Letter no.258 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 the agreement made between the Wahhabi forces led by Abdullah bin Faisal, and Thuwaini bin Said, the Sultan of Muscat. Kemball reports that intelligence from the native agents at Sharjah and Muscat suggest that problems over the exaction of the tribute by the Wahhabis have ...
Letter no.279 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 is a covering letter with two enclosures, relating to maritime hostilities between the inhabitants of Sharjah and Smaysmah. The enclosures are as follows: 1. Letter no.213 of 1853 (folios 181-84B) from Kemball to Commodore George Robinson, Commanding Officer Persian Gulf Squadron, da...
Letter no.280 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 the recent maltreatment of the British Agent at Sharjah, Hajee Yacoob [Hajji Yaqoob], by some inhabitants of Sharjah. Kemball reports that sufficient reparations have been obtained from Sheikh Sultan ben Suggur [Sultan bin Saqr]. Kemball also suggests that the sons of the l...
Letter no.3166 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 relates to reparations paid to the victims of violations of the maritime truce, from monies recovered by the British authorities as compensation. Malet encloses with his letter an extract (folio 202) from a despatch from the Honourable Court of Directors, dated 4 May 1853. The despatch...
Letter no.285 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 the payment of compensation to victims of violations of the maritime peace. Kemball acknowledges receipt of Malet's letter and the Court of Directors' despatch. Kemball discusses Sheikh Sultan ben Suggur's [Sultan bin Saqr] objection to the new system of compensation, feari...
Letter no.327 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 in a covering letter, enclosing copies of correspondence exchanged with Commodore George Robinson, Commanding Officer Persian Gulf Squadron, and relates to naval resources in the Gulf, in light of the current unrest then prevailing on the Batinah coast. The following enclosures follo...
Letter no.344 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 the disturbances occurring between the maritime tribes of Oman and the Arab coast, and diplomatic exchanges between the Wahhabi leader Abdullah bin Fysul and the region's tribal chiefs. It encloses four reports from the Native Agent at Sharjah Hajee Yacoob [Hajji Yaqoob], da...
Letter no.4847 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 covering letter, enclosing a letter received by Malet from Major Atkins Hamerton, Her Majesty's Consul and the Honourable Company's Agent in the dominions of His Highness the Imam of Muscat, dated 10 June 1853. In his letter Hamerton describes the instructions he gave to Hiskael b...
Letter no.349 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 is a covering letter, enclosing correspondence received by Kemball from Khojeh Hiskale, the Native Agent at Muscat, and dated 6 November 1853. The letters report on the liabilities of the Muscat authorities to the Wahhabi leader Abdullah ben Fysul [Abdullah bin Faisal]. 10,000 crowns h...
Letter no.354 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 foundering and subsequent plunder of a Muscat cargo vessel on its way to Zanzibar, under what Kemball describes as suspicious circumstances. Kemball reports that there are questions over the involvement of the Joasmee [Qasimi] tribes in the incident, but believes there ma...
