Letter no.185 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 an incident of the shipwreck and plunder of a buglah [boat] off the coast of Fujeerah [Fujairah]. Kemball reports that he has obtained no corroboration of the rumours that the surviving Indian passengers were abducted, stating that he has been assured by Sheikh Sultan ben Sugg...
Letter no.4704 of 1853 from Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary of the Government, Bombay, to Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf
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The letter is an acknowledgement by Malet of Kemball's previous letter and its enclosures (folios 145-49), stating that the Governor in Council approves of Kemball's proceedings.
Letter no.4316 of 1853, from Henry Edward Goldsmid, Secretary to the Government, Bombay, to Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf
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The letter is an acknowledgement of receipt by Goldsmid of Kemball's previous correspondence, concerning the mistreatment of the British agent Hajee Yacoob at Sharjah. Goldsmid states that the Governor in Council approves of Kemball's actions, and the His Lordship in Council stresses the importan...
Letter no.1261 of 1853 from Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary of the Government, Bombay, to Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf
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The letter is a confirmation of receipt of previous correspondence (IOR/R/15/1/130, ff 315-17) from Kemball, reporting on the discovery of indigo plundered from the Centaur at Ukkr and Fujeera [Fujairah]. Malet states that, in light of Major Atkins Hamerton's (Vice-Consul and Agent at Muscat] abs...
Letter no.307A 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 relates to charges made against the British Agent at Sharjah, Hajee Yacoob [Hajji Yaqoob], by Sheikh Sultan ben Suggur [Sultan bin Saqr]. The following enclosures are included with the letter: 1. The translated extract of a letter (folios 209-10) from Sheikh Sultan bin Saqr to Kembal...
Letter no.1086 of 1854 from Henry Anderson, Acting Secretary to the Government of Bombay, to Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf
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The letter is an acknowledgement by Anderson of the receipt of Kemball's previous letter (folios 248-55), reporting on the amicable agreement between the Imam of Muscat and the Wahhabi chief Abdullah bin Faisal. Anderson notes that the Government considers the intelligence received to be very sat...
Letter no.219 of 1853 from Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary of the Government, Bombay, to Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf
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The letter is an acknowledgement of receipt of Kemball's previous letter dated 23 May 1853 (folio 304). Malet draws attention to an enclosure sent with a previous letter of his, in which the President of the Board of Control expressed approval of Kemball's actions.
Letter no.4244 of 1853 from Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary of the Government, Bombay, to Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf
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The letter is an acknowledgement of receipt of past correspondence. Malet writes that the Government approves of Kemball's proceedings in relation to the recent seizure of thirty-six slaves imported into Lingah [Bandar-e Lingeh].
Letter no.4368 of 1853 from Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary of the Government, Bombay, to Captain Arnold Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf
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The letter is a confirmation of receipt of Kemball's previous letter (folios 350-51) regarding the extent of the season's slave trade on the Arab coast of the Gulf. Malet writes that that the Honourable Company's steamer Queen was despatched to the Gulf on 27 August, to help in naval efforts to s...
