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1. IOR/R/15/1/134 f 4

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IOR/R/15/1/134 f 4
Title:
Letter no.407 of 1852 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to His Excellency Colonel Justin Sheil, Her Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Persia
Scope & Content:
Letter acknowledging receipt of correspondence from the native agent at Muscat, which reports on the departure of His Highness the Imam of Muscat, Sa‘id bin Sulṭān al-Sa‘id, for Zanzibar on the 31 October 1852, and of Major Hamerton (British Consul at Muscat) for Bombay on the same date.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Nov 1852
Extent:
1 folio

2. IOR/R/15/1/134 f 6

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IOR/R/15/1/134 f 6
Title:
Letter no.45 of 1852 from Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Colonel John Taylor, Acting British Agent at Bussorah [Basra]
Scope & Content:
The letter reports that a boat from Hindoostan [Hindustan] carrying seventy slaves has arrived at Mohumrah (Khorramshahr). Hennell states that Shaikh Jabir of Bushire) did not allow the slaves to be landed, suggesting that the report is probably an invention of the Shaikh, as a cover for slaves b...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Feb 1852
Extent:
1 folio

3. IOR/R/15/1/134 f 7

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IOR/R/15/1/134 f 7
Title:
Letter no.17 of 1852 from Major Atkins Hamerton, Consul and Honorable Company's Agent in Maskat [Muscat], to Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
The letter is a report of the retrieval in Muscat of a girl who had been sold into slavery. The recovery of the girl was made possible through the work of the Agent at Lingah [Bandar-e-Lengeh] Ahmed bin Mallah Hussein. On being informed of the girl's arrival in Muscat by Hamerton, the Imam of Mus...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Jul 1852
Extent:
1 folio

4. IOR/R/15/1/134 f 8

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/134 f 8
Title:
Letter no.261 of 1852 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Commodore George Robinson, Commanding Indian Naval Squadron, Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
Request to issue instructions to the Office commanding the Honourable Company's steam frigate Queen, to receive on board two female slaves recently rescued from Bahrain, and to convey them to the Residency at Bushire.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Aug 1852
Extent:
1 folio

5. IOR/R/15/1/134 f 8A

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/134 f 8A
Title:
Note no.15 from the British Agent at Bussorah (Basra)
Scope & Content:
Note briefly stating that disturbances between the Montefik Arabs and the Turkish Government are occurring on the Euphrates river, and that there are numerous 'plundering canoes' on the river, 'under the control of the unruly hordes'. Merchants and others navigating the river are unaware of the c...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Mar 1852
Extent:
1 folio

6. IOR/R/15/1/134 f 10

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/134 f 10
Title:
Letter no.3 of 1852 from Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Major Atkins Hamerton, Her Majesty's Consul and Agent in the dominions of His Highness the Imam of Muscat
Scope & Content:
Letter relating to a claim for money made against the deceased British agent at Sharjah, Moollah Houssein, for 825 dollars. The original letter enclosed three pieces of correspondence from the Agent (not included in the file), addressed to the claimant, Hajee Abdool Russool. Hennell writes that t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Jan 1852
Extent:
1 folio

7. IOR/R/15/1/134 f 11

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/134 f 11
Title:
Letter no.101 of 1852 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Major Atkins Hamerton, Her Majesty's Consul and Agent in the dominions of His Highness the Imam of Muscat
Scope & Content:
Letter relating to the Minister in Tehran's request for clarification on the status of Bunder Abbas [Bandar-e ʻAbbās], in relation to Persia and Muscat. Kemball writes that Bandar Abbas 'and the adjoining district' are held as a dependency of the Imam of Muscat, Sa‘id bin Sulṭān al-Sa‘id. However...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Apr 1852
Extent:
1 folio

8. IOR/R/15/1/134 f 12

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/134 f 12
Title:
Letter no.231 of 1852 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Major Atkins Hamerton, Her Majesty's Consul and Agent in the dominions of His Highness the Imam of Muscat
Scope & Content:
Kemball writes that it has come to his attention that British Banians (Banyans, or merchants) operating on the Arab coast, are being charged taxes at a considerably higher rate in comparison to merchants of other denominations, including Hindus. Kemball requests accurate information from Hamerton...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Jul 1852
Extent:
1 folio

9. IOR/R/15/1/134 f 20

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/134 f 20
Title:
Letter no.323 of 1852 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Major Atkins Hamerton, Her Majesty's Consul and Agent in the dominions of His Highness the Imam of Muscat
Scope & Content:
Kemball writes that an interview has taken place between himself and Shaikh Ali ben Khuleefa [‘Alī bin Khalīfah], the brother of the Chief of Bahrain. Though he says he did not receive Hamerton's previous letter (ff 18-19) until after the meeting took place, he states that he instructed Shaikh Al...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Sep 1852
Extent:
1 folio

10. IOR/R/15/1/134 f 21

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/134 f 21
Title:
Letter no.346 of 1852 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Major Atkins Hamerton, Her Majesty's Consul and Agent in the dominions of His Highness the Imam of Muscat
Scope & Content:
The letter is a report of news sent by the British agent at Sharjah, Hajee Jacoob, who has discovered a quantity of indigo, presumed plundered from the wrecked British merchant ship Centaur. Kemball writes that, as the packet is closing, he encloses Jacoob's original letter in Arabic, instead of ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Oct 1852
Extent:
1 folio

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