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Letter B from Lt-Col Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, on the Honourable Company's Sloop of War Clive at sea, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary to the Government Bombay [77v] (6/6)
The record is made up of 3 folios. It was created in 16 Feb 1851. 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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Hennell reports on his arrival at Sharjah, and his meeting with Sheikh Sultan ben Suggar [Sultan bin Saqr] of Sharjah and the British Acting Agent Hajee Yacoob. The letter discusses recent acts of piracy, and monies recovered and compensation handed out by the British Government. Sheikh Sultan describes to Hennell the recent state of relations and intrigues between the rulers of the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. and Muscat. Hennell also describes his meeting with the Sheikh of Amulgavine [Umm al-Qaywayn]. Hennell reports of the 'total absence of all acts of a piratical character' in the region at present.
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Letter B from Lt-Col Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, on the Honourable Company's Sloop of War Clive at sea, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary to the Government Bombay [77v] (6/6), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/130, ff 75-77, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100024051736.0x0000aa> [accessed 1 April 2025]
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- IOR/R/15/1/130, ff 75-77
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- Letter B from Lt-Col Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, on the Honourable Company's Sloop of War Cliveat sea, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary to the Government Bombay
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- 75r:77v
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