Letter No. 8 of 1852 from Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, at Bushire to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary to the Government, Secret Department, Bombay
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The letter is enclosing translations of communications received from parties subscribing to the continuation of the terms of the Maritime Truce 1843, and states that they give a general indication of the attitudes of the 'Arabian chiefs' towards the renewal of the treaty, or its replacement. It ...
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
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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.
Letter no.15 of 1852 from John Taylor, British Agent at Basra, to Captain Arnold Kemball, acting Resident in the Persian Gulf
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Report describing the disturbances between the Moustafah Arabs and the Turkish Government, which Taylor believes will lead to hostilities and an armed resistance against the local authorities.
Letter from Major Atkins Hamerton, Her Majesty's Consul and Agent in the dominions of His Highness the Imam of Muscat, to Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf
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Covering letter enclosing letter no.22 of 1852 from Major Atkins Hamerton, Her Majesty's Consul and Agent in the dominions of His Highness the Imam of Muscat, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary to the Government Bombay, dated 20 August 1852. The enclosure is a report which states that the Sultan of...
Letter no.101 of 1853, from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Lieutenant-Colonel Justin Sheil, Her Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Persia
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The letter is a covering letter enclosing correspondence sent by Commodore George Robinson, Commanding Officer of the Persian Gulf Squadron, to Kemball, concerning the discovery at Lingah [Bandar-e Lengeh] of indigo from the plundered ship Centaur. The letter referred to does not follow Kemball's...
Letter no.99 of 1853 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary of the Government, Bombay
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The letter concerns British jurisdiction over runaway slaves in the Gulf. Kemball states that slaves absconding from one boat to another on the pearl banks, can legitimately be recovered by the British authorities. However, a slave absconding from a boat to a port does not come under a British of...
Letter no.57 of 1853 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary of the Government, Bombay
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The letter concerns the political situation between Bahrain and The Wahhabi tribes of Arabia. Kemball writes that he has received a letter from Mohamed ben Khuleefa [Muhammad bin Khalifa], chief of Bahrain, who requests the British Government's help in the perceived threat of invasion via Adeed ...
Letter no.33 of 1855 from Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf
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The letter relates to previous correspondence from the Government of Bombay, approving of Kemball’s actions in the Gulf relating to unrest in Bahrain. Anderson writes that the Government is apprehensive that its previous instructions suggested unlimited authority in using arms against the Wahhābī...
Letter no.4235 of 1854 from Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf
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The letter is an acknowledgement of previous letters from Kemball relating to affairs in Bahrain, and the conduct of the British Agent at Bahrain, Hajee Jassim [Hajjī Jāsim]. Anderson writes that it is up to Kemball to determine what action, if any, should be taken against Jāsim. Anderson enclos...
Letter no.14A of 1854 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Anderson, Secretary to the Government of Bombay
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The letter concerns ongoing exchanges between Kemball and the Wahabee [Wahhābī] ruler Ameer Fysul [Fayṣal ibn Turki], relating to Wahhābī relations with Bahrain, and the Bahrain blockade of the coast between Kutiffe [Al-Qaṭīf] and Demaum [Dammām]. Kemball writes that the Bahrain ruler Shaikh Moh...
