Letter no.348 of 1851 from Lt-Col Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary to the Government of Bombay
Date:
1851/1851
Description:
Abstract: Letter enclosing the translation of a report from the British Agent at Sharjah [Mullā Husayn], to which Hennell draws Malet's attention to Hussein's recommendation of native interpreters being used on board British ships employed in the suppression of the slave trade. Hennell's letter finishes by noting the Basra agent's report of slaves from Africa being imported into the Euphrates region, while British ships were engaged in Bahrain to protect against the threat of invasion from Ameer Fysul [Amir Faysal].Physical description: 2 folios