Author
Major Samuel Hennell
Publication Date
27 Dec 1847-18 Dec 1848 (CE, Gregorian)
Type
Document
Language
eng,fas
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
51
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
IOR/R/15/1/114
Record ID
vdc_100000000193.0x000057
Library Location
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.
Date
27 Dec 1847-18 Dec 1848 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
The file contains letters received by Major Samuel Hennell, British
Political Resident
A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency.
in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, Bushire.
The majority of letters are naval patrol reports submitted to the Resident by the following British officers in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Squadron of the Indian Navy: Captain William Lowe, Commodore Thomas Grere Carless and Lieutenant Alan Hyde Gardner, all reporting from the Honourable Company (HC) sloop of war
Elphinstone
and Commodore John Croft Hawkins, reporting from the HC sloop of war
Clive
. There is also a naval patrol report made by Lieutenant James Rennie, commanding the HC schooner
Constance
, to Commodore Thomas Grere Carless, commanding the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Squadron.
The naval patrol reports describe the state of relations between the Arab Chiefs of the
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
Sheikhdoms and any violations of the Maritime Truce, based on observation, enquiry, meetings and other communications while on patrol along the Arabian and Persian coasts of the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
.
The file also contains letters received from Lieutenant Colonel Francis Farrant, British Chargé d’Affaires at the Court of the Shah of Persia, Tehran regarding Persian affairs. This correspondence includes Persian transcripts of two firmans (royal decrees) issued by the Shah of Persia to the Governors of Fars and Persian Arabia respectively, prohibiting any future importation by sea of African slaves into Persia.
Erişim Koşulları
Unrestricted
Düzenleme
The letters are arranged more or less chronologically. Most letters are either followed by copies or extracts from earlier letters that were enclosed with them.
Eski Harici Referans(lar)
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