Letter no.415 of 1852 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary to the Government Bombay
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Continued correspondence on the negotiations between Sheikh Muhammad bin Khalifa, ruler of Bahrain, and his estranged nephews, residing in Dammam. Kemball describes the 'state of exitement' that Bahrain continues to exist in, over uncertainties of whether an invasion of the island from Dammam wil...
Letter no.139 of 1852 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Commodore J. P. Porter, Commanding Indian Naval Squadron, Persian Gulf
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Letter requesting that Porter despatch the Honourable Company's sloop Clive to the Arabian Coast, in light of recent breaches of the Maritime Truce in the region, including the capture of a boat from Biddah [Al Bidda] and other hostilities at sea. Kemball also recommends that Porter tour the pea...
Letter (no.211 of 1852) from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary to the Government Bombay
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Letter enclosing three reports [not included in the file] from Commodore George Robinson, Commanding Officer of the Persian Gulf Squadron, on proceedings on the Arab coast. Kemball writes that Robinson has met with the Sharjah Agent Hajee Yacoob, who reports of further violations of the Maritime...
Letter no.311 of 1852 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary to the Government Bombay
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Covering letter discussing an intelligence report received by Kemball from Hajee Yacoob, native agent at Sharjah, dated 25 August 1852. Yacoob's report is appended to Kemball's letter (f 151). In his letter Yacoob states that, in spite of the quiet appearance of affairs on the Arab coast, the she...
Letter no.358 of 1853 from Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary to the Government Bombay, to Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf
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Letter acknowleding receipt from the Governor General in Council of the Resident in the Persian Gulf's report on the cruise of the Company's frigate Queen (ff 156-158). Allen states that His Lordship considers the report satisfactory. Enclosed with Malet's letter is letter no.31 from Charles Alle...
Letter no.432 of 1852, from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary of the Government Bombay
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Covering letter enclosing a report from the British agent at Sharjah, Hajee Yacoob, sent to Kemball and dated 20 December 1852. Yacoob reports on recent rivalries between the Joasmee [Qasimi] and Beni Yas tribes on the Arab Coast. Yacoob states that the Sheikhs of Aboothabee [Abu Dhabi], Debai an...
Letter no.114 of 1852, from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary of the Government Bombay
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Kemball reports on recent incidents of slave trading in Bahrain. Two reports sent to Kemball by the British agent at Bahrain, Hajee Jassem, are enclosed with the letter, the first dated 7 April 1852, the second 15 April 1852. In the first report, Jassem (f 246) states that he recently discovered ...
Letter no.229 of 1852, from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary of the Government Bombay
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Kemball reports that the buglah [buggalow] seized the previous year, because of its use in the slave trade, has been sold as instructed by Malet, at Muscat for 200 German crowns. However, Kemball reports that the repair and storage costs of the buggalow were 203 and one-eighth crowns, thus incurr...
Letter no.234 of 1852, from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary of the Government Bombay
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Kemball reports on slave trading activities on both the Arab and Persian coasts of the Gulf. A table (f 265) lists the numbers of slaves imported into Rusul Khymah [Ra's al-Khaymah] from Zanzibar (435), as supplied by the British agent at Sharjah. Kemball writes that he suspects this figure is a...
Letter no.1731 of 1852, from Henry Edward Goldsmid, Secretary to the Government Bombay, to Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf
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Letter making reference to correspondence from the former Resident in the Persian Gulf, Lt-Col Samuel Hennell, dated 28 June 1851 (see '1851/52 Residency in the Persian Gulf English Correspondence No.7 Slave Trade', IOR/R/15/1/127 f 21). Goldsmid encloses an extract from a despatch (f 278) from t...
