Letter from His Excellency Lieutenant-Colonel Justin Sheil CB, Her Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Persia, Tehran, to Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire
IOR/R/15/1/121, ff 214-215
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The record is made up of 2 folios. It was created in 14 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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Justin Sheil refers both to Samuel Hennell's despatch of 21 April 1850, no. 159, which concerned an act of piracy committed by the Chief of Nabend, and Sheil's reply to that letter, dated 11 June 1850, which advised Hennell to consider the permission formerly given by the Governor of Fars [Firouz Mirza Nosrat-ed-Dowleh] to repress acts of piracy. Sheil writes that he has not received from Hennell any intimation of the steps that he has taken regarding this matter. He asks Hennell to inform him both of the steps that were taken and of the results.
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Letter from His Excellency Lieutenant-Colonel Justin Sheil CB, Her Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Persia, Tehran, to Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire, British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/121, ff 214-215, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100024051546.0x000056> [accessed 4 April 2025]
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- IOR/R/15/1/121, ff 214-215
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- Letter from His Excellency Lieutenant-Colonel Justin Sheil CB, Her Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Persia, Tehran, to Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire
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- 214r:215v
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