Letter No. 7 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 reporting that the Resident has discovered a discrepancy in the expiry date in the Treaty for Maritime Truce 1843; the 'English date' indicates June 1853, while the 'Mahomedan [Mohammedan] date' indicates February 1853. It explains that as all the parties — with the exception of Ab...
Letter No. 9 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 reporting that Commodore George Robinson's cruise of the Arabian Coast has been successful (a copy of the report is enclosed see ff 28-29), and an interim agreement has been put in space. It is stated that this will allow amble time for the Government to prepare instructions for th...
Letter No. 10 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 concerns British intentions to use a ship of war — to be stationed to prevent the importation of slaves into Persia — in order to obtain information on fortification work they believe the Persians to be undertaking at Karrack [Khārk, Jazīreh-ye]. It is noted that the Persian's fear an...
Letter No. 11 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 informing the Bombay Government that Shaikh Sultan ben Suggur [Sulṭān bin Saqr] intends to appeal against a ruling of the Court of Directors. The ruling stipulated that compensation for violations of the Maritime Truce should be paid direct to the injured party, but the Shaikh is a...
Letter No. 12 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 extracts of intelligence concerning Oman that have been transmitted by the Resident's Agent at Sharjah. The intelligence concerns the steps taken by Syed Ges ben Azan to obtain the assistance of Shaikh Sultan bin Suggur [Sulṭān bin Saqr], Chief of Ra's al-Khaymah, and Sha...
Letter No. 1 of 1853 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 informing the Bombay Government that the Resident plans to embark on his annual tour of the Arabian Coast on the 15 March 1853; the Resident is going to use the tour in order to negotiate a permanent peace among the Arabian chiefs. It states that he intends for his assistant Herber...
Letter No. 2 of 1853 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 extracts from the British Agents at Muscat, Khoja Hiskael, and Bahrein [Bahrain], Hajee Jassem. The extracts report on a visit to these places made by Behjut Effendi, who has been deputed by Abbas Pasha, the Viceroy of Egypt [Wāli of Egypt and Sudan] to purchase horses. I...
Letter No. 5 of 1853 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 informing the Bombay Government that Shaikh Mahomed ben Khuleefa [Muḥammed bin Khalīfah Āl Khalīfah] has sent an envoy — Ali ben Ibraheem ul Muraykhee — to accompany Bihjut Effendi back to Egypt; the envoy has been entrusted with correspondence for Abbas Pasha, Viceroy of Egypt [Wā...
Letter No. 6 of 1853 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 concerns the fears of the current Chiefs of Bahrein [Bahrain] that the sons of the Ex-Chief are plotting to remove them from power, with the assistance of Ameer Fysul [Amīr Fayṣul], the Wahabee Chief [Wahabi]. It notes that Humood ben Mahomed has been deputed to the Resident to expres...
Letter No. 8 of 1853 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 concerns the affairs of Bahrein [Bahrain], and the potential disposition of Abbass Pasha, Viceroy of Egypt [Wāli of Egypt and Sudan]. It states that the question as to whether the Pasha can or will control the ambitions of Ameer Fysul [Amīr Fayṣul], the Wahabee Chief [Wahabi], or will...
