Letter no.124 of 1852 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary to the Government Bombay
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Covering letter with an accompanying enclosure (ff 12-13), a translated extract of a letter from Hajee Jassim, the British agent at Bahrain, dated 26 April 1852. Jassim's letter is an intelligence report on proceedings in Bahrain, including the despatch of a boat to the Guttur [Qatar] coast to as...
Letter no.199 of 1852 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary to the Government Bombay
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Kemball's letter reports that Sheikh Mohamed ben Khuleefa [Mohammed bin Khalifa]of Bahrain, having initially been open to the suggestion of mediation talks with the sons of the late Abdulla bin Ahmed, to have been supervised by the Resident, now states that such intervention by the British would...
Letter no.259 of 1852 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Gulf, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary of the Government Bombay
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Covering letter with enclosures: 1) Letter no.258 of 1852 (ff 47-49) from Kemball to Major Atkins Hamerton, His Majesty's Consul and Honourable Company's Agent in the dominions of His Highness the Imaum of Muscat, dated 10 August 1852. Kemball states that through intelligence received by the Br...
Letter no.320 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 the arrival in Bushire from Bahrain of Sheikh Ali ben Khuleefa [Ali bin Khalifa], brother of the ruler, who has arrived with the intention of discussing with the Resident the Bahrain merchant Mahomed ben Saeed's financial claims on the Bahraini émigrés now residing at Kenn [Kis...
Letter no.321 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 of a second interview with Sheikh Ali bin Khalifa, brother of the ruler of Bahrain. Kemball states that the real objective of Sheikh Ali's mission in Bushire was to seek help from the Resident in the removal of the former Bahrain sheikh's sons from Damaum [Dammam]. Kemball writes...
Letter E from Lt-Col Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, on the Honourable Company's Sloop of War Clive at Muscat to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary to the Government Bombay
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Hennell reports on his meeting with Sheikh Mukhtoom [Maktum bin Butti] of Debaye [Dubai], who is in Muscat to assist in the Imam of Muscat's acquisition of Sohar. Hennell writes that the two men discuss the soon-to-expire Maritime Truce, its effectiveness and possible renewal.
Letter H from Lt-Col Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, on the Honourable Company's Sloop of War Clive at Muscat to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary to the Government Bombay
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Covering letter with an enclosure which lists the annual presents (with costs) given to the chiefs of the Arabian Coast by the Resident and sanctioned by the Government. The total cost of the presents is calculated as 1018 rupees, 6 annas and 10 pies.
Letter no.143 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Acting Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary to the Government Bombay
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Kemball writes of incidents occurring on parts of the Trucial Coast ruled by the sheikhs of Abu Dhabi and Dubai, which contravene the Maritime Truce. Kemball states that he has written to Commodore Porter of the Indian Naval Squadron, asking that patrols of the coast and mouth of the Gulf be unde...
Letter no.207 of 1852 from Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Commodore George Robinson, Commanding Indian Naval Squadron, Persian Gulf
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Kemball acknowledges receipt of Robinson's two previous letters (ff 104-106, 107-108) and comments on each of the individual Maritime Truce violations reported to him by Robinson and the Native Agent at Sharjah. Kemball suggests that Robinson visit Ra's al-Khaymah and Muscat in person, in order t...
Letter no.232 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 a report from Commodore Robinson, on his recent excursion to Rusel Khymah [Ra's al-Khymah] to make enquiries about the act of piracy committed by one of his subject's boats in Zanzibar. Kemball also writes of the grounding of a merchant vessel at Sharjah (the Centaur) and the sub...
