissal is in any degree connected with the friendship that existed between Hennell and Sheik Nasir. However, Hennell writes that it is his impression that His Excellency the Prime Minister [ Mīrzā A title of honour originally applied to princes, later to military leaders, and later still to secretaries, chieftains, and other ‘gentlemen’. Taqī Khān, known as Amir Kabir] may have considered that, in light of the intimacy that has for several generations existed between the English and the Sheik's family, it would be in the interests of the Persian Government if its principal sea port were under the control of persons who have no connection to the English.
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Letter No. 428: 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, British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/121, ff 198-199, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100024051546.0x00004f> [accessed 10 March 2025]
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- IOR/R/15/1/121, ff 198-199
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- Letter No. 428: 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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- 198r:199v
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