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Letter No. 383: Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf,...

Catalogue reference: IOR/R/15/1/121, ff 169-177

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IOR/R/15/1/121, ff 169-177
Title
Letter No. 383: 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
Date
16 Oct 1850
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Samuel Hennell forwards the following enclosures: three translated substances of reports from the Agent at Shiraz [Mirza Mahmood], covering 26 August to 7 September, 14 September to 23 September, and 23 September to 10 October 1850 respectively. Subjects include: various dismissals and appointments ordered by His Royal Highness Prince Governor of Fars [Firouz Mirza Nosrat-ed-Dowleh]; the Prince's command that Sheik Nasir Khan be imprisoned for failing to pay the money that he owes; and the death of the Eel Khan.

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Letter No. 383: 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